Hasta La Gadget!

I’m not a big fan of growing stuff, mostly because I kill pretty much everything I’ve ever plant. I always water them too much or too little and eventually my plants turn dead and dry or bloated and moldy. I think I might be able to grow something using the Smart Herb Garden though.

This thing uses modern technology to grow herbs and a few vegetables right in your kitchen. You don’t have to remember to move it to the sun every now and then because it has its own LED growing lamp. All you have to do is snap in the your plant cartridges, fill the water reservoir, and the Smart Herb Garden does all the heavy lifting for you.

It doesn’t even use dirt, it has some sort of nanotech material specifically engineered to supply the plant roots with just the right amount of oxygen, water, and nutrients. The initial set comes with 3 plant cartridges: basil, lemon balm and thyme, but they plan on offering more plants down the road.

A pledge of $39(USD) or more over on Kickstarter will get you your very own smart garden by September, 2013.

I would sleep like a Jedi in this awesome AT-AT bed, while dreaming about laying waste to Hoth. Pew, Pew, Pew! Take that rebel scum! What’s that? Pesky Snowspeeders? They are nothing. Wait what? What’s that cable. The legs are all wobbly. We’re going down! Whew! It was only a dream. An amazing dream in an amazing bed!

This giant AT-AT loft bed is the best bed ever. Some lucky kid is smiling every night as he lays down inside of this thing.

I don’t know who the parents are that built this awesome thing, but I am kidnapping them and taking them home. I’ve already bought the supplies. Now work, damn you.

[via Obvious Winner]

I’ve got a confession to make to my wife. Without her approval, I’ve been gradually transforming our basement media room into a shrine to all things geeky – with a decided tilt towards retro video games. I now know what pillows I must purchase for the couch. As a matter of fact, I just paid for them as I write this.

These awesome retro pillows look like classic NES game cartridges – though they feature some non-existent games on them – presumably because nobody wanted to pay Nintendo some exorbitant licensing fee. At least I don’t remember playing Unicorn’s Revenge or Lava Jump on my old 8-bit system. But then again, my brain might have been deprived of oxygen from blowing on all of those cartridges.

The pillows are made from polyester, and they measure 14″ x 12″ x 3.5″ each, which makes them too big to cram into your console, but much more comfortable than sitting on a stack of actual cartridges.

You can order a pair of the Retro Video Game Pillows over at ThinkGeek for $34.99(USD). Now when can I have some Atari 2600 cartridge pillows?

I’m pretty sure you’ve never seen an R/C plane fly like this one does. That’s because it is one of a kind. This plane dances and does an amazing ballet in the air thanks to user-edited software and an ultra-light fuselage.

Dutch R/C plane enthusiast Nando Te Riele wanted an airplane that was responsive enough to coordinate its movements with music. Mission accomplished. Check out the video to see how graceful this thing is as it dances and twirls without a care in the world.  It is really amazing to watch.

Riele installed lights on the wings to augment the plane’s graceful movements. I think we have hit upon a new geeky form of allet that I would actually pay to see. The performance took place at this year’s Electric Indoor Masters meeting, an event that showcases some of the best indoor R/C plane pilots in the world.

[via Geek]

Here’s a case for the iPhone 5 that will have you looking at the back of your phone as much as the front. The iEqualizer has a built-in meter like the one you’d find on a graphic equalizer.

It works just like the T-shirt version and the DIY necktie we saw a while back. Its electroluminescent panel will react to nearby sounds, though it’s not exactly an accurate audio meter.

The case requires two CR2032 batteries. It would’ve been more convenient if it had a rechargeable battery instead, but at least it won’t draw power from the iPhone 5′s  barely adequate battery. The iEqualizer is also sensible enough to have a power switch. The only thing I don’t like about the case is the boombox-like thing up top, which probably houses a microphone.

You can order the iEqualizer from Strapya for about $30 (USD).

[via iPhone Informer]