Hasta La Gadget!

Damn! Look at the size of that hole in this Stormtroopers helmet. I think that before the shot was fired, this corpsetrooper heard a rebel utter, “You’re all clear kid, let’s blow this thing and get out of here!” So he turns and goes, “Huh?,” thinking that they are talking about blowing up a piece of equipment. But no. No. They were talking about your head. That sucks.


His Imperial tombstone reads: Here lies Les Moore. Four slugs. From a rebel forty-four. No Les. No More.

Seriously though, this is some gross cosplay people. This helmet was spotted at the recent London Film and Comic Con. It’s disgusting, yet I love it. What’s wrong with me?

[via Obvious Winner]

So you are aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise on a five year mission and you beam down to a planet to do some geological studies, when suddenly Trelaine aka The Squire of Gothos, turns everything on the planet into LEGO creations. What do you do? Your normal phasers and instruments are useless. Well, if you had this LEGO gear, you would be just fine.

These LEGO creations are amazing. This medical tricorder, Type 2 hand phaser and communicator are all by LEGO artist Tommy Williamson. He excels at creating realistic classic Star Trek gadgets out of LEGO bricks.

Just look at the amazing detail that he puts into every piece. Any LEGO landing party would be well prepared for the mission ahead. Even if the had a red shirt on. I wish I had this kind of LEGO talent. Check out more of Tommy’s pics in his Flickr stream.

[via Nerdcore]

I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a ping-pong ball that I would look at and think, “that’s pretty cool.” However, a Japanese artist has created what is undeniably the coolest ping-pong ball in the history of ping-pong balls. This thing started as your typical orange table tennis ball before he worked his geek magic and turned it into an incredibly detailed replica of the Death Star from Star Wars.

I can only imagine how difficult this would be or how exactly the artist car all these jagged edges out of the thin ping-pong ball. I can only assume it took hours with a really sharp X-Acto knife. The internal structure of the ping-pong ball was created with some sort of plastic board.

The internal structure was built and the ping-pong ball was cut to its Death Star shape as separate pieces. I want to know how the internal structure was placed inside the ping-pong ball. I would assume the finished outer ping-pong ball shell was cut in half and placed over the top of the internal structure.

[via Inhabitat]

Death Star ping-pong ball isn’t a moon is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Suppose the Doctor and River Song got married. This would be River’s bouquet, because you know, that’s her sonic screwdriver as the stem. But in real life this was a human bride’s bouquet that not only features River’s sonic screwdriver, but there are also paper flowers from the pages of a Sherlock Holmes story on top. That makes it doubly awesome.

Doctor Who fans with impending nuptials now have another project to keep them busy until the big day. You already have the TARDIS or Dalek cake, no doubt. The groom will be dressed like the Doctor, the bride like River Song and now you have a sonic screwdriver bouquet.

But don’t stop there. I want to see some Daleks walking her down the aisle and a Cyberman presenting the ring. Nah, that’s not too much.

[via Neatorama]

It won’t help you travel through time, but this DIY time circuit clock made by PhilB of Adafruit Industries will make your car much cooler. Especially if you happen to have a DeLorean DMC-12.

PhilB used a Teensy microcontroller, a ChronoDot clock module and of course nine LED displays to make the clock. He encased the guts in laser-cut acrylic that was sprayed with faux hammered metal paint.

Unfortunately PhilB or Adafruit Industries can’t sell the clock because of copyright issues. But if you’re good with electronics, head to Adafruit Industries’ blog to get the instructions.

[via The Verge]