Online rumours claim Google is planning some sort of premium owner experience for future Android phone buyers, with the Android Silver scheme said to encourage networks to babysit owners of phones, guarantee the latest version of Android and show them how to buy stuff through Google Play.
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The force is strong with this sterling silver Darth Vader ring. Get one today, because Vader is disturbed by your lack of fashion. It’s stylish and bold just like the Sith lord himself.
The Dark Side has never looked so stunning. This ring announces to the world that you are a badass and are not afraid to show it. Now if you just had some Stormtrooper rings, your fists could cause some real trouble, like punching a snowbank and pretending that you are invading a Hoth base. Or putting on a little puppet show with your fingers.
You can get it for $84.99(USD) from Amazon. The Force is always in fashion.
[via This Is Why I’m broke]
So you’ve purchased your Ron Burgundy minifig, and you’re wondering how to show it off, right? Well, all you need is a LEGO-compatible brick ring, and you’ll be all set. Well ask, and ye shall receive.
This nifty LEGO-inspired ring comes from designer FORMA Laboratory, and is made using a 3D-printing or a 3D-printed casting, depending on the material you choose. It can hold any standard LEGO item that can snap onto two studs, making it perfect for showing off your favorite minifigs.
As an added bonus, the modular studs mean you get more than one ring for your money. One day you can have a standard yellow minifig, the next day, you can go for the gold.
The Brick Ring is available in a variety of metals, including brass, stainless steel, sterling silver, or gold plate, and in sizes ranging from 8 to 13 over at Shapeways. Prices vary from $44 t0 $146(USD) depending on the material you choose.
Godzilla is an awesome creature. What’s not to like about a huge-ass monster stomping around Tokyo fighting other monsters, while they lay waste to the city? If Godzilla wore jewelry on his reptilian digits, you know he would wear one of these amazing rings and punch Mothra’s face in with it.
This custom silver Godzilla ring is hand-carved and cast from Sterling silver by Etsy artist UrbanHunting. You can choose sizes 8 through 12 and it will cost you $500(USD). This is a hefty ring obviously, because Godzilla is one hefty Kaiju. This isn’t some skinny ring for Hobbits.
I would suggest finding some other monster rings and arranging daily fights across your knuckles, if you can find someone who makes them anyway. I guess for now, you’ll just be rocking Godzilla all by himself.
[via Geekologie]
Some bounty hunters are all rough and tumble. Brash and bold. Others are calm and collected. This is the ring of choice for them. With one of these rings, you’ll look stylish and gentlemanly even when firing a blaster or lugging a frozen body around.
This White Hunter Gents’ ring is 14 karat, with 10 karat red and green gold and sterling. There are many custom configurations to choose from. It is high quality, you even if you end up in the stomach of the almighty Sarlacc, this ring will survive, while your bones rot. The 14K version will set you back $1895, while 10K gold costs $1650, and the sterling silver one goes for $875. These models come with real Black diamonds and Paul Michael Design can also do them with black onyx too.
For those of you who haven’t collected your pay for your bounty yet, there’s also a version with a black synthetic enamel inlay, starting at just $350 in silver – though it goes all the way up to $2500 in platinum. There’s also a smaller version for the bounty huntin’ ladies out there.
There’s also a band made up of multiple Fett faces, which goes for just $265 in sterling silver.
These rings are too awesome for words. So I am just gonna shut up and count my money!
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What are you going to use as currency when the Zombie apocalypse happens? Soda bottle caps? Ammo? Ammo isn’t a bad idea, I suppose. How about Zombucks? When being hunted by hordes of brain eaters, you might as well use currency that features the undead prominently on the face of the coin.
Provident Metals is releasing these 1oz silver coins that will honor 10 separate historical figures and coin designs and zombify them. They will unveil a new design every three months and each release will have a limited mintage.
Collect them all and save them up. You will need them to buy food, ammo, and anything else you need to survive. The silver coins sell for $22.22(USD) and will only go up in value when walkers roam the Earth.
[via Geekologie]
Ok, this Optimus Prime ring isn’t officially a wedding ring, but come on, what else would you use it for? It’s the perfect ring for Transformers-loving couples, who want to make the ultimate transformation into marriage.
This .925 sterling silver ring is in the likeness of the Autobot leader’s head. It will cost you $91.15(USD) from Etsy seller Princeofdiamonds. That’s not nearly as expensive as a traditional wedding ring, but it’ll certainly make more of an impression than one of those.
Give this ring to your significant other and she will be yours for life. Then settle down and makes lots of little Autobots.
[via Neatorama]
Scientists have toyed with printing ear implants for ages, but they’ve usually been more cosmetic than functional. Princeton has just developed a bionic ear that could transcend those mere replacements to offer a full-on upgrade. Rather than seed hydrogel with cells and call it a day, the researchers 3D printed a blend of calf cells, hydrogel and an integrated, coiled antenna made from silver nanoparticles. The frankly spooky project doesn’t resemble a natural ear all that closely, but it merges organic and synthetic more gracefully than inserting a chip into an existing implant. It can also expand hearing beyond normal human levels: the experimental version picks up radio waves, for example. Although the ear is just the first step on a long path toward natural-feeling bionics, it already has us wondering if we’ll be actively seeking out replacement body parts in the future… not that we’re about to go all Van Gogh to get them.
Filed under: Wearables, Science, Alt
Via: Phys.org
Source: Nano Letters
I don’t know why I find something so mundane so fascinating but I can’t get enough of watching Argentinian silversmith Juan Carlos Pallarols create a chalice for Pope Francis. It’s incredible just to see his hands and tools shape what will be the cup for the holiest man in the world. More »
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