Under most circumstances, the combination of trees and fire would be the stuff nightmares are made of—or dreams, for the pyromaniacs among us. But in eight days, the brilliant minds behind BioLite are going to be harnessing the power of fire with a giant, custom-built CampStove a full 200 times larger than its commercial counterpart, all to light up one glorious Christmas tree.
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It isn’t easy being a Roomba. It’s a tiring life of nothing but dust and filth. That’s why these household slaves have been known to kill themselves when they get the chance. Like this one did. You are looking at the remains of a Roomba from Austria that apparently turned itself on and ran onto a kitchen hotplate, where it burned to death.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, when you live the life of a Roomba, the sweet release of death is a must. Hats off gentlemen. Hold them to heart. Let us have a moment of silence and stare at the charred remains and ash tracks that is our fallen servant.
Then laugh at those ash tire tracks from where it was running around in circles on fire. Oops. Inappropriate? Too soon? Sorry.
[via Geekologie]
Futurama’s Bender is quite possibly the greatest robotic character in the history of television or the movies. Sure, there are more sophisticated robots like David in Prometheus, but none has made us guffaw as hard as the perpetually drunken, self-absorbed, belligerent, and conniving robot that is Bender Bending Rodriguez. It turns out that one man likes Bender so much that he turned him into a wood stove.
This bad-ass ‘bot was made by a guy going by the name of “Rob Halftroll”, cut from old gas bottles, welded together to form his torso, neck and head. Bender’s legs were fabricated from tube steel, and cylindrical bands of metal were used for his arms.
Clearly, there was plenty of bending (and welding) that went into the fabrication of the Bender stove, so it might have been nice to have an actual Bender robot to help with the construction.
Check out Halftroll’s full build log for the Bender wood stove here.
Do you love the great outdoors? Have you tried asking your kids to spend less time at home, glued to the TV and head outdoors instead for some nature-inspired goodness? If you have answered in the affirmative, then perhaps what you need to do is to “talk” to the younger generation on their terms and frequency. Give them a gizmo to play around with when they are out there in the wilderness, and you would have greatly enhanced your chances of receiving a positive answer from them to your request. Case in point, the £149.99 BioLite Camping Stove ought to ensure that you will be able to keep them wild animals at bay at night, cook your meals, and burn some zombies along the way just in case a Walking Dead scenario comes about.
The BioLite Camping Stove is capable of cooking, heating and charging your electronic devices, where it does so by using renewable biomass including (but not limited to) twigs, pinecones, wood pellets in addition to other easily attainable flammable materials. A built-in fan will create the necessary airflow required, where it merges with the fuel chamber so that an ultra-efficient combustion fire is produced. All generated heat will be converted into electricity thanks to the Power Module which is then stored in the lithium ion battery, or it can be output to charge smaller devices. The included handy carry bag makes sure it remains nice and dry even when it is pouring outside, and it can be folded away quickly and easily just in case you want to escape from the eye in the sky in an instant. Tipping the scales at under 1kg, the BioLite Camping Stove ensures you need not tote around gas canisters, bulky chargers or heavy firewood ever again the next time you go camping.
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