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SNES bed – for those who like sleeping alone

By CrunchGear, on 2010.07.14, 08:00.43 pm

I’d buy it. But I’d install it in my secret room, where all my Pac-Man ephemera and cartridge mobiles are hung. $20,000 is a lot for an unofficially Super Nintendo-themed bed, though. Do they think that the SNES generation grew up stupid?!

Even if it does come with two iPad docks and a 250-watt amplifier with four speakers (!), that’s a lot of money. If you’re into it, though, head over to Hollandia to check out the i-Con.

[via Furninfo, TechEBlog, and Gearfuse]

New Adidas Wings 2.0 shoes are the next best thing to actual flying kicks

By CrunchGear, on 2010.06.30, 08:30.12 pm

Adidas has a hit on their hands, I think — not just with these “Wings 2.0″ shoes designed by Jeremy Scott. The Star Wars line of originals was also a huge hit. Custom, short-run gear like this is blowing up — even mad designs (like these) are going to find buyers (like me). Combine expert curating with the long tail effect and… yeah. Wings on your shoes.

More pics below.

Expect these things to hit the online Adidas store (and select retail locations) on August 10th.

[via HypeBeast, Albotas, and GearFuse]

Pirate keyboard has only one letter (guess which one)

By CrunchGear, on 2009.11.03, 10:17.11 pm

ARRRRR!

CTRL-ALT-BELAY!

[via Walyou and Gearfuse]

NES guitar: Now you’re playing with power, indeed

By CrunchGear, on 2009.10.15, 07:20.55 pm

If only there were some way to hook this up to D-Pad Hero, then the circle would be complete. As it is though, it’s merely a fully functional electric guitar made from a Nintendo Entertainment System. Wait a second, that’s totally awesome.

Actually, what really needs to happen is the guitarist from The Advantage needs to rock this thing. I think I would die from a nerd overload if I saw him jam out the Castlevania theme on this thing. I met those guys at a show in Tokyo, incidentally, and they’re cool as hell.

The project is actually an updated version of an much older NES guitar, updated with Mario, Luigi, and Donkey Kong knobs and a cartridge for the headstock.

[via TecheBlog, Craziest Gadgets, and Gearfuse]

Piano stairs: I can’t think of a better way to make people fall to their deaths

By CrunchGear, on 2009.10.08, 06:00.18 pm

On the surface, it’s a cool concept, even one with some merit: when the stairs are funner than the escalator, people will take them more often. So some clever Swedes (with a serious budget) retrofitted this underground transit stop with a keyboard staircase. You know, like in Big, but stairs. That’s right. You’re beginning to see the problem, aren’t you?

See, it’s all well and good when the keyboard is flat and people want to jump all over it and play songs, but this one is really an invitation for people to fall on their faces. Want to play a chord? Try not to die. There’s also the consideration that when there are more than a few people on the stairs, the result must be the most hideous cacophany. Think about it: someone on every stair? It’d be like someone pounding on every key on a piano, again and again. There’s a reason they don’t have audio for that part.

So, while I’m with them in spirit, there are probably a few bugs they should work out first.

[Via Gizmodo and GearFuse]

Two spider-bot videos, one post

By CrunchGear, on 2009.08.26, 10:28.03 pm

Are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s begin. Comfort is overrated anyway. And robot spiders are underrepresented on this (otherwise excellent) website. That’s why I decided to put two, two, TWO SPIDER ROBOT VIDEOS in one post. We’re falling behind other blogs in spiderbot video density. Click on through and be squicked/entertained.

Our first video showcases a robot by a fellow named Drew, who apparently feels that Wiimotes are for controlling abominations such as the one he’s created. A pair of modified Wiimotes controls its nightmarishly jerky locomotion, and apparently there’s a button dedicated to it turning inside out and flipping over.

Drew, it’s now your responsibility to rock me to sleep tonight. A little scotch in my milk will help.

[via Gearfuse and Forever Geek]

Next is a more practical (though equally frightening) affair. This web-shooting ceiling-lurker gets around (extremely slowly, but still) by firing its little grippers and then ratcheting up the “web.” Nice to know someone could slip one of these in the window and it could be waiting above the door in your foyer by the time you get home.

It moves more like an extremely nervous robo-sloth than anything, but the webs clearly mark it as a spider-based design. It’s built and maintained by the Ben Gurion University Mechatronics Department.

[via Dvice and Robots.net]

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SNES bed – for those who like sleeping alone

New Adidas Wings 2.0 shoes are the next best thing to actual flying kicks

Pirate keyboard has only one letter (guess which one)

NES guitar: Now you’re playing with power, indeed

Piano stairs: I can’t think of a better way to make people fall to their deaths

Two spider-bot videos, one post

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