These amazing Super Mario Cupcakes almost look too good to eat and may be better suited for display — once preserved in wax. If you missed the Mario pixel cake, then check it out here. Click here for first picture in gallery.
“Aion” could quite possibly a kitchen of the future. Featuring specialized plants that reportedly “provide a renewable supply of clean water and vegetable soap.” Click here for one more picture.
When cooking, the plants act as a filtering hood. When it�s time to clean up, simply place the dirty dishes in the sink, close the hood, and the all natural clean cycle begins
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An electronic musician from Uruguay converted a “retro-styled pilot suitcase” into a fully-functional PC, spending just $600. It comes complete with AMD 3200 processor, 1GB of memory, 120GB SATA HDD, and 15-inch Viewsonic LCD. Click here for first picture in gallery.
He did it for a simple reason: not enough money to buy a laptop. He needed something truly portable to take to his music gigs and a desktop didn’t cut it. So he designed the case and put every component needed inside
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Designed by Sungwoo Park, the “Game Card” remote “enables you to control volume and change channels all via card playing like gestures.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Sliding your thumb up and down in the center raises/lowers volume. Sliding the top card over a tad changes channel. Sliding it all the way takes you on a wild channel surf
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This modder shows how you shouldn’t “pimp” a Dell computer. Inside, you’ll find an Intel Celeron processor (1.4-GHz), 512MB of RAM, ATI Radeon 7000 graphics, 80GB HDD, and a Dell GX1 motherboard. Click here for first picture in gallery.
We’ll give it an A for effort. But man, this “Pimp My Dell” case mod is…well let’s just say that it has “Dell” written in rhinestones. And it’s covered in what we believe to be 35% of the world’s supply of gold spray paint
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In this GT featurette, we “take a glimpse at the living, breathing world created with the Dreamworld Engine thats bringing the Age of Conan to life.” Video after the break.
BMW unveiled its all-new twin-turbo 4.4L V8 engine at the Detroit Auto Show. What sets this engine apart from the V6 is that “each turbo makes use of fixed geometry and relatively simple wastegates.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Between the compressor outlet and the intake manifolds lie a pair of air-to-water intercoolers, one for each bank. Such an intercooler reduces packaging volume and tract length compared to a top- or front-mounted air-to-air heat exchanger
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When it comes to engines, size usually matters, but these four examples show that might not always be the case. Continue reading to see them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.
If you’re a morning person who always starts off the day with a piece of toast, fruit, and/or coffee. Then these toasty toaster concepts should feed your inner geek. Continue reading to see them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.
GT reviews No More Heroes for the Nintendo Wii, which is “one of the most rewarding and dependable of motion-intensive Wii titles to date.” Video after the break. Here’s the bottom line:
What you’ll really be getting with No More Heroes is a stylistic offering very rare outside of Grasshopper Studios on Wii, or anywhere else for that matter. The game suffers from a tech standpoint, but relishes in the fact that it has created a ridiculous, over-the-top world for players to enjoy