Those of you with arachnophobia may want to turn away from your monitors. This enormous inflatable spider puppet was built by UK artist Tim Davies for street and carnival performances. Details are still scarce on its inner workings or controls but Davies mentions that the legs are "air-powered." [TD Artwork via Technabob]
The best part about Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was Darth Maul. He was scary looking and he had a wicked double-bladed lightsaber. Why did Darth Maul have to die? Why? As a tribute, LucasArts just released an app that'll let you sith yourself up. Darth Maul will live on in all of us, just as Darth Sidious intended.
Some enterprising users have managed to hack together Remote Play support for a load of full PS3 games to play them via the PS Vita. They’ve managed to get some triple AAA titles like Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham Asylum working without a hitch too. I want one. Now.
Okay, this isn't going to be easy, but a developer has posted a video on YouTube showing how it's possible to use an Android handset, a projector, a Kinect and a computer to create the future. In your living room. Now.
Try to drown it, crush it with up to a ton of weight, or give it a ten-foot toss—this prototype G-Shock phone will just laugh its heinous mug at you. Why can't super-rugged things not look like this?
Giz's favourite video site, Vimeo, has just had the biggest lick of paint yet, hammering home the fact it's definitely the best place to find all those crazy timelapse videos and other arty concepty vids. Plus lots of cat videos. Lots and lots of 'em.
The Oscar Nominations were announced today, and Andy Serkis was left off the list. The actor was highly praised for his motion-capture performance as Caesar the chimp in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and there was a strong campaign to get him recognised in this year's award ceremony, but ultimately it all came to naught. We can't say it's any surprise.
Proving that social media can be a tricky beast to master, McDonald’s #McFailed. The midnight boozer’s Mecca attempted to highlight the good things about its often-criticised burger business. Of course Twitter users had other ideas and #McDStories seriously backfired.
For half my working day, I want to work on this Vespa workstation. Then chill out the other half of the day on the chair made with the other half of the Vespa. A brilliant mashup.
Facebook, Twitter and Myspace engineers have developed a browser plug-in that helps you skirt the horrible intrusion that is Google's new Search Plus Your World. It should send a pretty clear message: it's called "Don't Be Evil".
Beats by Dre are great for listening to hip hop and looking cool around the city. But if you're not into their bottom-heavy sound, you're left out of the party.
Julian Assange has announced that he's going to have his own TV show, where he'll interview "key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries", and it's going to be hitting the screens in spring. Is there anything this man won't do?
Everybody's working on self-driving cars! Google, Ford, Volvo and now even the ultimate driving machine, BMW, is trying their hand at hands free driving. BMW's self-autonomous system uses four types of sensors, radar, cameras, laser scanners and ultrasound distance sensors and can even change lanes to zoom past a slowpoke car. BMW. The ultimate lazy driving machine.
People found Steve Jobs inspirational. A Bulgarian school found him so inspirational that they decided to rename their establishment in his honor. Now Virgin America has named one of its planes in memory of him, too.
The rage of the recent American SOPA protesters saw an unusual spike in traffic for the Scottish Organic Producers Association, which began receiving threatening emails demanding it stops doing what it's doing.
Even the most patient crafter would lose their mind cutting out this intricate 12-inch model of the Eiffel Tower by hand. So thank goodness we've harnessed the powers of lasers which make short work of this complicated task.
