Geek Archive

Microwave your cell phone


Every wonder what happens when you microwave a cell phone? Well, the cooking process causes a monster to bubble up out of the device and act all screaming and angry. The commercial by Droga5, for pay-as-you-go provider Net10, is trying to paint other cellphone companies as evil for having lengthy contracts.

Retro Games on real backgrounds


Somebody came up with the clever idea to take scenes from old games such as Donkey Kong, Yoshi Island, and Street Fighter and place them in real photographs. Enjoy:

Einstein’s Energy Bar is “Relatively Delicious!”


Einstein’s Energy Bar claims to be “Relatively Delicious!”. It also notes that the real meaning of e=mc^2 is; Energy equals Mouth watering Chocolatey goodness, squared. Other than chocolate I have no clue what else is in one of these bars.

AT&T is now sold out of iPhones


I was just looking at phones on the AT&T Wireless website and noticed that the iPhone is now sold out. It hasn’t been picked up by any major blogs yet, so I’m guessing this just happened.  The release of the 3G iPhone sure seems pretty inevitable now. (AT&T website)

Eye-Fi Announces New SD Cards


Eye-Fi dropped some new features for their Wi-Fi enabled SD cards for digital cameras, and it appears that they’ve actually been taking notice to customer requests.
The new features will be rolled out in three new models of the Eye-Fi card, all with storage capabilities of 2GB. Here’s what you can look forward to:
 

Eye-Fi Explore [$129]: […]

Guitar Hero Handheld Game


As if you weren’t spending enough time playing the regular-sized Guitar Hero, now there is a version to play on the go that includes 5-way tone “note” buttons, LCD screen, whammy bar, carabineer clip, on/off, volume and reset controls. It offers 3 levels of play with song choices from GH and GH II.
You can purchase […]

Real Crystal LED Watch


 

This watch, inspired by Swarovsky Signity watches, was dreamt up by designer Ilya Yakovlev. It features a surface made from real crystals and is backlit by LEDs. The owner can increase the brightness and adjust the colors to suit their mood. The watch is not yet real; it’s the dream of Yakovlev. You can bet it’s going […]

The Pixel Couch


Cristian Zuzunaga, is a graduate from the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Arts. Zuzunaga has designed this Pixel Couch that Danish manufacturer Kvadrat will be producing and selling through Moroso. Do you think it will still look pixilated from a distance?…
Designed by Christian Zuzunaga (Found on: The Cool Hunter)
 

 

 

Nokia’s latest ad makes us want to play snake again


Finnish based Nokia’s latest campaign, “Get out and play”, is created by Far Far and HobbyFilms. Doesn’t it make you want to play Snake?
 
It’s a nicely done ad.

The geekiest pants… ever?


Designer Erik De Nijs, has stitched together this eye catching pair of “Beauty and the Geek” jeans. These “modern shaped trousers which are often worn by youngsters..” are the perfect solution for Googling quick exits while running from the fashion police. Built into the knees are a pair of crotch rocking speakers, around the back […]