Thursday, March 11, 2010

Fully Articulated LEGO Arm Mimics Human Movement

Fully Articulated LEGO Arm Mimics Human Movement


Fully Articulated LEGO Arm Mimics Human Movement

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST

Fully Articulated LEGO Arm Mimics Human Movement LEGO technic builder Sariel presents a mighty impressive weekend project: a motorized LEGO hand that emulates actual human movement. This feat of plastic engineering runs on a combination of electric motors and pneumatic valves.

Says Sariel,

"The most complex part of the arm is obviously the palm with 4 fingers and a thumb. The thumb can be bent and raised/lowered, whereas the remaining 4 fingers have two joints in each of them. The index finger was operated independently, and it was fairly possible to operate every finger individually, except that it would take two times more pneumatic ...more

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Jennifer Love Hewitt Vajazzles Her Vajayjay - t.m.i?

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 03:15 PM PST

Jennifer Love Hewitt Vajazzles Her Vajayjay - t.m.i? Jennifer Love Hewitt kick starts a new trend that involves swarovski crystals and, ahem, the bikini line. The name for it is vajazzling (definition: bedazzling your...lady parts, aka vagina adornment). Watch below as Hewitt explains it all to George Lopez.

"After a breakup, a friend of mine Swarovski crystalled my, um, precious lady," Hewitt tells Lopez. "It shined like a disco ball."

Skip to 2:40 to get straight to the good stuff. The procedure was first popularized by New York City's Completely Bare Spa, as a post-waxing embellishment involving stick-on Swarovski crystals in whatever ...more

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Techie Transformer Fashion With a Naked Finale (NSFW)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST

Techie Transformer Fashion With a Naked Finale (NSFW) I'm about three years late to the party on this one, but Turkish-born, British based fashion designer Hussein Chalayan's 2007 collection is just too amazing to pass up. Incredible designs + high tech computer gadgetry, resulting in model nudity... this is a definite head turner (and quite possibly NSFW).

Yes, Chalayan has definitely made a splash in the fashion world; so much that even Lady Gaga has paid some homage (re: knock off, look to the right or read more).

Daily Mail reports on Chalayan's 2007 collection,

"The centrepieces of the acclaimed designer's collection were five mechanical ...more

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