We’ve seen several mods involving the Nerf Vulcan in the past, but this heat seeking version from Make Gadget Freak Design Contest award-winner Rick Prescott might be the most intimidating.

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This 4G robot USB drive kind of looks like C3-PO if he was captured and buffed to death. I’ll bet they just wanted to remove his mouth to shut him up.

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Freddie Wong, the same guy behind the recent aimbots video is back with another illustration of what delusional gaming nerds imagine a real firefight must be like.

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This time-lapse video of the Earth was taken by Oregon State University alum and NASA astronaut Don Pettit during his time on the International Space Station.

Kinda makes the $20 million price tag to fly up as a tourist seem worth it. Watch the video on CubicleBot

These bookends were created by a guy with access to a CNC machine, but I’ll be dammed if he couldn’t sell a ton of them on Etsy.

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I’m not sure how George Lucas and Disney’s lawyers will feel about all this, but artist James Hance has created some truly beautiful illustrations that mash up Winne the Pooh with Star Wars.

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From That’s Nerdalicious!: Forget hunting down our nation’s enemies—drones have an even more devastating capability thanks to the Yale Aerial Manipulator.

Of course I’m talking about beer theft.

The drone uses a flexible robotic hand to grasp objects of about a pound in weight. Naturally, there are all kinds of practical applications for something like this as the technology improves—delivering supplie and handling bombs for instance…but what we are really interested in is retrieving a beer from the fridge with a helicopter. Now that would be something.

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This plush iMac has skipped right over mulitouch and gone straight for a huggable UI. That means less cuts and bruises from trying to hug your favorite Apple product.

Unfortunately, it’s also priced like an Apple product.

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From CubicleBot: The Doctor Who series of floating pens includes Cyberman, Dalek and TARDIS versions. When you whip one of those out to sign off on something, it tells clients you mean business.

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Looking at this nerdy Domo just made me laugh. He’s got a bow tie for frak’s sake.

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