Your mom will clearly be taking a bigger interest in gaming…

Boing Boing: XXX-XBOX: teledildonics mod with live video chat

Oh, slick. You could have even more fun with a DIY toy more intrinsically interesting than a bear; for example, a knit zombie. (I still don’t get why it’s “Dawn of the Knitted Dead” rather than “Knit of the Living Dead.”)

USB teddy bear holds data, scares children – Engadget

That is not a time cube.

Boing Boing: Time Cube clock rotates through angular form to mark time

I want a “ceiling robot made from styrofoam meat package.”

However, the wall/ceiling version would be way cooler if it could transition between wall and ceiling and floor. For that, I think you would need to take two hovercrafts (or possibly three) and join them at right angles. Then all you need to do is add lasers, and you’re well on your way to a kickass home defense system.

Of course, that assumes your walls are at right angles, which is often but not always the case. I suppose a hinge could take care of this, however, leaving curved surfaces as the only possibly difficulty.

MAKE: Blog: Homemade hovercraft

conductive thread and conductive velcro

They have that? Cool.

MAKE: Blog: Make Podcast: Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Light Up Bracelets

“Of course, you can’t actually fire a rocket with a Snickers bar; the nuts would clog the nozzle.”

That was always Kevin’s mom’s excuse.

Boing Boing: Fueling model rockets with Oreo fillings

Hey, even *I* knew that Cadillac had ths.

Boing Boing: BMW vision system uses thermal imaging to spot people, animals

Hot. However, in my neighborhood, weather information in the morning is seldom valid in the afternoon. Can you add-on prognostication functionality?

WiFi umbrella lets you know when its needed – Engadget

I hope my neighbors like country. Yeehaw!

Breaking news in the field of laptop femininity. Or not.

Skyn laptop covers – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)