Mechanical Steampunk hand contraption thingy

18-year-old Manick Yoj, created this awesome mechanical hand for a steampunk-themed Halloween costume. The hand is articulated and follows the motion of the user’s fingers through front and back motion. Yoj says the project was well received by other Halloweeners.

Hide your cherries and get out of the way, Pac-Man remote controlled racers have arrived. These iconic Pac-Man racers can move in all four directions and include authentic 8-bit Pac-Man sound effects (sound activated by a button on the side of the remote). The racers are weighted so they won’t topple over.

With what surely must be an item on Batman’s utility belt, the new Ostrich Pillow, created by Kawamura-Ganjavian, lets you create your own Fortress of Solitude and catch a few Zzzzzzz’s anywhere, anytime.

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster originally conceived of Superman as a bald, telepathic villain bent on controlling the world. In 1933, Shuster reinvisioned Superman as a superhero and spent the next six years searching for a publisher to bring his vision to life. Here are 30 of the top Superman and Action Comics covers from…

A collection of some of the most unusual, creepiest, and scary Halloween costumes we’ve seen to date.

Erik Johansson is a full-time photographer and retoucher. Originally from Sweden, he has since moved to Berlin, Germany, where he works commercially to bring ideas in his mind to life. His photography and retouch work is nothing short of astounding. You can view his complete portfolio on his personal website.

There was once a lone phone booth in the middle of the Mojave Desert, located over 15 miles from any highway, that became an Internet sensation It’s phone number was 714.733.9969 and its official name was “Cinder Peak 2”.

The folks over at Vintage Confections make a pretty strange collection of lollipops. They have a unique method to embed edible objects inside the lollipop including such interesting, and in some cases icky, objects such as spiders, bugs, bloody bones, and planets. Here’s some of their stranger candies.

Mark Cuban explains why he lost a ton of money on Facebook stock

Mark Cuban, the geeky American magnate who owns the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, posted an interesting explanation of mentality of stock trading. If you are a geek that trades stocks or is interested in pillaging the stock market, check out Cuban’s reason for losing a boatload of money buying Facebook stock. Facebook stock was played…

In Denmark, parents got sick and tired of all the time their kids spent in front of the television set. Disney Channel and Cartoon Network smothered the kids not only in humor, but in product advertisements conditioning the little ones into zombie consumers. In a desperate attempt to reign in Danish viewers, the DR Ramasjang…