You might have seen this amazing video doing the rounds over the weekend, featuring a series of structures known as ‘Ambiguous Cylinders’ that look like circles from one side, but squares from the other. Here’s how to make your own, using only a cardboard tube!
Continue ReadingThe trailer and air date for season 9 of the BBC’s Doctor Who were announced yesterday at San Diego Comic Con.
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Filmumentaries creator Jamie Benning returns with a fascinating short film about the creation of the galaxy’s most vile gangster and slimy piece of worm-ridden filth, Jabba the Hutt.
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We take the Pioneer DDJ-WeGO2 virtual deck controller for a spin (sorry) and find out how it performs alongside our favorite DJ app.
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We have a play with the K-Board from KMI – a USB MIDI keyboard that hooks up to your computer or mobile device and gives you new ways to play music.
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Over the weekend, the munchkin and I were lucky enough to attend Brick 2014 at London’s Excel Centre. It was the biggest Lego show the UK has seen, running for four days and attracting thousands of Lego fans of all ages. And we took lots of photos!
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The Force Awakens Trailer is Here at Last… and you’re gonna love it!
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Next weekend (November 15th to be precise) the Mini Maker Faire returns to London’s College of Communication in Elephant and Castle, and GeekDad will be there together with DIY.org
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MakieLab have released two apps to accompany their custom-made, unique 3D printed dolls. Makies FabLab and Makies Fashion take two different approaches to classic “dress-up dolls” game.
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Listicle alert! We revisit out hugely popular list of things your kids may never know about to see what’s changed over the last five years.
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Some late breaking news for Dredd fans everywhere, I got word of this after I’d already posted my last Dreddwatch, but I couldn’t let it go by without doing my bit to help the cause. What follows is the message from the fan-run Make a Dredd Sequel campaign about the #DayOfDredd!
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SAM is a new project which has just launched on Kickstarter, taking the idea behind individual electronic components that connect together – pioneered by littleBits – and freeing them from the need to be physically connected by adding a battery and wireless chip to each module.
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We check out two new Bluetooth wireless speakers from Beacon Audio — The Blazar and The Phoenix 2
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In our latest round-up of all things Dredd and 2000AD, we have news of a documentary about the comic, a movie-sequel mix up, and comic-only threequel.
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UK AFOLs (and their kids) are in for a real treat later this year when the largest Lego con in the country lands in London’s Excel Centre from the 27th to 30th November. Brick2014 promises a veritable bucket-load of Lego related activities ranging from huge fan displays, to ‘free play’ areas and hands-on workshops and talks
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Axl and Tuna is a new “Endless Runner” game for the iPad from the creators of the excellent Bobo Explores Light.
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Disney and Lucasfilm are debuting the first full trailer for the new animated series, Star Wars Rebels, on Star Wars Day.
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The rumours have been flying around for months, but now we finally have the official announcement of the cast for Disney’s first entry into the Star Wars Saga.
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UK Lego master builder Warren Elsmore is back with a follow-up to his successful book, Brick City. Brick Wonders features more photos of his amazing dioramas, this time themed around the wonders of the ancient, natural and modern world.
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Geekdad’s DREDDwatch is back after an extended break with more news from Judge Dredd and 2000AD.
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Follow a few simple steps to make your own unique Christmas tree from cardboard and leftover bits of wrapping paper.
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A geeklet gets to test out a Makie Doll — a custom designed, 3D printed doll that is a refreshing change from all of the “girly” dolls out there at the moment.
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See the latest production diary from Peter Jackson on the set of the second part of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
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Hello again Earthlets and welcome to the next instalment of our Zarjaz news round up from the world of 2000AD, this time featuring an awesome new t-shirt, tons of digital comics and some fan-made films.
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The BBC has released a new image of all eleven Doctors to support a special 50th Anniversary trailer being broadcast tonight (Saturday, 19 October), plus loads more Anniversary Special info.
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This coming Saturday, join thousands of people all over the world in the 2nd annual celebration of cardboard creativity in aid of the Imagination Foundation, set up after the Caine’s Arcade viral hit video.
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Welcome to the third of our irregular rounds-ups of all things Judge Dredd and 2000AD, this time featuring more movie sequel news, a new Dredd graphic novel and another from John Wagner, plus new Slaine stories in the weekly progs.
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Great Scott! After the success of his DeLorean project for LEGO Cuusoo, Team BTTF lead Masashi Togami is back with more Back to the Future-themed models hoping to gain 10,000 supporters and follow the DeLorean into production.
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The World’s End is the final movie in Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s loosely connected “Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy”, which started with romcomzom Shaun of the Dead and continued with cop buddy action movie Hot Fuzz. Here are 12 things parents should know about the movie.
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Fresh from the No Starch Press comes The Lego Build-It Book, Volume 1: Amazing Vehicles, a useful new book for Lego fans of all ages, featuring instructions for building ten vehicles including a Jeep, a Fire truck, a Muscle Car, a Digger, a Go-Kart and even a baby stroller!
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