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Hampster Prance

Finally! Put your hamster to some REAL use! Make him work for his own well being. Load a sheet of paper into the shredder, and your little buddy just does his thing, running his little butt off, and presto; a few gear reductions later, an instant hamster bed made from purely recycled credit card applications and unfiled TPS reports.

This is artist Tom Ballhatchet’s design, which he plans to put on display in Milan, Italy.

Check out his hanster shredder and his site below.

Tom Ballhatchet [Via Gizmodo]

How DreamWorks is Changing the World

According to DreamWorks, in the year 2009, every one of their movies will be produced in 3-D! The technology to make animated movies is nothing new, and in fact you’ve probably even seen a few 3D movies yourself. The reason that DreamWorks says 2009 is for the mere fact that the percentage of theaters that can show 3D digital movies is ub3r small in the U.S.

DreamWorks will not just be making all of their movies in 3D, but doing so exclusively. In other words, there won’t be ANY 2D versions of the films hitting the big screen. Just the DVDs. This is going to do a couple things. For one thing, its going to mean that you wont be able to find any more DreamWorks titles at the smaller movie theaters anymore. This COULD even put them out of business, unless they are able to cough up the costs to upgrade their equipment (which is going to be a pretty big cost). But on the reverse side of the spectrum, that means that all of the larger theaters (Regal, Edwards, etc) are going to upgrade every one of their theaters to hold 2 digital projectors for each screen that will show the 3D movies. Thats why its going to take 2-3 years before they start making exclusive 3D movies.

But along with the ability to display 3D movies, the digital projectors would be able to display a multitude of higher quality movies of all types (Think IMAX).

But heres the drawback… and its a pretty big one, in my opinion… you’re STILL going to have to wear some goofy glasses. Theres just no way around it… not with single screen projection anyways. The positive side of the negative side is the fact that they wont be those retro red and blue glasses… they would be the perpendicular-polarized lens kind (I honestly don’t know what they are called, i just know how they work).

This is the one thing that would keep me away from the theaters. I just don’t really think I would like having to wear uncomfortable glasses for almost 2 hours.

But this COULD be an interesting trend if you think about it. If every one of the theaters are transforming to the 3D projectors, then that means that there will be more productions in 3D that just DreamWorks’. There will actually be an available market for it. Nobody will have to be scared of making a 3D flick in fear of no theaters buying the reel due to the fact that they wouldn’t be able to use it.

If it gains even more popularity, then this will bring another kind of manufacturer into the scene…. yup, you guessed it… polarized glasses makers. You will be able to buy your own 3D glasses for the movies. You would have your own pair that you could leave at home and whenever you want to go watch a movie, you grab your nice comfy glasses that you hand picked yourself. Or hell, theres no reason why regular glasses couldn’t be perpendicularly polarized! You wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference, and they could still block out the sun on those extra bright California days. Go ahead and click the linky linky to see the press report on DreamWorks asking Bank of America for some money to do this with, haha.

DreamWorks Exclusively in 3D [Via Gizmodo]

The BrakeLok

Instead of all the other companies in the anti-theft world that try to create more and more elaborate devices to protect your car every day, Yanko Design has come up with a damn good alternative: just put on the brake!

The BrakeLok fits over your already existing hand brake and covers the button on the end. It will let you press the button still when in normal use. But, at any time, at the end of the BrakeLok is a key, which can be taken out. If the key is not in the BrakeLok, there is no way of pressing the brake release button, or even taking the BrakeLok off, essentially rendering the car immovable.

As with all theft protection devices, a good thief can get around it. And that rule applies to the BrakeLok as well, but still, adding more protection to your $1,500,000 Enzo is never going to hurt.

BrakeLok [Via Gizmodo]

For the legophile in everybody

If youve got a thing for legos, then Its probably time you took it to the next level.

Its a 4-component sofa setup, But the interesting thing about it is the fact that you can reconfigure it in anyway you want without having to worry about everything not fitting together.

The complete set, dubbed Bekky, is made of rubber and foam (which actually sounds kinda comfy), and all pieces fit into each other, essentially making an endless amount of configuration possibilities for you to rest your rump on while you play Star Wars and drink your ice cold Bawls, you ninja, you. The 4-piece set will set you back $466. But im sure you would agree with me when I say its totally worth that just so you can match your lego wallpaper colors.

Bekky Lego Sofa Set [Via Gizmodo]

Sill Japanese

If you’re lazy, like me, I seriously doubt you’ll wanna be visiting Okayama anytime soon.
Well, that is unless you’re looking for a good workout.

It looks like they got a roller coaster that is entirely human powered.

Yea, those are pretty much converted bicycles up there. Ha. As cool as it is, just seems like a lot of work to have fun. But it also makes me think about what it would be like to make something similar. How hard would it be to convert a bicycle to a track mounted device? Or ya know what would be even better? One of those 2-man railroad carts. Ya know… the kind with the see-saw lever in the middle!

Ok, I guess I would go on it after all. I mean, jeez, look at the views. The closest thing we have around here even remotely similar to that is at Magic Mountain.

Sky Cycle [Via Hacked Gadgets]