Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Mass Effect 3 N7 replica gets real world debut for your Spacer pleasure]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/26/mass-effect-3-n7-replica-gets-real-world-debut-for-your-spacer-p/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/26/mass-effect-3-n7-replica-gets-real-world-debut-for-your-spacer-p/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/26/mass-effect-3-n7-replica-gets-real-world-debut-for-your-spacer-p/#comments If you're the type to stock your walls with Lord of the Rings-style elvish daggers (or, you know, build full-scale Portal gun replicas), then you'll love this official Mass Effect 3 mockup commissioned by the folks at Bioware. Arduously crafted by self-proclaimed graphic design dork Harrison Krix, the N7 assault rifle replica made its facsimile debut at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. With only a fortnight to work with, the DIY, prop-making hobbyist took the made-for-cosplay gun from a glued wood, styrene and PVC-detailed master concept to paint weathered, final collector's edition mold. It's an impressive feat you can view in heavily photographed detail at the source, but there's still one thing we're waiting on Krix to bring to life -- that space-skipping SSV Normandy.

Mass Effect 3 N7 replica gets real world debut for your Spacer pleasure originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Assault rifleassault riflesAssaultRifleAssaultRiflesdiygraphic designerGraphicDesignergunharrison krixHarrisonKrixhomebrewhomemademass effectMass Effect 3MassEffectMassEffect3N7 Assault RifleN7AssaultRifleprop gunPropGunreplicareplicasriflevolpin propsVolpinPropsweaponwoodwoodworkTue, 26 Jul 2011 16:55:00 EST<![CDATA[Portal turret replica has real laser, insatiable bloodlust]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/portal-turret-replica-has-real-laser-insatiable-bloodlust/http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/portal-turret-replica-has-real-laser-insatiable-bloodlust/http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/portal-turret-replica-has-real-laser-insatiable-bloodlust/#comments You might not remember Ryan Palser by name, but you'll surely recall the good gent's homemade Fallout 3 plasma rifle. He has since stepped his game up to bigger and badder video game weapon replicas, and has just completed the construction of the first of his forthcoming army of Portal laser turrets. Thankfully, Ryan has been sporting enough to build the older version of these human eviscerators (not the upgraded Portal 2 turrets, phew!), giving us at least a small chance of survival -- provided we have the right gear, of course. See the laser-equipped, GLaDOS-approved, 38-inch tall turret next to its maker after the break, or hit up the source link for some gorgeous photos of its construction.

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Portal turret replica has real laser, insatiable bloodlust originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 May 2011 03:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aperture scienceApertureSciencecannoncitizensnipsdiygamegunhomemadelaserlaser turretlasersLaserTurretportalrecreationreplicaryan palserRyanPalsertoyturretvalvevideo gameVideoGamewargadgetweaponweapon replicaWeaponReplicaTue, 10 May 2011 03:22:00 EST<![CDATA[China's dead affected by iPad 2 shortages of a different sort]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/chinas-dead-affected-by-ipad-2-shortages-sort-of/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/chinas-dead-affected-by-ipad-2-shortages-sort-of/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/chinas-dead-affected-by-ipad-2-shortages-sort-of/#comments In life as in death, it seems, getting your hands on an iPad 2 is no easy feat. Reuters is reporting today that paper replicas of the tablet are selling out in parts of Asia, as revelers prepare to set the things ablaze during China's Qingming festival Tuesday. As is tradition, paper versions of money, clothing, and, yes, consumer electronics are burned as offerings to the dead, and this year Apple's latest slate is apparently all the rage for expired techies -- one shopkeeper in Malaysia said his stock of 300 paper iPad 2s sold out quickly, leaving him unable to meet demand. Sounds strangely familiar, doesn't it?

China's dead affected by iPad 2 shortages of a different sort originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Ancestors dayAncestorsDayAppleApril 5thApril5thAsiaChinaChinesedeadfakefestivalholidayiPadiPad 2Ipad2KIRFknock-ffMacQing MingQing Ming FestivalQingMingQingMingFestivalreplicashortageslabslatetablettomb sweeping dayTombSweepingDayMon, 04 Apr 2011 21:51:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple engineer uses Lego to rebuild ancient Greek mechanism, will surely try to patent it (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/apple-engineer-uses-lego-to-rebuild-ancient-greek-mechanism-wil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/apple-engineer-uses-lego-to-rebuild-ancient-greek-mechanism-wil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/apple-engineer-uses-lego-to-rebuild-ancient-greek-mechanism-wil/#comments The Antikythera Mechanism is what you call truly old school technology. Argued to be the world's oldest known computer, this ancient Greek invention was used some time circa 100BC to calculate and "predict celestial events and eclipses with unprecedented accuracy." Skipping past the two millennia in which it lay lost on a sea floor somewhere, the Mechanism has now been recreated by an Apple software engineer by the name of Andrew Carol, who has lovingly pieced 1,500 Lego Technic blocks together, creating 110 gears and four gearboxes in total. Each box is responsible for performing one piece of arithmetic, and when the resulting machine is fed with appropriate calendar data, it spits out a (hopefully accurate) prediction for the next time a solar eclipse should occur. All well and good, but we're really just amazed by the beauty of those gears working. Check them out after the break.

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Apple engineer uses Lego to rebuild ancient Greek mechanism, will surely try to patent it (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Flash Rods' DeLorean hard drive: $250, 500 jigabytes! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>back to the futureBackToTheFuturedeloreandelorean time machineDeloreanTimeMachineflashrodsreplicatime machineTimeMachineusbWed, 24 Nov 2010 07:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Mass Effect's M8 Avenger rifle brought to exquisitely detailed life]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/mass-effects-m8-avenger-rifle-brought-to-exquisitely-detailed-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/mass-effects-m8-avenger-rifle-brought-to-exquisitely-detailed-l/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/mass-effects-m8-avenger-rifle-brought-to-exquisitely-detailed-l/#comments Harrison Krix understands if you don't remember his name. After all, your mind can't be expected to retain information when you've just seen the spectacular Portal gun and Daft Punk helmet the man has already authored. Latest on his hitlist is an homage to the awesomeness that is Mass Effect. Employing mostly leftover bits from previous projects and $28's worth of new materials, Harrison set about the task of recreating Commander Shepard's trusty assault rifle. The source will delight your eyeballs with a litany of pictures and build details, though our major question remains unanswered -- does it use armor-piercing, incendiary, or shredder rounds?

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Mass Effect's M8 Avenger rifle brought to exquisitely detailed life originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>avenger rifleAvengerRiflediygunharrison krixHarrisonKrixhomebrewhomemadem8mass effectMassEffectreplicariflevolpin propsVolpinPropsweaponwoodwoodworkThu, 26 Aug 2010 08:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Homemade Fallout 3 plasma rifle makes our post-apocalyptic future seem less bleak]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/24/homemade-fallout-3-plasma-rifle-makes-our-post-apocalyptic-futur/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/24/homemade-fallout-3-plasma-rifle-makes-our-post-apocalyptic-futur/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/24/homemade-fallout-3-plasma-rifle-makes-our-post-apocalyptic-futur/#comments The A3-21 Plasma Rifle is quite the little devastator in Fallout 3 and it doesn't look half bad in the so-called real world either. Lovingly pieced together by one Ryan Palser, this homebrewed replica (the lower of the two in the image above) took five months to complete and involved the enrollment of his wife's painting skills for the weathering job. The final result is enough to convince us that Fallout would be well served by a movie adaptation, if only so we can see more of these retro-futuristic rifles get their shot at corporeality. You can scope out one more image showing off the lights inside the rifle after the break, but only if you promise to hit up Ryan's Flickr account for the full set.

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Homemade Fallout 3 plasma rifle makes our post-apocalyptic future seem less bleak originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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XCM Fire takes the "light" out of light gun, still looks sufficiently violent originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sigh. It's like making a Jag-Stang for righties -- it just ain't right, kids. Hot on the heels of seeing the other special edition Rock Band axes designed for the forthcoming Beatles title comes this, Sir Paul McCartney's Rock Band Höfner bass replica. At a glance, most everything looks to be legitimate, but considering that it's clearly tailored for those who lean right, it'll never be authentic in our minds. Yeah, that's our southpaw pride we're wearing on our sleeves -- what of it?

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Paul McCartney's Rock Band Höfner bass gets pictured, lacks genuineness originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 May 2009 11:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Seagate's new Replica drive aims to be for PC users what Time Machine is for Macs (in fact, there's no Mac software included), and seems to do a pretty good job of it. You merely plug the drive into your computer, accept a license agreement, and you're off to the races with hassle-free incremental backups of your system. The drive is available in Single PC and Multi-PC models, with the former sporting 250GB of capacity, and the latter doing 500GB and adding in a vertical dock -- but to actually backup multiple PCs you'll have to move the drive around sneakernet style. ComputerShopper found the drive pretty slow, and while you can drag and drop files off of the drive, it doesn't actually allow you to toss specific files on and use the drive as way to move your projects around town. Still, it's simple, and the $200 starting price isn't criminal.

Read - ComputerShopper review
Read - Official Replica site

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Seagate Replica does automatic, incremental backup for the everyman originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Focusing on the untransformed Optimus Prime is this $50k replica that has hit eBay's Canada store. The seller converted a 1994 Peterbilt into Hollywood's version of Optimus, complete with blue and red flame paint job, dozens of chrome switches, and a 17-inch entertainment system floating above the bunk in the back (and yes, the bunk has those Transformer sheets you had when you were 10 years old.)

[Thanks, Jonny B.]

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Optimus Prime Peterbilt replica hits eBay originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you haven't gotten hyped enough over the forthcoming third installment of the Halo series, perhaps you might want to get your paws on these illified (and expensive) toy guns from Jasman Toys. Apparently, the Halo 3-modeled firearms will not only look really bad-ass on your mantelpiece at home, but the recoiling, sound-projecting, light-flashing gats will also enable you to play a game of "advanced" laser tag, called "Halo Laser Pursuit." With the accompanying wearable laser target you can try and reenact your favorite scenes from the games, as the receivers perform somewhat like Halo's shields, or so says Jasman. Really the only way this game of tag differs from the actual game is that no one dies -- and it's not nearly as much fun. Priced between $79.99 and $119.99, available in October.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

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Halo's Covenant laser tag guns coming in October originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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