Open Sesame: Guy Hacks Phone Line Entry Into Apartment Complex
This is a video demonstration of the apartment buzzer entry system that Paweł Zadrożniak hacked so he can use a secret passcode to buzz himself into the...
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Wow: Automatic Door That Sounds Like R2-D2 Screaming
This is a short video from Youtuber Comedology of a hotel's automated sliding door that sounds like R2-D2 screaming like when he gets electrocuted or spat out...
More Than Meets The Eye: Transforming BB-8 Cosplay
This is a short video of a little girl cosplaying as BB-8 at WonderCon 2016 last weekend. Precious, right? She doesn't seem to know what to do...
Somebody Subtitled All Of R2-D2's Beeps And Boops
This is a video edit from Eclectic Method of all R2-D2's beeps and boops given subtitles from the six existing Star Wars movies. Honestly, I excepted a...
Star Wars Teaser Trailer Gets The Sweded Treatment
Seen here clutching a vacuum hose attachment, an x-wing pilot flies his way into a sweded version of the Star Wars Episode VII teaser trailer. I thought...
Beep Boop Zippity Blurp: Parakeet Emulating R2-D2
Hot on the little birdy heels of yesterday's laser blaster lyrebird comes this parakeet emulating the sounds of everyone's favorite astromech droid, R2-D2. "I prefer the R5...
How About No?: Japan Unveils First Android Newscasters
This is a short video of what a group of Japanese robot-loving scientists are calling the first android newscasters. Me? I'm calling them public enemies numbers 1...
For Open Mic On Mos Eisley: Custom Built Guitar2-D2
This is Geekologie reader Doug's home-built Guitar2-D2 electric guitar. He said at first he wasn't gonna send it to me because he felt like that would be...
Hop On My Shoulder And Call Me A Space Pirate: Parakeet Mimics R2-D2
Seen here talking shit on an R5-D4 droid thanks to my sick Microsoft Paint skills, a parakeet does its best R2-D2 impression. My best R2-D2 impression? BEEP...
Because I'm Ugly: New Face-Covering Star Wars Hoodies
Always wanted to look like a dildo from the future? Well you're in luck thanks to this soon-to-be-released $70 R2-D2 "full-face" hoodie from wholesaler Mad Engine (and...
Beep Booty Bop: Girl's Handpainted R2-D2 Shorts
This is Arenya in her haindpainted R2-D2 shorts. They started off as plain white shorts, then she painted them, now they're R2-D2 shorts. I dunno, it was...
Last Night A D2 Saved My Life: R2-D2 DJ Turntable
This is an R2-D2 inspired Technics 1200 turntable. It was a collaboration between Tex Nasty at Remix Turntable Lab and Full Blown Kustoms. Me? I like my...
BEEP BOOP: 2,100-Piece R2-D2 LEGO Set Coming Soon
Tired of building your own unofficial LEGO R2-D2's? That's a first-world problem if I've ever heard of one. But LEGO is dropping a 2,100-piece astromech droid in...
Guy In Bender Helmet Proposes To Girlfriend In Binary
Did I tell you I got to sit in on a table read for a Futurama episode yesterday? Because I did that. Matt Groening and the whole...
R2-D2 Crash Helmet: Please Tell Me You Made That To Get Shot Out Of A Cannon
This is a homemade R2-D2 crash helmet lovingly constructed by artist Jenn Hall. However she is not REQUIRED to wear it, so don't ask her if she...
Dapper Droids: Hand-Knit R2-D2 Sweaters
BEEP BOOP B-- hey handsome. This is a made-to-order hand-knit YAAAR2-D2 sweater from Etsy seller EricaKnit. It costs $450 (~$430 more than a white sweater and cans...
Humanoid Robots Disturb The Human Brain
According to a recent series of experiments conducted at the University of San Diego, humanoid robots that are designed to look lifelike make the human brain spaz...
Fine, You Can Have It!: Japan Takes Back Honor Of 'World's Fastest Supercomputer'
Japan, pissed the title was stripped from them by the much larger China, has officially regained the honor of homing the world's fastest supercomputer, capable of almost...