It would be a day wasted if I didn’t show you a bafflingly unique piece of musical technology, so check this out. Rob Schneider (no, not that one) has modded a Mattel Mindflex toy to control a Moog synthesizer using EEG sensors that monitor the intensity of his thoughts. Truly this is the threshold of future-radness, but if you haven’t hit play yet, be warned: this isn’t exactly going to be the most beboppingest jazz flute you’ve ever heard, or anything. Controlling music with your thoughts is hard. But remember: it’s not how well the pig is dancing, but that it’s dancing at all. I think that’s a Mark…

It would be uncustomary for me to let a day go by without showing off something designy and musical. Taking a break from all that DJ gear I’ve been hyped about recently, here’s Yamaha’s Silent Guitar.Yeah, it looks like it fell out of Tron. Awesome, right? Right. If you’re a music buff, you’ll be well aware that the Silent Guitar has actually been kicking around for nine years. But the internet was young and stupid in 2001, and Yamaha has just updated it 2010-style, so what better time than now to show off to the rest of the readers one of the strangest pieces of musical tech out there. Seriously, the Silent…

I was going to ask you if you enjoy rad things, but I know you. You’re a tech blog-surfing, web-savvy, geek-chic internet all-star. I don’t need to ask stupid questions. Let’s just move on. Speaking of things which identify as rad, check this out. Or, like, don’t, whatever, but your Thursday will be less rad if you don’t rad it up with this. Designer Ivan Mavrovic doesn’t dick around when it comes to steampunking anything and everything in his world. Frankly, as far as steampunk artists go, he’s possibly one of the most adept I’ve ever seen, the list of reasons including but not limited to the fact that…

Let me axe you a question: do you like rad things? In the possible event that you do, I invite you to keep reading. If you answered no, keep reading anyway, you insufferable crank, and let’s turn that frown upside-down, yeah? Utilizing a steady supply of paintballs and compressed air, the Facadeprinter is an art project by three German industrial designers with a serious need to leave their mark. An infrared sensor measures the distance to the wall, a USB key supplies the image to be fired, the software compensates for driving power and ‘ballistic distortion’, and the gun does the rest. I don’t know…

This is absolutely the coolest thing I’ve seen in days and I’m not letting you get away without seeing it. I kinda like how Super Mario Bros. is one of those things that gets used as a benchmark and/or guinea pig to test out other technologies and whatnot. What you see before you is no exception. As part of his thesis at the Hannover University of Applied Science and Art, student Andreas Heikaus has put SMB to the test in an exploration of applying familiar computer graphics to a new environment. I’m a LITTLE disappointed that he uses the warp zones and whatnot, and that the previous level gets deleted…

“Interestingly enough,” says Shahriar Afshar, “I’m not a gamer myself. I’m a physics professor.” Afshar is not of our generation, and as such finds today’s videogames a bit noisy. That said, he understands the gamer’s need to immerse himself in the sound of loud gunfire, rock music, and angry grunting at full volume. So he got to thinking. And boy, did he think. The Kor-FK is Afshar’s answer to the conundrum. Looking like a set of headphones melting around one’s neck, the Kor-FX is essentially a Rumble Pak (albeit a far more sophisticated, subtle one) that straps onto a gamer and translates what…

Universal axiom: things are way more awesome when they come in ball form. The Teague Radio Ball needs no explanation as to its function. A brilliantly-off-the-wall design concept, the Radio Ball is designed to recapture the serendipity of oldschool analog radio, stumbling across new and exciting things to listen to across the dial. As such, the Ball is controlled simply by rolling it, and seeing what you can find. Perhaps not the most precise method of new music discovery, but absolutely the coolest. Just try and tell me you don’t want one of these. Just try. Seriously. Comment form’s right there….

If you ever wonder why some people do inexplicable things, don’t ask Jeffrey Stephenson. He’s won’t explain a damn thing. But, nevertheless, he shouldn’t have to. His work is jaw-dropping enough on its own. Jeff builds PCs based on classic radios. Now, I don’t know much about classic radios, or about Art Deco in general, but I do know that these are some truly sexy units, and Jeff has taken great pains to pay proper tribute to the devices upon which these are based. Seriously, these are all computers. Yes, even the microphone. Stephenson’s full portfolio is here. I don’t know if these are for sale,…

See my name, above this post? Click it, and you’ll see no shortage of posts about wicked awesome bikes. I love wicked awesome bikes. But first, check out this wicked awesome bike. Liron Bobrov’s Soopa Scoota is a total death sentence of a device – not truly a ‘bike’, the Tron-inspired Scoota is a downhill sled on two wheels, looks like it fell out of Extreme-G, and if it isn’t the most badass mode of transportation you’re going to see today, just… just, leave your computer and go sit in a parking lot for awhile, man. Ironically, I’m not a cyclist. I’m also so, so sorry I don’t have a video for you. [Via Yanko]…