This is a giant Alien queen statue made out of scrap metal . She’s scary as hell and will give you the worst kind of STD if you try making love to her: penis tetanus . NO LOCKBALLS FOR ME THANK YOU VERY MUCH! The recycled sculpture is an assembly of over 4000 individual parts, who prior to being consolidated into this sculpture where constituent elements of automobiles, boats, televisions and basically anything that had steel worth recycling and weighing in at 550kg (1,210 lbs) and standing tall at 2.4m (7′10″) this alien queen will definitely make her presence felt anywhere she goes. With all this intricate detailing and ingenuity put into this design it’s no surprise that the sculpture sells for €4500 (~$6,100), which is pretty reasonable for a work of art of this calibour. You know what — maybe I was being too harsh. I think I’ll take the scrap queen out for a date after all. STRAIGHT TO THE RECYCLING CENTER! You gonna make me rich, queeny! Hit the jump for several more of the no thank you.

Borg cupcakes : that’s what these are. Now I don’t know too much about the Borgs except they’ve always scared the everliving crap out of me (literally, ask the popcorn sweeper in theater 11 after the 4:20 showing of First Contact back in ‘96), but it looks like two of them have little metal peeners for eyes . So that’s something. SOMETHING TO LICK OFF THE TOP BEFORE EATING THE REST OF THE CAKE, AMIRITE?! No, no I am not (I totally am though and you know it). Resistance is Delicious [wilwheaton] Thanks to emerica, who prefers platecakes.

The latest rage in Taiwanese gang weaponry ? Shotgun revolvers. F*** all that noise ! Seriously, I imagine they’re pretty loud. Home made handgun revolvers using standard 12 gauge shotgun shells are becoming increasingly popular with Taiwanese gang members, and this one was confiscated from a 19 year old gang gun runner. While it’s not the first shotgun shell revolver, Taurus makes one called the Judge, this is the only one I’ve encountered that fires a regular 12 gauge round. The going street price for one of these suckers in Taiwan is around $7000-9000, just in case you’re tempted. $7-9K?! Are you out of your gotdamn mind? I know a guy that’ll stab you with the sharpened leg of a barstool for a carton of Pall Malls and a good reference. I’m serious, call me. Hit the jump for one more shot(!)

Tell me that’s not the most frightening thing you’ve seen all day and I’ll call you a dirty liar . I may even throw something in about your mother . Fighting words. The Steampunk Cheetah measures 61 cm or 24 inches high and 127 cm or 50 inches in length. It weighs around 40 pounds. This mechanical cat is constructed with typical electrical conduit. It took 20-gauge steel to work out this spectacular image of the Cheetah. The best part of this cool Steampunk cheetah is watching her sprinting across on her paw wheels with great zest and zeal. The movement of this metallic cheetah is such that it is going to grab his enemies. At first I thought the beast was just a static sculpture but it turns out the robo-bastard is actually movable, making him just an AI processor and a few servos away from my worst nightmare. And speaking of worst nightmares: I heard if you die in a dream you die in real life but that’s not true because it happened to me once . Twice . Three times a laaaaady. Hit the jump for another shot.

This is a child dressed as a helmet -less Darth Vader . Why any parent would subject their child to this sort of cruelty is beyond me. One look at himself in the mirror and that poor bastard is scarred for life. So creepy . I think I speak for us all when I say closing your eyes and imagining Darth Vader’s shriveled rutabaga head in Return of the Jedi is a surefire way to shoot down a rogue boner. Morbid Darth Vader Costume For Kids Looks Deadly! [walyou]

This is a child dressed as a helmet -less Darth Vader . Why any parent would subject their child to this sort of cruelty is beyond me. One look at himself in the mirror and that poor bastard is scarred for life. So creepy . I think I speak for us all when I say closing your eyes and imagining Darth Vader’s shriveled rutabaga head in Return of the Jedi is a surefire way to shoot down a rogue boner. Morbid Darth Vader Costume For Kids Looks Deadly! [walyou]

It’s a giant baby robot . It exemplifies everything that’s wrong with robotics . Namely, that they exist — or were born , if you will (L337 baby tie-in FTW!). It shouldn’t exist. If I had a time machine I’d go back in time and make sure it was never created bang dinos. Sorry guys, I’ve got priorities. the robot is supposed to model a 1 year old baby and the purpose is to conduct research on how a baby’s brain develops. Diego-san’s face has about 20 moving parts so that it can communicate with facial expression without being able to talk. It is 130cm tall, weighs 30kg and can stand up from a chair on its own. It can hold a water bottle with its hand. It has a high resolution camera and 6 axis acceleration sensor built in to detect movement. Unfortunately it doesn’t say why the head has to be so big. Female researchers contributed to the design and coordination - thus the photo of woman hugging Diego-san. Pfft. Like you really need a creepy-ass robot to study how a baby’s brain develops? Here, let me solve that mystery for you: slowly. I have an eleven-year old who still craps his pants. And before you all get in a huff about scarring my son by airing his dirty laundry (God I’m good) on Geekologie, don’t worry: it’s not like he can read. Hit the jump for a larger shot of the baby and his inventor.

The man on the left is Professor Henry Markram. Based on this picture alone he’s clearly a mad scientist . Don’t believe me? Read this captain crazy shit: Professor Henry Markram, a doctor-turned-computer engineer, announced that his team would create the world’s first artificial conscious and intelligent mind by 2018. And that is exactly what he is doing. On the shore of Lake Geneva, this brilliant, eccentric scientist is building an artificial mind. A Swiss - it could only be Swiss - precision- engineered mind, made of silicon, gold and copper. The end result will be a creature, if we can call it that, which its maker believes within a decade may be able to think, feel and even fall in love. Now I’m not saying somebody needs to blow up Markram’s lab and rescue the beautiful maiden he’s obviously holding captive, but I am asking if any of you live on Lake Geneva (I’ll ring-bay the omb-bay). The real Frankenstein experiment: One man’s mission to create a living mind inside a machine [dailymail] (long article with a ton more information — I stopped reading around the bucket of rat brains part) Thanks to Brandon and Bryan, who will pitchfork and torch the shit outta this bastard if he ever becomes reality.

The man on the left is Professor Henry Markram. Based on this picture alone he’s clearly a mad scientist . Don’t believe me? Read this captain crazy shit: Professor Henry Markram, a doctor-turned-computer engineer, announced that his team would create the world’s first artificial conscious and intelligent mind by 2018. And that is exactly what he is doing. On the shore of Lake Geneva, this brilliant, eccentric scientist is building an artificial mind. A Swiss - it could only be Swiss - precision- engineered mind, made of silicon, gold and copper. The end result will be a creature, if we can call it that, which its maker believes within a decade may be able to think, feel and even fall in love. Now I’m not saying somebody needs to blow up Markram’s lab and rescue the beautiful maiden he’s obviously holding captive, but I am asking if any of you live on Lake Geneva (I’ll ring-bay the omb-bay). The real Frankenstein experiment: One man’s mission to create a living mind inside a machine [dailymail] (long article with a ton more information — I stopped reading around the bucket of rat brains part) Thanks to Brandon and Bryan, who will pitchfork and torch the shit outta this bastard if he ever becomes reality.

Remember Omegle , the website that sets you up with a random chatting partner ? Well Chatroulette is the same thing — WITH ADDED WEBCAM ! It’s mostly dudes and like two creepy chicks (one was singing into a paper squirrel cutout glued to a popsicle stick — not even kidding), and the screenshot there is pretty much what you can expect out of the females on the site (that’s me at the bottom). So yeah, join at your own risk. I definitely wore a grocery bag over my head. Chatroulette Thanks to Ahmed, who warns you to watch out for people with puppets.