Archive for June, 2008

Bankquest: Fight your way to riches

This is a clever way to get kids in the habit of saving their money. It’s a traditional piggybank with a twist, the more you save the more gold your little character in the RPG game on the front gets to spend. Think of Tamagotchi that eats quarters. You can save around 50,000 yen (about $500US) so it’s a pretty good deal for a kid. Heck, good for an adult too because the interest rates in Japan are .5 %.

[via Boing Boing Gadgets]
Bankquest – Akihabara News

Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things

Now, if your like me you no matter what something does you think that it might be able to do just a bit more. Well, it looks like I’m not alone.

Milk can be turned into plastic; with the twist of a screw any FM radio can eavesdrop on aircraft broadcasts; a radio can be made from a penny, you can reveal counterfeit currency, learn how to make alternative energy science projects, make a boomerang with a bookmark, how to turn a TV tray into a 6-foot robot, how boats are made with milk cartons, how POWs made an airplane out of sleeping bags and more. “Things” will never seem the same again.

If you want to feel extra inspired go have a peek at what’s inside with these YouTube videos.
Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things

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Mini Bear Mecha

I have seen these in shops while I was in Bangkok but never on the ‘Net.They have a nice assortment of tiny (5cm) ‘bears’ in various kinds of costumes. Darth Vader, Masked Rider, and of course mecha. The one I had was a key chain, from the pictures I think these are as well.

(translated)

きゃらぶらいふ : Color Bear