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Do This: Type The Konami Code While On Vogue’s UK Website

Justin Davis — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:16:27 +0000

It may be a statement on the fashion industry’s predilection to return to previous fashion trends. It might be a comment on the assumed need for fashion models to look a certain way being an outdated idea. Or it could be that someone on Vogue’s website staff is a fan of old school video games. […]

A Social Media Meltdown For Amy’s Baking Company Bakery

Cody Melcher — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:19 +0000

The lights in the theater lower, the projector speeds up, and the screen alights. –Cue trailer– In a world of terror, anguish, oppressors, and trolls, one bakery will stand up and defend honor and truth: AMY’S BAKING COMPANY BAKERY BOUTIQUE & BISTRO! She is “WONDER WOMAN… A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND A GREAT […]

Budweiser Wants You To Be Facebook Friends With Everyone

Justin Davis — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:44:47 +0000

Budweiser Brazil has launched a new product called The Buddy Cup, which allows you to automatically become Facebook friends with other Buddy Cup holders with a simple toast. This cup, created by the ad group Agência Africa, has only made an appearance in the South American country, but will likely expand out to other countries […]

Durex Fundawear Lets You Feel Something Besides Yourself

Justin Davis — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:56:28 +0000

Long-distance relationships aren’t easy. Besides the emotional hardship and psychologically taxing times, there’s the basic physical component that couples sorely miss out on. Sure, there are late night phone calls, which have been replaced by FaceTime and Skype for virtual sexy times, but that’s a poor substitute for the real physical touch of another person. […]

Kissing Cousins Can Avoid Their Forbidden Love With New App

Justin Davis — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:33 +0000

Odds are that if you’re from Iceland, you’re related to someone else from Iceland. In fact, due to the size and general exclusionary nature of the small island country, there’s a high possibility that you’re related to everyone from Iceland. However, with families this big, you’d also be less likely to know everyone you’re related […]

Romance Pants Help You Seduce Your Partner With Tech

Justin Davis — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:35:36 +0000

Opening with the appropriately cheesy 70s-style porn music, Team Instructables introduces the world to its creation of Romance Pants. At the mere tug of the zipper, these pants lower the room’s lighting and increase the volume on the music player to a chosen soundtrack to help create a more enticing atmosphere for the activity hopefully […]

Lovecraft Meets Asimov When College Students Build Robotic Jellyfish

Justin Davis — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:00:42 +0000

In a move guaranteed to help speed along humanity’s eventual downfall at the appendages of robots, Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have created a giant, autonomous robotic jellyfish. At 5 feet 7 inches in length and weighing in at 170 pounds, the prototype robot named Cyro is part of a U.S. Navy-funded project. The […]

Domino’s Pizza + Singing Anime Character = Hypnotically Awkward Video

Matt Algren — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:54 +0000

Normally, we at Techcitement blanch at the thought of publicizing a company’s obvious attempt at viral-video marketing, but sometimes the stars align to make the perfect mix of humor, marketing, and startled disbelief. Such is the case with this beautifully odd video from the best terrible pizza franchise in your town, Domino’s Pizza. Now I […]

Oh God, This Robot Can Fling Cinderblocks At You

Ben Masten — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:00:59 +0000

A little under a year ago, Techcitement published a list of murderous robots, partially because the Powers That Be here wanted to protect the future of humanity from the mechanical hordes. People mostly laughed at the aforementioned list. Robotic research think tank Boston Dynamics, who we previously described as a “nightmare factory”, have upgraded its […]

Kissenger, The Kiss You Can Resist

Matt Algren — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:24:26 +0000

Lovotics is at it again. This time, the Singapore-based company is working on a system that transmits kisses from one person to another. Lovotics calls the device a Kissenger: The Kiss Transmitter, and it’s, well, it’s a little creepy. Actually, creepy is probably an understatement. Okay, let’s run down the list of problems. How lazy […]