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Human Hand Sculpture Endlessly Taps Its Fingers

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Art: it means different things to different people. And to Nick Ramage, it means creating these £600 (~$830) Fingers Mk III mechanical sculptures. Honestly, I don’t know if I’m more surprised that they exist at all, or that there were Mk I and Mk II Fingers that came before this.

Powered by 2 AA batteries, the disembodied hand endlessly taps its fingers on the surface it rests on until those batteries die, or someone gets scared enough to throw the hand out an open window or smack it with a hammer. Nick mentions he used his own hand as the model to cast the resin fingers, so do you think we could lift his fingerprints to plant at the scene of the crime when we steal the Mona Lisa?

Clearly, this a must-have desk accessory if you’re an evil villain operating from a secret snowy mountain base in the Urals. James Bond sitting across from you, this hand sculpture quietly tapping on your desk while you pause for a moment of suspense before mashing the big red button that drops him into the yeti pit below. Wait, did we just – somebody call Hollywood, tell them we just wrote From Russia with the Spy Who Never Loved Me for them.

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Hand Shaped ‘Sign of the Horns’ Headphone and Accessory Holders: Rock On!

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Created by Luckies of London Ltd. for those who enjoy rocking out but still respecting their roommate’s quiet-time hours, these are the Rock On headphone and accessory holders, shaped like a hand making the classic ‘sign of the horns’ hand gesture. Sweet, now let’s head-bang to some Black Sabbath!

Available in a 7″ x 3.5″ x 2.4″ mini version ($18, affiliate link) as well as an 11″ x 5.4″ x 3.6″ inch regular size edition ($25, affiliate link), they’re the perfect stands for holding your headphones, earbuds, charging wires (with finger grooves to aid wire wrapping), watches, keys, you name it! Unless you named 55″ television, in which case what’s wrong with you?

As far as novelty accessory holders go, I’m into it. This would look great next to my record player and album collection with some candles burning. Still, I don’t know who needs to hear this, and honestly, it’s probably me, but as tempting as it might in the heat of the moment, this is not an adult toy.

Give Yourself a Hand with This Wooden Robot Hand Kit

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Sometimes things are just a little too far away for you to reach with your monkey paws. While you could just move your lazy butt off of the couch, you could also just use one of those reacher claws you sometimes see old people using. Or if you’re one of the cool kids, you get a robot hand to do the reaching for you.

This unique kit from Wood Trick gives you all the parts you need to make a working robot hand. It straps onto your hand, and extends your reach using a second set of fingers that are about a foot away from your actual hand. As you manipulate its levers, you can use the robot hand to grab things. Its fully-articulated fingers move just like yours, and can be used not only for picking up small objects, but for shaking hands with both human hands and other robot hands.

The 199-piece kit looks like it’s not too difficult to assemble, with an estimated build time of 4 to 5 hours. No glue is required, though you’ll need to apply wax to its gears to keep them moving smoothly. You can grab your own wooden robot hand kit over on Amazon for $49.90.

MIT’s sensor-packed glove helps AI identify objects by touch

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Researchers have spent years trying to teach robots how to grip different objects without crushing or dropping them. They could be one step closer, thanks to this low-cost, sensor-packed glove. In a paper published in Nature, a team of MIT scientists...