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Wiggling USB Tentacle Squirms and Wiggles to Keep People Away

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Wiggling USB Tentacle

This Wiggling USB Tentacle doesn’t do much except wiggle, but hey, we love it anyway. I mean, it doesn’t store data, it doesn’t let you access files saved in memory cards, and it doesn’t warm your hands, cool down your laptop, or keep your cup of coffee warm. If you’re looking for a USB accessory that does all the stuff that we just described, then there are other gadgets for that–but you won’t find a single one of these specified functions with the Wiggling USB Tentacle.

What you can expect, though, is to have a lot of fun with it.

Wiggling USB Tentacle

Nothing beats having a wiggling tentacle squirming and writhing away on one of your USB ports while you’re crunching numbers or typing up a boring report. It’s perfect for the perpetual prankster, since all they have to do is stick it into their victim’s USB port and run away. It’s also a good way to keep people away from your laptop, because who in their right mind would want to touch or even go near a computer with a dismembered, wriggling tentacle?

The Wiggling USB Tentacle is available from ThinkGeek for $24.99.

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Tentacle Prosthetic Wraps and Curls Where Hands Used to Twist and Grab

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Tentacle-Prosthesis

Prostheses have come a long way, thanks to the work of dedicated researchers and doctors. We’ve seen limbs that look real and limbs that look like they came from the set of Terminator. And just when we think we’ve seen all there is to see, Kaylene Kau comes along with her Tentacle Prosthetic design.

It’s bizarre, it’s weird, and it’s definitely unconventional. It also happens to be pretty dexterous.

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Tentacle-Prosthesis

Kaylene wasn’t trying to go for the shock factor. Instead, she came up with this design because it simplifies the current prosthesis designs that are being used today. Her tentacle arm requires less motors and less parts, so they cost less to make and require less effort to maintain.

While I admit it’s an interesting design, I think only a handful of people would actually go and get a prosthetic that looks like this. What do you think?

VIA [ Core77 ]


Tentacle Attack Bookends Perfect for H.P. Lovecraft Books

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I have a recurring nightmare about being attacked by some sort of creature with too many legs. I’m not sure if it’s from playing too many FPSes, or from reading about Cthulhu. Heck, maybe it’s from visiting the aquarium. Who knows. But if you’re not afraid to have some tentacles hanging around your bookshelf, then you’ll definitely want to check out these bookends.

tentacle bookends

They’re made by Knob Creek Metal Arts, and feature a cutout of a woman being abducted by some sort of creepy tentacled beast – I’m going with a Kraken, but it definitely could be Cthulhu, or just some sort of giant octopus. Or maybe a septapus. Maybe it’s just Squiddly Diddly.

Each pair of Tentacle Attack bookends is handmade from steel, and sells for $43(USD). Grab a pair now, before the tentacles grab you instead.


Tentacle Attack Bookends Perfect for H.P. Lovecraft Books

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I have a recurring nightmare about being attacked by some sort of creature with too many legs. I’m not sure if it’s from playing too many FPSes, or from reading about Cthulhu. Heck, maybe it’s from visiting the aquarium. Who knows. But if you’re not afraid to have some tentacles hanging around your bookshelf, then you’ll definitely want to check out these bookends.

tentacle bookends

They’re made by Knob Creek Metal Arts, and feature a cutout of a woman being abducted by some sort of creepy tentacled beast – I’m going with a Kraken, but it definitely could be Cthulhu, or just some sort of giant octopus. Or maybe a septapus. Maybe it’s just Squiddly Diddly.

Each pair of Tentacle Attack bookends is handmade from steel, and sells for $43(USD). Grab a pair now, before the tentacles grab you instead.


Tentacle Attack Bookends Perfect for H.P. Lovecraft Books

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I have a recurring nightmare about being attacked by some sort of creature with too many legs. I’m not sure if it’s from playing too many FPSes, or from reading about Cthulhu. Heck, maybe it’s from visiting the aquarium. Who knows. But if you’re not afraid to have some tentacles hanging around your bookshelf, then you’ll definitely want to check out these bookends.

tentacle bookends

They’re made by Knob Creek Metal Arts, and feature a cutout of a woman being abducted by some sort of creepy tentacled beast – I’m going with a Kraken, but it definitely could be Cthulhu, or just some sort of giant octopus. Or maybe a septapus. Maybe it’s just Squiddly Diddly.

Each pair of Tentacle Attack bookends is handmade from steel, and sells for $43(USD). Grab a pair now, before the tentacles grab you instead.


Cthulhu Bodysuit Will Have You Running in Sheer Terror

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It’s amazing how things with tentacles can range from cute, to disgusting to creepy. Cthulhu and his tentacle-face definitely falls into that last bucket.

cthulhu bodysuit 1

DIYer AlextheMovieGeek created this incredible hand-built Cthulhu costume this past Halloween. The imposing winged creature would definitely have scared up a huge bucket of candy at every house along the trick-or-treat route. This thing looks like the demented love child of The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Davy Jones from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth thinking about those two getting it on.

cthulhu bodysuit 2

Alex created this dark masterpiece by building numerous plaster molds of his body, then hand-sculpting clay over them and pouring latex into the molds. The head was made using an entirely clay sculpted mold over a styrofoam head form. In order to increase his height, Alex built some short stilts to jack himself up too. He managed to make the entire thing for under $300, but his time and effort were clearly the main expense.

Check out the video below for more on the time-consuming and painstaking build process for this incredibly creepy costume:

[via The RPF and Instructables]


Scientists develop robotic tentacle that can pick flowers, make us thumb our collars

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Scientists create soft robotic tentacle that picks flowers, has us thumbing our collars

Okay, it's a little too late for Johnny 5's grass hopper, but thanks to new "gentle" robotic tentacles developed at Harvard University, future generations of insects could escape a similar demise. Researchers have created a new soft appendage made from flexible plastic, that uses three compartmentalized air channels to achieve a snake-like range of movement. The touch of the tentacle is so light, that it is able to pick flowers without damage. While suggested applications include working with fragile objects, or in hard to reach locations, the team also experimented by adding cameras, suction cups and -- most terrifyingly -- syringes to the tip. The only limitation, apparently, is that the air channels prevent it from being scaled down. So while our insect friends are safe from strangle-bot, we might not be so lucky.

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