I’m totally ganking the title of this post at Shapeways, because it could not be a more perfect description. As I write this, there’s the smell of four freshly cooked bacon slices filling the air, which together with these images is the cause of blurred vision, cold sweats and slight twitching. Behold, endless bacon.
We’ve seen motion sensing keyboards like the LEAP and Magic Cube, tactile 5-finger keyset devices like the Amenbo and Jellyfish and even foot switch input devices, but we have yet to see a minimal 10-button touchscreen keyset… until today. ASETNIOP (pronounced a-set-ni-op) is the creation of Zack Dennis and, as you’ll see, reduces the massive complexity of that chunk of plastic under your hands to a few on-screen commands.
A big Imperial salute and a plate of Ewok cookies to George Lucas. This past week he sold off 100% ownership to Lucasfilm for $4 Billion to Disney. If you recall, Disney bought Marvel in 2009, transforming that franchise and the movies that came out if it. Disney plans to do the same thing for Star Wars, with episode VII produced by Mickey as soon as 2015. That’s reason to celebrate and what better way than with making your own lightsaber.
The paper’s edge curled, gray and glowing as it blended into the surrounding darkness. The seedpods were still intact, hanging, swinging gently, by the ropes that caught the light. That was the last memory, for once the last ember fell, the seedpods split open, the deafening shrieks echoed through the chamber and out flew these…