If Ferrari and scale models are your bag, this 312PB is just for you. Pierre Scerri of Avignon spent 15 years and over 20,000 hours building this exact 1:3 scale replica of Ferrari’s 312PB. Featuring a working 12-cylinder engine, 1:3 scale fuel-injection system, manual gearbox, and it even uses a perfectly engraved key to start the car. The engine sounds incredible, partially due to Pierre running the engine on a dynamometer for six months and tuning the header pipes to give off the same growl as its life-sized counterpart. Videos after the jump. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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A mini tabletop arcade cabinet that takes advantage of an old iBook purchased from a garage sale. This Mac-based MAME creation offers stereo speakers, a custom-built joystick setup, and a back-lit LCD display, and USB/Firewire ports. Far less expensive than a full-sized arcade machine, it could be the most creative iBook mod ever. Click here for first picture in gallery.

(Thanks, Jeffrey K)

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Thanks to a simple and clean design, Reed Crawford’s latest furniture piece promises shape-shifting fun with its interlocking pieces. Even if you’re not in need of seating, the “Formable Furniture” can also be used as shelving, table, and flooring. Click here for one more picture.

So you get a couple of interlocking pieces that stiffen at the pull of a wire cable. By manipulating the tension, you can make all kinds of crazy shapes

[via YankoDesign]

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In this episode, the Top Gear crew drives the BMW M3, Audi RS4, Mercedes-Benz C63 “as well as Emerson Fittipaldi’s Lotus F1 racer that won the 1972 World Championship.” Videos after the break.

There’s also the Stig, a Stig-ette in a white bikini and helmet, Clarkson dining on an apple run over at the apex of a turn, a measurement device that we can’t mention here, and lots of unkind things said of M3 drivers

[via Autoblog]

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Hate snapping pictures the normal way? No problem. The iC Hexapod robot, powered by a 16-bit PIC processor (59MHz) connected to 3 servos, sports a CCD camera that tracks faces and interacts by snapping pictures once it locks in. With its snazzy 6-legged design, and shiny CNC machines 6082 aluminum parts, the Hexapod strives to be an interactive experience for the geeky set. Video demonstration after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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Retro computing clearly drove the Atari 1500XL’s design, instead of being an afterthought as with most other laptops currently on the market. Going the classic route doesn’t mean that you have to give up cool features. Inside, you’ll find a 14.1-inch LCD display, 512K SRAM, 4x OS, full-sized keyboard, 1010 cassette player, and a 1050 disk drive. However you choose, its spacious Atari 600XL shell means you’ll have plenty of options when attempting to build your own. Video of this laptop in-action after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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