We've all seen videos of absolutely mind-blowing yo-yo tricks, but probably nothing like this. Using motion tracking and stabilization software, artist Douglas Khozam manages to freeze a yo-yo in mid-air while a skilled performer pulls off several tricks.
Six Yo-Yo Masters Performing Mind-Bending String Feats
The 2011 World Yo-Yo Championships wrapped up in Orlando, Florida last Saturday. Here are the winning performers from each of division—all with their own hardware and stunt styles—pulling off tricks you can't even fathom.
Catch 22 Yo-Yo: At $460 It'd Better Walk MY Dog
Where as most of us grew up on cheap plastic Duncans, the Catch 22 Yo-Yo caters to our new elitist tastes. We may not be able to even use a "Yo-Yo," but we need an uberpremium version all the same. With just 70 in existence, each Catch 22 is constructed from a black aluminum base and titanium rims. Equiped with an extra…
The Yo Yo Phone Concept
If we had to name the most ridiculous phone concept yet, this Yo Yo phone would probably be in the top three. Not only is it shaped like a Yo Yo (or maybe even an ice cream sandwich), you wrap your headphones around the thing like an actual Yo Yo.
New Phone Concepts Juice Themselves Up
French designers ModeLabs have come up with three new cell phone concepts that use the inherent motion of their use to charge them up. The first (and most practical/interesting, in my opinion) is the U-Turn, a phone that gets juiced up by flipping the keyboard out. Less practical are the YoYo, getting charged by…
