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Everyone loves gadgets and all good geeks appreciate the intersection of geeky art and design, from memes turned into living works to technology scrap turned into new design objects. From innovative light art to unique drawing techniques, here are our favorite works of art that will inspire the geek in anyone – as well as our top gadgets for everyone who wants to have their very own piece of future tech.

Star Trek: The Next Generation of Fandom

From the fantastic to the ridiculous, here are 10 of the most interesting expressions of Star Trek fanaticism.

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Steampunk Art: 11 Steam Powered Character and Fiction Elements

Steampunk is known best for its old timey costumes and cog-laden accessories, but there's a whole side to the movement that's exploding in popularity: Artwork.

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Hot Wax: 13 Cool Candles To Light Your Fire

Wax candles went retro when Edison invented the light bulb but that's cool: these 13 hot wicks prove it doesn't cost a fortune to buy a little flame.

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Vectorial Elevation Vancouver: Telerobotic Art Installation

An interactive light show in Vancouver called Vectorial Elevation allows users to customize their own light art designs from anywhere in the world.

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Get Bricked: 31 Incredible Examples of Lego Architecture

Everyone loves Lego, but these masterful sculptures prove that it's much more than just a toy. Here, the most famous buildings meet the world's favorite bricks.

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WTF Wonder, Lethal Luxury & Baby Stuff that Slices & Dices

Shi Jinsong created baby stuff sculptures - toys like for the Addams Family or for a future Terminator baby. Here are some of the most bizarre blade sculptures ever.

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Fantastic Flash: 15 Fun & Dynamic Websites

Fun, dynamic, engaging, interactive - these beautiful Flash websites are among the best on the web with games, virtual exploration and more.

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Glow To Sleep: 10 Weird & Wacky Night Lights

These 10 off the wall night lights do more than just banish the darkness for young (and old) sleepers who wouldn't dream of going to bed blindly.

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A History of Phones: 9 Telephone Transitions that Rocked the Industry

With how incorporated phones are in our lives, it's strange to think how quickly they've risen from landlines, to car phones, to smarter than our old computer.

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Dazzling Digital Illustration: 15 Artists to Watch

Modern technology and raw talent come together in the stunning and often surreal digital illustrations of these 15 noteworthy artists.

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Darth Vader on the Toilet: Fantasy Photo Series

What do super heroes and villains do when nobody's looking? Photographer Ian Pool gives us a glimpse with this fantasy photo series.

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18 Bold & Beautiful Examples of Typography in Web Design

Web design is 95% typography, and some sites elevate the written word into a form of visual art that's engaging, informative and memorable.

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Even Robots Get the Blues: Photos by Markku Lahdesmaki

Robots do laundry, ride bicycles, hit the sauce and hang out in seedy parts of town in an imagined world where they coexist with humans in relative peace.

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Primates: Humans in Their Natural Form [NSFW]

We've come to think of humans as the masters of the planet, but individually we are still small and vulnerable. This lovely photo series captures our frailty.

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Nine Eyes: A Human Perspective on Google Street View

Compilations of unusual Google Street View images aren't hard to find. But artist Jon Rafman compiles the touching human images most people never see.

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