ping pong stories

Four player table tennis set assumes you have three friends

Monday, January 16, 2012 - 3:57am

The problem with table tennis is that it's not much fun if you have a crowd of people. Sure you can double up like you do in regular tennis, but wouldn't it be more fun if you were all competing against each other? This four player set lets the whole party compete for king of the hill.

Playing ping pong with two quadrocopters is better than with paddles

Raymond Wong

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 5:34am

This is the future of ping pong. Why go through the hassle of setting up a ping pong table when you can use two quadrocopters and play air pong?

Image of the Day: loft made with 25,000 ping pong balls

Megan Wollerton

Friday, February 4, 2011 - 6:00am

Ping pong is a fun game and all, but would you ever think of using one of those tiny balls as room decor? Well, Daniel Arsham did — in fact, he used a whopping 25,000 ping pong balls to line the walls of his 90 square foot apartment.

Turn your iPhone into a ping pong paddle

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 2:14pm

Nothing's worse than being at a ping pong table but without a paddle. Sure, not a scenario you're likely to encounter often, but you can guarantee you'll always be prepared by turning your iPhone into a makeshift paddle with these cases.

Combine business and pleasure with the Table & Tennis

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 8:25am

You could be a serious boss and put a conference table in your office. Alternately, you could be a fun boss and put a ping pong table in your office. But the best option? Put a conference table that doubles...

TOPIO ping pong robot intimidates with abs and shades

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 7:30am

Sure, building a robot that plays ping pong is in itself an impressive feat. But building a ping pong playing robot that looks this downright badass? That's taking things to the next level. Just look at this thing! It has...

Ping Pong dining table pulls double duty

Monday, March 30, 2009 - 4:12pm

Most of the time, you want to eat at your dinner table. That's all well and good, but if it's not dinner time, it's totally boring. What about ping pong? Why is there no room for ping pong at the...

3-story-tall Ponginator shoots Ping Pong balls fast enough to kill a man

Kevin Hall

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 4:58am

From the Maker Faire in Austin, Texas comes this robotic monstrosity known as the Ponginator, a 3-story-tall turret that fires Ping Pong balls. It's mounted on a bucket lift and its soft-shelled ordnance leaves its pressurized air cannons at a...

Robo-Pong upgrades its paddle for a ball-launching cannon

Kevin Hall

Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 4:17am

"It exists only to humiliate and vanquish anyone who challenges it." Yep, that's what I'm looking for when I pick up a paddle for a nice game of Ping Pong — to feel awful about myself. The Robo-Pong 2040...

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Four player table tennis set assumes you have three friends

Playing ping pong with two quadrocopters is better than with paddles

Image of the Day: loft made with 25,000 ping pong balls

Turn your iPhone into a ping pong paddle

Combine business and pleasure with the Table & Tennis

TOPIO ping pong robot intimidates with abs and shades

Ping Pong dining table pulls double duty

3-story-tall Ponginator shoots Ping Pong balls fast enough to kill a man

Robo-Pong upgrades its paddle for a ball-launching cannon

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