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May, 2008
filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful
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Now I’m sympathetic to those who have fallen on hard times, many of us still find people who beg for money to be irritating. So why someone would go through the trouble of building a robot that begs for spare change is anyone’s guess…
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posted: May 31st, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods | retro
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Got an old Macintosh or Mac Plus lying around? There’s got to be something better to do with it than turn it into an aquarium, right?..
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posted: May 31st, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: technology
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These tipsy egg-shaped speakers let you wobble them like a Weeble while you listen to your tunes.
Unlike real eggs (and those colorful Weebles), these only come in black and red, and they don’t crack open to produce omelets. They do, however, twist open to produce enhanced bass output. I wonder if they can only play The Egg Song?..
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posted: May 31st, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful | technology
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Cisco has unveiled and demonstrated their new On-Stage TelePresence Holographic Video Conferencing. In layman’s terms, it means that now you can actually do that thing they do in Star Wars when they talk to a Princess Leia hologram, and I have to say, it looks quite convincing…
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posted: May 30th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: computing | hacks-mods
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If King Tutankhamen could have been buried with his computer, this would have been the one - without a doubt.
Conceived and constructed by Chris Kramer (a.k.a “Jadragon”), his EgyptMod PC is detailed with intricate hieroglyphics and encrusted with jewels…
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posted: May 30th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games
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While these brief musical interludes won’t win any prizes for their sweeping cinematography, they do win a place in my heart for being put together using some good old fashioned 8-bit gaming technology…
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posted: May 30th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: media players | mobile tech | video games
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This nifty proof-of-concept demo shows off just one of the many gameplay possibilities for multi-player video games on Apple’s wonderphone.
iPong is a variant of Atari’s classic paddle ball game, with a multi-device, multi-player twist…
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posted: May 29th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art & craft | retro
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If you’re the kind of person who rolls out his Chewbacca impression at parties, this “Empire Strikes Back”-themed belt might be the piece de resistance to round out your existing collection of Boba Fett bobbleheads and ceramic Stormtrooper figurines…
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posted: May 29th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: design | retro | timepieces
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I don’t know what it is, but I’m a real sucker for Nixie tube clocks. There’s something about the soothing orange glow tubes that offer a simple, yet elegant way to display any numeric information. I hadn’t seen a design that really caught my eye in a while, when I stumbled onto this wooden beauty…
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posted: May 29th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks-mods | strange and wonderful
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If you’ve ever complained that the keys on your computer are too small for your fingers, have I got a keyboard for you. This ginormous keyboard is so big - How big is it, Bob? - It’s so big that in order to type on it, you need to walk almost 20 feet to get from one end of the keyboard to the other…
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posted: May 28th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | strange and wonderful
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Since the average work day affords so few opportunities to assert one’s ninja prowess, you can make up for that with these ninja tacks by Chromoly.
They’re designed to look like you’ve just gone through a fit of rage and thrown ninja stars at your bulletin board from across the room…
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posted: May 28th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: geek art & craft | strange and wonderful
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I spent a hefty portion of my Memorial Day weekend playing ping pong, so perhaps that’s why this lamp made of hundreds of table tennis balls seems extra appealing to me right now…
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posted: May 28th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: computing | strange and wonderful
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Ever find the need to use your computer while standing out in the rain? Me neither. While the handful of folks who really need to could drop a few thousand bucks on a military-grade waterproof laptop, here’s a much simpler, brute-force solution for keeping your laptop safe and dry on a rainy day…
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posted: May 28th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | technology
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Not that I think this will really save you in an earthquake, but in case you’re the type of person who likes to be as prepared as humanly possible- I present the S Band EJ, a desktop seismic updater from Sankosha…
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posted: May 27th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: geek art & craft | robotics
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SwashBot 3 is one crabby lookin’ robot- but most impressively he is 100% homemade. For a scrappy little fellow, he’s got some impressive moves.
SwashBot 3 is the latest RC robot in the SwashBot series, following the cute and crabby SwashBot 1 and the more impersonal, wooden SwashBot 2…
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posted: May 27th, 2008
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author: karen