archive for May, 2008

robot beggars - that’s all we need now.

filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful

Bettelbot by Alexander Gurko

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 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

modder crams g4 cube mac into mac plus

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | retro

Mac Plus G4 Casemod

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 stumble it! 6 comments author: technabob

egg speaker wobbles but won’t fall down

filed under: technology

Egg Speaker

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 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

cisco unveils star wars-esque hologram communication

filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful | technology

Leia Hologram

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 stumble it! 12 comments author: karen

egyptian pc casemod: funky tut’s computer

filed under: computing | hacks-mods

Egyptian Casemod

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 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

8-bit nintendo does music videos

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

8-bit music videos on nintendo famicom

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 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

ipong: multi-player pong on the iphone

filed under: media players | mobile tech | video games

iPong iPhone Pong

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 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

star wars belt: the force is with you. and around you.

filed under: geek art & craft | retro

Star Wars Belt

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 stumble it! 3 comments author: karen

wooden nixie clock: where nature meets technology

filed under: design | retro | timepieces

Wooden Nixie Tube Clock

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 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

giant keyboard requires massive fingers (or toes)

filed under: hacks-mods | strange and wonderful

Giant Keyboard Rug by Maurin Donneaud

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 stumble it! 6 comments author: technabob

show your bulletin board who’s boss with ninja tacks

filed under: just plain fun | strange and wonderful

Ninja Tacks

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 stumble it! post a comment author: karen

bettine lamp is made from 315 ping pong balls

filed under: geek art & craft | strange and wonderful

bettine hanging lamp

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 stumble it! post a comment author: karen

water resistant laptop on the cheap

filed under: computing | strange and wonderful

Waterproof Laptop Sleeve from Thanko

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 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

know when to flee with this desktop seismic updater

filed under: gadgets | technology

S Band EJ

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 stumble it! 2 comments author: karen

swashbot 3 is a crabby homemade robot

filed under: geek art & craft | robotics

SwashBot 3

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 stumble it! 2 comments author: karen

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