Archive for January 2010

If you’re a big Mac fanatic, you might want to check out this item I stumbled onto over at eBay today. It’s an authentic “Eddy” award statue, originally presented by MacUser Magazine (more recently given out by Macworld).

Originally awarded back in 1996 to Edmark software (now defunct), this trophy…

Here’s something fun to have rattling around your brain for the rest of the weekend.

This is what happens when you take an electronic talking Pikachu, and let circuit bending musician Kaseo have his way with it. Be sure to crank up the volume for this……

These Atari-themed shot glasses manage to combine two of my favorite pastimes addictions – one from my childhood (playing Battle Zone), and one from my adulthood (sipping shots of Pappy Van Winkel’s.)

The set of 6 shot glasses includes graphics from six retro Atari arcade games: Asteroids, Centipede…

Are you a movie buff and an avid arcade gamer? Then get the Alien Invader t-shirt and represent.

The shirt is available at Woot; $15 (USD) gets you an Alien chestbursterized Space Invader. Shirt only comes in one color: In Space No One Can Hear You Blip Black….
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One of the more interesting items at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is a .22-caliber pistol with a high-tech safety feature. Made by German company Armatix, the pistol will only fire if it is within a few inches of a special wristwatch, which sends a “wireless arming…

Developed by Kobe-based fire extinguisher company Air Water Safety Service and Seems, a bioventure in Tokyo, this unusual fire alarm is specially designed to wake up or warn hearing impaired people by releasing wasabi stench instead of sounding an alarm.

It’s unorthodox, sure, but apparently the alarm works: one 8…

Technabob pal Metin Seven of Sevens Heaven just tipped us off tho his hilarious original illustration that pretty much sums up all the hype (and disappointment) about the Apple iPad in a single image.

I’d like to see you guys try and fit this thing in your pocket. Funny thing…

I was checking out the App Store to see if anyone had already been releasing updates for their applications to take advantage of the larger screen on the new Apple iPad, and much to my surprise, I found this:

Apparently, a company called Groove Systems has been selling an application…

Do you love playing games with your Wii-mote, but prefer a joystick to a D-Pad? Well have I got something for you! The Wii Magic Stick is a cover that slides over your current Wii-mote and (sorta) turns it into joystick.

It’s also supposed to make gameplay more comfortable for…

This new humanoid robot will be available soon in South Korea thanks to a company name Robotro.

The 15 inch-tall, 6 lb. robot is called the Junimotion and it’s a kit that you have to assemble for yourself. That’s kind of cool, yet daunting. The thing is that this ‘bot…