Archive for October 2010

There are a lot of folks out there who have an iPad or iPhone that  like to stream content with from various sources like YouTube, Netflix, their video camera or their media library. The catch is that it can be a hassle getting that video onto a larger screen for…

Fans of Minecraft …– perhaps the only video game that justifies a purchase despite being in alpha – love to build, so they’ll undoubtedly be ecstatic about this:

This lovely diorama of country scenery – slightly marred by the presence of the most disturbing likeness of a pig that I

Got an old N64 lying around? Well if you have the time, patience and talent, you could turn it into a modern-day PC like modder Polvorito has done.

He picked up this old Nintendo 64 at a flea market for about 20 bucks, then gutted it to provide the shell…

Earlier this week, I read about a tiny Pac-Man discovered with an electron microscope. But that was just a random scientific anomaly. Turns out there’s a real microscopic Pac-Man out there, and you can actually play it!

Developed by Japanes design professor Kotoro “dotimpact” Tanaka, the microscopic Pac-Man[JP] uses a…

Today must be day of the phone concept designs. I mentioned the virtual iPhone concept a bit ago and now I run across this mobile phone concept called the Traccia, designed by Andrea Ponti. This thing looks like a hair accessory my wife might use more than a phone.…

I look a good design concept as much as the next guy, but the designer of the iPhone Next Generation concept has balls bigger than an iPad to rip off Steve Jobs’ gadget. Samuel Lee Kwon, watch out for Apple legal ninjas and keep an eye on the mail box…

It’s design concept day here on Technabob, and here’s another cool idea which might actually get made. Designed by Scott Galloway, this 7R0N watch concept gets its inspiration from TRON….

For starters, Scott’s 7R0N (Seven-R-Zero-N) watch just looks awesome. It would have an electroluminescent strap, and a bright blue

MacBooks already have a distinctive Apple logo, but some smart people are doing some really great decals that will make you pause and wonder if you should finally give them a go. The HAL 9000 decal is pretty amazing. It not just reminds me of 2001: Space Odyssey…, but

This amazing papercraft reconstruction of Star Wars… was made for Jeremy Messersmith‘s song called Tatooine. It was directed and animated by Eric Power. It’s definitely a good way to end the week!

It’s actually a music video for Jeremy’s song, which is also pretty good. The 2-minute video retells the

I am not a big fan of putting cases on my iPhone. I am generally really careful with the thing and hadn’t dropped my phone in years until a few months back I dropped my 3GS and cracked the screen. Now I see that cases are necessary, but most of…