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roadkill stuffed animals are cute, cuddly, dead

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Do your kids scare easily? Are they budding serial killers? Then these plush stuffed animals are probably not for them. On the other hand, if your kids are into gross stuff, and understand the difference between play and real life, these car-flattened stuffed animals might be fun sitting beneath the Christmas tree this year.

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November 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys strange + wonderful

space hotel to open in 2012, will let rich people have an excellent view of the apocalypse

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“The birth of the Homo Spaciens.” That’s how Spanish-based Galactic Suite Ltd. describes its vision of a hotel in space, one that enables guests to literally go around the world in just 80 minutes and see 15 sunrises and sunsets in a day, and of course marvel at a breathtaking view of our planet. Best…

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November 6th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design future tech strange + wonderful technology

roombas only clean houses to support their sumo wrestling careers

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That’s right, by day Roombas are just plain ol’ cleaners, but at night, they sneak off to Lithuania and compete in underground sumo competitions.

Okay actually the 2009 Baltic Robot Sumo Cup wasn’t illegal; in fact it was sponsored by major robotics companies like iRobot and ABB. 60 robots participated in 3 categories – Mini…

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November 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys hacks + mods just plain fun mobile tech robots strange + wonderful technology

13 minutes and 42 seconds of 3d dot game heroes gameplay

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The folks at Gamersyde were handed some footage of the opening minutes of the PS3 gameĀ 3D Dot Game Heroes, From Software’s upcoming homage to classic RPG/Adventure games. The graphics are really neat – it’s like everything is made of cardboard LEGO dot things.

If you’ve seen the trailers before then you’re probably familiar with the…

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November 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful video games

sound egg chair gets full 5.1 surround upgrade

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This egg-shaped chair may look like a serious throwback to the 1970s, but it’s actually a brand new home entertainment plaything designed to be integrated with modern media rooms. The Sound Egg chair is a completely self-contained 5.1 listening booth, perfect for a private home theater watching experience.

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November 4th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio home entertainment retro strange + wonderful technology

gaming away again in margaritaville

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I’m not really sure what a Margaritaville game might entail, exactly. The tragedy of salt shakers gone missing? The smell of shrimp? Old men wandering around in tank tops? Jimmy Buffett wandering around in a tank top? That’s it, guys: clearly, Margaritaville has been trademarked for a survival horror game.

I shudder to think of it.…

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November 4th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

twitterpeek can only send and receive tweets: fail whale?

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I’m not a Twitter addict – although I do have an account – so I might be wrong on this one, but will a device that only sends and receives tweets be worth buying? That’s what Peek is counting on as is launches the TwitterPeek. Much like their one-trick ponies Peek & Peek Pronto, which…

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November 4th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful technology

world’s wackiest racers: the fastest furniture movers i know

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Looking for a zippy way to get around town? Sure, you could buy a car, or a bike, or maybe even a Segway, right? Well what about a bed on wheels? At least that way you could take a nap if you get stuck in traffic, right?

Auto-modder Edd China of Cummfy Banana has fabricated…

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November 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods interactive strange + wonderful

put your wii remote inside a baby

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“Bring your baby to life with your Wii remote.” That’s what it says on the box for Baby and Me, the Wii game with what is undeniably the weirdest controller accessory so far: a baby doll.

Baby and Me comes with a doll, but not just any doll. This doll features a slot for the Wii remote…

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November 2nd, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

london’s big ben clock on twitter: it’s about time. or is it?

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You read it right: the iconic clock tower is on Twitter. Guess what it tweets?

It is a clock after all. Although I think it could also be looking to get high. It looks like it’s getting more and more desperate by the hour too.

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November 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: quickpix strange + wonderful timepieces

statue of liberty usb drive welcomes immigrant memories

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America – land of the free, home of the brave, and a place where memories are made – and stored in digital files with names like DSCN00043.JPG. Whether you think this Statue of Liberty USB flash drive is a tacky souvenir or not, it definitely is one of the more unusual USB drives I’ve seen…

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November 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing strange + wonderful technology

a slightly different wonderland in alice is dead

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Alice in Wonderland kicks off with the fall down the rabbit hole, and most games based on the adventures of the iconic young heroine follow suit. Such is the case with Alice is Dead, though from the title, you may have already guessed that things take a turn for the ghastly early on in this browser-based…

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November 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

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