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bowling for gnomes

filed under: just plain fun | strange and wonderful

Gnome Bowling

While this doesn’t really qualify as a techie gadget or a video game, I came across this quirky game and thought it was just too good to pass up.

Instead of knocking over some ordinary pins with this bowling game, you knock over a bunch of little plastic lawn gnomes…

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posted: June 11th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

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

throw your monitor at game opponents

filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful | video games

Philips Throwable Game Display Patent

Ever had such a bad game that you wanted to throw your controller at your TV screen? How about a gaming system where chucking your display itself is an integral part of the action?

Philips recently filed a patent application for a video game system which uses a monitor that you can actually toss…

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posted: February 12th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

ping pong printer produces perfect projectiles

filed under: hacks-mods | robotics | strange and wonderful

Ping Pong Ball Printer

Why print on boring old paper, when you can get your message across on some nice bouncy ping pong balls? The appropriately named PingPongPrinter can print dot-matrix messages directly onto the spherical surface of ping pong balls…

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posted: February 8th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

bubblegum sequencer chews through tunes

filed under: interactive | just plain fun

Bubblegum Sequencer

This music sequencer takes the same basic interface concept as the ball bearing sequencer I recently showed you, and makes it deliciously chewable. Instead of shiny metal spheres, this sequencer uses a bunch of colorful candy-coated gumballs to make a beat you can dance to…

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posted: January 17th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

usb basketball game: hoop dreams in your cubicle

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

USB Basketball Dunk Game

Now that you’ve got one of those USB Whac-a-Mole games and a Mini Claw Machine in your office, why not round out your collection of mini carny games with this basketball dunking game?

The desktop game is a pint-sized replica of those B-Ball dunking games you might find at Chuck E. Cheese…

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posted: November 19th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

boing balls change color when you squeeze them

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

BOING Balls LED Colored Juggling Balls

Boy, does that sound painful, or what? Actually, it’s fun. These colorful rubber BOING Balls (not to be confused with the classic Amiga orb of the same name) have a set of tri-colored LEDs inside of them, and change hues when you apply pressure to them…

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posted: October 6th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

shiro mp3 player inspired by soccer ball

filed under: design | media players

Shiro AS Sphere MP3 Player

Here’s an MP3 player that doesn’t look like any other I’ve seen. Designed originally for the World Cup tournament, the Shiro AS MP3 Player looks a whole lot like a miniature soccer ball…

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posted: May 13th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

just how far can did you throw that football?

filed under: just plain fun

Virtual Distance Football

This cool piece of sporting gear uses modern technology to help you answer that question. The football features a built in sensor that can track just how far you threw it, with accuracy down to 1 yard of the actual distance.
A built-in LCD readout shows the distance you last threw the football…

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posted: February 26th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

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