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rubber duckie gets remote control

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

Rubber Duckie Remote Controlled

Who says you can’t take your electronic gadgets in the bathtub with you? The latest in rubber duckie technology lets you steer your fine feathered friend around the tub from afar.

Using a wireless RF transmitter, you can make the yellow aquatic bird tool around as you splish-splash in your bath…

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posted: March 19th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

usb parrot: polly wanna laptop?

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USB Talking Parrot

Can’t get enough of the sound of your own voice? This desktop bird plugs into your PC and parrots back what it hears.

The electronic parrot offers up an array of random phrases, plucked from the words it overhears, all the while gesticulating its mechanical wings…

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posted: February 28th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

lets talk about chicks, man.

filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful

Dream Robot Chick by SegaToys

If cute is your thing, you’re in luck. These baby robot chickens from Japan are so sugary sweet, you might go into a diabetic coma.

SegaToys’ Dream Chicks are lifelike baby birds that respond to real world stimuli. Petting and interacting with the tiny chick makes the diminutive avian chirp and flap its little wings once in a while…

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posted: November 10th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

they’ve got the ipod, we’ve got the ibird

filed under: just plain fun | media players

iBird Singing MP3 PLayer

Your fancy new iPod might have a touchscreen and Wi-fi, but I’m pretty sure it can’t do this. Not only does the iBird-1000 MP3 Player look like a bowtied penguin wearing headphones (I couldn’t make this stuff up), it can move its mouth and “sing” along with your music…

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posted: September 19th, 2007 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

usb penguin flash drives not just for linux users

filed under: computing | just plain fun

USB Penguin Flash Drives

While the flightless, aquatic avian may have come to symbolize the Linux operating system, Windows and Mac users don’t have to feel left out thanks to these fun penguin USB flash memory drives…

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posted: September 5th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

gadget reminds you to stop slouching

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

Posture Corrector

Do you tend to hunch over whenever you’re working at your computer? This oddity from Japan is designed to help correct this bad behavior by serving up an alert if you’re sitting (or standing?) improperly.

All I know is that you wear it around your neck, and when you start to slouch, it’ll correct you with an audible alarm…

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posted: August 20th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

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