Technabob » carve http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Morphius Robot Case Mod Freaks Me Out http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/13/morphius-robot-case-mod/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/13/morphius-robot-case-mod/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:18:08 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=24372 Not since the Bender case mod has there been such an awesome robot computer case mod. Master modeler and modder Maciel Barreto conceptualized this robot PC as a war-damaged ‘bot, with guts and wires hanging out of its metallic body.

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Maciel spent months building his MORPHIUS (yeah, I know it’s supposed to be spelled “m-o-r-p-h-e-u-s”) robot computer case, and from the looks of these pics it was well worth the wait.

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Each detail of the body was hand-carved in clay to produce a silicone mold. He then created the final shell from fiberglass and resin and finished it with automotive paints.

You can check out Maciel’s complete build log over at the Cooler Master Forum.

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Captain Ødegård’s giant-sized wood media player measures in at 8.25″ x 5.5″ x 2″, giving it about 90-times the volume of a regular Zen Stone player. He even got out the old woodburner to provide all the logo and control icons.

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The larger-than-life player is fully functional, packing in 4GB of memory on an SD card, and wooden control buttons that actually operate the player.

[via Anythingbutipod]

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