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fuji instax camera prints tiny pics for $1 each, will really make you treasure your captured memories

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Remember the PoGo? That’s Polaroid’s modern-day take on their classic instant cameras. The PoGo lets users edit pics before printing them, or you could save the pics and upload them to a computer later on. Fuji’s Instax instant camera has half of the functionality of the PoGo at half the price, which seems like a…

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November 18th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets mobile tech retro technology

question mark ring: for romantic cyborgs. or geeks.

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If your partner is geeky enough, you might get away with using capitolagirl’s Silicon Gallies question mark ring to pop the question.

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November 15th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

gaon street light/wastebasket turns trash into flash

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Designed by Haneum Lee, the Gaon street light/wastebasket concept composts biodegradable waste and uses the methane by-product to power its light, saving energy and eliminating waste while lighting the streets. It’s a bright idea – or is it?

I like how one simple gadget can help solve a couple of environmental issues, but I’m not…

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November 13th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful weird science

aero spider laser cars drive on walls, follow laser beams, confuse cats

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Takara Tomy’s latest remote-control car is definitely unique. Not only does the Aero Spider Laser drive on walls or ceilings, it goes where you tell it to using a light gun.

The gun-shaped controller projects a bright red light beam (not sure it’s really a laser beam) where you want the car to go, and…

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November 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys gadgets just plain fun

flashlight pendant lamps prove that porcelain can make anything look sophisticated

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Even if you were asked to name a hundred beautiful objects, would you include flashlights in your list? Of course not. But what if the flashlights were made of porcelain?

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November 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets

multipin digital pinball machine offers 17 tables in one

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Let me start out by saying I’ve always been a closet pinball fanatic. I can’t tell you how many hours of my youth I spent dropping quarters, flipping flippers, and nudging bumpers in that quest for that almighty extra ball or two. So when I saw this modern day revamp of the classic pinball machine,…

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

filed under: cool toys home entertainment retro technology 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

ropid jumps and runs and steals your heart

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Tomotaka Takahashi, creator of the high endurance EVOLTA robot, recently showed off his new robot, ROPID. The name is supposedly a combination of rapid and robot, so it was either ROPID or RABOT. The cute robot is about 15 inches tall and can jump about 3 inches high. It’s twisting torso also makes it an…

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October 29th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys interactive just plain fun mobile tech robots technology

line breaks won’t cause tetris chair to vanish from under you

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I swear some of the best stuff we’ve posted here at technabob has originated from someone’s Coroflot portfolio. In this case, it’s Mexican industrial designer Gabriel Cañas’ Tetris Chair, which is so amazingly gaudy that only Willy Wonka could ever hope to love it.

And geeks like me.

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October 28th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: chris h.

filed under: design geek art + craft video games

toys for big boys: iphone remote controls honda civic, blackberry remote controls f1 car

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Man, these are smartphones indeed. The wise – and probably bored – folks at the University of Berlin made a one-of-a-kind iPhone app which they called iDriver, which allows them to control a Honda Civic via Wi-Fi. But it’s not like our German friends just coded the app and then began playing real-life Hot Wheels;…

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October 19th, 2009 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing cool toys gps + navigation hacks + mods just plain fun mobile tech technology

black belt watch: designed by black belts, only for black belts.

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No seriously: “Developed and manufactured in Switzerland, the Black Belt Watch is solely reserved for black belt holders, regardless of the martial art style. Each practitioner has to provide an official rank certificate”, otherwise the watch will kill its unworthy owner at the stroke of midnight using deadly watchjutsu. I’m kidding.

The Black Belt watch…

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October 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design timepieces

sega saturn joysticks transform into insecticons, apparently

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I’d love to make some sort of Transformers/Allspark joke in reference to this Sega Saturn joystick, but unfortunately Gizmodo beat me to the punch. But that’s okay, ‘cause I can one-up their nerdiness by delving in to deeper detail and pointing out what, specifically, the Sega Saturn joystick transforms into. And that’s an Insecticon. “Kickback,”…

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October 15th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: chris h.

filed under: geek art + craft robots video games

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