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gakken gmc-4: 4-bit microcomputer kit won’t play crysis

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Sure, you might have just gone off and bought yourself a brand new 27-Inch iMac this week, but if that system seems like overkill for your needs, you could can always go to the opposite extreme. This computer kit not only doesn’t run any programs that you’d ever care to use, it doesn’t let you…

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October 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing retro technology

manual digital clock makes you change the time by hand every minute

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When I first saw this clock design, I was scratching my head wondering why you’d want a clock that doesn’t keep time at all. After all, who wants a clock that you have to manually change the time on every time the minute changes?

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October 15th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive timepieces

wikireader: the world’s most semi-trusted encyclopedia at your fingertips

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Don’t you just love Wikipedia? Whether you’re a high school student writing a paper on some obscure old or dead person, a tech blogger who knows nothing about tech, or a lowly prankster who wants people to think, even for just 50 seconds, that the name “Microsoft” is really a description of someone’s primary sexual…

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October 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets mobile tech technology

concert hands: watch as your hands learn to play the piano

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Want to learn to play the piano – or at least play a song on the piano – without having to deal with creepy or boring instructors? Then you might want to try Concert Hands. It’s a sophisticated combination of software and hardware designed to make you look like a dork while you’re learning to…

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

filed under: audio interactive strange + wonderful technology

virtual and literal periodic table are bursting with awesomeness. and elements.

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Theodore Gray is one of the founders of technical computing software company Wolfram Research. But we’re not going to talk about that aspect of his life. You see Gray needed a conference table for his office. He was also reading Oliver Sacks’ Uncle Tungsten. In one of the chapters in the book, Sacks mentioned that…

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February 19th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun strange + wonderful weird science

technorobot: the paper automaton

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Sure, you could go spend hundreds of dollars on one of those fancy robot kits, or you could be a cheap bastard like me, and pick up one of these.

At just 12 bucks, you can’t expect much. The TechnoRobot kit is a do-it-yourself robot that’s made mostly out of cardboard and held together by…

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May 3rd, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun robots