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clock drops numbers, doesn’t care what time it is

Dropped Numerals Clock by Nextime

Here’s a clock for people who are perpetually tardy, and want to stay that way. All of the digits on the dial of this wall clock have fallen off of the face, causing a major numeric pile-up at the bottom.

 
While Nextime’s Fallen Numeral clock does have a functional time mechanism, it really couldn’t…

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March 22nd, 2008 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

honda asimo does a face plant

Some guy with a cell phone camera recorded this incident at a recent press conference showing off Honda’s Asimo humanoid robot. If you fast-forward the video clip to about 0:59 seconds, you can witness the pratfall:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6947118853654187245
Watch in horror as the brave little robot attempts to climb the stairs and instead does his best…

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December 11th, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun robots