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everything is portable with a super mario box

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If you own multiple gaming consoles, you already know that keeping everything organized can be a pain, particularly if you sometimes pack up and take it all to a friend’s house. Nightmare? For most of us, sure. But not for anyone crafty enough to whip up a MarioBox.

Definitely awesome on the outside, especially for…

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November 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys design retro 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

world’s wackiest racers: the fastest furniture movers i know

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Looking for a zippy way to get around town? Sure, you could buy a car, or a bike, or maybe even a Segway, right? Well what about a bed on wheels? At least that way you could take a nap if you get stuck in traffic, right?

Auto-modder Edd China of Cummfy Banana has fabricated…

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November 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods interactive strange + wonderful

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

table of sound integrates speakers into its legs

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Everyone has surely heard of bookshelf speakers. But have you ever heard of coffee table speakers? Well now you can say you have.

The innovative Table of Sound (ToS) coffee table was created by designers Wout Fierens and Miquell van Meelen of Wondering Boys for a recent competition over on designboom. The ToS provides a…

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

filed under: audio design home entertainment

tiny living room makes its way inside pc [casemod]

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For starters I’ll mention that I’m not sure from whence these photos originate, but when I saw them over on Russian casemod site Modding.Ru, I had to post them. From the looks of these pics, it looks like a tiny little family has moved into this warm and cozy computer living room and set up…

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October 2nd, 2009 comments (11) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods just plain fun technology

mayfair steamer secretary trunk: one classy office on wheels

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Does your work require you to relocate frequently? Do you consider yourself a person with sophisticated tastes, and do you have enough money to throw on your desires? Are you a member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Are you Ron Burgundy? If you answered yes to any of those questions, kindly sit back dear…

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September 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design retro

the real mac tablet is a coffee table [casemod]

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With all of the buzz on the ‘nets about Apple’s upcoming tablet Mac, I think I’ve got the scoop on the original Mac Tablet.

Yvan of Switzerland’s Cosm!k’ Art Deco Team built his Tablet Mac into a coffee table.

The Tablet Mac was built using the brains of an old iBook G4 laptop (running OSX Tiger).…

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September 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods home entertainment interactive technology

companion cube cabinet proves portal crafts are still alive

portal crafts furniture companion cube

Portal crafts will never die, and why should they? We’re all still deeply attached to our Weighted Companion Cubes (sniff)… so attached, in fact, that some of us build furniture in homage to our six-sided pals.

And there’s even cake… but I don’t know, something tells me it might be a lie. It’s just a feeling…

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August 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys design geek art + craft video games

lit urban underglow leds add undercarriage lighting to your furniture

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The LIT Urban Underglow LED lighting kit is a great way to add a bold splash of color to any room.

These brightly illuminated LED strips from LIT let you morph any piece of furniture into a colorful new canvas. Just secure the color-changing LED tube(s) to the bottom of your furniture, plug in to…

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July 29th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful technology

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

bughouse scratch dj coffee table won’t play your records

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Fancy yourself a DJ Hero? Looking for a new coffee table? I may have found the perfect thing for your living room.

The Scratch DJ coffee table from Bughouse features a distressed image of a pair of turntables and a mixer under its glass top. As an added bonus, you can customize it by placing…

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July 6th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design geek art + craft quickpix

finally, expensive furniture to store your rock band instruments in

rock box rock band game instruments storage

If you were just dying to drop another big pile of money on your Rock Band hobby, you’re in luck: check out this sweet ottoman designed to hold your gear! No more drum kit shoved into the corner of the living room. Now, instead, you can shove a pricey ottoman over there.

The Rock Box (gotta…

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June 30th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: gadgets home entertainment video games

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