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Why can’t products just tell you what they are? Do we really need non-descriptive names like Wii, Kindle, Nook, and Droid to describe our gadgets? Really? Product naming doesn’t get much more concise and descriptive than this here thing, the USB Big Panda Speaker.
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November 20th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: audio just plain fun quickpix
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After a long day of immersed in a round of Uncharted 2, sometimes it’s nice to take a break from those cinematic next-gen 3D graphics and get back to basics. And there’s nothing quite as primitive as a good old game of Pong.
These wall decals let you transform any wall into a larger-than-life Pong…
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November 18th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design retro video games
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Whether you have bad eyesight, an aversion to technology, or are just an imbecile, have I got a cell phone for you!
This generic-brand mobile phone offers oversize numeric buttons (1-cm wide) that you can read from several feet away – making phone calls nearly fool-proof. The phone was mainly designed for seniors with limited…
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November 5th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: mobile tech technology
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The television display size war is officially over. Mitsubishi showed off a 155-inch OLED display at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) 2009 in Japan. If you’re going “155-inches! ZOMG” right now, then you’ll probably die of excitement when I tell you that the display is infinitely expandable. As in you could create a…
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October 8th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: technology video
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Construction and erection of the 18-m (59 ft) Tetsujin 28-go (aka Gigantor) statue in Kobe, Japan wrapped up a few days ago, more than a couple of weeks after the Gundam statue – the Neil Armstrong of robot statues – was dismantled. The statue, which has been set up at Wakamatsu Park in Nagata Ward…
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October 2nd, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun retro robots strange + wonderful
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While Japan’s Giant Gundam statue is but a distant memory, that doesn’t mean his dismembered body parts can’t be used for good.
It turns out that despite the dismantling of the Giant Gundam his head still lives on. It’s sort of like that movie They Saved Hitler’s Brain, where they kept the evil Furor’s head…
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September 24th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: robots strange + wonderful
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I haven’t heard of Robot Taekwon V up until now, but I think he’s about to become a lot more famous because of South Korea’s soon-to-be-built robot-themed amusement park, Robot Land. The park will have a statue of the 70s cartoon hero (who was known as Voltar the Invincible in the US). If you think…
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September 6th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro robots strange + wonderful technology
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Does your girlfriend really love you? You know how you can tell? Did she make you a giant Xbox 360 controller pillow for your birthday, or did she not?
Well some lucky guy named Joe has just that girl. You see, his girlfriend Crafty Heidi thought enough of him to get out the needle, thread…
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August 21st, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video games
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The Gundam statue isn’t even formally exhibited yet and we already have news on another 1:1 scale giant robot statue that will be built in Japan! Widely acknowledged as the first giant robot ever to be featured in manga, Tetsujin 28-go (”Iron Man 28″) is finally going to live up to its Westernized name, Gigantor.…
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June 30th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun retro robots strange + wonderful
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It took me a second to figure out what was going on when I first got a look at this table full of analog clocks. But once I stood back from my screen, I realized that none of the clocks have the correct time and the whole thing is a macro timepiece that tells the…
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May 17th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design interactive timepieces
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The Port of Yokohama in Japan is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and what better way to celebrate the opening of a port than with a couple of giant robot spiders from France?
The theater group La Machine terrorized performed at the Yokohama Bayside Area, bringing with them their 40 ft tall, 37-ton giant…
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May 8th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: interactive just plain fun robots strange + wonderful technology
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Taiwan-based Ultmost Technology makes all sorts of gadgets, from talking tire gauges to automatic Muslim prayer watches. But they also have A/V equipment, like the Fuss LC-4212 B 42″ LCD TV. Perhaps because there are already hundreds of LCD TVs out in the market, Ultmost Technology tried to make their product stand out. They kinda…
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April 21st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: home entertainment just plain fun media players video
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