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giant styrofoam robots on the attack!

geek art & craft | robotics

StyroBot by Michael Salter

Actually, despite their size, these styrofoam robots look pretty docile. In fact, you could probably take down an attacking Styrobot with a well-placed karate chop or two.

With the largest of his creations towering overhead at 22-feet tall, Michael Salter’s packing foam robot sculptures are a sight to behold…

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July 4th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

giant keyboard requires massive fingers (or toes)

hacks-mods | strange and wonderful

Giant Keyboard Rug by Maurin Donneaud

If you’ve ever complained that the keys on your computer are too small for your fingers, have I got a keyboard for you. This ginormous keyboard is so big - How big is it, Bob? - It’s so big that in order to type on it, you need to walk almost 20 feet to get from one end of the keyboard to the other…

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May 28th, 2008 7 comments stumble it! author: technabob

day the earth stood still giant gort robot for sale

robotics | strange and wonderful

Gort Robot Day the Earth Stood Still

This huge animatronic Gort robot comes to us courtesy of the classic 1951 science fiction flick, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Now, this imposing fella can be yours if you’re ready to pony up the dough.

Up for auction over on eBay (current bid is over $4000), the museum-quality replica is eight feet tall, and features some remote-controlled mechanical moves…

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February 24th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

the best way to navigate your comic collection

future tech | interactive

Comic Navigator Interface by Daniel Stødle

Why dig through stacks and stacks of individual comic books when you can quickly find the exact one you’re looking for using a wall-sized über-cool Minority Report-like user interface?..

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January 24th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

giant mouse pad offers tons of surface area

computing | design

Ratscar Deskpad eSporter XXL Giant Mouse Pad

Do you ever find yourself running out of space on your mouse pad? This massive mousing surface gives you plenty of room to roam.

The smartly designed Ratscar Deskpad eSporter XXL provides a huge work area which gives you usable space on both the left and right side of your keyboard. The XXL measures in at a whopping 35.4 x 17.7 inches, almost 10 times the size of a typical mouse pad…

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January 8th, 2008 5 comments stumble it! author: technabob

world’s largest arcade machine debuts

just plain fun | video games

World’s Largest Arcade Machine by AOTS

G4TV’s Attack of the Show has put together this unbelievably large cabinet for playing classic arcade games. It’s so tall that players have to stand on stepladders just to reach the controls.

The cabinet measures in at over 13-feet tall, and has a 70-inch screen for massively monstrous gaming action. I’d love to have one of these in my basement if it would fit…

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November 9th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

bioshock life-sized big daddy up for auction

strange and wonderful | video games

bioshock big daddy life-sized

Remember those full-scale Big Daddy statues that I told you about a few months back? Well it looks like you can have one of these creepy characters in your own living room if you’re willing to pony up the dough.

There’s currently one of these gargantuan 7′-2″ statues up for bid on the Dutch eBay website…

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October 6th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

tetris case mod won’t fit in my living room

computing | hacks-mods

Tetris Casemod by Planet Express Klan

This massive Tetris-inspired case mod isn’t just a single computer, it’s actually a whole farm of networked systems, ready for some serious multiplayer gaming action.

Conceived and built by a Spanish gaming clan known as the Planet Express Klan, I’d have to say this is the most massive case mod I’ve ever seen…

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September 30th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

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