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bang & olufsen beovision 4-103: 103-inch plasma flat panel tv to sell for over $1200 per inch

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Here’s a really big television set for those of you who have an equally large bankroll. Now if someone wanted to give me a 103-inch television set, I certainly wouldn’t complain. But with a retail price of about $130,000, this massive set seems like quite an extravagance in these challenging economic times.

The BeoVision 4-103 is powered by an oversize HD…

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March 20th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design home entertainment technology

giant remote control laughs in the face of miniaturization

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Sick of losing your remote between the couch cushions? With this bigger-than-a-breadbox remote control, there’s no chance you’ll misplace this one.

The Chunghop RM-A4 remote control measures in at a whopping 8.26″ wide x 11.69″ tall x 1.35″ thick. Or in other words, it’s roughly the size of a ream of paper. With its giant buttons that measure over 1.15″…

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

filed under: gadgets home entertainment technology

giant gummi bears attack: candygram for mongo

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Gummi Bears (or is it Gummy Bears?) are one of life’s little pleasures – especially the red ones. Now it seems that somebody has gotten the brilliant idea to super-size the delicious chewy candy concoctions.

The 4-inch tall Giant Gummi Bear weighs in at a whopping half a pound, and is the equivalent of 88 of its regular-size cousins. They …

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December 20th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful

giant styrofoam robots on the attack!

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. Surrounded by an army of pint-sized sentry Styrobots, the gargantuan ‘bot…

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July 4th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft robotics

giant keyboard requires massive fingers (or toes)

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…

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May 28th, 2008 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods strange + wonderful

day the earth stood still giant gort robot for sale

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…

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February 24th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: robotics strange + wonderful

the best way to navigate your comic collection

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?

A project developed by Daniel Stødle and a team of PhD students from Norway’s University of Tromsø, this huge display wall can detect gestures to navigate through a catalog of over…

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January 24th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech interactive

giant mouse pad offers tons of surface area

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…

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January 8th, 2008 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design

world’s largest arcade machine debuts

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…

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November 9th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun video games

bioshock life-sized big daddy up for auction

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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. Even though it looks…

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October 6th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful video games

tetris case mod won’t fit in my living room

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. Each individual computer case was custom built…

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September 30th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods

philips wowzone: massive 132-inch, 3d display

Philips WOWzone 132-inch 3D Display Grid

At this week’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Philips is showing off a presentation system that can display images in 3D on a huge wall-mounted display.

The 132-inch display was made by connecting nine of Philips 42-inch 3D displays in a 3×3 grid. Based on their WOWvx 3D technology, the displays can show 3-dimensional images without special glasses.
WOWvx…

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August 30th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: interactive

playing pong on a 500 square foot display

Pong on Giant LED Light Curtain

Some guys from a theatrical lighting supplier decided to crank up their fancy LED light curtain with a little round of Atari’s classic 1970’s arcade game, PONG.

The light curtains create a digital grid using thousands of individual LEDs. Two panels were used together to create a display that measures in at over 16-feet tall and 33-feet wide, making it…

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August 3rd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: retro video games

giant nintendo controller won’t fit in your hands

Giant NES Controller

You won’t have any trouble finding the buttons on this massive replica of Nintendo’s famous NES controller.

Game fan Philip Torrone and his team of builders put together this 5-foot wide joypad for the recently completed 2007 Maker Faire. Constructed mostly out of wood and assorted other parts, the controller is fully functional for playing games.

It’s actually so large…

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June 10th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods just plain fun retro video games

world’s largest multi-touch screen

Obscura Digital’s Huge Multitouch Display

HP wowed crowds with this amazing, massive multi-touch display wall at this past week’s Wall Street Journal D5 Conference.

The 16 x 8-foot interactive display allowed multiple visitors to simultaneously control audio, video, photos and other multimedia content using their hands to navigate.

The installation was put together by Obscura Digital and commissioned by HP as part of an advertising…

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June 9th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design interactive

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