Technabob » impractical http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Massively Geeky Concept Bike Will Get You Laughed at http://technabob.com/blog/2010/07/02/urban-folding-bike-concept/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/07/02/urban-folding-bike-concept/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:29 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=35644 Concepts come in all sorts of varieties. We get the stuff that we all really want to see built and then we get the stuff that’s sort of weird and would surely get us laughed at if it were real. The new Urban Folding Bike by Hyuk-Jae Chang is one of those concepts in the latter category.

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It’s a cool concept and all, but this thing is geeky, big time geeky. It’s a strange looking bicycle with two baskets on it when in normal bike mode. Once you get to your destination, you can fold the bike into a shopping cart with two baskets. The design also has a small third wheel that pops out to make it more stable.

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The folding is also supposed to make it so you don’t have to leave it outside where it could be stolen. That said, I’m not sure theft is going to be a big problem with a bike that looks as odd as this thing.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2010/07/02/urban-folding-bike-concept/feed/ 2 The Rotary Dial Mobile Phone http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/16/the-rotary-dial-mobile-phone/ http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/16/the-rotary-dial-mobile-phone/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:54:03 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/16/the-rotary-dial-mobile-phone/ A while back we showed you the retro bluetooth handset you could use with your mobile phone. Well if you’re one of those people who didn’t think that took the concept far enough, you might want to check out the Portable Rotary Phone from Spark Fun Electronics.

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This fully-functional, highly impractical piece of nostalgia is really a tri-band GSM mobile phone. It’s designed to let you make calls using the rotary dial, and rings a real bell when you have an incoming call. Just add your current phone provider’s SIM card, and you’ll be up and running. The phone runs on a built-in rechargeable battery, and costs $399 USD.

I can’t wait to see people walking down the street talking on these.

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