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ann p smith’s robot sculptures: upcylcled wonders

geek art & craft | robotics | strange and wonderful

ram robot sculpture by ann p. smith

Got a bunch of old electronic parts lying around? While they might end up in the trash heap for many of us, artist Ann P. Smith sees new life in old junk.

Smith takes broken down electronics and machine parts to create her amazing menagerie of animal and insect sculptures…

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July 20th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

delete key flyswatter kills bugs dead

design | gadgets

delete key flyswatter ding3000 fred

There isn’t much worse than trying to swat an annoying fly with nothing but your hand. What better way to obliterate buzzing, disease-carrying insects but with this delete key flyswatter?

Created by German industrial designers Ding3000 for Fred, the delete key flyswatter will keep your typing hands clear of that sticky goo from smashing flies with your bare mitts…

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June 14th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

remote controlled flying bug freaks me out

gadgets | strange and wonderful

Helibug Flying RC Insect Mecha-Chu

I’ll start out by telling you that I used to live in the Deep South, home of cockroaches the size of small mice. Oh yeah, did I happen to mention that they could fly? Every time I saw one of those airborne six-legged nasties, it made my skin crawl. No wonder this gigantic flying insect sets my teeth on edge…

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March 10th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! author: technabob

usb flash memory offers fuzzy, buggy storage

gadgets | geek art & craft

Maggie the USB Data Worm by NifNaks

USB memory sticks are a dime a dozen these days, so you’ve really got to stand out from the crowd if you want to get noticed. These soft, fuzzy critters will definitely latch on to your digital memories in a way you won’t soon forget.

Designed by artist Nifer Fahrion of NifNaks, these invertebrate USB drives are handmade using wool felting techniques…

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March 8th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! author: technabob

wooden ladybug speaker spreads its wings

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Wooden Ladybug Speaker

At first glance, you wouldn’t think this hat-box shaped container would be a sound system, but it is. The cylindrical wooden box conceals compact stereo speakers perfect for your computer or media player.

Volume and power controls are concealed beneath a set of flaps reminiscent of a ladybug’s wings, but they can be used in the closed position thanks to perforations in the wings…

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December 1st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

electroluminescent butterfly: sixties band or light fixture?

design

Electroluminescent Butterfly Lights

Stare at these trippy blue light-up butterflies for too long, and you won’t be able to get Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida out of you head either.

Designers Soner Ozenc and John Wischhusen created these electroluminescent butterflies called GloWings. Each see-through winged critter is loaded with blue electroluminescent wire to produce a soft blue-green glow…

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September 22nd, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

playstation reincarnated as robot insect

hacks-mods | robotics | video games

Harold Ilano’s Mercury BEAM Robot

I’ve seen some interesting hackjobs in my day, but nothing quite like this. Builder Harold Ilano has built himself a little robotic insect from the remnants of an old Sony  Playstation console…

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September 10th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

roller-walker: the real rollerskating robot

robotics | strange and wonderful

Roller-Walker Robot

A while back I had a very popular post about Plen, a little bipedal humanoid robot who happened to be able to rollerskate. While that was all for show, this robot actually skates around as one of its primary methods of locomotion…

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September 2nd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

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