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wooden nixie clock: where nature meets technology

design | retro | timepieces

Wooden Nixie Tube Clock

I don’t know what it is, but I’m a real sucker for Nixie tube clocks. There’s something about the soothing orange glow tubes that offer a simple, yet elegant way to display any numeric information. I hadn’t seen a design that really caught my eye in a while, when I stumbled onto this wooden beauty…

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May 29th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

robobuilder: build multiple robots with one kit

robotics

Robobuilder Kit Examples

This new robotics platform out of Korea lets you build a variety of unique robots from a single set of modular parts. RoboBuilder offers a complete kit of interchangeable modules which come together to form computer programmable mini-bots.

Out of the box, there are three “standard” robot designs, HUNO, DINO and DOGY…

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May 20th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

your plants can talk (via twitter)

gadgets | just plain fun

Adafruit Botanicalls Twitter Kit

Now we’ve all heard the myth that talking to your plants help them to thrive, but this is the first time I’ve heard of a way to find out what they’re saying back to us. This gadget lets you keep tabs on your house plants via the Internet, letting them reach out to the world using the popular micro-blogging website Twitter…

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May 9th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

build your own robot in 2 hours or less

hacks-mods | robotics

2 Hour Robot by Fritsl

Every day, I come across all sorts of cool homebrew robot projects, but never thought I had the skills or patience to make my own. Now, thanks to a generous member of the ‘bot building community, even the most novice builders can crank out their own little robots with ease…

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March 25th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

rock band guitar string mod kit available for purchase

hacks-mods | video games

Rock Band Guitar String Mod by A4AJ

I’m as addicted to Rock Band as the next gaming geek, but I still wish the strum bar on the game’s Fender Stratocaster felt more like a real guitar string. Now you get your hands on a mod kit which will let you swap out the plastic strum bar with an actual metal guitar string…

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March 16th, 2008 14 comments stumble it! author: technabob

iphone lego-touch: millions of bricks in your pocket

interactive | mobile tech | video games

LEGO Touch for iPhone

With all the buzz about the new iPhone SDK, all kinds of nifty applications are starting to crawl out of the woodwork. Of all the coming programs, this LEGO construction concept application has to be one of my favorites.

Designed by Nicholas G Panas of play /, LEGO-touch will let you build virtual LEGO creations using a large catalog of basic building blocks…

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March 11th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! author: technabob

solar powered digital survivor kit saves (phone) lives

gadgets

deal_extreme_digital_survival_kit

Ahhhhh, the great outdoors. Just you and the sunshine, nature, fresh air, and… all your electronic gear? Well, it is truly possible to have it all with this solar powered digital survival kit. It comes with a 3800mAh rechargeable solar battery to keep your phone (or other preferred device) running and 12 different adapters (check for yours first in the photo before ordering!)…

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February 25th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! author: thescholar

build your own lightsaber

just plain fun

Lightsaber Construction Kit

Were those lightsaber laser pointers just too tiny to satisfy your man-sized Star Wars hunger? Then wrap your hands around one of these full-sized lightsaber replicas which you can actually customize to your own liking.

The Force FX Lightsaber Contstruction Kit gives you everything you need to create your own blade…

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February 6th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

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