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The Biggest Fly You’Ll See Today

Technabob — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:17:27 +0000

How’s this for truth in advertising…

This crazy thing could actually be the biggest fly you’ll see this year. Turns out this mammoth-sized bug was created by the guys over at Plunge Productions for a recent show on UK channel T4 called Red Bull Rivals.

The massive fly is actually a Red Bull Flugtag vehicle, which means that’s it’s designed to be plunged off of a cliff in a futile attempt to fly through the air.

As a matter of fact, the fly was eventually plunged into the drink for the recent Red Bull Flugtag in Marseille, France. Here’s an annoying little video clip from the show called “Fly School Musical” for your viewing pleasure…

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While the white guy rapping in the video clip isn’t nearly as cool as the fly itself, at least you get to see the giant bug fly off the ramp in a brief cameo at the end.

It’s official – flies cannot swim.

Giant NES Controller Conceals Pc [Case Mod]

Technabob — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:45:21 +0000

It’s kind of funny that this isn’t the first giant NES controller story I’ve covered. The last one I wrote about was a mammoth controller which could actually play games. This time, we’ve got the same monster controller concept, but beneath the hood dwells a completely functional PC.

Built as a school project by students over in Sweden, the system was assembled from painted sheets of Lexan, along with vacu-formed plastic “buttons”, and hand-cut vinyl appliqués to complete the look.

The team had a total budget of only 1500 Kronor (appx. $300 USD) to put it all together, so it’s just that much more impressive, given the paltry sum they had to work with. There’s a detailed photo gallery of the construction of the case here.

[via TechPowerUp]

World’s Largest Arcade Machine Debuts

Technabob — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:56:47 +0000

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.

Tonight’s AOTS episode (running at 7pm and 11pm Eastern) will show off the huge machine in more depth, so be sure to tune in if it’s not too late.

[via Engadget]

Old School Brick Phone With Pda and Mp4 Player

Technabob — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:36 +0000

Remember those giant, clunky mobile phones back in the eighties? Now you can revisit those youthful memories, while enjoying all of today’s conveniences.

The Retro Brick Mobile Phone may look like one of those old behemoths, but actually is packed with the features you’d expect in modern mobile devices. The phone is of the unlocked GSM variety and supports GPRS data services. It’s got a 2.2-inch full color touch screen, and can play both audio and video files stored on a TF memory card. It’s even got a 2-megapixel camera and a voice recorder on board. In addition, the Brick has a full PDA with calendar, calculator and a contact manager.

In keeping with that retro feel, the phone weights in at a hefty 280g (appx. 10 ounces) so you should be able to get some arm exercise when you carry this sucker around.

I’m really looking forward to the day that people walk down the street lugging these around instead of talking into space on their Bluetooth headsets.