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table of sound integrates speakers into its legs

table_of_sound

Everyone has surely heard of bookshelf speakers. But have you ever heard of coffee table speakers? Well now you can say you have.

The innovative Table of Sound (ToS) coffee table was created by designers Wout Fierens and Miquell van Meelen of Wondering Boys for a recent competition over on designboom. The ToS provides a…

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October 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design home entertainment

roller-walker: the real rollerskating robot

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.

Developed by Hirose-Fukushima Robotics Lab, the Roller-Walker robot walks like an insect when…

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

filed under: robots strange + wonderful

gakken centipede robot is one creepy crawler

Gakken Mechamo Centipede Robot

There’s just something about anything with more than four legs crawling around that gives most people the willies. This centipede robot kit will have those folks heading for the hills.

The Gakken Mechamo centipede robot measures in at about a foot long, and runs on batteries. When fully assembled, the arthropod robot has thirty-two legs…

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August 14th, 2007 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: robots strange + wonderful