For Bonus Stories, Community and Conversation Follow Technabob on Facebook
Subscribe:
subscribe to our rss feedsubscribe via e-mailfollow technabob on twittertechnabob facebook fan page
Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff on Technabob

plants on Technabob...

Plant Whisperer Emits Creepy Robotic Reminders to Water Your Plant

plant whisperer

Instructables member jeff-o has a problem – he “tends to kill plants”…. But it’s not like he gets the urge to tear them apart or trample them, he just forgets to water them. So he’s giving his plants a voice, by way of his plant whisperer. Using moisture probes,

Read More »

February 13th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Honey, I Got You a Bouquet of Light-Emitting Diodes

led_flowers_1

If there’s one thing us geeks know how to do is turn the everyday into something fantastically dorky. Our latest invention? LED flowers, trees and shrubs.

This high-tech plantlife does away with such petty annoyances as dirt, water and sunlight, replacing them with an ongoing thirst for electricity. Each kit…

Read More »

November 11th, 2009 by: Technabob

Microsia Makes Molecular Music

microsia_screenshot

Here’s a cool little PC program for creating ambient electronic music. And it sure looks purty while it’s doing it.

The setting for Andreas Illiger’s Microsia is inside of a virtual “plant cell” of a leaf. As you move your cursor around, you touch “cellular particles” which will be used…

Read More »

October 3rd, 2009 by: Technabob

Got a Tip? E-mail Technabob!