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tv armor protects your flat screen tv from kids, flying wii-motes, and other ufos

tv_armor

So you just plunked down thousands of dollars on that shiny new flat screen HDTV. But you’ve got kids, and they like to throw everything from the remote to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches around the room. Or they like to write with crayons on every surface. How ever will you protect your oversized TV…

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September 30th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets home entertainment technology

wall-e windows computer casemod gets touchscreen tummy

wall_e_casemod

After listening to his startup sound, I always figured that Wall-E ran on Mac OS. I guess I was wrong. From the looks of this casemod, the little yellow robot that could runs Windows XP.

Modder Jonathan Berg put together this Wall-E PC mod that comes complete with a 7-inch touchscreen monitor inside his belly.

Wall-E…

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February 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing geek art + craft hacks + mods

smoon ombrella lamp looks like a flying saucer overhead

Smoon Ombrella LED Lamp by Beau et Bien

This funky modern lighting fixture might be named for its umbrella-like shape, but to me it looks like some sort of alien jellyfish is about land its spacecraft in your living room.

Created by French furniture designers Beau & Bien, the Smoon Ombrella lamp gets its sculptural potato chip-like shape from custom cut Plexiglas. Towering…

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August 10th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful

xbox mini: a great unfinished masterwork

Xbox Mini Casemod by ghostavel

Some guy over on the Xbox-Scene forums started to work on what will hopefully one day be the finest Xbox casemod of all time. The Xbox Mini case that he fabricated is a thing of beauty, reducing the ugly black behemoth that was the original Xbox into a svelte little package.

Modder ghostavel used computer-aided…

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September 8th, 2007 comments (39) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods video games