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filed under: audio | design | media players | strange and wonderful
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This speaker, called Ode to Beethoven, lets you to dock your mp3 player in a stone bust of Beethoven’s head.
Ode to Beethoven was designed by UK artist Fiona Thomson. It’s part of a series of projects that combine classic artistic aesthetics with modern technology.
Unfortunately at this point it’s still just a concept…
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August 28th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: just plain fun
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The girls of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are undoubtedly some of the dopest chicks you’ll ever encounter. Not only do they do they possess mad algebraic skillz and could probably kick your ass in World of Warcraft, they have the only finest taste in tech blogs…
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June 18th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | robotics | strange and wonderful
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Old robots never really go away — they just come back to life singing new tunes.
The gang over at Boing Boing have introduced me to this strange new trend of taking the old animatronic animal musicians from Chuck E. Cheese / Showbiz Pizza Place and reprogramming them to play modern tracks…
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July 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun
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I was wandering through the cultural wasteland known as YouTube tonight when I came across this masterpiece…
Apparently, this guy was participating in a contest to win a trip in some sort of Parappa the Rapper contest to celebrate of the launch of the new game for the PSP…
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July 12th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful
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Leave it to the wacky gadget makers of Japan to come up with this one.
The ridiculous Steering Rapper lets you tap out obnoxious beats and sound effects while you drive your vehicle. If the distraction of that isn’t enough, the whole thing is attached to your steering wheel with velcro straps to get in your way while driving…
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May 9th, 2007
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author: technabob