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i-sobot: the rambo of toy robots

lambert v. — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:54:20 +0000

A while back we featured a video of the versatile Tomy i-SOBOT shooting at a bunch of rectangular sponges with a bow and arrow. It turns out that the hurting didn’t stop there, as YouTube user paxshikai eventually came up with an armory’s worth of custom weapons for his/her robot, including a gatling gun.

You’ll never guess what its last weapon is. Brace yourself for 5 minutes and 11 seconds of increasingly absurd weaponry and dinosaur slaughter:

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The music was so bad but somehow it made the video much more awesome. And now I can’t get the stupid guitars out of my head. You can still find the Tomy i-SOBOT at Amazon for $250 (USD), which incidentally is $50 more than its price when we featured it almost 2 years ago. Weapons not included.

[via Topless Robot]

rocket launcher alarm clock blasts into orbit to wake you up

technabob — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:37:32 +0000

Do you constantly oversleep? Does your snooze bar get a serious workout every morning? Here’s an alarm clock that should help you get your ass out of bed the next time your feel the urge to sleep in.

Instead of just beeping when it’s time to get up, the Rocket Launcher Alarm Clock offers up a vocal countdown every morning, then fires a rocket into the air if you don’t turn it off before the timer runs out. If you don’t get to it before lift-off, you’ll have to run across the room, pick up the rocket, and place it back on the clock base to stop the alarm. And just in case you were worried about it, the rocket has a squishy foam tip, so you don’t need to worry about it poking your eye out when it lands on your head.

Ready to blast off into space? If you live in the UK, find one at DrinkStuff for £14.67 or in the States, head over to Perpetual Kid and plunk down your $25 bucks.

rocket phone blasts off

technabob — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:35:24 +0000

Here’s a wacky mobile phone out of China that looks like it’s ready to lift off into orbit.

The Shenzhou VII rocket phone conjures up images of 1950s science fiction with its orange spaceship design. While it is definitely different, the shape isn’t particularly practical. In addition to being too big to fit comfortably in your pocket, it’s just a little too phallic for me. I just envision trying to go through airport security with one of these and a very Spinal Tap moment would ensue.

[Phonedaily via Le Journal du Geek]

texas scouts’ world record rocket launch

technabob — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:00:51 +0000

This weekend, a group of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Austin, Texas set out to break the Guinness World Record for the number of simultaneously launched model rockets.

They successfully deployed 965 model rockets at the same instant, smashing the previous record of just under 400 rockets. Check out this video of the launch:

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Congratulations to Cub Scout Pack 990 and Boy Scout Troop 990 for pulling off this amazing feat!

[via Engadget, photos via fauxtoe]

own your own rocket pack

technabob — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:10:27 +0000

For the low, low price of just $250,000 you can have your very own jet pack that you can strap onto your back.

The TAM Rocket Belt is a complete rocket pack system which is custom fitted to the exact specifications of the pilot. It can lift a person of up to 300lbs., and has flown to heights over 100 feet in the air. It even includes the equipment necessary to make your own rocket fuel (using highly pressurized peroxide, so it’s not combustible.) They even throw in 10 training flights to make sure you don’t kill yourself before you take it home.

The only downside is that it only holds enough fuel to propel you into the air for about 10 to 15 seconds, so you won’t be going very far.

[via Geekologie]