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chapek the barbot: serves you drinks until it breaks down!

robot bartender drinks bar

Ripped from the pages of some neo-futuristic science fiction movie comes Chapek: the robot bartender…

Chapek is just one of the ‘bots who will be featured as part of BarBot 2010, the third annual festival of Cocktail Robotics!


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February 17th, 2010 comments stumble it! digg it! author: range

just plain fun robots strange + wonderful

rods & mods: cool custom pcs hit the exploratorium

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There is an exhibition coming to the Exploratorium in San Francisco showcasing some neat modded computers.

It’s called Rods & Mods: The Kustom Kulture of Radical Computer Modification and it’s happening next February. Are PCs this generation’s muscle cars? It depends on who you ask. Most people enjoy having some sort of customization of…


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December 18th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: range

computing design geek art + craft hacks + mods just plain fun

win free passes to web 2.0 expo [caption contest]

Web 2.0 Expo Caption Contest Photo

Thanks to our friends over at Technorati, I’ve got my hands on a couple of full passes to next week’s Web 2.0 Expo to give away to two lucky Technabob readers. The show runs from April 22-25 in San Francisco, CA and is a great opportunity to learn about the latest Internet trends and…


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April 16th, 2008 comments (13) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

technology

blow up: amplifies breath into a windstorm

Blow Up by Snibbe Interactive

This incredible art installation records the tiniest human breathing patterns and magnifies them into a room-filling blast of wind.

Created by interactive artist Scott Snibbe, Blow Up is comprised of two main pieces. On one side of the room is an array of 12 small impellers which act as a breath-controlled input device. On…


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February 14th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

design interactive

250,000 superballs dropped for sony commercial

Sony Bravia Superballs

This may be old news, but since I never saw this commercial, I figured that some of you might not have either. The commercial is for Sony’s BRAVIA line of TVs and features a drop of over 250,000 multi-colored superballs down the streets of San Francisco.

And no, this wasn’t done with computer animation.…


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October 14th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

strange + wonderful