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abyss led table lamp looks like my lower intestine

Abyss LED Table Lamp by Kundalini

I don’t care if this lamp conjures up memories of my colonoscopy. It’s still cool.

The undulating twists and turns of Kundalini’s Abyss table lamp may look a bit like your intestinal tract, but there’s something about the bendy organic form that I find mesmerizing.

The Abyss can be adjusted into a variety of shapes,…

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October 15th, 2008 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful

play a tilty game of snake on a monome

Do you remember the oh-so-low-low-tech game Snake? Now it can be played on a monome with an accelerometer. You don’t even need a controller, since the tilting motion is all you need to control the snake’s movements.

Check out the video here, which demonstrates how intuitive the game becomes when all you have to do…

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August 26th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: gadgets video games

roboboa robotic snake comes to america

WowWee Roboboa

The latest robotic critter from RoboSapien creator WowWee is the reptilian Roboboa. The snake-like robot can roam along the floor and raises its front end up like a real Boa Constrictor.

The Roboboa not only can slither around thanks to its snake-like articulated body, it can serve a variety of fun an practical purposes too.…

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October 15th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun robots