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remote controlled spider climbs walls, ceilings

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If I saw this giant creepy spider scurrying across my ceiling in the middle of the night, I’d be on the phone to Orkin faster than you can say “spiderpig”.

Now you too can freak the hell out of your significant other with this oversize remote-controlled spider with glowing LED eyeballs. No Boundaries’ infrared R/C…

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August 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun

an xbox 360 for a black widow

xbox 360 mod spider

If you don’t like spiders, this one’s probably not for you.

Eye-catching, to say the least. Or is that fly-catching? Oh ho ho.
This particular custom Xbox 360 mod is the work of deviantARTist AceCasanova, who has done a number of console paintjobs, like this one:

Photo’s a little blurry, but the color is just incredible.…

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August 4th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys geek art + craft video games

la machine street theater’s giant robot spiders: japan approves of these ‘bots

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The Port of Yokohama in Japan is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and what better way to celebrate the opening of a port than with a couple of giant robot spiders from France?

The theater group La Machine terrorized performed at the Yokohama Bayside Area, bringing with them their 40 ft tall, 37-ton giant…

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May 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: interactive just plain fun robots strange + wonderful technology

web-slinging here we come: scientists add metals to make super-strong spider silk

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Yet another proof that geeks are indeed cool: A bunch of scientists – whose professional motto is “Why not?” – decided to combine certain metals with the silk of the Araneus spider, and came up with “super-strength spider silk.” The experiment was actually inspired by a certain marine worm that had jaws powerful enough to…

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April 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful technology weird science

r/c black widow spider definitely not for arachnophobes

r/c black widow spider

Wanna scare the living crap out of your roommate? Just put this giant furry black widow spider on top of their blanket while they’re asleep, flip on the remote control, and watch the mayhem ensue.

This massive R/C black widow spider is designed to be an “educational toy”, but if I had one of these…

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November 29th, 2008 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun

1950s robots galore, now invading!

Retro 1950s Robots

I was cruising the Internets today and came across an incredibly rich roundup of robots and robot figures from the 1950s. As a robotophile, I was surprised and excited to see several bots that had been previously unknown to me!

Among my personal favorites are the bot above, which although NASA-branded looks like it’s made…

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August 15th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: just plain fun robots