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		<title>I-Sobot: the Rambo of Toy Robots</title>
		<link>http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/01/i-sobot-robot-shooting-guns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t stop there, as YouTube user paxshikai eventually came up with an armory&#8217;s worth of custom weapons for his/her robot,&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A while back we featured a video of the versatile Tomy i-SOBOT shooting at a bunch of rectangular sponges with a <a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2008/01/07/tomy-isobot-robot/">bow and arrow</a>. It turns out that the hurting didn&#8217;t stop there, as YouTube user <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/paxshikai">paxshikai</a> eventually came up with an armory&#8217;s worth of custom weapons for his/her robot, including a gatling gun.<span id="more-25681"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25682" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/i-SOBOT-custom-weapons.jpg" alt="i SOBOT custom weapons" width="600" height="394" title="i SOBOT custom weapons photo" /></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll never guess what its last weapon is. Brace yourself for 5 minutes and 11 seconds of increasingly absurd weaponry and dinosaur slaughter:</p>
<p><a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/01/i-sobot-robot-shooting-guns/"><strong>Click to View Embedded Video Clip</strong></a></p>
<p>The music was so bad but somehow it made the video much more awesome. And now I can&#8217;t get the stupid guitars out of my head. You can still find the Tomy i-SOBOT at <a href="http://bit.ly/8DeoFB">Amazon</a> for $250 (USD), which incidentally is $50 more than its price when we featured it almost 2 years ago. Weapons not included.</p>
<p>[via <a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/12/the_greatest_toy_of_all_time_and_its_accessories.php">Topless Robot</a>]</p>
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		<title>Tomy I-Sobot Shoots an Arrow Straight Through My Heart</title>
		<link>http://technabob.com/blog/2008/01/07/tomy-isobot-robot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Technabob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomy&#8217;s i-SOBOT mini robot has been receiving raves for it&#8217;s cool moves and programmability. This recent clip from Robots Dreams shows off the talented little robot doing his best bow and arrow work.

While I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily let the pint-sized robot shoot an apple off of my head, I&#8217;m still&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tomy&#8217;s i-SOBOT mini robot has been receiving raves for it&#8217;s cool moves and programmability. This recent clip from <a href="http://www.robots-dreams.com/2008/01/i-sobot-takes-u.html">Robots Dreams</a> shows off the talented little robot doing his best bow and arrow work.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/isobot_archer.jpg" alt="isobot archer"  title="isobot archer photo" /></p>
<p>While I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily let the pint-sized robot shoot an apple off of my head, I&#8217;m still pretty impressed by the motion capabilities of the little guy.</p>
<p><a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2008/01/07/tomy-isobot-robot/"><strong>Click to View Embedded Video Clip</strong></a></p>
<p>For those of you unfamiliar with Tomy&#8217;s i-SOBOT, the 6.5-inch tall robot offers an amazing range of movements, with over 200 pre-programmed moves, plus the ability to string them together into complex choreography. Plus, the i-SOBOT doesn&#8217;t just walk the walk, he talks the talk, with over 200 words and phrases built in as well.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/isobot.jpg" alt="isobot"  title="isobot photo" /></p>
<p>You can find Tomy&#8217;s i-SOBOT over <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FTomy-7365-I-SOBOT-Robot%2Fdp%2FB000US3SVA&amp;tag=technabob-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325">on Amazon</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=technabob-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" style="border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important" border="0" height="1" width="1" title=" photo" alt="" /> for around $200.</p>
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		<title>Doggie Cam Takes Dog&#8217;s Eye View Photos</title>
		<link>http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/06/doggie-cam-takes-dogs-eye-view-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Technabob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends over at CScout Japan turned me onto this wacky digital camera that straps to your dog&#8217;s neck and can automatically snap pictures throughout the course of the doggie day.

TakaraTomy&#8217;s Wonderful Shot camera keeps a visual diary of the happenings in your dog&#8217;s life by snapping an image&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our friends over at <a href="http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/tomy-wonderful-shot-dog-camera-test-run/">CScout Japan</a> turned me onto this wacky digital camera that straps to your dog&#8217;s neck and can automatically snap pictures throughout the course of the doggie day.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/tomy_wonderful_shot_on_dog.jpg" alt="tomy wonderful shot on dog"  title="tomy wonderful shot on dog photo" /></p>
<p>TakaraTomy&#8217;s <a href="http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/wonderfulshot/">Wonderful Shot</a> camera keeps a visual diary of the happenings in your dog&#8217;s life by snapping an image every so often. The camera includes a wireless remote control that lets you take pictures on demand, but I prefer the idea of setting it to automatically snap random shots at a preset interval. The 3.5-megapixel camera can hold about 90 photos in its built-in memory, and can be recharged via a USB docking cable (which just happens to look like a bone.)</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/doggie_pix.jpg" alt="doggie pix"  title="doggie pix photo" /></p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re into spying on your canine companion&#8217;s doings, or just want some fun photos from his/her unique perspective, you can pick one up from their <a href="http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/wonderful-shot-dog-camera-takara-tomy-p-168.html">CScout&#8217;s online shop</a> for $79. I don&#8217;t see why you couldn&#8217;t strap one of these to your cat either.</p>
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		<title>Electronic Dog Speaks, Follows Commands, Does Karaoke</title>
		<link>http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/02/electronic-dog-speaks-follows-commands-does-karaoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Technabob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a canine companion, but don&#8217;t have the patience for all the shedding and pooping? If you&#8217;re willing to learn a little Japanese, these electronic furry friends might fill the bill.

The Tomy Dacky Healing Partner Dog has six internal sensors which can react to human touch and praise.&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking for a canine companion, but don&#8217;t have the patience for all the shedding and pooping? If you&#8217;re willing to learn a little Japanese, these electronic furry friends might fill the bill.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/tomy_dacky_dogs.jpg" alt="tomy dacky dogs"  title="tomy dacky dogs photo" /></p>
<p>The Tomy Dacky Healing Partner Dog has six internal sensors which can react to human touch and praise. While they start out only able to bark, if you give them enough positive reinforcement, they&#8217;ll be asking you how your day was and singing you a birthday song in no time flat. Once fully trained, Dacky dogs will be able to speak up to 650 words (all in Japanese). Heck, they can even do Karaoke.</p>
<p>Gadget importer <a href="http://www.audiocubes.com/product_info.php?products_id=2222">AudioCubes</a> has gotten their hands on these cute little furballs from Japan, and is selling them for $99 a pup.</p>
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		<title>Turn Your Desktop Into a Top Secret Base</title>
		<link>http://technabob.com/blog/2007/03/05/turn-your-desktop-into-a-top-secret-base/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Technabob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese toy and electronics maker TakaraTomy is now offering this set of crazy USB gadgets that will make your desktop look like some sort of top secret military base.

Start off with the Big Red Emergency Button (¥3990/$34 USD), which looks pretty ominous, but merely shuts down your Windows PC.&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Japanese toy and electronics maker <a href="http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/">TakaraTomy</a> is now offering this <a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/services/S1790.5/translate?wl_srclang=zh_tw&amp;wl_trglang=en&amp;wl_rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdagod.tw%2F&amp;wl_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdagod.tw%2Fredirect.php%3Faction%3Durl%26goto%3Dwww.takaratomy.co.jp%252Fproducts%252Fhimitsukichi%252F">set of crazy USB gadgets</a> that will make your desktop look like some sort of top secret military base.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/takara_button.jpg" alt="takara button"  title="takara button photo" /></p>
<p>Start off with the Big Red Emergency Button (¥3990/$34 USD), which looks pretty ominous, but merely shuts down your Windows PC. Then, hook up the Glitter Panel (¥5985/$51 USD), a 16&#215;16 LED grid which provides you with remote access to desktop widgets such as CPU usage, e-mail notification, a clock and a scrolling message board.</p>
<p>If you want to see how these gadgets look in action, TakaraTomy has posted video clips of them <a href="http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/himitsukichi/item_eg.html">here</a>. If you speak fluent Japanese, or are feeling adventurous, electronics retailer <a href="http://www.biccamera.com/bicbic/app/w?SCREEN_ID=bw011100&amp;fnc=f&amp;ActionType=bw011100_01&amp;PRODUCT_ID=0010140053&amp;BUY_PRODUCT=0010140053,5380">Bic has them for sale</a>.</p>
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