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Brave Little Warbot: Irobot’S Ember Might be the Future Soldier’S Sidekick
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iRobot’s new military robot might not have a personality per se, but the moment I saw them they reminded me of the Tachikomas from Ghost in the Shell…. The little fella is called Ember, and its being developed as a disposable yet durable networked mobile swarm. The one-pound robot |
June 5th, 2009
Big Ass Fans: ‘Nuff Said
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No, I’m not going to talk about sizable fans for your butt. Although I’d like to see what an ass fan would look like, what I’ll be sharing with you today are fans that are just plain huge. Just big ass fans, called Big Ass Fans, from the company Big… |
May 27th, 2009
Spotlight Gps Pet Locator Will Make Lost Pet Posters Obsolete
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Positioning Animals Worldwide, Inc. (PAW) and the American Kennel Club will soon be offering a high-tech way of keeping track of your pet dogs. The service is called SpotLight, and it combines Assisted GPS technology along with round-the-clock service to ensure that pet owners can track – and recover –… |
May 17th, 2009
Out of Body Experience: Machine Keeps Disembodied Animal Hearts Beating
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have invented a machine that can keep an animal heart functional even after it has been removed from its body. Freaky. Andrew Richards, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, designed the “dynamic heart system”, which “pumps fluid through a pig heart so that it… |
May 15th, 2009
Pyramid-Shaped Computer Case: Pointy, Pointy
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What shape do you associate with style? Scimitar Computers claim that pyramids = hip & stylish, and so they’re claiming that their handmade pyramid-shaped computer cases are “the solution to the conundrum of how to be a computer nerd and hip and stylish at the same time.” I thought Apple’s… |
May 12th, 2009
Motorola’S Clutch I465 Mobile Lets You Multitask Like Manny Pacquiao
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… at least that what I gathered from the Clutch i465′s fact sheet: “A full QWERTY keyboard with shortcut keys and software upgrades such as IM-style texting helps you multitask like a champion.” Finally, a phone with a killer left hook. Seriously though, the iDEN-equipped Clutch offers several ways of… |
May 5th, 2009
Resistance is Futile: Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles
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Oh crap. I knew it. Those stupid robots at SparkFun’s race were publicized to lull us all into a false sense of security: “Wow it just went for a dive at the lake HAHA st00pid botz.” Yet now we have cyborg beetles. CyBORG beetles people. |
May 1st, 2009
Storage We Need: Obama Flash Drive Preloaded With Inaugural Address
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Someone – I forgot who – once said that politics is “showbiz for ugly people.” Well the United States of America beg to differ, as they now have a leader whose charms are so far above Hollywood levels that he makes betting on the NCAA Final Four absolutely bewitching, even… |
April 22nd, 2009
Hey Kids! Let’S have Some Fun With the Department of Energy! Woohoo
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One of my first posts here at Technabob was about a flash game about saving energy. The US government’s Department of Energy heeded Canada’s example and came up with their own entertaining website to encourage people – particularly kids – to save energy. The Canadian game just plain sucked; fortunately… |
February 17th, 2009
