July 2010 - Technabob

Minimalist Star Wars Posters: Luke is Definitely Missing His Hand

I just love the simplicity of these bare-bones Star Wars character posters by Sam Serling-Sutton. Each set of 6 posters boils down Luke, Vader, Han, Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2 to their barest of essences. Best of…

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Weird Japanese Food iPhone Cases Make You Want to Eat Your Phone

These wacky iPhone cases from Japan’s iMeshi are completely impractical. Not only do they not really do much to protect your precious glass iPhone, they make them look like something you could eat, but you can’t.…

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Cray-1 Casemod Runs Way Faster Than the Original

While Cray Research may have only sold about eighty of it’s monstrous Cray-1 supercomputers back in the 1970s, its unusual hexadecagon design made it one of the most iconic computer systems of all time. So it…

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Lockwasher Robot Sculptures Whirr Their Way Into Our Hearts

Lockwasher creates these amazing robotic sculptures using objects that he found. I like the BR2D2, which is also called the BeertooD2, made from an old can of Heineken back in 2008. A second model, the BeertooD3…

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Broken iPhone 3g Screen? Check Out This DIY Repair

Did you just break the screen of you beloved iPhone? Annoyed at paying $200 to have Apple replace the screen? Well, Morten Skogly will give you the means to repair your screen yourself, DIY style. One…

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Xtraordinary Adventures Starts Booking Suborbital Space Flights

I always wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid and go into space. Aliens were typically really hot chicks on Star Trek and you got to wear an awesome helmet so I was…

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Virtual Insects Crawl on Real Hands

Spotted at SIGGRAPH 2010, this interactive art display might just look like a pile of sand, but stick your hands in it, and a variety of creepy crawly insects come to life. Thankfully, these nasty many-legged…

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Glados Plush Cores Are Not Lies

Everyone’s psychopathic robot in huggable, squeezable form: From left to right, that’s GlaDOS’s morality core, curiosity core, intelligence core and anger core. The plushies are made of fleece with felt and ribbon accents. They can also…

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Rsvp to This NES Invite

The largest, most unwieldy but also most awesome wedding invite I’ve ever seen: The children of the 80s, all grown up. I hope they have pixelated bouquets and jewelry as well.…

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Space Invaders Love Seat Invades Our Bottoms

Created by designer Igor Chak, this concept for a Space Invaders couch looks really awesome. But its squared-off lines look like they’d really hurt our asses. Still, I dig the way it looks, and only wish…

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Dfrobotshop Rover: Programmable Tank Robot on a Budget

If you’ve always wanted to build your own programmable robot, price or technical complexity might have gotten in your way. But this new robot from RobotShop brings the cost down to a pricepoint that mere mortals…

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Concrete Espresso Maker Cements Your Love for Caffeine

I don’t like coffee much. I like the way it smells sometimes, but I hate the way it tastes. The only way I can imagine coffee being even grosser is if it was brewed with a…

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Slow Motion Lightning Strikes: Shocking.

Ever wondered what lightning strikes really looked like? Tom Warner recently captured some incredible footage in Rapid City, South Dakota. He captured over 9,000 images per second and this 1.5 minute video lasts only 2 seconds…

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DIY LEGO Headphones: Hopefully They Won’T Fall Apart

If you think that LEGOs rule, then look no further, because there’s a guide out there that will allow you to make your own LEGO headphones. These headphones will definitely make you stand out from the…

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Snowflake Speaker is Definitely Like No Speaker You’Ve Seen Before

I’ve certainly seen my share of unusual speakers over the years, but this one from designer Sylvain Gerber is one of the more offbeat designs I’ve seen in recent times. From everything I can tell, the…

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Starcraft 2 Noob School: Space Military Academy

You’re stoked for the just-released StarCraft II, but haven’t played the first game, or you’re just not good at RTS games. You’ll probably get through the single player campaign after enough tries, but going against other…

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Archive for July 2010

Minimalist Star Wars Posters: Luke is Definitely Missing His Hand

Weird Japanese Food iPhone Cases Make You Want to Eat Your Phone

Cray-1 Casemod Runs Way Faster Than the Original

Lockwasher Robot Sculptures Whirr Their Way Into Our Hearts

Broken iPhone 3g Screen? Check Out This DIY Repair

Xtraordinary Adventures Starts Booking Suborbital Space Flights

Virtual Insects Crawl on Real Hands

Glados Plush Cores Are Not Lies

Rsvp to This NES Invite

Space Invaders Love Seat Invades Our Bottoms

Dfrobotshop Rover: Programmable Tank Robot on a Budget

Concrete Espresso Maker Cements Your Love for Caffeine

Slow Motion Lightning Strikes: Shocking.

DIY LEGO Headphones: Hopefully They Won’T Fall Apart

Snowflake Speaker is Definitely Like No Speaker You’Ve Seen Before

Starcraft 2 Noob School: Space Military Academy

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