Tf2 Full-Scale Sentry Gun Lands at Valve HQ
Wouldn’t you love to work in an office where they have a sentry gun in the lobby? Well, the guys over at Valve now join those elite ranks thanks to this full-size Sentry Gun from TF2.
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Speakal Cool iPig is Cooler Than You
Speakal has been peddling some iPhone and iPod speaker docks for a while that are very strange and look like animals and various other things. The company had the iPig a few years back and is back with a new versions of the iPig called the Cool iPig.
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Mega Man Explains Safe Sex
Ah, sex education! Thanks to this 8-bit parody, you won’t have to explain the birds and the bees to anyone. Just link to this video, and they’ll know all about safe sex.
It’s called Game On and it’s a funny and educational animation created by the Leicestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership in the UK.
Woz Bought White iPhone 4 Parts From Chinese Kid Apple Shut Down
Remember that Chinese teen that use a “connection” at Foxconn to get his hands on white iPhone 4 parts? This is the same kid that Apple shut down later for selling the parts. Well, good ol’ Woz saw the parts in a post somewhere and had to turn his iPhone 4 into a white one anyway.
Lacie Tank Protects Anything That You Can Cram in It
I have what it technically referred to as a crap-ton of gadgets and gizmos. The thing with most of this stuff is that it is so fragile that I know one drop or splash of water will kill it.
Ice Hotel Gets TRON Legacy Suite
TRON: Legacy will be released next week, but if you can’t wait, you can try out the TRON: Legacy suite at the Ice Hotel in Sweden.
Tableau: Magic Messenger Drawer
From the same guy that cooked up the Proverbial Wallets comes a magical drawer that can transport messages to and from the Internet. John Kestner calls his creation the Tableau, and like the Proverbial Wallets, it adds a physical factor to digital processes.
Float Table: How Does It Work?
How interesting is the furniture in your house? Looking around, mine is pretty bland. Don’t get me wrong, it’s decent stuff for the most part, it’s just not terribly interesting. I mean, I don’t have an NES controller for a coffee table or anything.
Shanzhai Gundam
If you can make it, China can copy it:
While other Japanese have been busy building another classic robot statue, and South Koreans are building a gigantic robot statue of their own, this orange Gundam copycat is being built in a theme park in Sichuan, China.
Space Invaders Birthday Cake Invades Hong Kong
Hong Kong Technabob reader Vivian wrote us to let us know about this fun Space Invaders cake she made for her husband’s 31st birthday.
Atop the cake is the most iconic of the Space Invaders, being blasted away from below.
The Ultimate NES Controller Coffee Table
Way back in 2008, I featured a coffee table that looked a heck of a lot like a giant Nintendo NES controller. The thing was used for storage and actually worked as a controller for an NES console.
Discs of TRON Get Real
Boy, the TRON: Legacy merchandising team has kicked into full force. Whether you’re looking for some trashy high-heels, a lightcycle USB drive or some Daft Punk headphones, they’ve got something for you. Here’s another fun TRON gizmo – it’s a little toy that lets you play with the movie’s famous discs.
Google Destroys Its Own Chrome Notebooks – to Prove a Point
So if you’ve been paying attention at all to the news this week, Google revealed their first Chrome-based notebook computer. It’s the first mainstream PC to shy away from local application and document storage – moving as much as possible into the cloud.
Monster Offers Up TRON: Legacy Daft Punk Headphones
I am pretty sure that Monster, known for its cabling and audio gear, coined the name to describe the price tag of its offerings. The place is far from where you shop for bargains – especially when it comes to cable prices – but they do peddle some pretty cool gear.
Thinkgeek Electronic Butterfly in a Jar is Weird
ThinkGeek has some really cool and really strange products. One of the stranger products that I have seen in the catalog of offerings is this new Electronic Butterfly in a Jar. It’s just what it sounds like.
Dainty Human-Like Hands Will be the Key to Robonaut 2′s Success
A while back, GM and NASA teamed up to build a cool humanoid robot to send into space to live on the ISS with the astronauts in what is the first step towards the construction of our own Cylons.
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