April 2012 - Technabob

Stained Glass Iron Man Helmet Lamp: Tony Stark Shines Brightly

Avengers Assemble.. .a cool lamp. Scared of the dark? Then you need a hero to protect you and push back the curtain of night. Supervillians will flee into the shadows when the light of this Iron…

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AeroPad Two Dock is One Huge iPad Dock

There are all sorts of docks available for your iPad, but this one is about twice the price of a basic 16GB iPad, so it’s definitely in a league of it’s own. This designer dock, created…

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Bowden and Sheffield iPad Cases Offer Good Looking Protection

These new cases Bowden and Sheffield cases are minimal and handcrafted. The cases were the brainchild of Levi Price and Eric Rea, after they couldn’t find a case that was minimal and offered enough protection, without…

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R2-D2 Shorts for Showing off Your Ass-tromech

Summer is almost here, so it is time to crack out the shorts. But don’t just grab the first thing that falls out of your dresser. Paint up your own shorts like Tumblr blogger Productive Slacker …

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Discovery Channel Crashes 727 for TV Show

None of us ever want to experience an airplane crash first-hand, but you’ll soon have the opportunity to learn what happens inside and outside a commercial airliner when it does crash, thanks to the Discovery Channel.…

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JoeyBra: Is That an iPhone in Your Bra, or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

I get that women need to carry around their iPhones, but this is the first time that I’ve seen an accessory that will allow you to carry around your iPhone in a bra! It was created…

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PlayThru CAPTCHA Alternative: Achievement Unlocked: You’re a Human!

I don’t sign up for a lot of things – one of the many benefits of being antisocial and reclusive! – but when I do, I hate the CAPTCHA part. I know that accomplishing it is…

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Go Right is a Moving Tribute to Side-Scrollers

Side scrolling games are still some of my favorites of all time. Whether it’s MegaMan, or Rayman, there’s just something so special about discovering what’s next as you continue on your left-to-right quest through a game’s…

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PIP-Boy Prototype Has Practical Functions, Sadly V.A.T.S. Not One of Them

As crude as Fallout‘s post-apocalyptic technology seems, it’s proven quite hard to replicate the game’s PIP-Boy in real life. We’ve seen one prototype that looks exactly like the PIP-Boy 3000, but it appears to have no…

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Rage + Steampunk + Laser = Awesome Pistol

Handheld weapon maker Patrick Priebe aka AnselmoFanZero is back with another laserrific armament. It’s a revolver with a design inspired by the Settler Pistol from the FPS game Rage, but with less grime and more brass.…

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Star Wars Land Coming to Disneyland Paris?

Rumor has it that Star Wars Land is coming to Disneyland Paris (and I will likely never get a chance to see it.) I had an incident there once involving beating a mime with a baguette.…

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Majora’s Mask Shoes Unfortunately Do Not Include the Evil Moon

Majora’s Mask was one of my favorite Zelda games from back in the day – not quite topping The Ocarina of Time, but still a solid storyline with some excellent gameplay. While I had plenty of…

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Battery-Powered Portable X-Ray Machine: Your Insides Have Nowhere to Hide

If you’ve ever been asked to have a radiograph of your body taken, then you know that X-ray machines are quite large and even the portable ones are carried by large vans. Until now. Japanese company…

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Company Wants to Mine Asteroids: Hopefully the Reapers Won’t Detect Us

A company called Planetary Resources has made itself known, stating that they want to mine asteroids for natural resources. This of course raises a few questions: how exactly will they accomplish this task? What are the…

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Self-Knocking Doorbell: Tech Imitates Arm

Here’s a trollish concept for a doorbell by designer Bobby Petersen called the Door Knocker. When you press its button you’ll hear three knocks instead of a ding or a dong. It’s not a recorded knocking…

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Star Wars Gets Dead

While Darth Vader and a few Stormtroopers might be dead already, and Boba Fett (nearly) perished in the Sarlacc pit, many of the other Star Wars characters have lived on. But if you’re to believe these…

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Archive for April 2012

Stained Glass Iron Man Helmet Lamp: Tony Stark Shines Brightly

AeroPad Two Dock is One Huge iPad Dock

Bowden and Sheffield iPad Cases Offer Good Looking Protection

R2-D2 Shorts for Showing off Your Ass-tromech

Discovery Channel Crashes 727 for TV Show

JoeyBra: Is That an iPhone in Your Bra, or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

PlayThru CAPTCHA Alternative: Achievement Unlocked: You’re a Human!

Go Right is a Moving Tribute to Side-Scrollers

PIP-Boy Prototype Has Practical Functions, Sadly V.A.T.S. Not One of Them

Rage + Steampunk + Laser = Awesome Pistol

Star Wars Land Coming to Disneyland Paris?

Majora’s Mask Shoes Unfortunately Do Not Include the Evil Moon

Battery-Powered Portable X-Ray Machine: Your Insides Have Nowhere to Hide

Company Wants to Mine Asteroids: Hopefully the Reapers Won’t Detect Us

Self-Knocking Doorbell: Tech Imitates Arm

Star Wars Gets Dead

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