When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

VISIT OUR SITES: THE AWESOMER | 95OCTANE

Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff on Technabob
Like Us on Facebook

Archive for July 2015

July 13, 2015

This Stained Glass R2-D2 Lamp Shade Is a Major Award

This Stained Glass R2-D2 Lamp Shade Is a Major Award
This R2-D2 dome lampshade is beautifully done in stained glass. Turn it on and there will no longer be a Dark Side. Only Light. This is the droid lamp shade that you are looking for.…

Metal Gear Solid 2 Raiden Nendoroid: Small Boy Unit

Metal Gear Solid 2 Raiden Nendoroid: Small Boy Unit
Jack? Jaaaack!!! Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid Raiden is ready to follow in the footsteps of his buddy Solid Snake. This collectible features Raiden as he appears in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, before he went cyber-emo.…

PS4 & Xbox One Shoebox Skins: Player Edition

PS4 & Xbox One Shoebox Skins: Player Edition
Dress your current-gen console in alternate colorways with Clockwork Signage’s shoebox-themed skins. They have Nike, Jordan, Adidas and New Balance skins for both the PS4 and Xbox One.…

KFC Chizza Uses Chicken as a Pizza Crust

KFC Chizza Uses Chicken as a Pizza Crust
KFC is slowly trying to replace all the snack foods we know and love with KFC-ified versions of those treats. We have seen the restaurant replace the bun with a pair of chicken breasts.…

VHS Box Art Pillows: Be Kind, Unwind

VHS Box Art Pillows: Be Kind, Unwind
Etsy store The UFO Party makes 9″x 16″ throw pillows printed with box art from VHS movie releases. Although the pillows don’t have a fluffy tape inside, they do have front, rear and spine graphics.…
July 12, 2015

DIY Pocket Laser Engraver: Pewny

DIY Pocket Laser Engraver: Pewny
Got a few spare DVD drives? You can use the laser from those drives to make a tiny laser engraver. Thingiverse member Isolt did just that, then made it safer and better looking with 3D printed parts.…

DIY Splatoon Inkzooka Replica is Ready for Summer Turf Wars

DIY Splatoon Inkzooka Replica is Ready for Summer Turf Wars
Niconico member tono2 made replicas of the Inkzooka, Splat Charger and Splat Bomb from Splatoon. But since his Splat Charger is a prettied up water gun and his Splat Bomb is just a prop, the highlight of his tono2’s showcase is his hilariously powerful Inkzooka.…

Ayaka Matsuno’s Retro Geeky Cookies: Game Girl Scout

Ayaka Matsuno’s Retro Geeky Cookies: Game Girl Scout
Ayaka Matsuno loves to make edgy cakes, cookies and other pastries. Her edible pop art ranges from depictions of sneakers, cartoon sketches and animals. She also made cookie versions of classic geek items: life-size Game Boy cartridges and cassette tapes as well as a tiny Super Famicom with an equally small TV.…
July 11, 2015

Darth Vader USB Car Charger: Behold the 12V Power of the Dark Side

Darth Vader USB Car Charger: Behold the 12V Power of the Dark Side
It always seems like my smartphone is smart enough to troll me. It will have like 90% power in the house, but when I get a few miles from home it suddenly seems to be going dead.…

NASA Mars Trek Lets Us Explore the Red Planet

NASA Mars Trek Lets Us Explore the Red Planet
The thing I have always loved about NASA is that it knows the way to keep Americans interested in space and exploration is to share all the awesome stuff its astronauts and scientists discover on missions.…
July 10, 2015

Albert Digital Clock: Wake up and Smell the Math

Albert Digital Clock: Wake up and Smell the Math
I hate math in any form. I just suck at it. This clock named Albert will give your brain an early morning workout. It’s a digital clock that makes you do some math before giving you the time.…

Wearable Batman Suit Made from Tree Bark: Bark Man

Wearable Batman Suit Made from Tree Bark: Bark Man
I’m Bark Man! Where does he get those wonderful woods? Quick, to the birch cave! Okay, that’s enough wood jokes. This awesome Batman suit was made by french artist Christophe Guinet and it looks cool as hell.…

R2-D2 Drone Takes to the Skies

R2-D2 Drone Takes to the Skies
I love Star Wars and have since the ’80s when all I ever wanted for Christmas was all the toys – all of them. I never understood why Santa couldn’t get that right.…

Street Fighter V 3D Printed Cover Art: Hadouprint!

Street Fighter V 3D Printed Cover Art: Hadouprint!
Capcom and 3D printing licensing platform Source3 unveiled the first officially licensed 3D printed Street Fighter character at the San Diego Comic-Con. It’s a portrait of Ryu based on the cover art of the PS4 exclusive Street Fighter V, his tree trunk arms and head-sized fists popping out of the frame.…

Electric Knife Orchestra Plays “Stayin’ Alive”

Electric Knife Orchestra Plays “Stayin’ Alive”
I can’t help thinking that The Electric Knife Orchestra is the beginning of a robot that kills by chopping humans into pieces to a catchy soundtrack.…

Hot Tub Hammock: Just Hanging in the Pool

Hot Tub Hammock: Just Hanging in the Pool
The Hydro Hammock is a combination hot tub/hammock, which is better than a hot tub time machine. You can’t really relax in a hot tub time machine.…