July 2018 - Technabob

Wilford Brimley Would Hate this Giant 225lb Gummy Pizza

Simply looking at this massive gummy pizza will give you diabeetus. This insane edible weighs in at 225 pounds and was made by the lovers of all things gummy at Vat19. These are the same folks with that gummy pickle we talked about a not long ago.

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This LEGO Hoist Can Lift Almost 500 Pounds

I’ve said it before, LEGO is an amazing thing. You can build so many useful things with these little bricks and their accessories. Why are we not building more houses out of this stuff? This heavy-lifting system is a good example of how strong a LEGO structure can be.

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This Contraption Makes Cold Brew Coffee, Not Frankenstein’s Monster

A quick glance at this unique device over at Hammacher Schlemmer, and you most certainly wouldn’t think this is a coffee maker. It looks more like something you would use to infuse embalming fluid into Frankenstein’s monster.

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Fallout: The Vault Dweller’s Official Cookbook: Really Nuke Your Lunch

Fans of the Fallout games know all about the food in the game. But have you ever thought that the grub looked really edible? I can’t imagine that, but maybe you have. There’s no accounting for taste.

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Artist Creates Disturbing Superhero Figures Out of Insect and Crab Shells

Some people play with action figures. Other people play with bugs. Ew! This guy plays with both. Double ew! This student in Osaka, Japan known as @ride_hero on Twitter has a very interesting hobby. He makes action figures out of insect and crab shells.

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Star Wars Gaming Chairs: For The Dark Side of Your Backside

If the Dark Side played video games, these would be the chairs that they would sit their evil butts in. You can sit your butt in them too, regardless of which side of The Force you’re aligned with.

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Festo BionicFinWave Is a Creepy Robotic Fish

Biomimicry is the art of making technology and robots that mimic attributes of real-life animals. Festo is all about biomimicry. Take a look at this eel-like robotic fish called BionicFinWave. It swims like a cuttlefish and is mighty creepy to behold.

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Little Shop of Horrors Audrey II POP! Figure Might Eat Your Other Funko Toys for Dinner

I have mixed feelings about the 1986 musical comedy flick Little Shop of Horrors. I liked it because Rick Moranis and his movies were some of my favorite flicks of the era… you hoser. He was a staple of comedy in my youth.

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Guy Turns Car Windshield Wiper Fluid Spray Into Drink Dispenser

Do you get thirsty on long car rides? Daniel Tillotson does, and wanted to safely enjoy a beverage without taking his hands off the wheel. So he modified the mechanism that sprays wiper fluid onto his Subaru’s windshield to spray kombucha directly into his mouth while he’s driving.

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Star Trek TNG Corridor Door Cover Makes It So… Cool

Of all the awesome tech in Star Trek: The Next Generation, there were two things I really wanted. I wanted the replicator not for “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot” but so I could have all the snacks I wanted on a whim.

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Arcade 1UP 3/4 Scale Arcade Cabinets Let You Live Your Ricky Schroder Dreams

One of the shows I liked back in the ’80s was Silver Spoons with Ricky Schroder. It didn’t have an awesome talking car or a jacked dude that turned green if you made him mad. What it did have was a rich dude and his son living in a mansion and they had their own video game arcade… and Buck Rogers’ girl.

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Just How Aerodynamic is an X-Wing or TIE Fighter?

Have you ever wondered how aerodynamic Star Wars ships really are? Well, wonder no more. EC Henry decided to give us some answers. He used AutoDesk’s now discontinued Flow Design software to analyze the aerodynamics and drag coefficients of ships from the Star Wars universe.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation Vodka: Party in Ten-Forward!

Ten-Forward is the place where the crew of the USS Enterprise-D on Star Trek: The Next Generation would go to have a drink and unwind. So if you are going to release a Next Generation vodka, it naturally has to share the name.

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Boston Dynamics Hopes to Produce 1,000 Robots a Year by 2019

If you want a robotic army to take over the world, you’ll need the ability to mass produce them. That’s why Boston Dynamics has announced it expects to be ramped up to build over 1,000 of its SpotMini robotic dogs per year by the end of 2019.

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Mini Commodore 64 Gets Another Launch Date

We’ve expected to see the tiny, retro Commodore 64 game console land for us to buy for a while now. We first talked about it back in October 2017 when it was promised for early 2018.

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This LEGO Technic Farm Machines Rake Hay

Who says farming has to be boring? The Brick Wall built this cool piece of LEGO Technic farm equipment, adding it to his already impressive collection of machines. He actually created two hay rakes. One is a modern-day farm implement, and one is inspired by the rakes of yesteryear.

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Archive for July 2018

Wilford Brimley Would Hate this Giant 225lb Gummy Pizza

This LEGO Hoist Can Lift Almost 500 Pounds

This Contraption Makes Cold Brew Coffee, Not Frankenstein’s Monster

Fallout: The Vault Dweller’s Official Cookbook: Really Nuke Your Lunch

Artist Creates Disturbing Superhero Figures Out of Insect and Crab Shells

Star Wars Gaming Chairs: For The Dark Side of Your Backside

Festo BionicFinWave Is a Creepy Robotic Fish

Little Shop of Horrors Audrey II POP! Figure Might Eat Your Other Funko Toys for Dinner

Guy Turns Car Windshield Wiper Fluid Spray Into Drink Dispenser

Star Trek TNG Corridor Door Cover Makes It So… Cool

Arcade 1UP 3/4 Scale Arcade Cabinets Let You Live Your Ricky Schroder Dreams

Just How Aerodynamic is an X-Wing or TIE Fighter?

Star Trek: The Next Generation Vodka: Party in Ten-Forward!

Boston Dynamics Hopes to Produce 1,000 Robots a Year by 2019

Mini Commodore 64 Gets Another Launch Date

This LEGO Technic Farm Machines Rake Hay

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