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April 16, 2019

3D Printed Hermit Crab Shells Let Crabs Carry Tiny Cities on Their Backs

3D Printed Hermit Crab Shells Let Crabs Carry Tiny Cities on Their Backs
If you are a hermit crab, your home is whatever you find for your shell. Artist Aki Inomata makes 3D printed shells for hermit crabs to set up their homesteads inside of.…
October 26, 2017

This Robotic Crab Processing Machine Is the Stuff of Nightmares

This Robotic Crab Processing Machine Is the Stuff of Nightmares
Despite what science fiction movies tell us, real world robots aren’t all creepy and trying to murder us. They build cars, assemble electronic gadgets, disarm bombs, and take on tasks humans don’t want to do.…
March 9, 2014

Half-Life 2 Headcrab Hat: Hair & Mind Control

Half-Life 2 Headcrab Hat: Hair & Mind Control
ThinkGeek is now selling an officially licensed plush Headcrab Hat. It sits on top of your head and doesn’t cover your face. Because that would just be silly.…
December 20, 2013

Remote Control Crustaceans Give You a Bad Case of Crabs

Remote Control Crustaceans Give You a Bad Case of Crabs
If you’ve followed Technabob for any period of time, you know that we love our quirky Japanese gadgets around here. The latest weird and wacky gizmo to turn up from our friends to the East?…
April 3, 2013

LEGO Strandbeest: Walk Like a Crustacean

LEGO Strandbeest: Walk Like a Crustacean
Despite the fact that I’m horribly allergic to shellfish, this LEGO creature that reminds me of some sort of crazy crab has still warmed its way into my heart.…
November 11, 2012

Half-Life 2 Headcrab Necklace Better Not Crawl onto Your Head

Half-Life 2 Headcrab Necklace Better Not Crawl onto Your Head
For weeks after I played Half-Life 2, I had nightmares about rooms full of headcrabs descending on me, and me trying to fight them off by flinging circular saw blades at them with my gravity gun.…
April 5, 2012

Hermit Crab Decides LEGO Shell Good Enough for Home

Hermit Crab Decides LEGO Shell Good Enough for Home
I know that you can use LEGOs to build almost anything, but I didn’t think that other species on Earth thought the same as us humans.…
February 5, 2012

Crab-like Robot Removes Stomach Cancer, Doesn’t Crawl Sideways

Crab-like Robot Removes Stomach Cancer, Doesn’t Crawl Sideways
Researchers from Singapore have created a small robot designed to remove stomach cancer in its early stages. Ironically, this tiny robot looks like a crab, since it uses a pincer and a hook to do the job.…
November 3, 2010

Live Crab Vending Machine: Only in Japan. Oh Wait, This Thing is in China.

Live Crab Vending Machine: Only in Japan. Oh Wait, This Thing is in China.
I guess that China was feeling a little behind the curve from Japan and their wacky inventions, so they decided to come up with their own.…
November 28, 2009

Monster Monster Laptop Stand: Give Your Computer Crabs

Monster Monster Laptop Stand: Give Your Computer Crabs
For some reason, this whimsical acrylic laptop stand reminds me of those pesky headcrabs from Half-Life 2. The unusual laptop stand helps keeps your laptop or notebook computer cool and encourages better workplace ergonomics.…
May 27, 2008

Swashbot 3 is a Crabby Homemade Robot

Swashbot 3 is a Crabby Homemade Robot
SwashBot 3 is one crabby lookin’ robot- but most impressively he is 100% homemade. For a scrappy little fellow, he’s got some impressive moves. SwashBot 3 is the latest RC robot in the SwashBot series, following the cute and crabby SwashBot 1 and the more impersonal, wooden SwashBot 2.…