Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 5, 2009, 7:19 am
Whether you have bad eyesight, an aversion to technology, or are just an imbecile, have I got a cell phone for you! This generic-brand mobile phone offers oversize numeric buttons (1-cm wide) that yo...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 5, 2009, 6:50 am
I don’t know if he’s the action figure counterpart of console modder Ben Heck, but the customizer who goes by the moniker Jin Saotome does have an extremely long list of modified or custom...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 5, 2009, 6:43 am
The folks at Gamersyde were handed some footage of the opening minutes of the PS3 game 3D Dot Game Heroes, From Software’s upcoming homage to classic RPG/Adventure games. The graphics are reall...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 10:20 pm
Let me start out by saying I’ve always been a closet pinball fanatic. I can’t tell you how many hours of my youth I spent dropping quarters, flipping flippers, and nudging bumpers in that ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 7:05 pm
This egg-shaped chair may look like a serious throwback to the 1970s, but it’s actually a brand new home entertainment plaything designed to be integrated with modern media rooms. The Sound Egg ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 7:56 am
Do you love Twitter? Are you ridiculous? If one or both of those is true, you may be partially responsible for the TwitterPeek. Don’t get me wrong. I can see the usefulness of the device itself...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 7:32 am
Does your laptop get hotter than Hades and overheat all the time? I know there are plenty of laptop cooling solutions out there, but how many of them actually look decent? Macally’s wooden ECOF...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 6:45 am
Call it a case of life imitating software: a designer at Mintpass recently showed off a couple of designs for calculators that look exactly like the calculator apps in Windows and in OS X. The Mac ve...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 6:37 am
I’m not really sure what a Margaritaville game might entail, exactly. The tragedy of salt shakers gone missing? The smell of shrimp? Old men wandering around in tank tops? Jimmy Buffett wanderin...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 4, 2009, 6:34 am
I’m not a Twitter addict – although I do have an account – so I might be wrong on this one, but will a device that only sends and receives tweets be worth buying? That’s what P...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 3, 2009, 9:42 pm
Looking for a zippy way to get around town? Sure, you could buy a car, or a bike, or maybe even a Segway, right? Well what about a bed on wheels? At least that way you could take a nap if you get stuc...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 3, 2009, 6:41 am
For so long, the breakfast options of lazy people like me were severely limited: either eat something that you only need to take out of its package, something with no cooking or preparation required, ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 3, 2009, 6:34 am
Having cut my gaming teeth on the classic Namco arcade games of the 1980s, I just had to give these new Namco 8-bit video game cigarette lighters a mention. Created in celebration of Pac-Man’s ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Nov 3, 2009, 5:39 am
Flickr member noblerobinette (aka Claudia) and her husband had one of the best cakes I’ve ever seen. The cake itself wasn’t too fancy. It looked like most wedding cakes, complete with figu...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 31, 2009, 7:47 am
Ryan Harc says that his Pocket Light concept will let us share “the blissful moments with your beloved. Draw out a little light which can be the best conveyor of your feeling.” Wink wink. ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 31, 2009, 6:56 am
Why, or why not, that is the question. Wait what? Yeah that’s right; Joe Bowers is a free man in a free land, so if he wants to build a robot that plays Rock Band on the iPhone, no one can stop ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 31, 2009, 6:52 am
As we look for more ways to generate energy-efficient light, we’ve seen a gradual move away from the warm glow of incandescent light, to the ugly pinkish hues of CFL, to the strange blueish-whit...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 30, 2009, 7:59 am
Sure, the Nintendo DSi is pretty nice (though apparently not big enough), but that camera just doesn’t have enough oomph for some people. You know the type: the folks who need giant thrusting ac...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 30, 2009, 7:58 am
Imagine someday walking up to the front door of your home of office, and instead of whipping out your keys or RFID keycard, you stare into a facial recognition device that decides whether or not you&#...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 30, 2009, 7:22 am
... a room and there’s a Coke can sitting on the table, you might want to check that it’s not a spy cam. These Coke can spy cams each have a tiny little video camera and DVR built inside...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 30, 2009, 6:49 am
Developed by researchers at MIT’s SENSEable City Lab in cooperation with Audi, AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent) is a drivers’ companion that offers useful information while inter...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 30, 2009, 6:45 am
Ah, software problems. We’ve all experienced them in varying degrees – sometimes it’s just a stupid online video that won’t load, and sometimes the operating system itself give...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 29, 2009, 7:30 am
Tomotaka Takahashi, creator of the high endurance EVOLTA robot, recently showed off his new robot, ROPID. The name is supposedly a combination of rapid and robot, so it was either ROPID or RABOT. The ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 29, 2009, 7:23 am
The rumors were right – Nintendo officially unveiled the DSi LL, which is basically a Nintendo DSi but with much larger 4.2-inch screens, a 93% increase over the 3.2-inch screens on the DSi. The...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 28, 2009, 7:28 am
The YikeBike is a new electric transport vehicle coming from New Zealand. The compact personal transporter features an innovative design that can speed you along through city streets and country roads...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 28, 2009, 6:48 am
If you think that the Segway is too expensive, you’ll probably be disgusted with the Air Board, a $14,000 (USD) personal hovercraft. Then again, it’s a personal hovercraft! The product pa...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 28, 2009, 6:46 am
I can’t say whether or not this Proton Pack will actually trap ghosts, but from this brief glimpse, there is one thing I can say for certain: this badass project is sure to score the top prize a...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 28, 2009, 6:44 am
I think we can all agree that Hello Kitty is pretty cute. Hello Kitty floating on a fluffy confection of fake cream and glittery jewels… well, that’s something else altogether. Stunning, c...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 28, 2009, 6:42 am
We already showed you how to make zombie cupcakes (actually I just gave you a link to the actual instructions, but you know what I mean). Now here’s the perfect partner to that brainy pastry ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 28, 2009, 12:01 am
I swear some of the best stuff we’ve posted here at technabob has originated from someone’s Coroflot portfolio. In this case, it’s Mexican industrial designer Gabriel Cañas’ Tetris Chair,...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 27, 2009, 10:29 pm
The guys selling these Pac-Man glass pipes have them listed as a “flo new art glass borosilicate pyrex glass PAC-MAN scene landscape video game 420 high score spoon pipe heady 420″, which ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 27, 2009, 9:50 pm
This odd little gadget from Japan is perfect for placing subliminal messages in the background of epic rock albums. It’s also good for recreating disturbing and surreal scenes from Twin Peaks an...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 27, 2009, 7:48 am
Now I’ve not been shy in saying that the Gravity Gun in Half Life 2 is my all-time favorite video game weapon. So when I heard about Namco Bandai’s new Xbox 360/PS3 third-person gravity ma...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 27, 2009, 7:12 am
MOCPages member/MGS fan/Brick master Rags naRock made cuter versions of GEKKOs, the nimble, creepy, bovine-like killing machines in Metal Gear Solid 4, and they just make me wish for a LEGO Metal Gear...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 26, 2009, 7:55 am
Zelda fans – Looking for something to go with your new Master Sword & Hylian Shield? Here’s a fun idea for some last minute Halloween decorations. Found on flickr, these Link and Triforce ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 26, 2009, 7:23 am
When it comes to games you can buy for just a dollar, Jon Keatley’s Run Away! should be at the top of the list. If there isn’t a list of wonderfully cheap games, then maybe someone should ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 26, 2009, 7:20 am
We can now add telepathy to the list of things that’s possible thanks to the Internet. Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have demonstrated that it is possible to transmit th...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 26, 2009, 7:12 am
This is one of those gadgets that’s funny for like 5 minutes – a bottle opener that looks like a motorcycle’s grip. It revs up when you open a bottle with it! Yay. Awesome. Open a b...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 26, 2009, 7:03 am
Looking for sleek, slightly geeky cufflinks? You know Etsy is the place to go if you’re looking to subtly show off your proclivities while dressed in your best. And with these cufflinks, you can...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 25, 2009, 10:32 am
Touch DJ is a soon-to-be-released iPhone app that lets you mix music in real time, just like you would with professional DJ equipment. Created by Amidio – the same folks who brought us the amaz...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 25, 2009, 8:05 am
This new technology from Hitachi automatically detects when you’re actually watching your television, then shuts the display off whenever you’re not looking. By using advanced facial reco...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 25, 2009, 7:12 am
With all the attention Borderlands is getting, I feel it’s important to remember that other futuristic game with important vaults: Fallout 3. And what better way to remember anything than with L...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 25, 2009, 7:10 am
This has to be the best news I’ve heard all week: a new Elder Scrolls game has been sort-of confirmed, finally. Time to wrap up those last few quests in Oblivion, folks. It only took, what, a ye...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 24, 2009, 6:56 pm
This unbelievable bit of geek art is purportedly the largest LEGO block statue of Mario ever created. It sure looks like it to me. And it’s definitely WAY bigger than this one. The mammoth LEGO...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 24, 2009, 8:27 am
Now I’m not a smoker, but the fact that these Zippo cigarette lighters look like retro Sega consoles might be enough to get me to start. Actually, no. But they might be enough to convince be to ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 24, 2009, 7:45 am
Anything that starts out of a suggestion from Penny-Arcade’s Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins – aka Gabe & Tycho – is bound to be geeky, and this one is no exception. The duo visited th...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 24, 2009, 7:42 am
I headed to the Star Wars blog after reading about the impressive Tauntaun wedding cake, but I became more interested at this old footage. It’s a clip showing a bit of behind-the-scenes of a Pub...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 23, 2009, 9:54 pm
Now in all my research of the old Apple PowerMac G4, I can’t find anything in the spec sheets that mention a 49cc, 2-stroke petrol engine. I must have missed that part somewhere. As a matter of ...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 23, 2009, 8:52 am
So you’ve got an old Xbox lying around the house and you don’t know what to do with it? Why not do like this guy did and float it in your fish tank? Yep, thanks to the non-conductive cool...
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Paul S. posted an article on TechnaBob - Oct 21, 2009, 10:44 pm
Yep, Halloween is barely upon us and here I go jumping the gun with Christmas stuff long before Turkey Day has even arrived. Oh well, calendars be damned. It’s finally time to rid of that boring...
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