May 2008
photo du jour: hidden mario mushrooms
May 21, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I saw this photo over on Flickr this morning, and just had to post it.
Oh, that’s where I put my mushrooms – I’ve been looking for them all day. Maybe the cops were coming and they had to hide ‘em?
Shadowadrik snapped this great photo at the Akiba, Tokyo video game shop Potato King (I assume that he meant Super Potato)…
fake tv scares off intruders, saves power
May 20, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Ever felt the need to leave a television on to make it look like somebody is home while you’re out of town? This quirky little invention does just one thing – simulate the effect of having left your TV turned on.
The $49 FakeTV uses an array of colored, flashing LEDs to create the illusion of the stroboscopic effect of a television…
robobuilder: build multiple robots with one kit
May 20, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
This new robotics platform out of Korea lets you build a variety of unique robots from a single set of modular parts. RoboBuilder offers a complete kit of interchangeable modules which come together to form computer programmable mini-bots.
Out of the box, there are three “standard” robot designs, HUNO, DINO and DOGY…
grocery store lets you play atari while you shop
May 19, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
What better way to break up the monotony of trolling the aisles of the grocery store than with a little video game action? The guys at this funky Milwaukee, Wisconsin grocery store are happy to oblige with an in-store Atari 2600 lounge…
technabob seeks geeky writers
May 19, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I can hardly believe it myself, but Technabob is almost two years old, and with hundreds of thousands of readers each month, I’ve decided that we’re getting big enough that it’s time to add at least one new part-time writer into the mix.
Up until now, I’ve written 99.9% of Technabob’s 2000+ stories myself…
iphone runs windows vista (kinda sorta).
May 18, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Here’s a fun iPhone hack you’ll either really love or really hate. VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete re-skinning kit for Apple’s wonderphone that lets it masquerade as a Windows Vista machine.
While many of you will ask: why the heck would you want to go and do that? Dunno…
mario dot matrix orginal art is pixel-y good
May 18, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I came across this cool dot-matrix rendition of Mario over on Etsy this morning. Using an original technique the artists refer to as “DOTRIX”, it’s a really unique method for presenting video game (and other pop culture) art…
coca-cola robots invade japan
May 17, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Those fortunate enough to live in Tokyo have recently sighted lifesize Coca-Cola robots wandering the streets. Now you can own your own miniature version of the wandering Coke robot for your desktop.
Combining robotics, Japanimation and caffeination, the Coca-Cola vending machine robot is the perfect embodiment of all things geeky…
rubik’s cube clock is unsolveable
May 17, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
If you spent way too many hours of your childhood trying to solve that infuriating Rubik’s Cube, now you can have a constant reminder of your frustration every single morning when you wake up.
This Rubik’s-inspired clock takes the basic design concept of the classic cube puzzler, and turns it into an LCD digital alarm clock…
led gloves put lights at your fingertips
May 16, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Just in case you’re still living in the early 1990s and heading out to a rave this weekend, you might want to add these to your outfit before you head out onto the dance floor.
This pair of battery-powered gloves have a set of bright LEDs built into the fingertips…
