October 2008
violet mir:ror connects all your stuff via rfid
October 26, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
This new device uses RFID technology to connect your physical possessions with the digital world. Cool.
Violet (the makers of those quirky Nabaztag USB rabbits) is about to unleash Mir:ror, a small puck-shaped USB gadget which acts like an interface between your everyday belongings and your computer…
r2-d2 cookie jar: chocolate chips and microchips
October 26, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
There’s one thing you can say about R2-D2. He’s fiercely loyal, and will always do what’s needed to protect your stuff. So why wouldn’t he be the perfect guardian of your precious Tollhouse cookies?
I was just minding my own business (shopping online) this morning when I came across this great R2-D2 cookie jar…
silver retro gamer cufflinks are definitely semi-formal
October 25, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I really think we need to start a new trend. Everyone needs to start wearing cufflinks again (did they ever?) At least that would give me a good excuse go around wearing these retro video game studs on my shirt sleeves.
Jewelry artist Dedalo makes a variety of sterling silver men’s accessories, but these Space Invaders cufflinks are my personal fave. What’s that you say?..
zumreed turntable speaker for pocket sized djs
October 25, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Here’s a fun little sound system you can connect to your portable media player. ZumReed’s Pocket DJ Speaker looks like a tiny little turntable.
The mini speaker is small enough to carry on your keychain, hang from a briefcase, bookbag or purse strap…
bandai tuttuki bako: stick your finger in the hole
October 24, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
This new interactive toy from Japan involves sticking your finger in a hole on the side of the box to interact with a virtual environment. Really. I’m not kidding.
Bandai’s new Tuttuki Bako handheld interactive plaything requires you to twiddle your finger around inside the orifice to play with a variety of virtual characters on an LCD screen on the front of the device…
jakks arcade gold plays 8 namco classics on your tv
October 24, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Jakks Pacific has been cranking out a variety of arcade games you can play on your TV for several years now. But all of their arcade systems up until now included 4, maybe 5 games. Their most recent model, the Arcade Gold game system ups the ante by cramming 8 old school arcade games into a single package…
cosmically cool lamp built with 3D laser printing
October 23, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Look at this beautiful Quin lamp from California artist Bathsheba Grossman. Notice anything special about it, D & D fans? It’s Bathsheba’s exploration on the dodecahedron. It’s so much more than a twelve-sided die though…
r/c boxing robots offer up a technical knock out
October 23, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
These little toy robot kits from Japan do one thing and one thing only. They beat the crap out of each other.
Tamiya’s Robocraft boxing robots come in a kit that’s easy enough to assemble if you know your way around a screwdriver.
Each robotic boxer operates on a wired remote, which lets you control each of two gearboxes which drive the robot’s punches and movements…
gomibako for ps3: like tetris with trash
October 23, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I love my PS3, and I love a good game of Tetris, but unlike Oscar the Grouch, I don’t know if I can say that I love trash. Still, this offbeat new game in the works combines all three into a single, juicy delicious morsel of gaming that could be the most addictive garbage collection game this side of Katamari Damacy…
floppy disk gift labels perfect for wrapping geeky gifts
October 22, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Man, 3.5-inch disks. I still can’t believe that just a decade after the demise of the floppy, a pocket-sized iPod Nano can hold than 11,378 times more data than a single 3.5-inch disk. How far we’ve come. Still, there was something so tactile about working with floppies back in the day, so I sorta miss them…
