Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Weird Animatronic Head


This kit leads you through the assembly of a fully functioning animatronic head which can turn left and right.The head also features moving eyes and eyelids, a mouth that changes expressions, and sensors that allow the robot to react to changes in the environment. $449.


Saturday, January 19, 2008

Spykee Cell Bluetooth Robot: An iPhone Humper


Here’s another Spykee robot giving an iPhone the business from behind. The Spykee Cell is another build-it-yourself robot from Meccano. It’s remote controlled using Bluetooth from a cellphone and can move and snap pictures, then transmit them back to your cellphone for storage. The loudspeaker module gives it the capability of becoming a hands-free set, if you want to speak and hear through the robot.


Spykee Voice-Activated iPod Robots Seem...Wrong


Meccano is introducing 2 new robots, the Spykee Vox and the Spykee Miss, each targeted at different genders by the looks of them. Each robot has it’s own iPod dock, weirdly situated in their robot groin areas, and are compatible with other mp3 players as well. They appear to be having their way with the devices.


Friday, January 18, 2008

DNA Robots


Let the battle of the bots begin! These R2D2 Robot look-a-likes are highly trained little battling sumo-bots.


Rank The Baddest Terminator Villains


Popular Mechanics has compiled a gallery of all the Terminator models, from the original Schwarzenegger model to the present-day, and even speculating into the future of the television and film series.


Wednesday, January 2, 2008

R/C Snooper Robot Looks Like A Stormtrooper


This white six-wheeled radio controlled robot can stealthily enter a room and listen in on conversations and transmit them to up 150 feet away to the listening receiver. It looks a bit like a Stormtrooper color-wise. You can get one and be all up in people's business for $80.


Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Strange Robo-Bird Webcam


I'm not sure what the deal is with this bird webcam, but it looks like some kind of Flash Gordon robot bird creature. It's slightly disturbing, yet I'm drawn to it.


Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Doctor Who R/C Voice Command Dalek


This remote controlled Dalek is pretty impressive and clearly one of the best you can buy. It's a foot and a half tall and able to track moving objects. He also responds to over 30 voice commands. His memory stores over 50 Dalek phrases. The price is $180 but when you consider that this is probably the best R/C dalek ever, that’s a fair price.


Saturday, November 24, 2007

R2-D2 Laundry Basket: How To Degrade An R2 Unit


We've seen our fare share of R2-D2 products lately. Some are cool, while others seemingly torture R2 and rob him of dignity. Case in point, the R2-D2 laundry basket. Throw your funky undies in this droid like Luke presumably would. These are Japan imports. You get a set of two. One classic blue R2-D2 and one red R2-D1. This way, you can sort all of your unmentionables into light side and dark side piles, then throw them in, disgracing our favorite droid.


Sakura Robot for Girls


You know, those people with bumps on their chest that some of you never interact with. They like robots too. Sakura is the latest toy robot for girls. The girlly user can tell her their secrets and they are stored away with only you being able to unlock them. She also knows funny facts and jokes and will offer you advice as well as reading your fortune. A great Christmas gift idea!


The Amazon Shipping Box Robot


The new Amazon Shipping Box Robot is the perfect holiday gift for your mindless consumer friends. He is only robotic in the aesthetic sense (no electronic parts). The toy was designed for Amazon by famed toy masters Kiyohiko Azuma and Yotuba Sutazio. Unfortunately, it will only be available to consumers in Japan.


Friday, November 23, 2007

Doctor Who R/C K9 Robot Dog Companion


Now you can own a 1/4 Scale R/C replica of the greatest robot dog ever from Doctor Who! He does just about anything that the real robot dog can do. He can speak 7 different phrases, has an extendable Nose Blaster(Which has blaster firing sound effects), a removable side panel as well as lights in side panel and on back. His ears even wiggle when he moves and of course his eye unit lights up. He also uses 4 AA and a 9V. He'll cost you $59.99. Money well spent.


Retro Robot Night Light


Here's a great Night-Light in the form of a vintage robot. This one's pretty neat looking. Plug it in via the swivel plug-in base and it lights up through the night, with an on/off switch to save you unplugging every morning. It retails online for $11.50.


Thursday, November 15, 2007

Robot Watch & Desk Clock In One


This great looking robot watch serves double duty as both a watch and a desk clock. Just remove him from the wristband and stand him up. The arms are fully posable as well as his headgear. I think the best part about him is that he looks cool with the clock on his chest. You can get it for a surprising $40. Comes in Silver and Gold tone as well as a pewter color. All look equally nice.


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

R2-D2 Night Light Projector


I'm not sure why they felt the need to basically decapitate our favorite little droid, but they did. So that you could have the Death Star, an X-Wing and the Millenium Falcon on your ceiling. It's available for $20.


Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Klaatu Barada Nikto


You can own your very own GORT robot from classic 1950's Sci-Fi Classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. He's an 8.5" tin wind-up robot replica of the movie robot. Now would be a great time to re-visit this classic movie robot as a remake is currently underway according to PopTherapy.com, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly. No word yet on whether they will have Gort in the new movie or if he will be "updated".


R2-D2 Soy Sauce Bottle Measures Your Sodium Intake


I like R2-D2 as much as the next robot loving guy, but this is taking things a bit far. Just look at the pic. It's disgusting seeing an edible liquid come out of our favorite droid. Just load him up with soy sauce and pour it out through R2’s pie-hole. They’ve even got a black R2-Q2 model in case you enjoy Imperial soy sauce.


I'm not judging you or anything, but if you ever find yourself using this, you need to slap yourself silly, get out of your Jar-Jar PJ's and go find a girl.


Monday, November 12, 2007

Robo-Chic Earrings For The Geek Girl In Your Life


Girls love robots too and this is a pretty cute pair of robot earrings. Put these in her stocking and make her happy. They have a great cute look and even sport googly eyes. How can you go wrong with that? They're cheap too at £14.


Friday, November 9, 2007

USB Snowbot-Now Comes The Winter Of Your Assimilation


I have seen the coolest Snowman ever and it's name is Snowbot. This thing is basically a cross between Frosty the Snowman and a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica. It’s got articulated arms and an eye scanner that can change color. You can control the speed of the scanner with a knob. They say that it also has Authentic Snowbot Sound, whatever that sounds like. Basically I'm in love.


Priced at $12.99 they will make us their servants very quickly before the cold season comes to an end.


Doctor Who Cyberman AM/FM LED Shower Radio


Relive all of the terrifying moments of cybermen attacking...In the shower...while listening to the radio. We all love a robot head. What could be better then a Cyberman head on your shower wall that is also an AM/FM radio? Now all you need is a Dalek scrub brush and a Tardis themed shower for the complete Doctor Who Hygene experience.