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Creepy or . . . really creepy? Robotic, vibrating pillow lets you hug caller on the other line.

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Have a friend who doesn’t come out of their basement apartment all that often? We found you the perfect holiday gift to give them!

Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro is a well-known figure in the robotics world. After all, he is the Director of the Intelligent Robotics Lab in Japan, and has already developed a series of life-like androids, including a replication of himself.

His latest creation, while certainly unique, has us robot enthusiasts scratching our heads wondering what was he smoking / drinking when he came up with the concept for this one, and how the heck we can get our hands on it.

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Hello Kitty Airlines? Yes Please.

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Its been many moons since airline travel has wow’ed me. Sure, the Southwest $39 trip from SFO to LAX was great, but the TSA-rapist pat down really put a damper on that. And the cool purple backlit hip modern chic of Virgin made me feel like a champ for a minute, but when I had to reschedule my flight and got pounded by fees up the yin yang, my position as a champ quickly retracted. Unless we’re flying through Europe in the open air/ open beer space, I’m not sure if air travel will ever fulfill me. Until now…

YES. Hello Kitty Airlines. Finally, its here. And here’s why its is the best:

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International Gloving Championship – June 23rd 2012

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Gloving is the new movement in the underground rave scene.  What once started as a bunch of people tripping balls with glow-sticks has now evolved into a full blown demonstration art.  New LED technology is paving the way for this new generation of EDM performers.  These performers do a crazy light show incorporating rhythm and motion in a way that is designed to stupefy and perplex.  A lot of these guys use portable speakers to practice on the side, so we’ve decided to sponsor the event and get some of the top competitors swagged out with free speakers.

Emazing Lights is proud to present the 2nd Annual International Gloving Championship (IGC). Featuring the best glovers in the world competing for thousands in prizes. IGC is the world’s largest gathering of glovers and lightshow enthusiast to further promote the underground art form known as gloving. IGC features state of the art production, sound, lighting and LED panels in the world renowned Fairplex Pomona venue.

IGC is proud to present the international DJ superstar tyDi to perform a special extended set! Be a part of the largest gathering of light enthusiast and enjoy world class talent on June 23rd, 2012!

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Boombotix Presents CRAYnial Custom Art Show at Big Umbrella Studios SF

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The Boombot portable speaker line was conceived from urban vinyl toy customization.  We are proud to return to some of our core roots by getting to work with some really talented SF based local artists.  CRAYnial will be held at Big Umbrella Studios on Friday, May 11th, 2012.  If you’re familiar with toys like the Kidrobot Munny, you may recognize a similar aesthetic in the Boombot.  These vinyl toys are actually engineered to be customized by artists.  They’re also known as DIY toys.  The culture has been somewhat of an underground spin-off from the popular sneaker-head and skate deck customizing community.  This medium is yet another fun 3D canvas to express yourself on.

Boombotix CEO commented, “CRAYnial is going to be a really cool way for us to collaborate with other artists while also taking a step back and digging for new artistic inspiration on this medium.  I always admired looking back and seeing one shape/character take on a wide array of identities when I put on vinyl toy shows back in 2007-08.  Boombotix was founded originally with the intent to bring function/tech to these cool toys, so now it’ll be cool to revert and dig back into the artistic side.  Who knows…we might even find the next design for our future artist series….”

BIG UMBRELLA STUDIOS
906 Divisadero St.
SF, CA 94115

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Mind-blowing concept: flying luxury homes

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Designer comes up with idea for futuristic homes: make ‘em fly

If you’ve seen the latest addition to the Boombotix portable speaker family – the Sunnuva Birch BB2 – then you know that the folks here have a major appreciation for kick-ass design.

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