March 5, 2011

Name the Thing Contest - 167
Contests

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  Sorry for the lack of contests the past few weeks… The prize this week is a remote control helicopter, when you are taking a break from designing your next great project fly this around to inspire some creativity. This contest will run for one week (March 5 – 11, 2011). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example

Teddy Ruxpin Robot
Electronic Hacks

Taking things apart and making them better always gives me a great feeling. Have a look at this Teddy Ruxpin Robot that DJ Sures put together. Reminds me of the Furby hacks we saw years ago. You can see that the Teddy Ruxpin has the typical inexpensive mechanical bits that make all of these toys come to life. With the skin pulled off this thing looks a bit freaky. “I