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Apple Won’t Replace Heroic, Bear-Distracting iPhone

Poor Kris Rowley. She gets chased by a bear, sacrifices her iPhone to escape, returns days later (armed with a baseball bat) to find her iPhone all chewed up, and now Apple Geniuses don’t believe her story. Things ended with Rowley buying a new iPhone because Apple doesn’t cover using the phone as a self-defense…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 15

Care BEAR

We’ve written about the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot before, but this shot from Newsweek’s “Weapons Porn” gallery was just too tempting. The BEAR lifts 500lbs—enough to get a wounded soldier off a battlefield, or me out of a Shoney’s.[Newsweek] https://gizmodo.com/battlefield-extraction-assist-robot-is-a-real-care-bear-5343649

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 7

Stuffed Animal USB Hand Warmers Quickly Brand You as “Office Weirdo”

If you feel like your coworkers just don’t ostracize you enough, these fuzzy bear and rabbit USB hand warmers are sure to do the trick. “Why does that guy have his hands jammed into a stuffed animal’s esophagus?” they’ll ask. Though I’ve had the good fortune to have never worked in an office, I have…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Sep 19

Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot Is a Real Care BEAR

Sure, the BEAR robot is a bit terrifying to look at, but one day, after you discover the pipe bomb your estranged wife left in the mailbox, this automaton could very well save your life. Funded by the Army, the BEAR locates victims, removes hazardous materials, and can even carry 500-lb. loads over long distances.…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 23

Bandai RilakKuma Finally Achieves Maximum Netbook Adorability

It can be hard to tell the legions of identical netbooks apart, but this Bandai RilakKuma will never have that problem, because it’s the cutest Atom-based piece of hardware we’ve ever seen. RilakKuma, meaning “Relax Bear,” is the name of the character whose eyes and nozzle are seen on the back of the netbook. This…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jul 14

Bear Sleeping Bag: Getting Mauled To Death Might Be a Better Option

A bear-shaped sleeping bag might protect you from being mauled, but you have to ask yourself: would I rather be mauled by a bear or violated by one? Think about it. [Eiko Ishizawa via RGS]

Tech News Sean Fallon Feb 19

MIT’s Huggable Robotic Bear Keeps Ill People From Feeling Sad

Normally you think science, lasers, and silicon chips when someone says “MIT,” but Huggable is an MIT invention nonetheless: it’s another smart robot companion, a bit like Paro meets Teddy Ruxpin. Its body is covered in sensors and motors, including webcams behind his eyes and a speaker in his nose, and its designed to respond…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 24

Headless Teddy Bear USB Drive Combines Kiddy Nightmares, Storage in One

Ages ago we showed you a DIY version, but now the removable-head Teddy Bear USB drive is a real product, ready to trigger-off those childhood nightmares all over again. The little guy is around 3 x 3.75 inches, is USB 2.0, stores 1GB inside its teddy guts, and costs $17. Not much else to say.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Aug 27

Talking Twittering Teddy Bear is Nearly A Freaky Mod Too Far

Having a cyborg teddy reading out your Twitter alerts… *shiver* the idea gives me the creeps a little. But not the guys who came up with the idea over at HyHome2.0. They’ve even got an instructional video so you can build your own artificial-voice bear, which uses Bluetooth to get data from your PC so…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 17

Gutted Teddy Bear Reincarnated Inside Robosapien Body

As cool as this hack is, there’s something creepy about seeing someone gut a teddy bear and then stuff its lifeless skin with the cold body of a Robosapien. Yet as disturbing as the video is, I can’t help but watch it till the bitter end. R.I.P. teddy. – Louis Ramirez Robosapien Bear [SlashGear]

Tech News Louis Ramirez Dec 14

USB Warming Slippers With Bear Attachment

We’ve seen USB slippers before, but this one’s special in two ways. https://gizmodo.com/toasty-v2-0-usb-heating-slippers-139417 One, they’re more like booties and cover your entire foot, plus your ankles. No part of your foot will be exposed to the elements. Second, they come with a bear attachment. OMGWTFBBQ bear attachment! This is the best thing we’ve ever seen.…

Gadgets Jason Chen Nov 24

USB Teddy Bear With Removable Head

If you were to embed a USB flash drive into a teddy bear, where would you put the connector? In the hand? Crotch? Feet? Tail? If you answered “in the brain stem, beneath the severed head” give yourself the clap a clap on the back. A modder decided to empty out the guts of a…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 19

Apple Won’t Replace Heroic, Bear-Distracting iPhone

Care BEAR

Stuffed Animal USB Hand Warmers Quickly Brand You as “Office Weirdo”

Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot Is a Real Care BEAR

Bandai RilakKuma Finally Achieves Maximum Netbook Adorability

Bear Sleeping Bag: Getting Mauled To Death Might Be a Better Option

MIT’s Huggable Robotic Bear Keeps Ill People From Feeling Sad

Headless Teddy Bear USB Drive Combines Kiddy Nightmares, Storage in One

Talking Twittering Teddy Bear is Nearly A Freaky Mod Too Far

Gutted Teddy Bear Reincarnated Inside Robosapien Body

USB Warming Slippers With Bear Attachment

USB Teddy Bear With Removable Head

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