Hasta La Gadget!

You see, when two nerds love each other very much, they sometimes make each other things. Things like this Iron Man arc reactor marriage proposal device that Eddie Zarick created.

This is a nice nerdy way to say I love you. Besides, his girlfriend is always calling him Tony Stark anyway since he is involved in a ton of projects. So he figured he would make a Arc Reactor Heart with an engagement ring inside. The thing lights up, and when a button is pushed, the LEDs animate in colors, and the ring rises from the center to impress even the most iron-hearted of iron women. Here, check it out:

Impressive, Eddie, very impressive indeed.

[via Geeks Are Sexy]

Well another year is over, and it was loaded with triumph and tragedy as usual. But as usual, humankind persevered – at least when it came to their gadgets and geekery.

All tolled, we published over 3,700 posts this year, bringing our total since we launched in 2006 up to over 14,200 posts. And that’s just one of our two sites! We know that not all of you visit Technabob every day (we wish you would – so why not subscribe to our RSS Feed?), so in case you missed any of our biggest stories, here are the 30 most popular articles we posted in 2012…

#1: New iPad Announced

#2: iPhone 5 Announced

#3: Assassin’s Creed Hidden Blade Gauntlet Replica Can Be Yours for a Brotherly Price

#4: Assassin’s Creed 3 Trailer

#5: New 2012 iMac Slims Down

#6: Double Barrel 1911 Semi-Automatic Pistol

#7: Skyrim Canine Costumes: FUS RO DOG!

#8: World’s Coolest Marshall Amp is a Fridge!

#9: Assassin’s Creed Tomahawk Replica: Too Legit to Play with It

#10: New Father Uses Wii-mote, Lasers to Keep His Child Safe

#11: Bandra Ohm is the Coolest High-Rise Ever

#12: GoPro HERO3 Black Edition: Best Action Cam Yet?

#13: A Life-Size LEGO Forest Grows in the Australian Outback

#14: Custom Pokemon Onesies for Being Weird and Reenacting Battles of Old

#15: South Korean Girl Removes Makeup After Two Years, Now Looks Twice Her Age

#16: PS3 Slim Version 2 Announced

#17: Stormtrooper Latex Dress: The Empire Gets Sexy

#18: Brave Robotics Transforming Robot Car Rolls out

#19: Assassin’s Creed Kenway Jacket For All Of Your Parkour Needs

#20: LEGO to Give Away 2 Million Minifig Avengers Posters

#21: Clock Tower Hotel Room: Alone Time

#21: Star Wars Eyeglasses: Use Your Peepers, Luke!

#23: Star Wars Xbox 360 Slim: These Aren’t the Consoles You’re Looking For (Actually, They Are)

#24: Google Nexus 10 Announced

#25: Ferarri Knock-Off Cell Phones Defile the Ferrari Name

#26: Worst Apple Employee Name Ever?

#27: Star Wars Condoms Safely Wrap Your Lightsaber

#28: Torchlight II Hack Allows You to Reset Skills Infinitely: Respec My Dodge Mastery

#29: Retina MacBook Pro Announced

#30: Tongue-Controlled MP3 Player Makes You Look Like a Bond Villain

As you can see, there’s a pretty good variety of stuff, ranging from gadgets and video games, to geeky costumes, to the funny and just downright weird on the list. There’s also a typically large volume of Apple tech, and an atypically large amount of Assassin’s Creed stuff. Guess you guys couldn’t get your fill of Connor/Ratonhnhaké:ton this year.

Technabob continues to grow thanks to you guys. We ended the year with over 8.2 million unique visitors, and just over 15 million pages viewed on the site during 2012. And since we launched in 2006, we’ve had over 30 million unique visitors and 54 million pageviews. The mind boggles.

Thanks for another great year! Be sure to stop back by in 2013 for all sorts of cool stuff.

Remember that season of Doctor Who when there was a crack in Amy Pond’s wall? Well, now you can have a crack in your wall that looks just like it. Let’s just hope it doesn’t cause the universe to explode. Or implode. Whatever.

This Crack in the Wall is a custom made, battery powered LED array, set into a metal frame. It’s not only a cool modern design, but it makes for a stylish way to illuminate your wall, while keeping things true to Who.

If you want to try and build one for yourself, there are a few pictures here that might help you create one like it. Just make sure that you do it right. I don’t want to be erased from history because of your shoddy craftsmanship.

[via Obvious Winner]

Apple fanboys and fangirls, looking for something to keep you warm and toasty this winter? Why not go for an iPhone quilt, loaded up with all your your favorite apps?

This detailed “iQuilt” was made by Heidi Hendrix, and actually won two awards at the Maryland State Fair because it’s just that awesome. Each of its 20 home screen apps is intricately appliquéd, and include favorites like Angry Birds, Skype, Pandora and Facebook. She was also kind enough to leave the iOS6 Apple Maps app off, so you don’t have to be reminded of that while you curl up underneath it. And yes, we see that the home button isn’t round, but we’ll forgive Heidi.

The quilt measures 61″ x 86″, making it big enough to use on a twin-sized bed with a good amount of overhang on the edges. But if your bed is too big for it, you could always use it to cover up and keep warm while chilling on the couch. The iQuilt can be yours for $375(USD) over on Etsy. Sure, that’s more expensive than a 32GB iPhone 5, but at least you won’t have to worry about a 2-year contract with this one.

If it wasn’t obvious enough already, we’re pretty big fans of Doctor Who around here. I also like to eat – especially sweets. So when I saw these delicious looking Dalek cupcakes, I started drooling as much as my dog does when I’m eating steak.

They were made by DeviantARTist Nomokis, and they sure look tasty. She made them using cake mix, donut holes, cake rolls, mini marshmallows, candy sticks, and some unnatural looking food coloring. She had me at “donut holes.”

Want to make some Dalek cupcakes for yourself? Check out Nomokis’ recipe over on her Tumblr. However, you do need to be careful when you try and eat them. You never know when they’ll start to cry out for your extermination.