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I personally didn’t think that anything could be worse than human zombies. Now I know better. Zombie teddy bears are truly terrifying. Just look at this demented bear. He wants your brains. Even a headshot won’t kill him, because his head is just full of stuffing.

These gruesome undead teddy bears are the work of Phillip Blackman, a British illustrator who enjoys turning teddy bears into horrifying zombies. You can’t reason with them, you can’t cuddle with them and they can’t be hugged. They deal only in death.

Their goal? To populate the world with teddy bear zombies and use humans for slaves. Have fun sleeping after seeing these guys.

You can see more of Phillip’s demented teddies here. If you’d like to permanently scar someone, you can even buy one for yourself. They’re currently sold out, but keep your eye out over on the Undead Teds’ Etsy shop for more zombie teddies, as the infection continues to spread.

[via Obvious Winner]

Typically, when we talk about Kickstarter projects here on Technabob, we’re looking at a video game or some sort of gadget or accessory. But some of the most common projects on Kickstarter have nothing to do with electronics. One such project is a zombie children’s book called A Brain is For Eating.

The book isn’t exactly aimed at human children, unless those children lean towards the macabre. Illustrated by Scott Brundage, the book is described by its authors Dan and Amelia Jacobs as a children’s book written for zombies and their little undead. The idea is that the book teaches little zombies how to catch food and share with their legless brethren. The book looks quite funny, I particularly like the passage about finding a school bus that’s not moving…

A pledge of $10(USD) will get you a digital version of the book for the Kindle, iPad, and other digital readers. A pledge of $25 will get a hardcopy version of the book. If you pledge $50 or more, you’ll get a limited-edition version of the book signed by the authors and your name listed in the back including a digital copy.

The project is seeking $10,000 in funding to finish and publish the book, and with five days to go, it has so far raised nearly $6000. If you like the thought of a zombie children’s book, you need to head on over to Kickstarter now and pledge to get in on the project.

While physical books and magazines are clearly going the way of the dodo bird, one genre of print which is still going strong is the graphic novel. And you can’t mention graphic novels these days without mentioning The Walking Dead. Now, you’ll have the perfect place to stash your issues, courtesy of these zombie silhouette bookends.

Of course, they’re also good for books like The Zombie Combat Manual and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. They’re made out of solid steel, and the only thing better would be if they were splashed with a little bit of red lacquer for blood spatter effect. I guess you could always do that yourself.

You can grab a pair of these zombie bookends over on Fancy for $40(USD).

[via Crnchy]

You may or may not be aware, but the New York Botanical Gardens sets up a giant carved pumpkin display every year. It’s always cool, but this year’s version is really amazing. The masters of carving at Villafane Studios even designed and built a 6-foot-tall pumpkin zombie. Even better, a Zombie with its insides falling out… plus, a bunch of pumpkin undead coming out of the ground.

The whole thing looks really creepy and awesome. Three of the largest pumpkins grown in the U.S. were carved to make the display. Just one of them weighed 1,872 pounds. That sure would have made a lot of pumpkin pies.

This amazing display will be up until October 31. If you get the chance, go see them before they are gone.

[via My Modern Met via TDW via Nerd Approved]

If taking over a cockroach’s nervous system sounds like your idea of a good time, you should join up with these North Carolina State University researchers, who are having a grand old time perverting nature and ushering in humanities downfall.


These researchers are molding a commercially-available chip that could be mounted on a cockroach, along with a wireless receiver, transmitter, and controller. It sounds crazy, but when you think about it, cockroaches can get into all kinds of small places that people can’t go. Heck they can even survive a nuclear blast, or so I’ve heard. In short, they are perfect for this job. By job, I mean becoming zombies and being controlled like an R/C car, or following along a pre-determined path like in the video clip below:

They are perfect for spy missions, or as explosive carriers and anything else that our minds can dream up. All the more reason to get the Raid out and step on these suckers.

[via Geek via Geeky-Gadgets]