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Iron Man case mod shows lots of dedication, is still ugly
2008-04-30 00:00:00 Let's go ahead and get this out of the way: we can't deny that the Iron Man Mark I case mod took some serious work (and skill). That being the case, it'd take a pretty hardcore fan of the character (or the new flick, we guess) to love this one ... More About: Dedication , Case , Ugly
Hans Tan?s LED clock spells out time in text
2008-04-30 00:00:00 Those tried-and-true hands definitely get the job done, but glancing over to find out what time of the day it is should be an adventure. Singaporean Hans Tan has crafted quite the atypical timepiece with his Idea of a Clock (revision 2), which utilizes a LED bulletin board to spell ... More About: Time , Text , Spells
ugliest TV in existence
2008-04-30 00:00:00 Just when you though HANNSpree's idiotic and pointless LCD stylings couldn't be topped, here comes HANNSpree to do it again. The company just launched a 15-inch "Starlight Blue" display in the UK, comprised of some of the worst sci-fi-inspired curves known to man, in conjunction with a bit of pretty ... More About: Existence
Cifial Techno M3 Contemporary Collection transforms the bathroom
2008-04-30 00:00:00 [New Product Coverage from KBIS 2008] Stylish contemporary design, the Techno M3 collection of bathroom faucets, shower systems, fittings and bath accessories is from Cifial USA. Exclusively engineered by internationally known Portuguese industrial designer Carlos Aguiar, the Techno M3 bathroom fixtures combine flawless lines with a modern twist to create an ... More About: Bathroom , Contemporary
Asus to spin off Eee into an independent brand - 10- and 11-inch Eee PCs on
2008-04-30 00:00:00 Taiwan hardware insider Digitimes is reporting that Asus is considering making Eee an independent lineup which will include the Eee PC notebook, as well as the previously reported upon Eee TV (E-TV), Eee desktop (E-DT), and Eee monitor. According to industry sources the new lineup will hit stores by ... More About: Brand , Independent , Spin , Inch
Sweet Gadgets to NOT die for?
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Diabetics have it pretty rough. Aside from the constant life threatening condition, seriously restricted diets and painful monitoring of glucose levels in their blood, diabetics often have to suffer the indignity of carrying around some seriously ugly industrial design. Taking monitoring and treatment systems into his own hands, designer Sascha ... More About: Gadgets , Sweet
Fruit fly flight simulator could smarten up robots
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Wondering just how we mere mortals were going to even give a robot enough smarts to completely overtake our societies? Oddly enough, some of that artificial brain power could come from studying the way fruit flies, um, fly. A completely bizarre flight simulator at Caltech actually plays "scenes" that flys ... More About: Robots , Fruit , Flight Simulator , Flight , Simulator
Seiko slimstick tracks your daily activity - slimming down made easy
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Different steps or activities you take in daily life will have different implications to your health or your body size. So, we?ll need to find a way on how we walk, what steps we take that will help us out, lets say burn more fat than usual. The little stick here ... More About: Daily , Seiko , Tracks , Made , Easy
Epson, Sanrio team up for two more Hello Kitty laptop designs
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Don't bother asking if the madness will ever end; you know good and well it won't. Now that we're clear, let's focus on the latest Hello Kitty -blasted laptop: the May-bound Endeavor NJ2100. Available in either a floral-inspired or airplane-dominated theme, the predominantly Pearl White machine touts rather exceptionally modest specs ... More About: Laptop , Team , Epson
USB Washing Machine Alarm Clock
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Try to come up with idea for something weird to plug into your computer?s USB port, and there?s a good chance such a product already exists. Like this vibrating LCD alarm clock that looks like a washing machine. Features: Time, date and alarm clock LCD display 4 different melodies with vibration Hourly chime signal ... More About: Clock , Machine , Alarm , Alarm Clock , Washing
Uno electric unicycle gets spiffy new body, still terrifying
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Last we saw the Uno electric unicycle it was looking very much like the prototype it was, but as you can see above, it seems that the teenage engineers behind it have been doing anything but slacking in the ensuing months. As Motorcycle Mojo reports, the third incarnation of the ... More About: Body , Electric
Oregon Scientific intros weather-forecasting Meteo watch
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Oregon Scientific managed to pique our interest with its proximity-sensing Weather In Motion clock, and it now looks like it's got the solution for anyone that wishes they could take it with 'em wherever they go, with the company set to release its new Meteo weather forecasting watch. While the ... More About: Watch , Oregon , Oregon Scientific
KissMe - Bad Breath Detector
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Are you afraid of your own breath? Would you like to do some tests before going out on an important & exciting date? If so, check out the Kiss Me. Basically this is a ?Personal Breath Odor Detector? which means that it measures how bad your breath stinks. There are 5 ... More About: Bad breath
7-Port USB Swivel Hub
2008-04-28 00:00:00 This USB 2.0 compliant hub comes with seven ports that rotates 90 degrees. Features: 90 degree rotatable 7 flexible hi-speed ports Fully compliant with USB 2.0 specification Backwards compatible with USB 1.1 Support data transfer rate at 1.5/12/480 Mbps Individual port over-current protection Friendly and ergonomic design Plug and play LED indicator Support windows 98/2000/Me/XP or Mac OS 8.6 or above Weight: ... More About: Port
Go Amish with the Hand-Crank USB Power Charger
2008-04-28 00:00:00 You've been babied by power outlets for far too long ? if you want charged gadgets, then put a little elbow grease into it! The Hand -Crank USB Power Charger will work on most phones (and the rest, with adapters), cameras? anything with a USB port, really. It may just be ...
Fish Tank Friday: SpeedFish
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Goldfish are damn fast. According to the internet, they top out at something like 4mph, which is kind of adorable. But in conventional tanks, you never get to see them unleash themselves thanks to a plexiglass wall that?s never far enough away. The SpeedFish racetrack provides an uninterrupted sequence of ... More About: Tank , Friday
Hatch home-grown spices and herbs in a windowsill Eggling
2008-04-24 00:00:00 You'd like to take a step towards a "green" lifestyle by growing your own herbs and flowers. After all, indoor plants help clean your air, and any food you grow at home puts you one step closer to eating "local." But sometimes it's difficult to motivate, especially if you don't ... More About: Home , Herbs , Spices , Grown
Use umbrella runoff to water your lawn
2008-04-24 00:00:00 Good design takes what was previously a drawback to a product and makes it a benefit. Take this fancy umbrella stand, for example. While drippy umbrellas fresh out of the rain are usually an annoying mess-maker, this stand turns the rain into a good thing. Because there's grass underneath where ... More About: Water , Umbrella
SPOT watches, R.I.P.: 2004 - 2008
2008-04-24 00:00:00 After a long, painful, nearly anonymous ride on the wrists of a select few uber-geeks, Microsoft's finally throwing in the towel on one of its longstanding pet projects: the SPOT watch. Those who've followed the technology recently (you know who you are) already know that the writing's been on the ... More About: Watches , Spot , 2008
Press shots for Samsung?s new S2 and S3 players
2008-04-24 00:00:00 Got a hankering for glossy imagery of those new Samsung S3 and S2 DAPs. We've got the hookup, so knock yourself out. How the photographer made those pebbles look matte we'll never know. More About: Players , Press , Shots
SwashBot ? A robot pet bug
2008-04-24 00:00:00 SwashBot is constructed out of spare R/C helicopter bits, including four servos, a receiver, a battery pack, some LEDs, and little exoskeleton bits. It looks like it takes some coordination on the controller to get SwashBot to go where you want him to, but there is no denying his ... More About: Robot
A New ?CONCEPCION? ? University of the Americas
2008-04-24 00:00:00 What started as an idea in 2002, has now been completed. The University of the Americas in the city of Concepcion, Spain. The idea behind this futuristic design was to bring a futuristic building to an urban area that is growing in logistics. The area of where the project began ... More About: The Americas
24 karat Gold Plated MacBook Air from Computer Choppers
2008-04-24 00:00:00 These days, people like to get those popular gadgets either diamond-strutted or gold-plated. We?ve seen couple diamond-strutted cell phones, now it?s the turn for your beloved MacBook Air, it gets gold-plated! Presented by Computer Choppers is a 24 karat Gold Plated MacBook Air. MacBook Air has been known with little pricey ... More About: Macbook , Macbook Air
Beauty is skin deep, Geekness is to the core?
2008-04-24 00:00:00 Fashion and technology have been dancing with each other for years now. Sadly, it?s not been the kind of dancing you see in movies where everyone seems to know when to pop-n-lock and bust out the serious Justin Timberlake moves, that eventually ends in a triumphant ?tada!? with hands lifted ... More About: Beauty , Skin , Core , Skin Deep , Deep
Eclosion Pump Up Sofa
2008-04-24 00:00:00 The Eclosion pump-up sofa is an interesting take on the whole futon/sofa-bed concept. One side features a hidden air bladder that can be pumped up, turning it from a relatively small bed, to a sofa that?s suitable for a couple of people. It was designed by Olivier Gregoire and while ... More About: Sofa , Pump
Honda WalkHonda Walking Assist to help the elderly and those with weak leg
2008-04-24 00:00:00 Honda will showcase an experimental model of a walking assist device which could support walking for the elderly and other people with weakened leg muscles, at the International Trade Fair on Barrier Free Equipments & Rehabilitation for the Elderly & the Disabled (BARRIER FREE 2008) which will be held ... More About: Honda , Walking , Assist
Eee PC 900 gets dissected, looks about the same as the Eee PC 700
2008-04-21 00:00:00 Oh, poor Eee PC 900. You haven't even made it into most people's hands, and already you're getting dissected and inappropriately inspected. Honestly, we didn't mean for that to rhyme. Regardless, the folks over at bit-tech have gone to all the hassle of cracking the little dude open, though what ...
ASUS: 10-inch Eee PC coming this year, Atom in June
2008-04-21 00:00:00 Jerry Shen, ASUS CEO, is casually twisting Eee PC fans into a tizzy this morning. At the launch of the 8.9-inch Eee PC 900 in Taiwan, he uttered the magical phrase "10-inch Eee PC" for the first time. Expected sometime later this year, Shen said that the 10-inch screen will ... More About: Asus , June , Atom , Inch , Year
Confirm your geeky marriage with CAT5 connector wedding bands
2008-04-21 00:00:00 They say opposites attract, but that certainly not the case in any marriage where both parties are willing to wear wedding bands made using male and female 8P8C Ethernet connectors. Fashioned from sterling silver by designer Jana Brevick, I guess you can couple your rings together when you want to ... More About: Marriage , Wedding , Bands , Geeky
Microsoft adds twist to handhelds with force-sensing technology
More articles from this author:2008-04-20 00:00:00 Surely you're not content with just multi-touch and built-in accelerometers, right? Microsoft Research is expecting not, as it's already working towards integrating force-sensing technology that will enable gestures to twist on-screen imagery without crafting UMPCs out of flexible material. Essentially, the gurus behind the idea feel that implementing said tech ... More About: Technology , Force , Handhelds , Twist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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