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Urwerk?s UR-202 combines turbines and watches just how you always wanted
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Like your Rolls-Royce, Louis Vuitton bags, and priceless, endangered animal collection, the Urwerk UR-202 turbine regulated watch is another expensive item you don't really need. Still... you want it, right? Who wouldn't want this beast, what with its self-winding kinetic motor, telescopic minute hands, orbiting and revolving hour satellites, and ... More About: Watches , Wanted
Samsung skips the touchscreen, patents gesture-based phone interface
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Samsung's been getting pretty creative with cell cameras lately -- the Instinct lets you pan around web pages by tracking movement with the camera, for example -- but the company's latest patent application, for a gesture-based phone interface, might be a little less practical. The idea is to use ... More About: Phone , Samsung , Interface , Patents , Touchscreen
Case Logic iPod Nano & iPod Classic Tin Cases
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Altoids seem to be just as popular for their curiously strong flavor as they are for the metal tins they come in. I?ve seen everything from headphone amps to battery backups to even actual iPods crammed into those tins, so it seems almost logical that someone would make one specifically ... More About: Ipod , Classic , Case , Ipod nano , Nano
Blue LED Dog Tag (Limited Edition)
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Remember Tagz , the animated and customizable scrolling LED dog tag that we covered last summer? It?s now available in a limited edition with blue light-emitting diodes, instead of the original red ones. They can be programmed to say whatever you want with a maximum of 256 characters. The Tagz is ... More About: Blue , Limited , Edition
Scientists figure out how to grow plants in moondust
2008-04-20 00:00:00 If we're ever going to colonize the moon in any serious way, we're going to need to terraform it. That is, we're going to need to figure out how to grow plants up there to provide oxygen. In a big of great news on that front, it looks ... More About: Plants , Scientists , Grow , Figure
Abyss Light: Illumination with a twist
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Who's the target customer for the Abyss Light ? I'm guessing anyone obsessed with pearls, seeing as the circular strip of LEDs looks just like a strand of 'em. And fans of sculpting might get a thrill out of the strip's ability to curl up and hold its shape, letting you ... More About: Twist
Knife Hooks Keep Up The Trend Of Dangerous Household Items
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Yesterday I wrote about some concept Shuriken LED Lamps that were a dangerous but cool way to light your home. So in keeping with that trend, here?s a coat hook that looks like someone has simply stabbed a knife into the wall. They?re made of polyurethane and steel plates and ... More About: Household , Household Items , Items , Knife , Trend
TI?s Pocket-Size Pico Projector
2008-04-20 00:00:00 In a move that will make business travelers and geeks alike squeal with delight, Texas Instruments, maker of fine calculators, has managed to engineer a DLP projector so small that it can fit into a cell phone without trouble. The Pico projector is only 1.3 inches long, and puts out ... More About: Size , Projector , Pocket
Fishtank Friday: Refridgeaquarium
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Unlike most home fish tanks, this ?refrigerator-aquarium? is designed to produce food that you can eat. Yum. The bottom of the Local River fish tank contains freshwater fish, and the top has pods for growing veggies. The plants help filter the water for the fish, while the fish fertilize the ... More About: Friday
Researchers take aim at terahertz computing
2008-04-17 00:00:00 It's not everyday that researchers make some progress towards terahertz computing, but a team from the University of Utah led by Ajay Nahata appear to have done just that, with them announcing that they've "taken a first step to making circuits that can harness or guide terahertz radiation." That, they ... More About: Computing
Insound?s Lyric hearing aid cozies up right next to your ear drum
2008-04-17 00:00:00 It's not quite implantable, but Insound Medical's new Lyric hearing aid is about as close as you can get, with it designed to squeeze in deep in your ear canal and sit just a few millimeters from your ear drum. That, the company says, not only allows for the ... More About: Drum , Hearing
Ergoskin: Underwear that makes you sit up straight
2008-04-17 00:00:00 As anyone who sits at a desk all day knows, keeping good posture can be a challenge. Short of getting your mom to stand by your desk and yell at you to "Sit up!" all day, you could instead put on some Ergoskin underwear. The Ergoskin has sensors woven into ... More About: Underwear , Straight
Quad-band watch phone rolls on Windows CE 5.0
2008-04-17 00:00:00 Ready for some honesty? We can think of a good handful of timepieces that we'd buy before we dropped $629.95 on this catastrophe, but for folks with pants too slim and hands too full to carry around a separate cellphone, we suppose it's a so-so alternative. The EGP-WP98 claims to ... More About: Windows , Band , Watch , Phone , Quad
Batman Light-Up T-Shirt
2008-04-17 00:00:00 In July the the caped crusader will return in the movie The Dark Knight, and you will be able to add a little light to the darkness using Thumbs Up?s new and officially licensed Batman light-up t-shirt. These high-quality shirts are made from 100% cotton and contain a small battery pack ... More About: Shirt , Light , T-Shirt
Greenhouse Eneplug - Colorful USB Charger
2008-04-17 00:00:00 The colorful Greenhouse Eneplug allows you to charge your USB powered devices directly from any AC outlet, without the need for a separate adapter. The Greenhouse Eneplug ($47) measures 42 x 65 x 22 mm and is available in green, orange, pink, white, black and yellow over at the Geekstuff4u website. More About: Colorful , Charger
Mr.@ USB Fan
2008-04-17 00:00:00 The dodgy looking Mr.@ will help you to keep cool at your desk. Simply plug the fan into your computer?s USB port, or load it with three AA batteries. Features: Powered by USB or 3 x AA batteries. On/Off switch. Quiet motor will not disturb you when working. Soft & safe plastic blades won?t cause ...
Icon Clock brings on-screen item to life, adds a dash of color to drab meat
2008-04-16 00:00:00 There?s something appealing about seeing objects from your operating system's desktop appearing here in the real world. Take advantage of that two-worlds-collide irony with the Icon Clock , a 3.5-inch wall clock made of plastic resin and available in the trendy colors you see here. We?ll have to add this $55 art ... More About: Screen , Life , Meat
Home wind turbines let you blow off the electric company
2008-04-16 00:00:00 We've seen wind turbines attached to skyscrapers and flying like balloons. But until now wind turbines were always part of large, energy projects. You couldn?t attach one to your roof. That's starting to change. Companies like Skystream are making smaller turbines that can reduce or eliminate your electricity bill and ... More About: Company , Wind , Home , Electric
Banquete chair is world?s most expensive stuffed panda furniture
2008-04-16 00:00:00 This chair, by Brazilian artists Fernando and Humberto Campana, is pretty much the opposite of the Outlaw Chair . It's cute as can be and looks like one of those DIY projects that you probably wouldn't want to bother making yourself. After all, it has the potential to get irrevocably dirty ... More About: World , Panda , Furniture , Most Expensive
NapTV Splices Stool And Screen
2008-04-15 00:00:00 An idea as simple as the NapTV deserves a similarly simple description, which is exactly what designer Sung-kyu Nam has done. These are the only words accompanying the pictures of his concept: NapTV has a new concept about TV & Chair. You can sit on NapTV and also watch TV lying ... More About: Screen , Stool
Alarm clocks resemble home appliances, act like them, too
2008-04-15 00:00:00 What better way to tell Mom how much you care than to give her an alarm clock for Mother?s Day (May 11) that reminds her of all that time she spent waiting on you? Take your pick of a fridge, stove, iron, blender, or our favorite, a washing machine that ... More About: Home , Clocks , Alarm , Appliances
?How High the Moon? see-through chair made of steel mesh
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Now this is just weird. The ?How High the Moon ? chair, named after that classic Duke Ellington song, is made of expanded nickel-plated steel mesh and covered with epoxy (hopefully to make it more comfy than it looks). The result is a club chair that is there but isn?t. You ... More About: Made , Chair , Mesh
All Spark Cube gets turned into a talking USB hub
2008-04-15 00:00:00 That USB missile launcher you had to have is one thing, but a giant 4 port USB hub in the likeness of the All Spark cube the Transformers movie? Did we mention it talks, spouting off classics like "We must protect the All Spark Cube ," every time you plug in ... More About: Talking
Racetrack Memory set to revolutionalize the digital world
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Racetrack memory is the new kind of memory for your gadgets developed by IBM, which is claimed to allow you store up to half a million songs on your MP3 player. This new memory technology has been showcased in showcased in this month?s Science, technology magazine. And it says that ... More About: World , Memory , Digital
F1 cell phone resembles your dreamed car - Ferrari
2008-04-15 00:00:00 The F1 phone is designed to resemble your dreamed car - Ferrari . The specs of this phone is not that impressive compared to other latest phone models in the market. But of course, if you were to own this phone, it is most likely that you?re attracted by the shape ... More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Cell-phone
First LEED Certified Parking Garage
2008-04-15 00:00:00 As oxymoronic as it sounds, there is a parking garage that is considered ?green?. ?How?? you ask. Designers Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners, constructed the garage, which is on its way to being the first LEED Certified parking structure in the USA. The structure provides 900 parking spaces (14 ... More About: Garage , Parking
Giant mouth exhibit is just one stop on a gross, informative journey
2008-04-15 00:00:00 If young Nick Szalinski wasn't spotted amidst the spoonful of Cheerios in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, he'd have the same view awaiting visitors to the Corpus amusement park/museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Part of a journey through the human body, museum goers enter the body through the knee ... More About: Journey , Giant , Stop , Mouth , Informative
?Gothic pirate spaceship? watch knows just what to say to take my breath aw
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Man, watches don't get much cooler or crazier looking than the DeWitt Concept No. 1, a one-of-a-kind timepiece that'll set you back a whopping $633,000 if you decide to splurge on it. That might sound crazy to you, but someone bought it at an auction before ever even seeing it. What ... More About: Watch , Pirate , Breath , Gothic
Buddha phone
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Buddha phone - a phone that was spotted in the streets of Shenzen in China. And obviously from its design, it?s one kind of the Chinese-made cell phone. The phone is claimed to have a shell made in stainless steel with a 24 karat gold plating. No further information about ... More About: Phone , Buddha
IOGEAR extender extends DVI signals over Ethernet
More articles from this author:2008-04-15 00:00:00 If you have a big house and you wanna hook up a few of your AV units from one corner to the other corner, the IOGEAR?s latest DVI extenders will be the best gadgets to help here. The IOGear?s DVI Video / Audio Extender Kit comes in a pair of DVI ... More About: Ethernet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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