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ReallyCool Keyboard is quiet, waterproof
2008-06-04 06:04:00 Everybody hates a loud keyboard. It annoys the person using it almost as much as it annoys those around you. The noise gets in your head and claws away at your brain. That’s why the Really Cool Keyboard (As in, look at our name we’re really cool. Isn’t that clever? The keyboard is cool and so ... More About: Waterproof , Quiet
Japan gets red Playstation 2 console
2008-06-04 05:45:00 Once again Japan gets all the cool things. Like this latest, the Cinnabar Red PlayStation 2. It should be available on July 3rd, for the equivalent of $155 US. Perfect if you love rocking red, or if you have some sort of Hell theme happening. In fact, it would probably be at home in ... More About: Playstation , Sony , Console , Playstation 2
XP Inflatable Cars, the future of clown commuting
2008-06-04 05:20:00 Let’s say you’re a circus clown and you’re tired of that age old bit regarding too many clowns in a small vehicle. It might be time to upgrade that act. XP Vehicles could hold the key to your future success at kids parties and the circus alike. They have a strange idea of selling inflatable ... More About: Cars , Future , The Future , Inflatable , Commuting
Monopoly: Now on the iPod
2008-06-04 04:55:00 It’s the one board game that everyone knows. Probably because we’re all greedy and love to buy property and collect money everytime someone lands on it. Well, if the board game version isn’t quite doing it for you anymore, an iPod version can now be downloaded from iTunes for $4.99. How it plays out on ... More About: Ipod , Monopoly
WowWee?s new robot: Wrex The Dawg
2008-06-04 04:33:00 WowWee has a new robot headed our way, and it’s not your typical bot. The Wrex The Dawg robot is a more or less hilarious and entertaining cartoon character come to life. Check out the video below to see his antics and cool features. Stuff like: Rubbing his robo-ass across the floor like a bad ... More About: Robot , Wow
Epson shipping all new-in-one printer
2008-06-03 23:31:00 Epson unveiled today a flagship model for a self-described “new generation of all-in-one printers.” This model is called the Stylus NX400 and you’ll find it pricing around $100. The Epson Stylus NX400, as an all-in-one model, offers printing, scanning and copying for the household scene. Operating speeds are said to be up to 34 ppm for ... More About: Shipping , Printer , Printers , Epson
New JBL speakers make installation easy
2008-06-03 20:55:00 JBL has rolled out some new speakers it says are uniquely shaped to provide multiple installation options depending upon your space. They are called the Control Now speakers and they are priced at around $250 each ($280 for an outdoor version). The JBL Control Now speakers sport a curved, quarter-round shape to let them be corner ... More About: Speakers , Make , Easy
iHome drops world?s first iPod computer speakers
2008-06-03 20:32:00 iHome, announced the iH69 and iH70 speaker systems for Mac and the PC. Now, you can dock, charge, play and sync your iPod directly to the computer via the actual speakers, which is nice for convenience and because it eliminates some wires extra wires. The all in one speaker solution will also save you space. ... More About: World , Ipod , Computer , Speakers
Scramble & Progression Tokyo Flash watches
2008-06-03 20:15:00 Japanese watch wizards Tokyo flash have announced two new amazing and as usual neat timepieces - Scramble and Progression, from the Nekura company. For once they aren’t hard to read, like many others. We’re really digging the sort of techno/biology look, similar to what you’ll find in any Metroid game. Both watches feature full color LEDs ... More About: Flash , Watches
Why it?s a good idea to get a Wii for your girlfriend
2008-06-03 19:21:00 Their are several advantages to owning a Wii. Especially if you have a cute girlfriend. It can be fun for her and fun for you as made very clear in this video where there’s a whole lotta booty shakin going on. For those of you who have no girlfriend…You might want to put your Wiimote ... More About: Girlfriend , Idea , Good
FotoDialer dials phones automatically by photo
2008-06-03 14:44:00 When parents and grandparents start to age often one of the first things to go is their vision. Vision loss keeps many elderly people from being able to use the phone because of the small numbers and buttons that can be hard to locate and press. A new device from The Vision Group addresses this problem ... More About: Photo , Phones
Acer officially unveils its Aspire One
2008-06-03 14:24:00 I really do get the appeal of small notebooks that are really cheap. I can see having one for toting around town and sing at the coffee shop for surfing the net. I could even see using one for business if your work revolves around light data entry. To that end the Asus Eee looks ... More About: Acer , Aspire
Mousetrap Mousepad keeps hands off your mouse
2008-06-03 08:01:00 Sure, now that you’ve seen it, it’s pretty a obvious novelty mousepad. Why didn’t anyone think of it before? It looks pretty realistic, as if it would hurt like hell to get your hand caught in it. Which is why it’s the perfect way to help keep the dirty mitts of others away from your ... More About: Hands , Mouse
Nerd glasses protect you from Bokito the Gorilla
2008-06-03 07:47:00 It all started on May 18th when a gorilla named Bokito escaped from the Rotterdam Zoo. It was during his daring escape that the animal attacked a female visitor, because he didn’t much care for the way her shifty eyes looked at him. Humans in charge decided that the woman’s direct eye contact led to ... More About: Humor , Nerd , Gorilla , Glasses
Holy Hieroglyphics: Stunning Egyptian case mod
2008-06-03 07:21:00 Whether built by King Tut himself or the work of an ancient alien civilization, this is surely proof of alien intervention. The detail is just too amazing. There’s no way they could have done it. And the fact that an ancient PC case has been unearthed… This work of art was built from nothing by Chris ... More About: Stunning , Case , Holy , Egyptian
Wood WWII Radio with iPod dock
2008-06-03 06:40:00 Think you’ve seen it all in iPod docks? Think again. This thing packs a ton of WW2 nostalgia in a wood case, while also letting your iPod in on some 1940’s action. It blends the old with the new pretty nicely. It looks a bit more modern on top, while the bottom half resembles a ... More About: Radio , Ipod , Wood , Dock
Wordlock: Keeping the world safe from illiteracy
2008-06-03 06:24:00 The Wordlock Combination Lock will keep your stuff safe from those who can’t spell. And we all know their numbers are growing. Sort of like a speak and spell for locks, without the speaking. More like a Secure & Spell. It’s basically the first combination lock that allows you to set your combination using words ... More About: Security , World , The World , Safe
One Hour watch is confusing to onlookers
2008-06-03 06:07:00 Jackson Pollock called, he wants his watch back. Lately, it’s become more fashionable to wear a watch that would puzzle anyone looking over your shoulder trying to get the time, then an everyday watch. Designer Denis Guidone came up with the idea that is simply named ?Ora Unica,? or One Hour . So how does one ... More About: Watch
Radio Controlled Granny looks like all kinds of fun
2008-06-03 05:38:00 I don’t care who you are, it doesn’t get much funnier then the elderly treating their wheelchair like a hot-rod and just gunning it. Previously, if you wanted to see the geriatric in racing form, you had to play slot car racing grannies. Thankfully, someone has expanded the premise to include an old woman in ... More About: Radio , Granny
X10 Automated Poker Table with touchscreens
2008-06-03 05:09:00 If you really want to impress your poker buddies, get rid of that old table and spend a small fortune on this, the big daddy of all poker tables. It’s fully automated, electronic, and it even sports touchscreens. That’s because cards are no longer necessary. It’s got 10 12.1-inch displays and a 27-inch display at ... More About: Poker , Table , Automated
Sony creates their own Wiimote?
2008-06-03 04:54:00 The rumor reads like a scene from the gaming X-Files. Supposedly, a small group of PS3 owners were taken to a secret location in California where they got their chance to test a new Sony item. Not something made from alien technology, but a PS3 remote that mimics the Nintendo Wiimote . Participants apparently enjoyed minigames ...
Capcom rumbles with new video game chair
2008-06-02 23:19:00 If you are a really big fan of Capcom games and want to feel the rumble of getting your butt kicked in Street Fighter and the like, the new Capcom-branded Reactor Video Game Chair from Ultimate Game Chair is for you. It will price around $180. The Capcom Reactor Video Game Chair sports “eight high-impact vibrating ...
McIntosh cranks out five expensive new components
2008-06-02 22:51:00 Audiophile specialist McIntosh Laboratory has just unloaded a flotilla of new high end (i.e. pricey) components for the “price is no object” home theater. The one we picture above, for example, is the MC2301 Vacuum Tube Power Amplifier, priced at around $11,000. That’s right, $11k. Full details on this vacuum tube piece of audio equipment and ... More About: Components
Digitable reveals itself as untypical DVD coffee table
2008-06-02 22:04:00 Here’s a cool high tech furniture concept idea which works well if you like the extreme minimalist look in your urban crash pad. It is called, simply enough, the Digitable. The Digitable, as envisioned by designer Peter Lea, looks simply at first like a contemporary glass coffee table. Closer inspection shows though the center circular part ... More About: Coffee , Furniture , Table
Integra offers up DTR-5.9 A/V receiver
2008-06-02 21:25:00 Sometimes custom installers are the only ones who get access to the potentially really cool products. This seems to be the case with the new featured loaded DTR-5.9 A/V receiver from Integra , priced at around $800. The new model, according to Integra, “features the same HDMI 1.3a repeaters and high resolution audio processing as the best-selling ... More About: Receiver , Offers
Edge Tech introduces most secure flash drive to date
2008-06-02 21:06:00 Edge Tech has announced a new secure USB flash drive which is both durable and encrypted. It is called the DiskGo Secure Guardian and you’ll find it pricing between around $70 and $250, depending upon memory configuration. The DiskGo Secure Guardian from Edge Tech is available in 1, 2, 4 and 8GB configurations. It makes use ... More About: Flash , Flash Drive , Drive , Edge
Asus says less bamboo is more, loves Pandas
2008-06-02 17:49:00 Asus ditched their plans for all-bamboo laptops, much to the delight of bamboo chewing Pandas everywhere. Instead they’ve revealed the U6, which is only bamboo trimmed for that we’re still green statement. I have to say, the look works. If laptops evolved from the old wood-grain atari console, this is what they would look like. ... More About: Asus , Bamboo
Western Digital Scorpio Black notebook HDDs now available
2008-06-02 14:42:00 When it comes to your notebook computer everything is a compromise. The performance of everything from the CPU inside to the hard drives and video cards are a compromise of performance for battery life and vice versa. The trick is to get a good balance of performance while still getting good battery life. Western Digital announced ... More About: Notebook , Black , Scorpio
LG launches a pair of stretched LCDs for the UK
2008-06-02 14:30:00 I get why people want wide LCDs. They are great for gaming thanks to the typically higher resolutions and they allow you to get more stuff on the screen at once. For instance you can get several of the latest pics of your favorite quasi-stars getting out of their cars sans undies on the screen ... More About: Pair
RSStroom Reader: News on toilet paper
More articles from this author:2008-06-02 08:05:00 This is one luxury that they forgot to add to the Souped-up John. It’s the perfect way to get the latest news, since most news is crappy news. It’s courtesy of Yi Tien Electronics, an innovator who saw the need for bathroom reading material and decided to fill it. They made a computer/printer/toilet fax that ... More About: News , Toilet Paper , Reader , Toilet , Paper 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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