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Lego Johnny Five seems very alive
2008-06-05 06:21:00 This has got to be the coolest Lego Johnny Five from Short Circuit I have ever seen. It’s creator is user rack911 from The Brothers Brick. (No relation to us, but on the Brick family tree somewhere) Go ahead and check out a ton of pictures of the project at the Brickshelf Gallery. See, this ... More About: Alive
Singulum wooden notebooks sport ivory & gold keyboards
2008-06-05 05:45:00 German manufacturer Singulum, has some new luxury notebooks with cases made of high quality wood. The sort of high-end wood that you would normally find on violins. They’re available with ivory and 24 carat solid gold keyboards. The whole Richie Rich luxury design is nice sure, but they also have some advanced tech specs like ... More About: Sport , Notebook , Gold , Keyboards , Notebooks
Boost drops rugged Motorola handset into line up
2008-06-05 01:17:00 Boost Mobile is introducing to its line up of pay as you go mobile handsets the rugged new Motorola i335. The phone will cost you around $60. The Motorla i335 is noted for having “military grade” durability and a thin candy bar design with textured backing and a rubber face. It has a walkie-talkie chatting function ... More About: Handset , Line , Boost
Renasis launches mobile phone signal booster
2008-06-05 01:10:00 If cell signals drop like a stone in your home, you probably need a mobile cellular booster to help bring your bars back up. Renasis, a developer of wireless communications products, is offering one such new product in the form of the Renasis MCB-819. The Renasis MCB-819, which has no pricing or availability information at the ... More About: Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Signal , Booster
SouthWing selling new headset through AT&T
2008-06-05 00:58:00 SouthWing said today one of its Bluetooth headsets is set be available exclusively in the United States via AT&T. It is the SH241 and you’ll find it pricing around $40. The SouthWing SH241 will offer a variety of interesting features for Bluetooth headset users. This include a whisper mode which identifies the incoming call pone number ... More About: Selling , Headset
Asus debuts small Windows Vista PC
2008-06-04 22:10:00 Asus has debuted what it is calling the world’s smallest PC equipped with a built-in independent graphics card. It is called the Asus Mini PC Nova Lite PX24 and there is no pricing or availability information as of yet. The Asus Mini PC Nova Lite PX24 measures 242- x 184- x 51mm and weighs around 1.5kg. ... More About: Windows , Windows Vista , Asus , Vista , Small
LG rolls out new Blu-ray Disc drives for computers
2008-06-04 20:51:00 LG Electronics earlier this week unveiled several new Blu-ray drives for use by computer owners. These models are the BE06, GBC-H20L and GBW-H20L and they price at around $380, $200 and $280 respectively. All three of these Blu-ray drives, said LG, offer “SecurDisc capabilities, which provide data protection and content access control on all current optical ... More About: Computers , Blu-ray Disc
MSI Wind blows onto Intel Atom platform
2008-06-04 20:20:00 MSI is putting the new Intel Atom to work in a new 10-inch notebook designed for ultra mobile on the go usage. It is called the MSI Wind and you’ll find it pricing around $500 for the Windows version and $400 for a Linux one. The MSI Wind, besides offering Windows XP or Linux for an ... More About: Platform
Balanzza digital luggage scale alerts you to too many travel souvenirs
2008-06-04 20:06:00 If you collect a lot of souvenirs (i.e. junk) on trips, it is helpful to know before you hit the baggage counter scale how much a suitcase weighs so you can avoid added charges. One possible way to get an idea of your luggage weight ahead of time is with the new Balanzza Digital Luggage ... More About: Travel , Scale
Agent 18 debuts new MacBook Air case
2008-06-04 19:34:00 Agent 18, a maker of primarily cases for portable media players like the iPod, is unveiling today a new case for the popular MacBook Air. It is called the MacBook Air Shield and you’ll find it retailing for around $50. The Agent 18 MacBook Air Shield is made of durable polycarbonate and available in three colors, ... More About: Agent , Case , Macbook , Macbook Air
Canon announces REALiS WUX10 LCOS projector
2008-06-04 14:39:00 There are as many different uses for a projector as there are projectors on the market. From really big screen gaming to multimedia presentations projectors are good for work and play. Canon has announced a new hella expensive projector it claims to be the world?s first WUXGA LCOS projector. The REALiS WUX10 has a resolution of ... More About: Projector
Kensington Dual Display Adapter adds second display USB style
2008-06-04 13:48:00 If you want enough screen space to get your actual work plus YouTube and the other fun stuff you like to read when the boss (or the wife) isn?t around and you can?t afford a big 30-inch LCD Kensington has your back. Kensington has announced its new Dual Display Adapter . Sure a pair of displays ... More About: Style , Link
Vibering concept for the hearing impaired
2008-06-04 07:51:00 The Vibering is a concept device for the hearing impaired from designers Kwang-seok Jeong, Min-hee Kim and Hyun-joong Kim. The idea is to help the hearing impaired keep in touch with the world at large. The device has a sound detection and identification system within. The user would wear it as jewelry, no different then ... More About: Concept , Hearing
Hide your valuables in an air vent safe
2008-06-04 07:28:00 Most safes make it pretty obvious that your valuables are inside, usually due to the combination lock or keypad on the outside. You can hide stuff under your mattress or behind various other things that a thief would want to steal, but that’s pretty unorganized. What if you could hide your valuables inside of something ... More About: Safe , Vent , Hide
Flip Mino: the smaller $180 Camcorder
2008-06-04 07:08:00 It’s official. Announced today, the Flip Mino is a smaller and more powerful companion to the Ultra. It has 2GB of on-board flash memory for 60 minutes of VGA-quality recording, but it’s 40% smaller. Just 4? x 2? x 0.6? and weighs 3.3-ounces. The Mino also features a 1.5-inch anti-glare screen, Li-ion battery and ... More About: Camcorder
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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