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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
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
iPhone or iPod touch rotating alarm clock
2008-06-02 07:24:00 Here’s a pretty decent looking and unique alarm clock setup for your iPhone or iPod touch. It was designed specifically for both devices, taking advantage of their screen. This way you have your device and a slick looking clock both on display. Just like all the other docks, the iH41 will charge the player and ... More About: Clock , Iphone , Ipod , Alarm , Touch
Wrench tightens nuts by hand, literally
2008-06-02 06:58:00 Normally cranking your nuts by hand is frowned upon. I guess that’s no longer the case. Surprisingly, this tool was not designed for booty grabbing hijinx within automotive shops. I think. I’m really not sure why it was designed, but we love it. I’d be surprised if it worked as good as a regular wrench, ... More About: Hand , Nuts , Literally
Lifesaver Bottle: Heavy on filtration, low on parasites
2008-06-02 06:40:00 Much like the smallest fishing rod in the world, the Lifesaver bottle should be in the backpack of survival and adventurer Bear Grylls. Why take the chance of drinking bacteria and viruses, when you can get clean water from a magic bottle? It will remove bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi and all kinds of microbiological menaces without ... More About: Heavy , Bottle , Parasites
Green Machine powered from waste heat
2008-06-02 06:15:00 The folks over at ElectraTherm have a 50-kilowatt machine that uses industrial waste heat for fuel, providing even more options for green energy. They’re calling it the ElectraTherm Green Machine , not to be confused with that Huffy Green machine you had as a kid. Get this. With this unit, you can actually get back the ... More About: Heat , Waste
Chess car maximizes safety in accidents
2008-06-02 05:51:00 This concept by Dutch designers looks like a Star Trek shuttlecraft on wheels. The basic idea is that the cabin on top of the platform can move around during a crash, which would hopefully keep the passengers inside safely out of any areas that would crumple and get hit during the impact. The passengers could ... More About: Safety , Chess , Accidents
Aroma USB protects you from your own BO
2008-06-02 05:35:00 Aromatherapy isn’t a new concept. USB-powered diffusers have been around for awhile. But the Aroma USB makes no bones about the fact that it knows something funky is going on in your immediate area, and like a glade plug in, it wants to help. Maybe it’s that moldy half-eaten bag of cheetos you call a ... More About: Aroma
World?s smallest fishing rod & reel pen
2008-06-02 05:22:00 If you’re an outdoors kind of person, but don’t like to carry large gear, such as awkward and long fishing rods, this gadget is for you. It’s the smallest fishing rod in the world. Apparently, it actually has some quality to it. It’s made of stainless steel and polished aluminum. And guys take note, just ... More About: World , Fishing , Reel
Overhead clock doubles as light fixture
2008-06-01 18:58:00 Time could literally kill you suspended from the ceiling like that. Death by numbers aside, it seems almost Orwellian. At least you’ll always know what time it is while you plug away at work, always looking up at the ever present glow and march of time. Time which also gives the room a cold foreboding ... More About: Clock , Clocks , Light
Dad gives son Steampunk Clock as wedding gift
2008-06-01 18:38:00 Whether it’s marriage by shotgun or just a pat on the back, you can’t do much better then getting this beautiful steampunk clock as a gift. It beats the hell out of a toaster or a blender. The father spent weeks working on the clock, which is walnut with brass and other metals. He did ... More About: Clock , Wedding , Gift , Steampunk
Optimus Popularis prototype on the web
2008-05-31 16:38:00 The Optimus Popularis is growing up right before our eyes. Ahhh isn’t it cute? We’ve watched it go from mockup to a neat looking 3D prototype. It’s got a full-length display on the space bar and everything. I’m so proud of it. They grow up so fast, but what can you do. Before you know it, ... More About: Prototype
Thanko?s solar-powered DAP
2008-05-31 16:27:00 As far as solar devices go, Thanko’s DAP actually looks pretty nice. I’ve seen much worse. In the front it looks like any other device with a 1.8-inch 220 x 176 resolution display, 4GB of internal storage space and a miniSD expansion slot. But in the back is where you’ll find the solar panel that ... More About: Solar , Digital Audio
Weekly roundup of neat stuff
2008-05-30 21:55:00 It’s that time of the week again, which means a look back at the week that was in our network of blogs. It’s been a busy week all around and as usual Poptherapy kept you abreast on all the latest geek news and popculture, while over at Wealthyreader it was all about ways to get ... More About: News , Roundup , Stuff , Weekly
Wall-E and Eve interactive toys
2008-05-30 18:54:00 The Wall -E merchandising train is alive and kicking. We told you about the ultimate Wall-E and we really like that one, much like the Wall-E mp3 player. Well, they’ve taken it a bit further with the Wall-E and Eve interactive toys. Now Wall-E and Eve get the chance to get all freaky with each other. Inter Action ... More About: Toys , Robots , Interactive
Asus debuts a Wiimote, for the PC
2008-05-30 18:18:00 Are you as weirded out as I am? I’m not sure if it’s the strange tomato color or the fact that two nunchuks appear to be mating. They were seen recently at a trade show in Taipei. We think they must be connected through a wireless usb transmitter and it would make sense if they ... More About: Asus , Wiimote
Skinizi skins for your iPod & other devices
More articles from this author:2008-05-30 17:52:00 If you’re tired of your device looking like everyone else’s, why not jazz it up with some artistic skins? Skinizi offers a nice variety of skins for your iPod , iPhone, Mac laptops and PC laptops. You can choose from about 15 artists or design one yourself. There should be something for everyone. Not only will ... More About: Ipod , Devices , Book 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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