June 2008
plush portables possess plenty of panache
June 26, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I was buzzing about over on the wonderful world of Etsy today, when I came across these absolutely awesome plush versions of popular portable electronic gadgets. French textile artist Kmila Rodz handcrafts these super special soft systems using felt, needle and thread, with a just a dash of love thrown in…
cassette tape lamps look great, sound awful
June 26, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
The cassette tape is probably just a fuzzy memory for those of you who grew up with Compact Discs and MP3s. But for us born before the 1980s, we have to figure out what to do with all of those old tapes. Why not turn them into a lighting fixture?
That’s exactly what the guys over at Transparent House are doing with their cassettes…
star wars usb hubs: the force is with your devices
June 25, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
These official R2-D2 and Darth Vader USB hubs from Japan’s Cube-Works are a must for any serious Star Wars fan with a computer. Whether you’re pro-Jedi or have a serious Sith streak, they’re the perfect desktop companion for connecting your USB gadgets.
Both R2 and Darth offer four full-speed USB ports on their front…
video games sprites in the real world
June 25, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
These amazing video game images by digital artist RETROnoob take familiar bitmapped sprite characters and marry them to real world photographs.
Through creative and generous application of digital blur tools, each of the images does a brilliant job blending 2-D and 3-D worlds into one…
digimech clock features gear driven digital display
June 24, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I’ll just start out by saying this: I’m a sucker for cool digital clocks. And this one is a real doozy. UK designer Duncan Shotton’s Digimech clock may look like an LED or LCD timepiece on the surface, but it’s actual a complicated mechanical contraption that creates a 7-segment digital illusion…
lunchbox linux firewall keeps network, bologna secure
June 24, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
The other day, I came across this Cold war-era Geiger Counter PC casemod, and passed along the erroneous notion that it was created by some Russian modder. In fact, it was built by a guy named Andy over at widefault, right here in the good old US of A…
t-shirt is drunk on web 2.0’s kool-aid
June 24, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Mule Design came out with this Web 2.0/Kool-Aid mashup t-shirt. But why? Simply to express their enthusiasm for the state of the net by conflating Web 2.0 and delicious fruity powders that turn into refreshing beverages?
Nope…
eleeno cyber lcd watch: wtf time is it anyway?
June 23, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
If actually being able to tell what time it is lists low on your wristwatch priorities, then have I got a watch for you. The EleeNo Cyber is the latest in a long line of non-standard LCD digital watches to surface in the last few years…
worst mp3 player ever. really.
June 23, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
I thought I’d seen some awful electronic gadgets in my travels, but this has got to be the worst one that I’ve seen in a long time.
Somebody must have thought this thing would be cute, but this “dog doll” MP3 player turned out hideous and disturbing…
sqish: camouflage satellite dish
June 23, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
If you drive down the average city street, you’ll see scads of ugly satellite dishes protruding from the side walls, balconies and roofs of homes like some sort of convex grey metal virus. So it was only a matter of time before someone would come up with a way to do away with all those unsightly dishes…
