September 2008
768 led clock laughs in the face of 7-segment displays
September 18, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
With a whopping 128 bright LEDs on each digit, there’s no chance that you’ll miss the time on this clock.
Sporting a total of 768 individually addressable amber LEDs, each one of the numbers slides into and out of view as the hours, minutes and seconds tick away…
your old pcs can become a beautiful sunset
September 18, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
OK, so obviously your old PCs can’t become a real sunset, at least not without some serious Harry Potter-style intervention. However, “Mauritian Sunset” is the name of this art installation where they put together a whole wall of old PCs and monitors to approximate a sunset.
Artist Sandy Smith is responsible for this technological masterpiece…
encoder rings hide binary secrets
September 18, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
These Encoder Rings are decorated with holes that represent a 64-character code rendered in binary. This is your big chance to wear sensitive data on your finger, since only geeks with great eyesight would ever have a chance of figuring out what was on there.
The rings are a concept piece designed by Jonathan Ben-Tovim. You can see more of his work on his website…
robot lamp says: light my shiny metal ass
September 17, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Affirmative. Yes, affirmative. I must have a pair of these metallic robot lamps flanking the sides of my bed.
With a retro style reminiscent of a 1950s robot movie (or Jemaine and Bret dressed in tin foil wrapped cardboard boxes depending on your point of view), these nifty bedside lamps are actually made out of ceramic with a metallic silver coating…
storm ambition led watch: where did the time go?
September 17, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
In the market for a modern digital watch that’s looks cool, but is still easy to read? Storm’s Ambition watches might be just what you’re looking for.
Featuring a stealthy face design that looks like some sort of bar code when the watch is dormant, you’d never know the time was hiding beneath its unassuming surface…
do stormtroopers eat bologna on wonder bread?
September 16, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Ah, another ho-hum day on the job. You know, you get up, you put on your white battle armor, load up your E-11 battle rifle, and head out the door. But before you head out the door, don’t forget your lunchbox!
Whether you’re performing services for the Republic or Imperial Army, you need to be sure to eat well every day…
tokyoflash negative lcd/led watch is positively cool
September 15, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Hot off the presses comes the latest über-cool modern watch from the guys over at Tokyoflash. Their latest creation features a reverse LCD display which lets you view the time without the need for pressing any pesky buttons.
The Tokyoflash Negative watch gets its name from its “always-on” inverse LCD display which uses oversize black dot-matrix pixels to reveal the time, day or date…
train tracks + vinyl tracks = sound chaser
September 15, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
This cool interactive art piece gives new life to old vinyl records. Created by designer/musician Yuri Suzuki, in collaboration with mechanical engineer Yaroslav Tenzer, the Sound Chaser uses chopped up curved slices of vinyl records and turns them into a custom musical track for a set of miniature trains to follow…
bandai luminodot: like a lite-brite on steroids
September 15, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
The Lite-Brite is one of my fondest childhood toy memories. Maybe it was the fact that it was THE original way to make pixel art. Or maybe it was the “living on the edge” thrill that any minute I could choke on one of the of hundreds of tiny candy-like pegs. Delicious…
lightsabers for the eco-conscious jedi
September 15, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Just because your primary weapon is a lightsaber, young Jedi, doesn’t mean that you have to be an energy hog when you’re fighting back throngs of Stoormtroopers.
This amusing t-shirt from Ruby Red Design envisions an EnergyStar compliant galaxy far, far away…
