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The Super Nintendo has been the target of some really sweet mods in its time, and this latest portable fits right into that pantheon of excellent mods. Marshall’s Supertendo looks so good that you’d swear it was professionally made.
To get a good idea of the size of this custom handheld, check out this picture from the point of view…
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July 2nd, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: alisha k.
filed under: cool toys hacks + mods retro video games
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These office chairs are crafted from old military aircraft ejector seats – and they are awesome.
The guys over at Motoart took this seat from an authentic Vietnam-era F-4 fighter jet, and turned it into a cushy, padded desk chair. The seat has been upgraded with a sturdy aluminum base, durable double-wheel casters and upholstered with clean new fabric. Plus,…
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July 2nd, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: technabob
filed under: design just plain fun retro
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Another day, another pillow–stuffed examples of geekery are fluffing up all over this week. But yesterday’s RSS pillow’s got nothing on this plush rendition of the sarlacc pit where Boba Fett met his ignoble end in Return of the Jedi.
Those tentacles may look soft and harmless, but I’m not sure I would be willing to put any portion of…
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July 2nd, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: alisha k.
filed under: design geek art + craft strange + wonderful
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There aren’t as many video game apps for the Mac as there are for Windows computers, and even then I have a feeling that there’s no program, Windows or otherwise, that lets you play and play with retro video games the way OpenEmu does. The basic function of the app, as its name implies, is emulation of various retro video…
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July 2nd, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: computing cool toys hacks + mods interactive retro technology video games
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While everyone (mostly Brando) was going crazy making all sorts of gadget designs like panda paper shredders and white bread wrist rests, the obvious connection between the multi-tentacled octopus and anything that has to do with wires or cords remained untapped. So I think I speak for everyone when I say: USB Octopus Hub, we’ve been expecting you. You’re actually…
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July 2nd, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: computing gadgets just plain fun mobile tech
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Designed by Billy May for Nike, the Hindsight is a concept design for cycling glasses that extends a person’s vision by up to 25° on each side. The extra vision is achieved by attaching curved Fresnel lenses on each side of the glasses.
Of course it still depends on the person wearing it to actually take advantage of the extra…
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July 2nd, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: design future tech mobile tech technology
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Weighing all of 48 lbs, VPI’s award winning Scoutmaster turntable is a literal heavyweight. But now it’s got a big brother, the TEAC VPI Scoutmaster II, with an aluminum block platter that weighs 19 lbs and a total weight of 53 lbs. According to Akihabara News, the weight of the turntable offsets unwanted vibration to create the “purest sound” possible.…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: audio design gadgets home entertainment media players strange + wonderful technology
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Created by “microwave expert” Gordon Andrews and designer Stephen Frazer in partnership with Heinz, the Beanzawave is the world’s smallest portable microwave. It’s powered via USB and uses “a combination of mobile phone frequencies” to heat whatever you put in there. Uhuh. I see. *chucks phone out the window*
Heinz, maker of Snap Pots, commissioned Andrews and Frazer to come…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: design gadgets mobile tech technology
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Nature lover/not quite hip iPod owner Josh D shows us what Dremel and good taste can do. Josh D sent his iPod mini to a time way way way before retro by equipping it with a cedar wood case with brass screws and plates. .
We already featured wooden cases for iPods before, but Josh went way beyond that and…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: audio design gadgets hacks + mods media players mobile tech
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Here’s a fun concept for a video game… you’re stuck in a maze and the only way out is to puke all over the place. That’s the basic concept behind Spewer.
In this indie physics-based game from Eli Piilonen and Edmund McMillan, you play a test subject caught in a variety of devious puzzles, and your only method of escape…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: technabob
filed under: strange + wonderful video games
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These aren’t the first Star Wars themed flash drives I’ve seen, but they do have the biggest heads I’ve seen on a Star Wars flash drive, so at least they’ve got that going for them.
The bobblehead-esque USB drives feature the likenesses of Darth Vader,Yoda, a Stormtrooper and Boba Fett, and each one stores 2GB of data, which isn’t a whole lot,…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: technabob
filed under: computing just plain fun retro technology
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It’s hard to hang out on these wide internets without appreciating kitschy ‘net-related gear, so of course this RSS pillow caught my eye. It looks nice and soft, and that icon is so homey and familiar that I almost wish I didn’t have a red sofa that would clash with this thing in an eye-shattering sort of way.
And look!…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: alisha k.
filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun
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If you play any sort of video games at all, you’re probably intimately familiar with character death. We’re desensitized to it; touch the bad thing, fall off the cliff, fail the jump, and down goes your character. Whether the game is as simple as the original Super Mario Bros. or as complex and terrifying as a survival horror title, we…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: alisha k.
filed under: strange + wonderful video games
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Elgato’s EyeTV Sat captures DVB-S and DVB-S2 satellite transmissions and enables playback on a computer, allowing you to record, export and even share recorded broadcasts over a network of computers. As long as you have a satellite dish. Aside from receiving free satellite transmissions, the EyeTV Sat also has a CI card slot for Pay TV subscribers and can also…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.
filed under: home entertainment media players technology video
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Sure, you can charge your USB gadgets with that boring old A/C adapter that the factory shipped with your electronics, but why would you want to do that if you could have one that looks like this?
These goofy looking Penguin chargers juice up any gadget that can plug into a USB connector.
You can also cram the battery from…
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July 1st, 2009 stumble it! digg it!author: technabob
filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful technology
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