Archive for July 2008
Ray-Gun Changes Channels, but Won’T Disintegrate You Tv
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We live in an age in which getting up to change the channel is unheard of. So at least if you are gonna do it from the comfort of your lounge chair, you can do it with style. This wacky retro ray-gun remote control is sure to draw stares whenever… |
July 6th, 2008
Ebay Slot Machines Surprisingly Don’T Accept Paypal
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I was heading out for one of my occasional gambling binges this holiday weekend, when what did I see? It looks like online auction house eBay has gotten their very own slot machines. By the time I managed to stumble my way over from the buffet line, the eBay slots… |
July 5th, 2008
Sci-Phone: iPhone Clone Runs Java Apps, Still Phony
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Nope, your eyes aren’t fooling you. This isn’t an actual iPhone. It’s the latest in a long line of iPhone knock-offs to find its way to our shores from China. The SciPhone isn’t the first iPhone clone out there, but it’s the first one I’ve seen that claims to run… |
July 4th, 2008
Giant Styrofoam Robots on the Attack!
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Actually, despite their size, these styrofoam robots look pretty docile. In fact, you could probably take down an attacking Styrobot with a well-placed karate chop or two. With the largest of his creations towering overhead at 22-feet tall, Michael Salter’s packing foam robot sculptures are a sight to behold. Surrounded… |
July 4th, 2008
Yoyo Lamp: Try to Shoot the Moon With One of These
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Some of my fondest childhood memories involve doing (or more accurately, attempting to do) tricks with an old Duncan Butterfly YoYo. So when I saw these whimsical YoYo lighting fixtures, I said to myself – hey, I need one of those! German Designers Catarina von Matérn + Lisa Lindström created… |
July 4th, 2008
What Mario Eats for Dinner: the 1-Up Mushroom Burger
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In case you’re looking to geek out your 4th of July BBQ, here’s an idea for you- make mushroom burgers that look like the 1-up mushrooms in Super Mario Bros. After all of the Mario-themed cakes and cupcakes and whatnot, it’s refreshing to see someone branch out into the savory… |
July 3rd, 2008
Icon Watch Puts 8 Bits of Chic on Your Wrist
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The Icon Watch is a simple, clean design that celebrates the days of 8-bit graphics. While the watch was designed by Japanese design firm & design… back in 2005, it only recently became available for purchase at MOMA. They only sell the black and white version, but a white-on-white version |
July 3rd, 2008
Mini Cooper USB Memory Even Smaller Than the Real Thing
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If you thought the Mini Cooper was small enough already, get a load of these Mini Mini Cooper flash memory devices. The Mini drives are the latest wacky USB devices to hit the streets. Each one is a 1:48 scale replica of an actual Mini. And just like a real… |
July 3rd, 2008
Atari 2600: a Video Game Odyssey
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Remember the ape/monolith scene from Kubrick’s classic 2001:A Space Odyssey…? Apparently these apes didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t an Odyssey [console] at all, but actually an Atari 2600. This imaginative t-shirt by Akron, Ohio illustrator psychoreindeer reimagines that fateful monkey moment with a gigantic Atari joystick in |
July 3rd, 2008
Mx-1: Worlds Smallest R/C Helicopter, Perfect for Fleas
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We live in a world of extremes. At the same time that everyone is trying to get their hands on the largest LCD TV that they can possibly fit in their living rooms, some gadgets just keeps getting smaller and smaller. Take, for instance this teensy palm-sized helicopter. Measuring in… |
July 2nd, 2008
