Archive for July 2009
Colorware Brings the Black Macbook Back, but It’S Gonna Cost You
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When it comes to their laptops, Apple has a bit of a sadistic side, adding neat features only to take them away soon after. For example, the Firewire port was a staple of the polycarbonate Macbooks, and then it was removed from the first Unibody 13.3″ Macbooks, only to be… |
July 6th, 2009
Rocking Horse Cell Phone Holder: Giddy Up and Answer That Call!
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I don’t think I really need a holder for my cell phone, but if I did, I’d want mine to look just like this. These charming handmade leather rocking horses come to us from the creative minds of Taiwan’s 25TOGO Design. Each horsey is handcrafted from genuine Brazilian leather, and… |
July 6th, 2009
Atari 2600 and Nintendo NES Controller Flash Drives Could Probably Store Every 8-Bit Game ROM Ever Made
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These USB flash drives are made from the hollowed out carcasses of original 8-bit video game cartridges and controllers. Robotic Evil, Inc. is currently selling both an Atari 2600 cartridge and a Nintendo NES controller flash drive over on their Etsy shop for $29.99 (USD) each. Sure, they’re way more… |
July 5th, 2009
Meggy Jr Rgb Twitter Reader: I Think We Need a Meggy Senior
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Evil Mad Scientist Labs have turned their open-source hand-held gaming platform, the Meggy Jr RGB, into a one-line Twitter reader. The Meggy Jr RGB is connected to a computer running a program that detects Twitter updates and then sends “”scrolling” data” one line at a time. The platform will cycle… |
July 5th, 2009
Anti-Paparazzi Clutch Bag Fights Flash With Flash
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New York University graduate Adam Harvey created a product designed to protect and empower one of the planet’s most abused lifeforms, The Celebrity. The Celebrity is hunted worldwide by marksmen popularly known as The Paparazzi. To counter The Paparazzi’s flashing weapons, Harvey fitted a light sensor and 3 microcontrolled-LED lights… |
July 5th, 2009
Needle-Felted Jabba the Hutt: Awwwwwww
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How do you make a disgusting alien cute? Easy: just replace his slimy skin with wool. Oh and give him a “squezzly bunnybear.” Flickr pro/proud mom/Jedi Grand Needle Felter Kit Lane imagined that as a child, Zorba’s offspring wasn’t really an evil Hutt. Unfortunately “the unmerciless(?) taunting by his slime… |
July 5th, 2009
Darth Vader Alarm Clock Radio: Snooze the Force, Luke!
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How’d you like to wake up to a Sith Lord staring you down in the middle of the night? This Darth Vader alarm clock/radio from Sakar is sure to scare the crap out of you if you happen to roll over at 3am and stare into his glowing red LED… |
July 5th, 2009
Galaxy’S Thinnest Gps Unit Rendered Pretty Much Useless Thanks to Lack of Actual Gps Software
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The guys over at Chinavasion can always be relied on for bringing inexpensive and offbeat gadgetry from China to the rest of the world. The latest addition to their line of GPS devices claims to be the “Galaxy’s Thinnest GPS”. Measuring in at 13mm thick, this portable GPS is definitely… |
July 4th, 2009
Ben Heck’S Xbox 360 Laptop Rev. 5 is One Bad Mofo Portable System
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This wouldn’t be the first time that casemodding king Ben Heck has cranked out an Xbox 360 laptop. As a matter of fact, this is the fifth revision of Heck’s portable 360 modding shenanigans. But the fact that he manages to cram such a beefy system into a portable case… |
July 4th, 2009
Prepare to Welcome Your New Transforming Overlords
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Someday, people are going to learn not to mess with the dangerous technology. You’re not supposed to build an AI! Haven’t the movies taught you people anything? Apparently not, since some guy has gone and built himself a transforming robot. Is it awesome? Of course it is–it’s a damn Transformer.… |
July 3rd, 2009
