Archive for October 2009
Musicskins: Loud Designs for Your Gadgets
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One of the reasons why Nokia’s cellphones became so popular here in the Philippines was the fact that most of their earlier models had cases that were easy to remove and swap, providing a bit of customization. Now gadgets mostly come in black, gray or white, and even if there… |
October 5th, 2009
Lacie Sound2 USB Speakers Look Like Giant Earphones
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LaCie’s Sound² speakers are perfect for ogres, ents and Michael Clarke Duncan. Designed by Neil Poulton, the Sound² kinda look like flattened earphones. Huge flattened earphones. Each speaker measures 7.87 x 5.51 in. LaCie backs up Poulton’s design with French audio company Cabasse‘s technology. Sound² speakers are equipped with a Class D digital… |
October 5th, 2009
Hello Kitty Mimobots: Too Much Kitty
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To celebrate the insanely popular Hello Kitty’s 35th anniversary, Sanrio teamed up with mimoco to come up with a flash drive cartoon character named Hey Flashy. I’m just kidding, of course they came up with Hello Kitty MIMOBOTs. Although I think one of the designs went too far: It’s Hello… |
October 4th, 2009
Queen Ready to Reign Over Rock Band
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Now being prepped for Rock Band‘s DLC catalogue, from the files of Songs You Grew Up Singing: a ten pack (!) of songs by legendary band Queen, just perfect for your next extremely silly Rock Band party. There’s a chance for everybody… to get crazy with their plastic instruments |
October 4th, 2009
Amigurumi Prince Ready to Roll Up All the Yarn
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The world of Katamari Damacy is a strange one, to be sure, but it sure is cute…. The Prince and his colorful cousins are each cuter than the others, and though the idea of sticking people and animals to a giant ball and then rolling them around is pretty |
October 4th, 2009
On Ebay: One “Annoying and Moaning” Grandmother. Free Shipping.
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Okay I don’t really know the shipping details of the auction, but a grandma by the name of Marian Goodall was indeed put up for sale on eBay… by her granddaughter. Ah, kids; sometimes you just wanna hug ‘em, just give ‘em a good old one-handed hug, and then punch… |
October 4th, 2009
Microsia Makes Molecular Music
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Here’s a cool little PC program for creating ambient electronic music. And it sure looks purty while it’s doing it. The setting for Andreas Illiger’s Microsia is inside of a virtual “plant cell” of a leaf. As you move your cursor around, you touch “cellular particles” which will be used… |
October 3rd, 2009
Xbox 360 Controller Sings the Blues in the Xcm Blue Blood
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Looking for an Xbox 360 controller that’ll really make a splash when you have your friends over to play some games? Check out this beautiful blue beast from XCM. The cool thing about the XCM Blue Blood is that it’s actually a kit that you can use to mod your… |
October 3rd, 2009
Alessi Laser Shot Watch Projects Time on Your Wrist, Won’T Burn Holes in Your Skin
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This offbeat watch design is merely a concept at this point, but I actually kind of like the idea. The Alessi Laser Shot watch is supposed to project the current time on your wrist using (frickin’) laser beams. Designer Andy Kurovets envisioned this über-modern watch concept that uses a modulated… |
October 2nd, 2009
Tiny Living Room Makes Its Way Inside Pc [Casemod]
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For starters I’ll mention that I’m not sure from whence these photos originate, but when I saw them over on Russian casemod site Modding.Ru, I had to post them. From the looks of these pics, it looks like a tiny little family has moved into this warm and cozy computer… |
October 2nd, 2009
