Archive for May 2010

It’s always nice to be able to spy on your pets and kids when you’re not at home. This panning cam is a sort of mix between a nanny cam and a security system. While it looks big, it’s actually pretty small: about 4 inches to each side.

The Mimamori…

The Stuart Hughes recipe for success: gadget + gold + diamonds = PROFIT. The latest manifestation of that formula is of course a golden iPad (the 64GB WiFi + 3G model), supposedly made by Stuart’s wife Katherine.

The Apple logo on the back of this sinful monster is made of…

The Internet nergasmed when Google released the playable Pac-Man Google logo. Not wanting to be a buzzkill, the big G has decided to make the logo-slash-game permanently available, unlike other theme logos that are taken down after a day or so. But what if you want to play it offline?…

I just love the design of Carl Allen’s wristwatch concept, which provides a display that looks like a digital 7-segment display, but is actually mechanical.

From a distance, the displays look like LED or LCDs, but a mechanical system actually would move tiny segmented panels under the surface of the…

Did you know that lowriders have been around since 1911? It’s true! YouTube user gulpy3 found one such hydraulically-modified ride while playing Red Dead Redemption….

Artist Dan McPharlin makes incredibly detailed miniature synths and other electronic instruments out of cardboard:

Wow. There are so many neat touches in that picture alone: the tiny monitor and the wires on the lower left synth, the wood-like paint on the upper right synth… Maybe someone can embed a…

Designed by Jan Bergstein, “TEELICHT” is a lamp that looks like an upside-down cup, with a light switch made to look like a teabag tag. I hope no one’s going to protest when I say that this is a tealightful idea.…

Gamer girls… If you’re don’t mind wearing fake fingernails, have I got something for you. You’ll definitely stand out in a crowd wearing these acrylic fingernails, inspired by classic 8-bit gaming. For starters, we have the Atari 2600 nails.

See if you can name all the games. I’ll get you…

What happens when you outfit your shiny new iPad with a couple of strips of extra-wide Velcro? You turn Apple’s portable tablet into a wall-mountable hands-free display, that’s what.

With strategically-placed strips of the toothy stuff, Jesse Rosten demonstrates a variety of nifty places you can stick your iPad once…

Howdy, Technabob fans! The guys at ThinkGeek have are offering Technabob readers a special discount code you can use to get yourself some cool geek schwag with.

Just spend at least $40 bucks at ThinkGeek, and you’ll get a $10 discount on your order. All you need to do to…