Archive for May 2011
HxC SD Card Drive Emulates 3.5″ Floppy Disks
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If you ever wanted a better way to get tons of data onto an old gadget that used floppy drives, I might just have the trick. This nifty little gadget replaces old 3.5″ floppy drives with an SD/SDHC memory card reader.… |
May 29th, 2011
Japan’s Iron Man 2 Flash Drives Way Better Than America’s
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Back when Iron Man 2… came out, there were some Iron Man USB flash drives floating around, and I have to say I thought they were kind of silly looking. They looked more like bobble-heads to me than a serious action hero collectible. These Iron Man flash drives look way |
May 29th, 2011
World’s Most Expensive Camera Sold for $1.9 Million
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How much would you pay for an old Leica? Hundreds? Thousands? How about $1.9 million (€1.3 million)? That’s how much this Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 fetched at auction. This camera is one of only 25 that were made back in 1923.… |
May 29th, 2011
Fujitsu Lifebook Frame Concept: Too Wide for Its Own Good?
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I get that widescreen tablets might work for some people, but ultimately, their proportions make them harder to do anything but watch movies on them. Still, this widescreen portable concept looks interesting. As with some of the other concepts in the ‘A Life with Future Computing‘ designboom curated Fujitsu competition,… |
May 29th, 2011
Lions Take Off With Camcorder, Still Shoot Video
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I used to know a guy whose lifelong dream was to go to Africa and go on a safari to see the animals. I always thought the dude was crazy; I am not going anywhere that has animals that can eat me. Photographer Roger de la Harpe lacks the same… |
May 29th, 2011
Shredder Alarm Clock: You Snooze, You Lose Money
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We’ve featured a clock that won’t shut off its alarm until you deposit some money into it. This concept on the other hand, is the unholy opposite – once the alarm kicks in, it will start shredding money and will obviously keep going until you turn the alarm off. The… |
May 29th, 2011
Leather QWERTY Wallet Doesn’t Type, But It Should
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There was a time when I tried living without a wallet, and after losing a few important cards, I quickly reverted to carrying one again. This QWERTY leather wallet is certainly distinctive with its keyboard embossing and will serve all geeks well.… |
May 29th, 2011
Nice Ball Lamp Looks Like a Katamari
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Actually this lamp doesn’t have anything to do with Katamari Damacy, but it sure looks like it, doesn’t it? Designer Paola Pivi’s Nice Ball is a hanging lamp covered with tiny replicas of 80 chairs and tables from the Vitra Design Museum collection.… |
May 28th, 2011
It’s Dangerous to Bathe Alone! Take This Zelda Towel
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With its big and bright Legend of Zelda… crest, this towel could earn you new gamer friends at the beach. And when you’re giving up on getting through the Water Temple, this is the appropriate towel to throw. |
May 28th, 2011
Disney Tactile Brush Seat to Add Realism to Games and Movies
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I like a lot of realism in my games – and movies to a point. I would love to have a chair that allows me to feel the forces exerted on the body during a real car race for instance. I would not want to have the feeling of some… |
May 28th, 2011
