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glowing gaming pc for a good cause [casemod]

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How’d you like to own the fastest and coolest looking PC on your block, and at the same time help find a cure for cancer – and then write the whole thing off your tax bill? You’d be sold, right? Well that’s exactly what’s going on here. This stunning custom PC casemod is being auctioned…

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November 20th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing geek art + craft technology video games

google search stories: what did you search for today?

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Robert Wong and his co-workers at Google’s Creative Lab created a bunch of short and funny clips showing how their search engine helps people not just to find websites but to improve their lives: “In other words, the best search results don’t show up on a webpage — they show up in somebody’s life.”

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November 20th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing just plain fun technology

google chrome os download, almost exactly the same as the browser

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Curious and/or impatient techies! An early developer build of Google (Google’s?) Chrome OS – which was just formally announced – has been unleashed on the Internet for those who want to take an early early early peek at what I like to call the BrOSer. From what I’ve read about it Chrome OS basically offers…

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November 20th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech technology

alestrukov’s wooden computer mice: the mightiest mouse in the forest

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These gorgeous computer mice are made from exotic woods, and are truly stunning. Created by Russia’s AlestRukov, each one is handcrafted using cultivated sustainable woods and carved, sanded and polished to a shiny finish using linseed oil and carnuba wax.

Each one is built from the finest electronic components, with an optical resolution of 1600…

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November 19th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design geek art + craft technology

touchscreen imac g4: a nice mixture of new, old and windows

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Earlier this year we featured modder Jonathan Berg aka Dremel Junkie’s Wall-E casemod. Now he’s back with a 20-inch iMac G4 with touchscreen capabilities and *gasp* a bag of hurt a Blu-Ray drive.

Berg encountered a couple of problems while modding the G4, the first being the proprietary connector that the iMac monitor uses to…

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November 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing hacks + mods just plain fun strange + wonderful technology

matias tactile pro 3 keyboard: the mac gets a real keyboard again

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While many of you might like the industrial design of the keyboards that Apple has been churning out for the last several years, I still long for keys that FEEL like keys. Thankfully, the guys over at Matias have the same sentiment and are getting ready to release a new Mac keyboard with REAL keys,…

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November 18th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design technology

thanko four sd slot pen: a pen that can write and read!

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Get it? Thanko’s neat pen and SD card reader combo can accommodate up to 4 SD or MMC cards in its slim 0.6″ x 0.6″ x 6″ frame. And if you really want to look like a dork, just keep your memory cards on the pen all the time.

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November 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets mobile tech technology

nvidia ion cube pc looks like a green allspark

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Looking like a robotic piece of art, BIll Owens’ award-winning NVIDIA ION Cube PC case mod is based on NVIDIA’s ION ITX motherboard. The aluminum case is decorated with UV green acrylic sheets, lit up with 4 cathode lights, and then placed on pedestal, allowing it to rotate a full 360°.

Aside from the ION…

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November 15th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design geek art + craft hacks + mods technology

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

inter-office laptop sleeve: better hope the mail room doesn’t lose this

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Here’s a fun way to keep your laptop safe and sound. This laptop sleeve looks just like one of those intra-departmental envelopes that you see floating around your office.

Designed by New York designer Diana Rodgers, the Intraoffice Laptop Sleeve is made from a durable water-repellant microfiber and has a soft fleecy lining to protect…

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November 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design geek art + craft quickpix

walky lets you control robots via finger gestures, turns iphone into a wii

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Yuta Sugiura and his colleagues at the Graduate School of Media Design in Keio University had a valid starting point – most of the software or hardware input systems today have no direct correlation to the command to be executed, and so are not that easy to master. As high-tech items like robots become more…

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November 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing cool toys future tech hacks + mods interactive robots technology

10 key calculator is also a numpad-ator

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USB numpads are nothing new, but IDEA Japan’s 10 Key also functions as a calculator, so it’s… lemme calculate that… yep, twice as useful.

Those who want their peripherals to blend in with the rest of their computer will be glad to know that the 10 Key also comes in black and white.

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November 12th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design gadgets

grass covered mouse is always greener

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We’ve seen some strange computer mice over the years, and here’s a new one to add to the pile of unusual mousing devices. This one is covered with grass.

Created by Japanese artist Hanaoka, the Siva mouse is part of a series of grass-covered objects he’s produced for the world to enjoy. This mouse is…

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November 11th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design strange + wonderful

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