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lacie 5big network drive looks like hal 9000’s brother

Designer Neil Poulton got the inspiration for the domed glowing light on the outside of his latest hard drive design from the red light on the face of HAL 9000, the infamous computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The new LaCie 5big Network storage array is designed for small and medium workgroups looking for a…

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October 12th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design

omega orion analog synth inspired by kubrick

Omega Orion Synthesizer

When I think of 2001: A Space Odyssey, it usually conjures up imagery of HAL 9000’s glowing red light, the strains of Also Sprach Zarathrustra, and dead astronauts launched silently into space.

But the guys over at Studio Electronics used the film as inspiration for the design of their new Omega Orion synthesizer. From its…

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July 31st, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design retro

atari 2600: a video game odyssey

Atari 2600 A Game Odyssey by psychoreindeer

Remember the ape/monolith scene from Kubrick’s classic 2001:A Space Odyssey? Apparently these apes didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t an Odyssey [console] at all, but actually an Atari 2600.

This imaginative t-shirt by Akron, Ohio illustrator psychoreindeer reimagines that fateful monkey moment with a gigantic Atari joystick in place of the big black slab.…

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July 3rd, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: technology video games

xbox 360: a space odyssey

Xbox 360 RRoD T-Shirt

Has your Xbox 360 ever overheated? Do you dread the three Red Rings of Death? Have I got a t-shirt for you.

Inspired by the demented HAL9000 computer from the classic science fiction flick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, it shows the inimitable RRoD symbol along with the saying “I’m afraid I can’t let you play…

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September 13th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun video games