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tuned bear ipod speaker: louder than the average bear

tuned bear ipod speaker

Stuffed animal lovers, here’s a new portable audio setup that’s perfect for you – assuming that your animal of choice happens to be a faceless shiny bear, that is.

Made by Hirokawa Japan, Tuned Bear is a complete sound system for your media player, stuffed inside a teddy bear. Sound comes from a pair of stereo speakers hidden in the…

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November 17th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio strange + wonderful

oh my god, a bear is eating that lady’s ear!

Kuma Bear Phone by Willcom

Leave it to those wacky Japanese gadget makers to come up with something so silly as this mobile phone that looks like a teddy bear.

Mobile phone provider Willcom recently demonstrated their “Kuma Phone” (Bear Phone), at the 2008 Good Design Expo in Tokyo. Now what I find amusing about that last sentence is the fact that a fuzzy stuffed…

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August 30th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys mobile tech strange + wonderful

panda shredder destroys tiny documents, not pandas

Panda Paper Shredder

These wacky mini panda bear shredders aren’t really big enough to destroy that second set of books you’ve been keeping for your business (let alone pandas), but they are perfect for getting rid of tiny pieces of paper you’ve written secret love notes on. As an added convenience, the desktop panda will sharpen your pencil while it shreds.

The little…

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January 10th, 2008 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

wacky cloth ipod nano cases by annamatic

Annamatic iPod Cases

These hand sewn cases for the iPod Nano are pretty goofy looking if you ask me. They’re certainly not the typical sleek metal or plastic cases you usually see.

Individually crafted by artist Anna Lee (a.k.a. ‘Annamatic’,) these cases are definitely geared more toward girls, kids or men who are extremely confident in their masculinity. Choose from “Mr. Devil,” a…

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April 15th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun media players