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das keyboard: no letters = faster typing

filed under: computing | design | media players | strange and wonderful

DAS Ultimate Keyboard Black up Close

I sit at a computer much of the day and always thought I was a pretty fast typer. But apparently, those pesky painted letters on my key caps are actually slowing me down. Thankfully, there’s a new keyboard that gets rid of the tiny bit of extra drag that those characters put on my tapping fingertips…

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posted: July 13th, 2008 stumble it! 14 comments author: technabob

karlsson station hologram: the clock has two faces

filed under: design | timepieces

Karlsson Hologram Clock

Here’s a nifty clock that’s a bit more dynamic than what you’d typically see hanging on your wall. Depending on the angle you view it from, the face either shows simple hash marks or numerals around the dial…

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posted: July 7th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

eino ipod dock is perfectly portable

filed under: media players | mobile tech

eino iPod Speaker Dock

I just love the industrial design of this compact portable sound dock for the iPod. The einö Portable Speaker System is small enough to fit in your purse or backpack, so it’s the perfect companion for traveling with your media player…

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posted: June 13th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

egg speaker wobbles but won’t fall down

filed under: technology

Egg Speaker

These tipsy egg-shaped speakers let you wobble them like a Weeble while you listen to your tunes.

Unlike real eggs (and those colorful Weebles), these only come in black and red, and they don’t crack open to produce omelets. They do, however, twist open to produce enhanced bass output. I wonder if they can only play The Egg Song?..

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posted: May 31st, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

qwerty wallet holds cash, credit, but not your keys

filed under: geek art & craft

QWERTY Keyboard Pocketbook by Quiet Doing

Perfect for those of you who like a little geek with your chic (or is that the other way around?), this quirky QWERTY keyboard design wallet helps you keep all your personal items in order…

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posted: May 25th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

itis lamp: it is led. it is modern. it is really cool.

filed under: design

Artemide ITIS LED Lamp by Naoto Fukasawa

The new ITIS desk lamp from Artemide provides dramatic LED illumination in a slick modern package. Thanks to its amazingly flexible adjustable design, the fixture easily takes on a variety of different looks…

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posted: May 12th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

cell phone watch flips its lid

filed under: media players | mobile tech | timepieces

U200i Cell Phone Watch with Flip Lid

This oversize wristwatch conceals a little secret beneath its flip-top. Just pop it open, and you’ll reveal a fully-functional multimedia mobile phone inside…

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posted: May 1st, 2008 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

word clock slowly reveals the time with text

filed under: design | timepieces

Animated Word Clock by Christiaan Postma

This has got to be one of the most amazing clock designs I’ve ever seen. At first glance, the display looks like a bunch of random matchsticks, but over time, they gradually transform into words that tell the time…

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posted: April 19th, 2008 stumble it! 46 comments author: technabob

ben heck’s ps3 laptop hits the streets [casemod]

filed under: hacks-mods | video games

PS3 Laptop by Ben Heck

Looks like our favorite god of mods is at it again. This time, Ben Heck has really outdone himself with this amazing feat of engineering — cramming an entire Playstation 3 into a laptop.

The portable PS3 features a slick, glossy black case, and a nice big 17-inch LCD screen running at 720p resolution…

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posted: April 10th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

diesel oled watches offer dual-color text display

filed under: design | timepieces

Diesel DZ7086 OLED Digital Watch

A while back, I showed you guys a pretty cool looking OLED watch from the fashion house of Diesel. That model was especially difficult to come by, and featured a tiny little monochrome blue OLED screen . The latest digital watch from Diesel amps up the organic light emitting goodness by adding a second color to the display…

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posted: March 24th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

clock drops numbers, doesn’t care what time it is

filed under: design | timepieces

Dropped Numerals Clock by Nextime

Here’s a clock for people who are perpetually tardy, and want to stay that way. All of the digits on the dial of this wall clock have fallen off of the face, causing a major numeric pile-up at the bottom…

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posted: March 22nd, 2008 stumble it! 6 comments author: technabob

ascii curtain has plenty of character(s)

filed under: design | strange and wonderful

ASCII Curtain by Nienke Sybrandy

This cool fabric curtain may look like a tree from afar, but once you’re up close, you’ll see that it’s made of tens of thousands of tiny ASCII characters…

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posted: March 15th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

reppo II backpack: boombox on your back

filed under: design | mobile tech

Reppo II Boom Box Backpack by Joonas Saaranen

This modern backpack is sure to draw attention as you walk down the street — especially if you’ve got the volume cranked up. You see those big black patches? They’re loudspeakers…

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posted: March 12th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

nixon murf watch offers retro-modern style

filed under: design | retro | timepieces

Nixon Murf Mens Analog Watch

It’s been a while since I brought you guys any cool new watches. It’s not for lack of trying, but there just hasn’t been much that’s hit my desk that really caught my eye. So I was pleased when I came across these, the latest analog timepiece from the guys over at Nixon…

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posted: March 11th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

strange speakers look like little dead guy

filed under: home entertainment | strange and wonderful

Dead Bbudd Speakers

It’s been a while since I’ve seen speakers that looked quite this strange. Designed to be your “little dead desktop buddy”, they look like something that your neighborhood dominatrix might have sitting next to her computer…

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posted: March 4th, 2008 stumble it! 9 comments author: technabob

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