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dragon speakers breathe music not fire

filed under: design | home entertainment

Dragon Speakers by Axelsson

Whether you’re outfitting your media room with a Grauman’s Chinese Theater motif, or you just like scaly reptilians, these dragon speakers are sure to make a dramatic statement in your home.

Designed by UK studio Axelsson Design, these awesome dragon speakers look like something that belong in the villain’s lair in a John Woo film…

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February 11th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

nintendo wii color remotes on the way

filed under: video games

Snakebyte Rii-Mote for Wii

While there’s still no official word from Nintendo on anything but white Wii-motes, there is now a third-party option for those of you bored with the standard-issue models.

Snakebyte is one of the first companies to offer a third-party substitute for the Wii-mote (called the Riimote), and will be offering them in colors not offered by Nintendo…

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January 29th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

turntable watch spins me right round like a record, baby

filed under: just plain fun | timepieces

Turntable Watches by Flud

Vinyl DJs and turntablists rejoice, for here is a watch that’s a perfect reflection of you and your musical stylings.

Designed by FludWatches, the TableTurns watch has a face that looks like a miniaturized version of the classic Technics 1200 turntable. While all the visual details are there, don’t expect to scratch any tiny records on yours…

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January 20th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

message tape mimics digital displays

filed under: design | just plain fun

Message Tape from Suck UK

This cool decorative tape lets you leave messages by blacking out the the white areas. A brilliantly simple design concept, the tape works in pretty much any language thanks to its free-form display concept.

Perfect for labeling boxes, temporary signage, creating impromptu artworks or modern graffiti, the tape comes in either a dot-matrix or segmented style…

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January 19th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

starck palindrome watches a study in simplicity

filed under: design | timepieces

Philippe Starck Palindrome Watches

Design virtuoso Philippe Starck continues to crank out some beautifully minimal timepieces, and these are no exception. The Starck Palindrome series offers up a design so clean that it doesn’t even look like it has a minute hand at first glance.

Look closer, and you’ll notice that the minute hand is actually replaced by the Starck logo on the watch’s slightly ovoid face…

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December 27th, 2007 5 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

storm nirvana analog watch has digital sensibilities

filed under: design | timepieces

Storm Nirvana Watch

The latest men’s watch from London’s STORM offers a modern display with a retro spin. The watch reveals the current time using a series of numeric discs which rotate behind wedge-shaped portals around the perimeter of its face…

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December 18th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

clock hands stay put, numbers move instead

filed under: design | timepieces

pisa gear clock

Unlike a normal clock, this funky modern timepiece keeps its hands stationary, letting the numbers on its dial rotate around the hands to tell the time. A simple gear-drive mechanism moves the outer ring around the clock mechanism.

The desk clock gets it’s name, “Pisa” from it’s eye-catching leaning tower design…

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December 15th, 2007 5 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

star wars wii console hits ebay for $15k

filed under: video games

Star Wars Wii

Serious Star Wars fans might like this custom Darth Vader Wii that’s currently up for for sale over on eBay. But is it really worth the $15,000 Buy it Now price the seller is asking?

The Star Wars Wii features a black finish and dramatic red LED illumination, befitting of the Dark Side of the Force…

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December 8th, 2007 7 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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