The controls had to be tweaked a bit and a custom Doom menu was created to make it different from the plain DOS version of the game. This is one small step for games, one giant leap for calculators.

This port is packaged with the Ndless program, allowing you to unlock your hardware and perform your own hacks as well, but you won’t have time since you will be busy playing Doom. In color! On a calculator!

[via Hack a Day via Slashgear]

The Rubitone was designed by Ignacio Pilotto back in 2008, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it. The cool thing about this cube is that not all of the cubes on the same side are the same color. Instead, they are different intensities, which makes things interesting and a bit more difficult to solve. At least each row has the same shade. He could have made it even more challenging by making each individual cube a different PMS color.

If you’re a digital artist, it definitely makes choosing the right Pantone color quick, since you have access to 18 selections in one handy cube.

[via Jay Mug]

Ladyada is showing off a new project called Adalight, which uses an Arduino board and a strip of RGB LEDs around the back of your display to create an ambient color backdrop for your computer monitor. The system automatically detects the average colors around the perimeter of your display, and immediately responds with the appropriate LED color in the proper section of the LED strip. Since it works as a high-speed screen capture utility in the background, it works with pretty much any application on your computer.

Open source software using the Processing library runs on your PC, Mac or Linux and interfaces with the Arduino over USB, and sends the correct light colors to each of the LEDs pixels. See the Adalight in action in the video below:

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Pretty cool, no? I suppose it could get to be a little annoying after a while, but it still might be pretty cool for 3D games and action movies. While you can build the Adalight from scratch, you can also purchase a project kit over at the MakerSHED for $49.95 (USD) to help you get started. The kit includes a strand of 25 RGB LED pixels and a 5VDC power adapter, but you will still need to purchase the Arduino and USB cable, and follow the rest of the build instructions to finish the project.

The time is displayed thanks to two overlapping colored disks, each with a gradient on it. These disks are partially transparent, allowing a variety of hues to bleed through.

This time around, the bracelets are either black or gunmetal, and you can have either a monochrome or colored display.

The watch is being sold for €149 (~$204 USD) on the ZIIIRO website. You can pre-order the Celeste right now. The watch starts shipping on November 18.

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I understand how some people would want cosmetic surgery performed to reduce their waistlines or to make their noses pointier or to lift up their sagging skin (although I’m not for it at all.) I also understand that some people want to change their eye color sometimes and use contact lenses to do so.

What I don’t really get is how far some people will go to make such physical changes – like undergoing a laser procedure to permanently change their eye color from brown to blue.

The technology is developed by Dr. Gregg Homer from the Stroma Medical in California, and he calls it the Lumineyes technology. The procedure makes use of lasers that remove the brown pigment called melanin from the top layer of the iris. The color then slowly turns to blue over the course of a couple of weeks, as you can see above. And this change won’t come cheap, as it’s going to be priced at $5,000, although you might have to wait for a couple of years to get the procedure done if you’re interested.

Dr. Homer explains: “A blue eye is not opaque, you can see deeply into it, while a brown eye is very opaque. I think there is something very meaningful about this idea of having open windows to the soul.”

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather stick with my brown eyes. (Destiny’s Child wrote a song about brown eyes once, and I don’t think having an opaque eye color is that bad.)

[via The Daily Mail via Dvice]

The case works best with a white iPhone, since it allows the colors to really pop. It’s definitely an unusual looking protective case, which means that it will probably sell well. The case also comes with a sticker to allow you to see the colors better if you’ve got a black iPhone 4.

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The Colorways case is available from Case-Mate for $29.99 (USD). There’s no word if different color pieces will be released in the future but that would probably make sense since you’d be able to create even more colors with extra pieces.

[via Ubergizmo]

It launches alongside the new Star Fox 64 3D game and will be available for the new $169.99 (USD) price point, which has already gone into effect. This way you have a cool new game to buy with that flaming red portable.

The big N hopes that the new price and this color offering will increase sales beyond the 830,000 3DS units already sold in the U.S. since its launch. Mario fans certainly have a reason to lay down the cash since Super Mario Land 3D will be arriving in November and Mario Kart 7 is coming in December. It’s a good time to be a Nintendo fanboy/girl. By the way, can you believe that we are on Mario Kart 7?

[via BGR]

So even though they’re meant for cleaning up kitchen messes, when I saw these Stain By Number tea towels from Fred & Friends, I immediately thought of getting them and using them as placemats the next time my sister comes around for another visit.

As the name implies, you won’t be using any paint or coloring materials to fill in the colors to make the picture come to life. Instead, you’re expected to use various food items to stain the indicated area with the specified colors. This might encourage the kids to make an even bigger mess, but at least it’ll seem more like art this way.

The Stain By Number dish towels will be available this October over at Perpetual Kid, and will sell for $14.99 for a set of three.

[via Oh Gizmo!]

The guys at Focussupply are now offering color replacement kits for the front glass and LCD, back glass and button for the iPhone 4. From what I can tell, they’re taking standard iPhone 4 replacement parts, removing the black color, and then applying a fresh coat of paint on the inside of the glass – but I could be wrong. The kits come in a variety of colors – most of which are too garish for my tastes – including sky blue, cotton candy pink, sunshine yellow, fire engine red, green apple, and rose red. They even have transparent and white versions too.

The kits sell for $150 (USD), and it’ll take a delicate touch to replace these components on your iPhone. But if you’re feeling adventurous, and don’t want to wait for Apple to release iPhones in colors other than black, you might want to check them out.

Designer Amirkhan Abdurakhmanov (aka “Amirko“) created the concept for Change It!, an simple, ingenious way to create any design you want on your wall. You can arrange the pixel blocks to form fields of color, rainbows, patterns, and even your favorite video game characters if you want.

The Change It! wall system would be created from a series of prisms attached through rods, which could then be adjusted to a variety of angles to produce unique colors. Now I’m not sure exactly how the angled prisms could produce the sort of pure colors shown in thes conceptual designs, but it sure looks cool.

There’s no word on if or when the Change It! wall will ever be produced, so for now you’ll just have to build yourself that iPhone wall afterall.

[via Behance]

Since this is a decal, you won’t be bulking up your iPhone. And if you happen to have jailbroken your iPhone, there’s a Game Boy emulator out there, so you’ll be able to play classic games while making your iPhone looks nice and retro at the same time.

Best of all, this decal isn’t expensive. It will set you back just $6 (USD) at the Short Sleeve Alliance. There are currently 10 in stock, so act fast or they’ll be gone!

[via Geeky Gadgets]

The special edition red Wii is designed in celebration of Mario’s 25th anniversary, and includes one of the new WiiRemote Plus controllers (the ones with the built-in WiiMotion Plus), also in glorious Mario red.

The console will also include a copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Super Mario Bros. and will go on sale on November 11th in Japan for ¥20,000 (appx. $242 USD).

[via Kotaku]

Mirasol has managed to create a display technology called IMOD (interferometric modulation), which produces an extremely low-power, highly reflective screen that can easily be read in direct sunlight. As a matter of fact, early claims are that battery life bests LCD and OLED by 8 to 15 times in real-world usage.

In addition to cranking out color images, Mirasol’s e-reader displays will be able to handle video at a refresh rate of up to 15 frames per second. While it’s not as fast at refreshing as an LCD or OLED display, battery life and readability for books should be way better – at least from the prototype photos I’ve seen.

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There’s confirmed release date for the first Mirasol-based readers will hit the market, but Qualcomm has indicated that a first-gen device could arrive as early as the Fall of 2010. I can’t wait to get my hands on one and check it out up close and personal.

[via Xataka]

I wanted to make an Iron Man-themed Segway, but unfortunately crimson and gold were not among the colors being offered. If the color that you want is not in the options, you can still ask ColorWare to use it, as long as you know what it’s Pantone PMS number is, and you’re willing to pay an additional $250 (USD) for each custom color. Below is a video showing a all-red ColorWare Segway i2:

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Since this service is for one model only, Segway i2 owners can send in their unit for customization for $1,500. You can also buy and customize a brand new Segway i2 from ColorWare for $7,500. Check out ColorWare’s website for more info. I’m amazed that people would be willing to pay that much for this thing. Next thing you know ColorWare’s selling customized (and overpriced) Toyota Priuses.

[via Engadget]

Just plug the shiny zinc alloy duo into your USB port or outlet, and their glowing eyeballs come to life. Touch either one gently, and one of its LED eyeballs will start to “wink.” Another touch, and both eyes will blink wildly, fading between their native color and white light.

The oddball pair will ship starting in mid-June and is priced at £35.00 (appx. $50 USD). you can pre-order them over at the Mathmos site now.

These cheery Xbox 360 hard drive shells replace your drive’s stock drab gray shell.

Each kit also includes a bright set of LEDs beneath its surface, which illuminate with a touch of your fingertip. Keep in mind that it looks like all the LEDs are red, so that might look a little odd depending on the color you choose. I think white or color-coordinated LEDs would have been a much better move.

They’re available in translucent blue, green, yellow, pink , clear and smoky black, and sell for just $18.91 (USD) each over at DealExtreme.

With all of that throwing and flailing your arms around, it’s certain that at some point in time your Wii-mote will break. That’s why Nyko is offering their Wand+, a Wii-mote replacement which sells for about $40 (USD). The Wand + features a rubberized trigger, more ergonomic D-pad, and larger 1/2 buttons than a stock Wii-mote – and the button are square instead of round. It comes in white, black, blue, purple and pink if color is important to you.

The Type Pad is an attachment, which will be useful for those of you who browse their web or write lots of text messages via their Wiis. It’s a QWERTY keypad which works well, but looks funky.

It works with the Wii-mote or the Wand+. An interesting side note: it doesn’t need any extra batteries, and will feed off your Wii-mote’s juice.

The Charge Base Quad will let you charge four controllers at the same time, either Wand+ or Wii-motes. Direct contact isn’t needed to start charging, so you won’t have to remove your Wii-mote out of its gel casing. It comes with an extra USB port to charge whatever you want. It will sell for $50.

Finally, there’s the  Perfect Shot light gun for your Wii. Not much to say about that, except that it’s great for killing things. It’s $15 bucks.

[via CrunchGear]

The curvaceous lamp is loaded up with bright RGB LEDs that can change to any of 16 million unique colors and brightness levels through the use of a unique touch-panel interface. It actually works sort of like the color palette control you might find in photo-editing and painting software. Check out how it works in the video below:

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In addition to fixed-colors, you can set the Jellyfish to a color flow mode with a variable fade speed between the colors of your choice. And you can switch off the front side illumination, leaving only the Jellyfish’s clear “tentacle” structure which provides a cool backlighting.

When powered off, the Jellyfish maintains a stealthy look, with a sleek black top and white bottom.

While I haven’t found any U.S. retailers for the Yantouch yet, the have numerous Taiwanese and Japanese retailers as well as an French retailer listed up on their website. Pricing in Japan is set at ¥14,800 (appx. $160 USD).

[Yantouch Jellyfish via Impress Watch (translated)]

Thinking of how hard and complex something must have been to create – whether it’s a song, a bridge, or in this case a portrait – makes me appreciate it more, and with Rubik’s Cube portraits the arduousness of the process is just so apparent that upon looking at these pieces for the first time I was simultaneously thinking of how nice they look and of how frickin’ maddening they must have been to create.

If you’d like to commission Cube Works, contact Josh Chalom via e-mail. They’re willing to make portraits based on images submitted by clients, so if you want to immortalize yourself in a geeky way, now’s your chance. Check out their website for more portraits.

[via freshome and Vidafine]

The DSi Studio Kit provides you with a variety of shooting options including a removable flash, and wide angle, macro/close-up and telephoto lens attachments. There’s also a set of 6 color filters you can use to create visual effects. Thrustmaster also includes a (shiny metallic) protective cover that holds the lenses and filter attachments in place.

While the packaging and styling appear to be targeted towards the Barbie and American Girl Place set, there’s no reason that we can’t all enjoy it. Although I might have to replace the shiny metallic carrying bag with something a bit more macho.

The DSi Studio Kit should be available any day now, and retails for $19.99 (USD).