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This amazing LED tabletop surface can sense the color of objects placed on top of it, then automatically change its own colors to match.
The RGBy desk uses small clusters of photo sensors and multicolored LEDs to work its color-changing magic…
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December 5th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks-mods | video games
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These replacement shells for the Nintendo Wii bring your boring white console alive with color. Talismoon’s Evolve case kits come in a number of rich hues and dramatic mirrored styles.
I’m particularly enamored of the fiery Red Ronin case as well as the luscious emerald Green Tanto…
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October 27th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | mobile tech | video games
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One of the latest design trends in South Korea is to add ornate metallic details to their modern electronic gadgets. Now, your Nintendo DS Lite can get the metal treatment with this set of 24-karat gold decals.
The SGP Metal kit for the DS Lite is a complete set of self-adhesive gold-plated trim for your portable gaming system…
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October 26th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: audio | design | home entertainment
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While the metal “planets” floating above these speaker cones may look a bit like disco balls, they actually serve a purpose. The spheres are designed to disperse sound in a perfect 360-degree soundfield.
Designer Markus Duevel is the mind behind the Urban Fidelity Planet Speakers…
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October 10th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | just plain fun
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Designer Kei Yamamoto created these lighting fixtures that look like giant LEDs. Made from acrylic, aluminum and a dozen LED light sources each, they’re each about 20-times the size of a normal light-emitting diode.
The fixtures’ clear acrylic shell and arrangement of LEDs create a beautiful visual effect on the wall above the lamps…
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October 7th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | just plain fun
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Boy, does that sound painful, or what? Actually, it’s fun. These colorful rubber BOING Balls (not to be confused with the classic Amiga orb of the same name) have a set of tri-colored LEDs inside of them, and change hues when you apply pressure to them.
The rubber balls can cycle between 7 different shades in three modes: constant color, slow cycle and quick cycle…
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October 6th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | timepieces
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The numbers on this unique wall clock from Hong Kong’s ChilliChilly may look confusing when the hands aren’t over them, but as each hand reaches a number, colored discs reveal the proper time.
The appropriately named Seeing Double clock uses Red and a green colored filters at the end of the hour and minute hands reveal the true time…
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September 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods
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This massive Tetris-inspired case mod isn’t just a single computer, it’s actually a whole farm of networked systems, ready for some serious multiplayer gaming action.
Conceived and built by a Spanish gaming clan known as the Planet Express Klan, I’d have to say this is the most massive case mod I’ve ever seen…
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September 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design
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Most modern LED lighting fixtures do their best to conceal their individual light emitters for some reason. These colorful Tino fixtures from Lite Source are proud of their high-tech roots, letting the light sources speak for themselves.
While these lights aren’t designed to illuminate an entire room, they’ll definitely add a dramatic accent to any space…
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September 29th, 2007
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author: technabob
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