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Being a fan of big, multi-speaker room-filling sound systems, I find it strange that I’m captivated by this miniature speaker. This tiny 1-inch cube speaker is so small that you can easily keep it in your pocket.
The minuscule speaker has a built-in rechargeable lithium battery which will give you…
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December 24th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Know someone who’s addicted to Portal? Here’s the perfect holiday gift for the obsessive fan of The Orange Box’s… mindbending first-person puzzler.
Inspired by the game’s handy Weighted Companion Cube, this pendant will accompany you through the test chamber of life. Please take care of it.
Brisbane Australia artist
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November 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Interactive artist Andrew Fentem created this cool electronic cube puzzle game loaded with colorful LEDs. The Fentix Cube is controlled by touch as well as through movement.
While it’s designed as a platform, capable of playing a number of different games and puzzles, the interactive plaything happens to do a…
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October 19th, 2007 by: Technabob
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New Zealand digital artist Julian Oliver is working on a cool game that blends the electronic universe with the real world. His work-in-progress game called levelHead uses a series of cubes placed on a table top. Digital cameras and custom software sense the movements of the cubes and superimpose digital…
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October 14th, 2007 by: Technabob
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I really like the simple colorful design of these compact music systems from Germany’s Sonoro Audio.
The Sonoro Cubo is a compact, all-in-one sound system, complete with FM radio, CD player and auxiliary input for your portable media player. Each one is encased in a wooden enclosure with either a…
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August 5th, 2007 by: Technabob
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I’ve seen all sorts of variations on the original Rubik’s Cube puzzle, but never one quite like this.
EastsheenCubes take multiple mini-cubes and join them together to form one crazy looking version of the classic mindbender. With the cubes intersecting one another, I’m betting that complicates things just a little…
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July 26th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Have an old Macintosh G4 Cube computer lying around? Why not transform it into an enclosure for a modern Mac Mini?
Like the abandoned shell of a hermit crab, Mac enthusiast Rich Willis removed the innards of the old G4 cube and filled its guts with his Mac Mini as…
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July 12th, 2007 by: Technabob
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If solving that old 3×3 Rubik’s Cube is too daunting for you, maybe this version will make things a bit easier.
The miniature 2×2 Cube is just one example of the kind of ridiculous stuff that people attach to their cell phones in Japan. Online mega-mall Rakuten has these mini-cubes…
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July 9th, 2007 by: Technabob
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While I’ve seen some small computers in my time, I think this one might set the record for a fully-functional PC.
Japanese manufacturer Shimafuji has developed the Space Wire Cube PC. The system manages manages to cram an entire PC into a 2-inch cube that fits in the palm of…
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June 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Think those old Rubik’s Cube… puzzles are just too easy for your giant brain? Well have I got a real mind-bender for you to solve.
These Irregular IQ Cube puzzles might just blow your head off. Somehow, you’ll need to figure out how to get all of these oddly-shaped, color-coded
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May 21st, 2007 by: Technabob