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street headphones: loud in more ways than one

lambert v. — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:05:47 +0000

A byproduct of Brian Garret Schuur’s graduate thesis (pdf), the Street Headphones has a laser sintered (i.e. melted) polyamide outer shell. Made using rapid manufacturing, customers can personalize the shell by having something custom etched into it, like the names of your favorite musicians, as shown below.

Just don’t be a poser and have things on there that you don’t really know about. If I were to buy a pair I think I’d use song lyrics…

…but I can’t afford it: A pair of Street Headphones sells for a wallet-thumpin’ €833 (approx. $1, 140 USD) at Freedom of Creation.

[via MoCo Loco]

my little colossus is too cute to be slain

lambert v. — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:26:04 +0000

Until recently, I wasn’t aware that there’s a diabolically awesome trend that involves customizing My Little Pony figures, like this horrifying L4D Hunter Pony. Shame on me. Time to catch up! deviantART member Blondeyetti took a pony, applied some “Sculpey, stone effect spray paint, acrylics and “burnt grass” flocking” to come up with a seventeeth being for Wander to defeat.

And just like the other colossi, this equine monster has a body part that Wander can exploit – the grass or moss on its rear legs will provide the Shadow of the Colossus hero with a means of clambering up its body so that he can repeatedly stab its weak point. Or, you know, he can just crush this tiny threat under his feet. This thing is what, 5 inches tall?

[via hawtymcbloggy]

colorware brings the black macbook back, but it’s gonna cost you

lambert v. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:43:37 +0000

When it comes to their laptops, Apple has a bit of a sadistic side, adding neat features only to take them away soon after. For example, the Firewire port was a staple of the polycarbonate Macbooks, and then it was removed from the first Unibody 13.3″ Macbooks, only to be returned in the new 13.3″ Macbook (semi)Pros. The black Macbooks are another of Apple’s hit ideas that they seem to have forgotten, despite appeals from numerous fans for an updated version. Colorware knows that there are at least 10 die-hard “Blackbook” fans out there willing to give away their firstborn child just to own a laptop in black casing. The good news? You don’t have to lose any of your children. $6,000 (USD_ will do.

That must be the color of a Sith Lord’s soul. Mmmmm want. Then again, it’s $6,000. So what else will you get for that kind of cash? Colorware’s so-called “Stealth” is a 15″ Macbook Pro with a matte widescreen display (yet another feature that wasn’t broke), 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM, and a 256 GB SSD.

Now I know what you’re thinking, ’cause I’m psychic like that, and the answer is: $4,249. That’s how much it would cost if you bought an equally pimped-out 15″ MBP at an Apple Store. You could even spend a lot less than that if you buy the additional 4 GB RAM and the SSD from a third-party vendor.

Then again, this laptop is BLACK, and as I said, there are only 10 of these available. Nah, who am I kidding. IT AIN’T WORTH THE EXTRA $1,750 PEOPLE!

But if you have the money to burn, I think you should go buy it at Colorware ASAP. I’m sure there are more than 10 idiots people out there willing to pony up the money for this gimmick.

[via Engadget]

new soda bottle tech lets you mix your own flavors

technabob — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:14:10 +0000

In the future, you’ll be able to customize more and more products to your own liking, and why should beverages be any different?

This new technology from Ipifini, called “Choice-Enabled Packaging,” provides bottles of soda with multiple flavor “buttons,” which can be pressed to create your own customized soft drink flavors.

A programmable bottle with four flavors and a caffeine button can produce up to 32 unique concoctions. A six-button prototype has been produced which can create 64 combinations. Bring on those cherry lime vanilla sodas!

[via Technovelgy via CNET]