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Spinning LED Clock Uses Image Persistence to Tell Time

Virtual Clock

By rapidly spinning a blade that contains an array of flashing LEDs, this wall clock tells time in a visually striking way.

A thin LED arm, loaded with 33 LEDs spins at 30 revolutions per second to create the illusion of a complete image. When the blade is spinning at…

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June 23rd, 2007 by: Technabob

Iriver Mplayer Gets Mouse Ears From Disney

Disney iRiver Mplayer

Thanks to a branding deal between Disney and iRiver, digital audio players are about to get a whole lot goofier looking.

The kid-friendly Disney Mplayer features a bubbly personality inspired by Mickey Mouse’s famous ears. Playback and volume controls are cleverly integrated into the ear designs.
While the images above…

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June 8th, 2007 by: Technabob

Tamagotchi Music Fever: Weird Media Player of the Day

Tamogatchi Music Fever Media Player

This goofy digital music player from Bandai isn’t really an MP3 player in the traditional sense.

Released for the 10-year anniversary of the popular electronic pet franchise, the $115 Tamagotchi Music Fever player doesn’t connect to your computer. Instead the quirky music player can only directly import music (up to…

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May 26th, 2007 by: Technabob

Giordano Curve LED Watch Turns Time on Its Side

giordano curve watch

Here’s another cool digital watch from the guys over at the LED Watch Stop.

The Giordano Curve LED watch features a matrix of 82 individual LEDs to display the current time in a unique vertical orientation. The watches have a nice stainless steel band, and are water resistant to 30…

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May 25th, 2007 by: Technabob

Sanyo Xcacti E1 Camcorder Goes Swimming

Sanyo Xacti E1

This new digital camcorder from Sanyo features a waterproof design that will let you shoot video without worry of damage from rain or shallow waters.

The $500 Sanyo Xacti E1 isn’t designed to go deep-sea diving, but you can use it for scuba or wet weather days without a problem.…

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May 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob

Pocket Laser Clock: Redux

ThinkGeek Time Laser Projector

A couple of weeks back, I told you about a little clock that projects the time using what was purported to be a laser beam. Turns out that one just used a lame red LED, and could barely muster an image from more than a couple of feet away.

Well,…

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May 19th, 2007 by: Technabob

Flip Video: Camcorder Uploads Direct to Youtube

Flip Video Camcorder

With all of the buzz about “user created content” these days, it was only a matter of time before hardware manufacturers started to create devices with that use specifically in mind. This new line of digital camcorders from Pure Digital comes with built-in integration to YouTube and other online video…

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May 1st, 2007 by: Technabob

Real Fake Watches Can’t Tell Time

RealFakeWatches

German designer Linda Kostowski designed these wacky wearable artworks that look like watches, but they’re really totally phony.

Cut from leather, laser-embellished, then hand-assembled to look like wristwatches, realfakewatches will set you up with a timepiece that says, “who cares what time it is?” Each one displays a randomly selected…

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April 26th, 2007 by: Technabob

Tokyoflash Shinshoku: Another Confusing LED Watch

tokyo_flash_shinshoku.jpg

TokyoFlash today rolled out their latest in their series of cryptic LED watches.

The stainless steel Shinshoku watch animates the current time using a series of LEDs arranged in a honeycomb-like grid. As is usually the case with TokyoFlash watches, you might need to read the instructions before you can…

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April 24th, 2007 by: Technabob

Radiosophy: HD Radio Price Gets Down to Earth

Radiosophy HD Radio

While HD Radio hasn’t really caught on too broadly yet, one company is seeking to accelerate things by launching the first HD Radio receiver under $100.

At just 99 bucks, the HD100 Radio from radiosophy costs about half of the price of the current bottom-of-the-line models. The new radio receives…

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April 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

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