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sega hitokara karaoke disco ball: just add off-key vocals

Segatoys Hitokara Home Karaoke

You’ve gotta hand it to the Japanese. They managed to take the strains of howling, tone deaf, drunken business executives and turn them into a multi-billion dollar yen industry. Now you can bring the Karaoke experience to your living room, complete with a cheezy disco light show. (Minus the drunk business executives).

While it’s far…

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November 22nd, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio cool toys just plain fun mobile tech

flash beat speaker offers sound-sensitive light show

Flash Beat Speaker Light

Nope, this wild glowy sphere isn’t some sort of newfangled plasma weapon. Actually, what you’re looking at is a combination speaker/light show that’s perfect for your next big dance party.

Inside the transparent red plastic orb of the Zumreed Flash Beat is a downward-firing speaker, surrounded by a rapidly spinning pink light. As your tunes…

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November 17th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio home entertainment strange + wonderful

rubik’s cube disco light: your party just got 200% nerdier

Rubiks Cube Disco Light

The Retro Cube Stereo Speaker and Mood Light, in theory, brings the latest in LED and rhyhmic technology to an old familiar shape. In reality, however, it’s more like an unholy marriage between a Rubik’s Cube and the Saturday Night Fever dance floor.

This is a speaker that flashes its LEDs in time with your music,…

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September 19th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: audio gadgets retro

luxeed led keyboard hits the u.s. (finally)

Luxeed LED Keyboard

One of the most popular posts of all time on Technabob was the wondrous Luxeed multi-color LED keyboard. While it sure looked cool, it was nearly impossible to get outside of its native land of Korea. So I’m thrilled to let you know that they’re finally available in the U.S. (sans the Korean characters).

Thanks…

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August 4th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets strange + wonderful

saturday night speakers do disco stu proud

Disco Speakers

I was researching a different story altogether, when I came across these awesome desktop speakers which look like little disco dancers.

At first glance, I actually thought they looked like South Park’s Eric Cartman dressed up like fat Elvis with a jumbo 1970s ‘fro. But maybe that’s just my mind playing weird tricks on me…

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July 17th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun retro

led gloves put lights at your fingertips

LED Light Up Gloves

Just in case you’re still living in the early 1990s and heading out to a rave this weekend, you might want to add these to your outfit before you head out onto the dance floor.

This pair of battery-powered gloves have a set of bright LEDs built into the fingertips. In addition to a brilliant…

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May 16th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful

luxeed led rainbow keyboard: disco on your desk

Luxeed LED Keyboard

Is that drab old monochromatic keyboard getting you down? This keyboard from Korea’s Luxeed features color changing LEDs under each and every key.

While it can certainly be used to produce seizure-inducing displays of blinking color, the keyboard comes with software that lets you do more subtle things, like just set the keyboard to a…

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August 12th, 2007 comments (45) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design