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

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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)…

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

flash beat speaker offers sound-sensitive light show

filed under: audio | home entertainment | strange and wonderful

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…

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November 17th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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

filed under: audio | gadgets | retro

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, and looks like a fake Rubik’s Cube on a stand…

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

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

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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)…

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August 4th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

saturday night speakers do disco stu proud

filed under: just plain fun | retro

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…

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July 17th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led gloves put lights at your fingertips

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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…

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

luxeed led rainbow keyboard: disco on your desk

filed under: computing | design

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…

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August 12th, 2007 40 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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