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Mario Dot Matrix Orginal Art is Pixel-Y Good
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I came across this cool dot-matrix rendition of Mario over on Etsy this morning. Using an original technique the artists refer to as “DOTRIX”, it’s a really unique method for presenting video game (and other pop culture) art. Created by the husband and wife art team of Final Score Products,… |
May 18th, 2008
Word Clock is a Little Too Verbose for Me
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While this wouldn’t be the first time that I came across a clock that tells time with text, it’s certainly the most wordy version that I’ve seen. Singapore designer Hans Tan created the Idea of a Clock II… using a green LED bulletin board to display the current time using |
April 28th, 2008
Shade Pixel: Text You Can Feel
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Instead of using a traditional 2-dimensional display surface, Shade Pixel renders information using a deformable skin surface which provides a 3-dimensional texture to its output. Developed by researchers at the Design Media Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the device uses a dot-matrix array of… |
March 28th, 2008
Ping Pong Printer Produces Perfect Projectiles
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Why print on boring old paper, when you can get your message across on some nice bouncy ping pong balls? The appropriately named PingPongPrinter can print dot-matrix messages directly onto the spherical surface of ping pong balls. Builders Vern Graner and Rick Abbott of The Robot Group used a Parallax… |
February 8th, 2008
LED Alarm Clock is Pure as the Driven Snow
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I just love the clean, minimal design of this white-on-white LED clock from Japan. The simple dot-matrix display is powered by bright white LEDs layered beneath a clear and white acrylic shell. The clock offers alarm capability, and can be automatically set via a radio signal (although it’s possible this… |
January 26th, 2008
Message Tape Mimics Digital Displays
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This cool decorative tape lets you leave messages by blacking out the the white areas. A brilliantly simple design concept, the tape works in pretty much any language thanks to its free-form display concept. Perfect for labeling boxes, temporary signage, creating impromptu artworks or modern graffiti, the tape comes in… |
January 19th, 2008
24: the Early Years
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Check out this never before seen episode of 24…, shot back in the early 1990s. Apparently, CTU’s technology hadn’t come along quite as far as it has today. Seriously, I don’t know what’s funnier, the AOL and Prodigy references, or the old brick cordless phone. |
November 9th, 2007
Ammon Proof Digital Watch is a Real Looker
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These LCD digital timepieces from California’s Ammon Watches really stand out from the crowd.… |
August 10th, 2007
Geek Chic: Dot Matrix Wallet
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Throw out that old duct tape wallet! It’s time for the latest wallet for the… |
September 16th, 2006
