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mathmos led poplights offer colorful light under glass

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Mathmos PopLight LED Glass Light

The Poplight is the latest LED lighting fixture to come from Mathmos, the same guys responsible for the original Lava Lamp back in the 1960s.

Each Poplight is made from handblown glass and gradually fades between shades of blue, purple, violet, magenta, red, and back. The fixtures measure just a little more than 6-inches tall, making them perfect for a bookshelf or other small nook…

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June 28th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

megaman stained glass project: hallelujah.

filed under: geek art & craft | video games

Megaman Stained Glass by Gary in Cleveland

No matter what your religion you belong to, you’ll be a believer in the church of 8-bit platform gaming once you see this brilliant work of stained glass art, based on the classic Megaman gaming franchise.

Created by video game enthusiast / artist Gary in Cleveland, it was painstakingly assembled from numerous individually cut colored glass “pixels”…

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April 20th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

clock drops numbers, doesn’t care what time it is

filed under: design | timepieces

Dropped Numerals Clock by Nextime

Here’s a clock for people who are perpetually tardy, and want to stay that way. All of the digits on the dial of this wall clock have fallen off of the face, causing a major numeric pile-up at the bottom.

 
While Nextime’s Fallen Numeral clock does have a functional time mechanism, it really couldn’t give a damn about the actual time…

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March 22nd, 2008 6 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

asteroids coffee table blasts into hyperspace

filed under: design | video games

Asteroids Coffee Table by C. Macintosh Morrison

If one of your fondest memories of youth is getting blisters on your fingers from zapping space debris and aliens, these most-excellent coffee tables belong in your living room.

Designer C. Macintosh (”Mac”) Morrison plans on creating a limited run of these tables (probably no more than 50 of them) for release sometime this Summer or Autumn…

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February 1st, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

beosound 6: bang & olufsen’s $600 mp3 player

filed under: design | media players

Bang & Olufsen Beosound 6 Media Player

Designer electronics firm Bang & Olufsen has officially announced the release of their new MP3 player, the Beosound 6. As is usually the case with B&O gear, it looks good and has exceptional build quality. As is also the case with their products, it’s extremely pricey, with an MSRP of $600.

So what exactly does plunking down six Franklins get you?..

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October 25th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led lights don’t hide their technology

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Tino LED Accent Lights

Most modern LED lighting fixtures do their best to conceal their individual light emitters for some reason. These colorful Tino fixtures from Lite Source are proud of their high-tech roots, letting the light sources speak for themselves.

While these lights aren’t designed to illuminate an entire room, they’ll definitely add a dramatic accent to any space…

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September 29th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

these space invaders like cocktails

filed under: design | retro | video games

Space Invaders Rocks Glasses by Missval

Leave it to Etsy to turn up with another great video game inspired piece of handywork. Here we’ve got a set of rocks glasses with some excellent etched Space Invaders on ‘em.

They’re the perfect companion to those Pac-Man shot glasses you picked up a couple of weeks ago. I think I’d prepare some Skylab Fallouts to pour into mine…

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September 21st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

zelda mosaic immortalizes link in stained glass

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Zelda Link in Mosaic Stained Glass

Here’s something for true fans of Nintendo’s classic Legend of Zelda adventure series. Etsy contributor ProphetofDoom recently created this wonderful mosaic version of the video game’s protagonist Link.

Handmade from thousands of individually cut pieces of stained glass, it took the artist over three months to complete…

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September 19th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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