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Growin’ Up Speakers Need to Make Like a Tree and Leaf
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I have seen a bunch of weird speakers in the home theater world before. Typically, the really weird speakers also carry a very high price tag. I guess the makers figure they are more like sculpture than plain old speakers are.… |
March 1st, 2010
The Airplane Hangar Gets Extremely Literal
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I always wondered why they called it an airplane hangar. This clever wall hook system is definitely a clever play on the airplane hang(e)r concept. Created by Kolja Clemens of Germany’s MOM, these cool aluminum airplanes are just the right size and shape for hanging up your leather bomber jacket… |
February 24th, 2010
Recycled Ink Cartridges Get New Life as Lamps
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If you regularly use an inkjet printer, you can certainly try and recycle your cartridges by refilling them with more ink. But get real – most of the time, your empties just end up in the dumpster. Not so with these clever lighting fixtures made from the discarded shells of… |
February 4th, 2010
Bloom Battery Cordless Lamp Lets You Take Your Lighting With You
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At first glance, this might look like any other minimal modern table lamp, but on closer examination, this unique lighting fixture cuts the cord and can go anywhere you go. Designed by Rob Slewe of BLOOM, the Battery portable lamp has a built in battery pack that provides enough juice… |
February 3rd, 2010
Boxetti Transformer Home Theater is Pricey, Yet Fugly
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This home theater system transforms from a display case to a full-on entertainment center. That’s cool, but don’t get your hopes up. It’s way too expensive. Plus, it’s way too ugly. This home theater system is by Boxetti and it’s like having a Transformer in your house. It goes from… |
January 18th, 2010
Rolling Fireplace Makes Fire as Dangerous as Possible
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Sick of having your fireplace stuck in the same room all the time? Well look no further, because this is the rolling fireplace that will set your fire free. Who doesn’t love fireplaces? Heck, even if it’s pretty warm, a roaring fire always does some good. What’s annoying with fireplaces… |
January 3rd, 2010
Mood Chair Tells You How Your Butt is Feeling Today
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That’s is all I need now – furniture that tells me how I’m feeling. Yep, that’s exactly what this glowing chair is all about – detecting your mood, and adjusting its color to match. Created by UK designers Aether & Hemera, the Mood Chair is like a Mood Ring for your ass… |
November 23rd, 2009
Honey, I Got You a Bouquet of Light-Emitting Diodes
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If there’s one thing us geeks know how to do is turn the everyday into something fantastically dorky. Our latest invention? LED flowers, trees and shrubs. This high-tech plantlife does away with such petty annoyances as dirt, water and sunlight, replacing them with an ongoing thirst for electricity. Each kit… |
November 11th, 2009
Line Breaks Won’t Cause Tetris Chair to Vanish From Under You
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I swear some of the best stuff we’ve posted here at technabob has originated from someone’s Coroflot portfolio. In this case, it’s Mexican industrial designer Gabriel Cañas’ Tetris Chair, which is so amazingly gaudy that only Willy Wonka could ever hope to love it. And geeks like me.… |
October 28th, 2009
Table of Sound Integrates Speakers Into Its Legs
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Everyone has surely heard of bookshelf speakers. But have you ever heard of coffee table speakers? Well now you can say you have. The innovative Table of Sound (ToS) coffee table was created by designers Wout Fierens and Miquell van Meelen of Wondering Boys for a recent competition over on… |
October 22nd, 2009
