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wallpaper speakers could become a reality

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Wallpaper Talking

Ever heard the saying “If these walls could talk”? If this invention ever makes it into production, your walls soon could get a voice of their own. This new technology has the potential to turn just about any surface, including your walls, into a speaker…

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May 27th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

throw your monitor at game opponents

filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful | video games

Philips Throwable Game Display Patent

Ever had such a bad game that you wanted to throw your controller at your TV screen? How about a gaming system where chucking your display itself is an integral part of the action?

Philips recently filed a patent application for a video game system which uses a monitor that you can actually toss…

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February 12th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

caution: mouse contents may be hot

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The Mug Mouse

What happens when you combine a computer mouse and a cup of ‘joe? 2nd degree burns? Nope. You get the Mug Mouse, a conceptual design that’s meant to make you slow down when using your computer.

Simply fill the cup with coffee, then plug it into your USB port (or is it the other way around?) and you can sip your Maxwell House between mouse clicks…

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January 24th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

amazing ingenuity in prisoners’ inventions

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Prisoner

Back in 2001, the artists’ collective Temporary Services started a project with a prison inmate named Angelo in which they asked him to document how inmates adapt to their surroundings while confined…

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October 1st, 2006 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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