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ipod cluster media: multiple ipod touches get in sync to form giant display

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This interactive work of art uses 20 individual iPod Touches, tied together to produce synchronized visuals across all of the displays.

Created by Japan’s PROTOTYPE design team, iPod Cluster Media is an early proof-of-concept that stitches multiple independent iPod Touches into a hive-mind display wall. Each iPod Touch knows what the other one is up…

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November 7th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: interactive media players technology video

snatch this computer remote control for your iphone and ipod touch

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Every day that I use my iPhone, I discover yet another cool trick that I never knew I could do the day before. This time, it comes in the form of a little app called Snatch, which lets you turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a completely programmable remote for interacting with applications on your Mac or PC.

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October 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing media players mobile tech technology

proloquo2go: iphone app gives speech impaired a voice

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The iPhone app store is loaded up with tens of thousands of apps ranging from video games, to GPS software to fart apps. But here’s an application that can actually change lives. Proloquo2Go is an amazing iPhone and iPod Touch app that helps people with speech impairments communicate wherever they go.

Created by AssistiveWare, Proloquo2Go…

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September 25th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio gadgets media players mobile tech technology

retro skins make for delicious apple gadgets

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Infectious is like Threadless for your gadgets – the designs are submitted by users, so you’re bound to find something that suits your tastes. Here are a bunch of retro laptop, iPod and iPhone skins currently available at Infectious:

The awesome cassette tape player skin is called Retro Stuff is Better, designed by Tony Aguero.…

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August 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets geek art + craft just plain fun retro

qlocktwo clock tells the time with words

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The QLOCKTWO is a gorgeous modern timepiece uses letters, not numbers to tell you the current time.

Designed by Biegert & Funk, the QLOCKTWO displays text that describes the current time using statements like “IT IS NINE O’CLOCK” or “IT IS FIVE PAST TWO”. Individual minutes are conveyed through the tiny white dots in the…

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August 19th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

enviro-bear 2010: best iphone driving game ever (with bears)

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Now let me start by saying this. When I say “best”, I really mean “weirdest”, but once you check out Enviro-Bear 2010 for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you’ll understand why I say that.

Actually, according to Destructoid’s Anthony Burch’s review of the PC version, Enviro-Bear is the “best, and only bear-driving-a-car-simulator”, which I have…

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July 11th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun strange + wonderful video games

wifipad turns your iphone into a wireless game controller

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I just came across this nifty new free app over on the iTunes App Store that lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control video games on your computer.

WifiPad provides you with the ability to control any game that uses the keyboard on your computer over a Wi-fi connection. Since you can…

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June 12th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech technology video games

rock out with your gadgets out

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Ah, the sweet sounds of music produced with your favorite multi-use electronic devices! There’s always something amazing about the lengths people will go to in order to squeeze the most out of their gadgetry, and it makes even the simplest music ten times better. If you can manage to use every dang gadget in the…

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May 11th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful video games

sgp skins add metal accents to iphones and other gadgets – just watch out for the sharp edges!

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While some of us love the clean minimal design of our iPhones, I’m sure some of you guys would prefer to give your gadgets a little more personal flair. If you’re looking for something a bit out of the ordinary, these metal gadget skins might do the trick.

Made by SGP, these metal skins are…

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May 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design gadgets hacks + mods media players mobile tech technology

amazon has monopoly on ipig ipod dock

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This is why the people at Amazon are rich while the rest of us are earning debts: Amazon exclusives. Sheer Genius. So what should you pay them for next? Punch those credit card numbers in you sucker you, because Speakal’s iPig iPod Dock is here.

Look at that cute little Amazon exclusive. But the iPig…

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March 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets home entertainment just plain fun media players

ipwned: flaw in ipod touch 2g makes it “pwned for life” [or... tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak]

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The iPhone Dev Team recently revealed that a fatal flaw in the iPod Touch 2G’s boot ROM makes the device open to jailbreak regardless of any firmware updates that Apple may release. In other words, Apple can do nothing to jailbreak-proof the iPod Touch 2G.

An entry in the iPhone wiki explains the exploit as…

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March 13th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: hacks + mods media players mobile tech technology

band uses iphones, vocal cords to cover mgmt song

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Sure, the iPhone looks good, but can it make a sandwich? Wash the car? Serve as instruments for an entire band? Mark that last item off the list of outrageous demands, because British band The Mentalists have managed to perform an entire song using only the power of several iPhones (and their own voices).

The…

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March 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: gadgets just plain fun mobile tech technology

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