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cool red cube hides a high-tech label maker

filed under: gadgets

King Jim Label Maker

Inside this unassuming red cube lurks a fancy shmancy label making system.

Click the black button and the top opens up to reveal a keyboard and LCD screen. The keyboard appears to be a standard US qwerty version, but unfortunately (for those of us who can’t read Kanji characters, that is) the screen text looks to be in Japanese…

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June 16th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

nooka watches tell time with digital bars

filed under: design | timepieces

Nooka Watches

Nooka watches tell time using four digital bars. The top bar shows hours 1-6, the second shows hours 7-12, the third shows minutes, and the bottom shows seconds. Are you confused yet?

While the watches in this set all function in the same way, Nooka offers several choices for style and color- camo, rubber, leather, or metal…

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June 15th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

led/lcd cat clock glares at you with glowing eyes

filed under: strange and wonderful | timepieces

Cat Head Alarm Clock

Somewhere around 3 or 4 in the morning, at the deepest point of my R.E.M. sleep, my orange tabby insists on jumping into the bed, meowing incessantly, as he plots to claw my eyeballs out. Now I’ve got a whole different way for a cat to freak me out and jar me awake from my slumber.

The Multi Color Magic Cat clock displays the current time and date inside a pair of glowing LCD eyeballs…

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June 6th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

tokyoflash nekura led/lcd watches glow in multiple colors

filed under: design | timepieces

TokyoFlash Nekura LED/LCD Watches

Looking for a modern watch, but can’t make up your mind what color you want? That’s okay, because with the latest funky watch from Tokyoflash - the Nekura -encourages your indecisiveness.

The new watches use a hybrid LCD / LED display technology, which lets you choose a color on a whim…

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June 3rd, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

retractable calculator rears its metal head

filed under: design | gadgets

LEXON Jet Calculator Gold

I don’t usually get too excited over the prospects of owning a new calculator, but sometimes industrial design just reaches out and speaks to me. Such is the case with designer Theo Williams’ new Jet Calculator from LEXON. The modern, minimal calculators feature a substantial metal case and a unique dot-matrix display that retracts into the case when not in use…

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June 3rd, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

control your tv with your watch; look like a dork

filed under: gadgets | home entertainment | timepieces | video

Remote Control Watch

This really attractive (ahem) digital watch comes with a remote control that you can use to control your TV. Because who wants to use a remote control when you can use this watch instead? It makes perfect sense! It seems this is just the next logical step that cheap-o watch manufacturers were forced to take when the calculator watch went out of vogue…

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May 23rd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

rubik’s cube clock is unsolveable

filed under: just plain fun | timepieces

Rubik\

If you spent way too many hours of your childhood trying to solve that infuriating Rubik’s Cube, now you can have a constant reminder of your frustration every single morning when you wake up.

This Rubik’s-inspired clock takes the basic design concept of the classic cube puzzler, and turns it into an LCD digital alarm clock…

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May 17th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

steampunk computer accessories hit ebay

filed under: computing | hacks-mods

Steampunk Computer Monitor and Keyboard

This certainly isn’t the first time that I’ve seen a steampunk computer design, but it’s a quick way for you to turn your machine into something that H.G. Wells himself would be proud of. Recently sighted over on eBay, here’s a set of custom-modded steampunk accessories for your PC…

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May 15th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

averatec all-in-one pc looks nothing like an imac

filed under: computing | design

Averatec All-in-One 2nd Gen PC

Korean PC manufacturer Averatec has tossed their hat back into the all-in-one computer ring with this new model that bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple’s latest iMac models.

The Averatec All-in-One (AIO) PC looks much like an iMac dressed in black. But under the hood, it’s all about Windows…

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May 14th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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