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multi-color led watch for your many moods

filed under: timepieces

Multi-Color LED Watch from Ohsen

Feeling a little blue today? Green with envy? Why the heck shouldn’t your wristwatch match your mood? Now it can, thanks to this new multi-color LED watch from Ohsen.

Just press the top button to cycle through 7 different backlight colors - perfect for color-coordinating your outfit or your state of mind…

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posted: July 19th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

the candelabra gets an led makeover

filed under: design | retro

LED Candelabra by Lux et Deco

The first thing that pops into my mind when I hear the word “candelabra” is The Phantom of the Opera. The second is Liberace. The third is an old episode of Scooby Doo involving a haunted mansion. I’m reasonably certain that the words electronic and modern aren’t anywhere on the list. Of course, I’ve been wrong before…

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posted: July 18th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

the brain machine will make your head spin

filed under: gadgets | hacks-mods | strange and wonderful

Brain Machine Kit from MAKE

The guys over at MAKE recently showed visitors how to make a “Brain Machine”, a trippy looking device which reaches into your mind and helps you to chill out. Now, thanks to the miracle of modern science, you can buy one in kit form and try it on for yourself…

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posted: July 13th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

led alarm blocks deconstruct the time

filed under: design | timepieces

LED Cube Alarm Clock by Seiji

Looking for something a little different to set on your bedside table? This new alarm clock tears apart the hours, minutes and seconds and places them on individual time-telling blocks.

Seiji’s LED block alarm clock are interconnected using ribbon cables with enough slack in them to let you stack them pretty much any way you like…

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posted: July 8th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

nintendo ds lightsaber stylus won’t cut off fingers

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Nintendo DS Lightsaber Stylus

I’m a sucker for lightsabers. Sure, I’d really like to have an authentic one that could sear off limbs or disintegrate your foes in a single swipe, but as an inhabitant of the real world, I generally have to settle for cheap toys instead. Now your Nintendo DS can get in on the action thanks to these little saber-inspired styli…

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posted: July 1st, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

superior watch should probably be renamed

filed under: design | timepieces

Superior Watch

The “Superior Watch” from Kyle Cherry looks like a minimalist bracelet with LEDs but is, of course, a sneaky watch. The top row is for hours and the bottom row is for minutes.

The website says that each watch is custom-made. That tells you right there it’s expensive. Next it talks about diamonds. Double cha-ching…

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posted: July 1st, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: karen

laluna fiber optic lamp looks like glowing spaghetti

filed under: design

Laluna Fiber Optic Lamp

How’d you like one of these organic glowing orbs hanging from your ceiling? The intricate Laluna chandelier uses brightly lit, intertwined strands of fiber optics to light up your room…

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posted: June 29th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

mathmos led poplights offer colorful light under glass

filed under: design

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…

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posted: June 28th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

diesel scrolling led watch: it’s done with mirrors

filed under: design | timepieces

Diesel Mirror LED Watches DZ7091 DZ7092

Check out these dramatic new watches, courtesy of the house of Diesel. When not displaying the current time, the mirrored surface of the display makes the time disappear into thin air.

Each watch tells time using a scrolling red LED dot-matrix display which floats behind a curvy, shiny electroplated exterior…

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posted: June 11th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

sneakers detect wi-fi while you walk

filed under: strange and wonderful | technology

wifi sneaker

“A Step in the Right Direction” is a sneaker that detects Wi-Fi while you walk, via a tricky network detection unit embedded under the left shoe flap.

The three LEDs on the flap (supposedly) show you how much Wi-Fi action is within 50 meters. If the lights are blinky, you’ve got bupkis…

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posted: June 10th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: karen

firestix led drum sticks: the ultimate rock band add-on

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Firestix LED Lexon Drumsticks

After you decked out your Rock Band rig with a light show and smoke machine, I bet you thought you added all the cheap theatrics you’d ever want. But when I saw these light-up drumsticks, I knew there was just a little more you could do to crank your performances up to 11…

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posted: June 7th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

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…

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posted: June 6th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments 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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posted: June 3rd, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

swashbot 3 is a crabby homemade robot

filed under: geek art & craft | robotics

SwashBot 3

SwashBot 3 is one crabby lookin’ robot- but most impressively he is 100% homemade. For a scrappy little fellow, he’s got some impressive moves.

SwashBot 3 is the latest RC robot in the SwashBot series, following the cute and crabby SwashBot 1 and the more impersonal, wooden SwashBot 2…

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posted: May 27th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: karen

fake tv scares off intruders, saves power

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

FakeTV LED Television Simulator

Ever felt the need to leave a television on to make it look like somebody is home while you’re out of town? This quirky little invention does just one thing - simulate the effect of having left your TV turned on.

The $49 FakeTV uses an array of colored, flashing LEDs to create the illusion of the stroboscopic effect of a television…

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posted: May 20th, 2008 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

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