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hypnoseye turns your iphone into a projector

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The HypnosEye lets you project images from the screen of your iPhone, iPod Touch or other mobile device onto a screen. Nope, it doesn’t take the video signal and project it using a separate light source – it actually uses a special anti-glare mirror and lens to blow up the screen onto a projection surface.…

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November 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets mobile tech video

smartfish trumotion wireless mouse fights wrist strain bobblehead style

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Newly formed company Smartfish Technologies teamed up with the New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) to come up with a wireless mouse designed to prevent and alleviate wrist strain. The result? A bobblehead mouse. Well, not exactly but the TRU:MOTION mouse’s “thing” is that it pivots and conforms to the direction and angle of…

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June 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design future tech gadgets technology

obsolote floppy disk becomes equally obsolete cd-r disc

floppy disk cdr 3.5-inch disk optical rewriteable

Feeling retro? If you’ve got a hankering to cram an old 3.5″ floppy disk into your computer, but it has no floppy drive, now you can live out your floppy fantasies by stuffing one into your almost as outdated CD-R drive.

These CD-R discs may be square, but they’ll work in a standard CD or…

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January 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design just plain fun

lomo split camera will have you seeing double

Looking for a new way to unleash your creative freedom? Check out this wacky camera which lets you combine multiple images onto a single frame of film.

The Lomo Split-Cam uses special adjustable light blockers which let you prevent the top, bottom, left or right section of standard 35mm film from being exposed before advancing…

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October 10th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

rubber ducky mouse for your inner bert or ernie

Rubber Ducky Mouse

The rubber ducky mouse is a mouse that has a little duck floating in some blue liquid at the bottom, to make your computing experience a tad more whimsical.

Rubber duckies always, always, always make me think of Bert and Ernie. I guess I just watched too much Sesame Street as a child. Just seeing this…

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July 10th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: computing just plain fun

deluo mouse combines pointing, gps in same package

Deluo MouseGPS USB Mouse

Here’s one from the “why didn’t I think of that” file. The bright minds at computer accessory-maker Deluo have created a mouse that doubles as a GPS receiver for your portable computer.

The Deluo MouseGPS embeds a GPS receiver inside of the shell of a USB optical scroll mouse. While you probably won’t be using…

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October 7th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gps + navigation mobile tech

mouse + calculator = mouse-u-lator?

Mouse-U-Lator

Here’s a combo gadget that seems like a pretty good idea on paper, but I don’t know how practical it really is. This USB device from Lexibook mixes an optical mouse, a calculator and a numeric keypad in a single package.

It’s got a full calculator with an LCD screen and the mouse even has…

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July 31st, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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xbox 360 fan adds more outputs than you’ll ever need

Xbox 360 Fan Attachment w/ Ports

This new fan attachment for the back of the Xbox 360 gives you much more than just supplemental cooling. It actually adds a variety of direct-access connectors to the back of the console, eliminating the need for special adapter cables.

Along with two cooling fans, the add-on gives you easy access to VGA, Component, Composite…

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June 23rd, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games

sony vn-cx1a: mouse skype phone combo

Sony VN-CX1a Mouse

Sony Japan recently released a new USB mouse with a unique twist. Simply pick up the mouse from your desktop, and it flips open to become a Skype telephone handset.

The Sony VN-CX1A telephone mouse is a fully-functional optical mouse which works with all Windows PCs. Pick it up, and open it and it transforms…

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May 27th, 2007 comments (9) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets