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tiny dvr camera is a ball

gadgets | media players

Camball DVR

Within this tiny little black orb lives a tiny little digital video camera. What makes the Camball unique is its totally self-contained digital video recorder.

All of the requisite electronics are crammed into a sphere that’s just a hair smaller than a ping pong ball.

The Camball can record 320×240 or 640×480 resolution video using MPEG-4 encoding…

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August 1st, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

these speakers give your ipod balls

just plain fun | media players

iPod Ball Speaker by ZumReed

This odd little speaker for your portable media player distinguishes itself by its spherical shape.

ZumReed’s Sound Ball speaker hangs on your key chain or a book bag, and plugs into the audio jack on your iPod or other media player when your ready to play your tunes.

The little plastic ball comes in pink, lime green and purple, and has a built-in rechargeable battery (charges via USB)…

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July 16th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

moonlight speakers project sound and light

design | home entertainment

Moonlight 360 Surround Orb Speakers

At first glance, you’d look at these pictures and think that these were some pretty cool lighting fixtures. You’d be right. But in addition to casting a warm glow, these illuminated orbs are actually speakers.

Moonlight’s light globes conceal speakers which can handle from 120 to 200 watts of amplification — more than enough to pack some serious punch…

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January 21st, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

o mighty isis, this is one tough puzzle

design | just plain fun

ISIS Puzzle

Let me start by saying this — the glorious ISIS puzzle was designed with one mission in mind — to be the most difficult puzzle ever made. Handmade in England using aluminum alloy, the puzzle not only is insanely challenging, it looks really, really cool sitting on your table.

Each spherical puzzle has a set of movable bands, covered with hieroglyphic images…

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October 9th, 2007 13 comments stumble it! author: technabob

boing balls change color when you squeeze them

gadgets | just plain fun

BOING Balls LED Colored Juggling Balls

Boy, does that sound painful, or what? Actually, it’s fun. These colorful rubber BOING Balls (not to be confused with the classic Amiga orb of the same name) have a set of tri-colored LEDs inside of them, and change hues when you apply pressure to them.

The rubber balls can cycle between 7 different shades in three modes: constant color, slow cycle and quick cycle…

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October 6th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

360-degree speaker produces sound in every direction

design

Spherical Speaker by Pieter Maes

Industrial designer Pieter Maes, one of the artists responsible for developing LaCie’s cool golden hard drive created this design for a cluster of speakers which are formed into a near perfect sphere.

By joining a number of individual speaker cones to a single central spider-like structure, the orb can project sound in every direction…

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September 28th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

10,000 led orbs land in a field in italy

design | strange and wonderful

Massimo Silenzio LED Orb Installation

Artist Giancarlo Neri has put together this stunning installation which places 10,000 individual colored LED orbs in a field. Each sphere gradually cycles through colors, creating a beautiful, dramatic vista.

While the illuminated globes are absolutely stunning by night, they’re equally as interesting when turned off during the daylight hours…

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September 9th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

magic ball: your personal clean air act

gadgets

Antibac2k Magic Ball Air Cleaner

Does your closet smell like old gym socks? Is Fido stinking up the place and making you sneeze? Does somebody like onions and runny French cheese? If this sounds like your house, perhaps you could us one of these.

The Antibac2k Magic Ball kills unpleasant odors, as well as removes allergens and contaminants from the air around you…

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August 26th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

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