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Moonlight Speakers Project Sound and Light

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…

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January 21st, 2008 by: Technabob

O Mighty Isis, This is One Tough Puzzle

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…

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October 9th, 2007 by: Technabob

Boing Balls Change Color When You Squeeze Them

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…

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October 6th, 2007 by: Technabob

360-Degree Speaker Produces Sound in Every Direction

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…

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September 28th, 2007 by: Technabob

10,000 LED Orbs Land in a Field in Italy

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 by: Technabob

Magic Ball: Your Personal Clean Air Act

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…

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August 26th, 2007 by: Technabob

The Earth Watch

Think The Earth WN-1 Globe Watch

This watch uses a tiny globe to tell the time instead of conventional hour and minute hands.
As each hour passes, the globe gradually rotates around the North Pole, making a full revolution every 24 hours. A tiny indicator on the edge of the globe tells you what hour it…

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July 4th, 2007 by: Technabob

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