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flexpeaker: paper-thin speakers could mean your e-newspaper might one day read itself to you

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Wouldn’t it be cool if your could get some speakers that are even thinner than that ultra-slim flat TV you’ve got hanging on the wall? Well you might not have to wait long thanks to this new technology that produces speakers that are as thick as a sheet of paper. And did I happen to…

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October 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio future tech strange + wonderful technology

notepod paper iphone notepads: no 2 year contract required

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Whether you’re a professional app developer who wants to sketch interface design ideas, or you just want a cool notepad on your desk, you’ll want to check out Notepods, clever pads of paper designed to look like an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Each Notepod is a pad of 100 pages of paper with a simulated…

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September 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design mobile tech

blinking e-ink name badges on the way. why? why not?

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The only thing more unnecessary than a name badge that says “Hello, my name is…” is one that blinks. Sorta like the old HTML <BLINK> tag that most of us had the good sense to stop using about a decade ago.

Thanks to the fine folks at Korea’s Neolux, we’ll soon be staring at blinking…

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September 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech technology

papercraft speakers crank out modern tunes in retro form

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Who says your speakers have to be made out of wood, plastic or metal? These retro mini speakers prove that papercraft speakers look just as good.

Each one of these miniature speaker kits from Japan’s Princeton is a DIY papercraft project. You’ll need glue, scissors, and X-Acto to assemble these models for yourself (assembly manual…

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September 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design just plain fun technology

wall-e pinata filled with candy, not garbage

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Give this WALL-E a good whack with a baseball bat, and it’ll spew forth its guts filled with candy goodness.

The handmade WALL-E pinata comes from Etsy seller victorof1980s, complete with predetermined weak spots to make sure that your candy comes tumbling to the ground when beaten. It’s perfect for giving your kids a momentary…

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September 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft

clamshell ibook greeting cards say happy birthday from mac to you

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Remember the old clamshell Apple iBook laptop? Well even if you don’t I still think these iBook greeting cards are cool.

Handmade by Etsy paper artist Cadiz Cards, the iCard comes in sets of three, including classic blueberry, indigo and key lime iBooks, each one with a tiny screen that comes blank for you to…

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June 4th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing geek art + craft retro

evil paper wizards beware, castle crashers papercraft are here

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Deviantartist crzisme saw a Castle Crashers papercraft model on Behemoth’s dev blog, but he couldn’t find the model’s original template. So he decided to make his own paper model based on the image he saw. This is what he came up with:

The model’s head could be a tad bigger in my opinion, but overall crzisme…

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April 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys geek art + craft just plain fun video games

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turn your old tickets into x-wing fighters

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Have some old concert or train tickets lying around? With a little folding, some X-Acto knife skill and a whole lot of patience, you can turn those old tix into some tiny little X-Wing Fighters. Paper-master Hubert de Lartigue shows you how-to do it with a Paris METRO ticket here.

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March 10th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys geek art + craft quickpix

worlds smallest gadgets: too small for my fat fingers

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Thanks to breakthroughs in miniaturization, electronic gadgets keep getting tinier and tinier. But this is just ridiculous.

These teeny-weeny computers, consoles and consumer electronics are actually made out of paper. Created by papercraft artist Sonicscape Jun (the same guy who gave us the microscopic Nintendo DS Lite), these iconic paper models are amazingly detailed.

The…

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March 7th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets geek art + craft just plain fun media players technology video games

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papercraft mario characters are totally cube-ular

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You can grab these DIY paper cut-out Mario, Piranha Plants, question mark blocks and a variety of tasty mushrooms over at CubeeCraft – where everyone has a square head.

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February 28th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft quickpix video games

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origami hamburger and fries: low cal fast food [papercraft]

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Make your own Happy Meal with this origami fast food lunch imported from Japan. I’m not sure about the nutritional value of ink-covered paper and Scotch tape, but it’s got to be better than a Quarter Pounder with Cheese and a Large Fry. Available from The Curiosity Shoppe for $6 bucks.

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February 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft interactive quickpix strange + wonderful

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the real paper mario [board game]

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This awesome papercraft Mushroom Kingdom board game was created by designer Ashley Buerkett. I’m not sure this was what Nintendo was thinking when they released Paper Mario.

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

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun quickpix video games

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