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wii bicycle pedal accessory on the way? bike your way to fitness

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Is the Nintendo Wii going to get a recumbent bike peripheral sometime soon? From the looks of this leaked marketing slide spotted over on NeoGAF (along with another for a rumored Wii Fit Plus) it sure looks like a possibility.

While it’s not clear if the image is from Nintendo or from a 3rd-party accessory…

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August 12th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun technology video games

move over, guitar hero: learn real piano on the nintendo ds

nintendo ds easy piano

You can learn all sorts of things with the Nintendo DS, from foreign vocabulary words to yoga (and even yoga for your face). But why stop there? Starting in November, you’ll be able to use your trusty Nintendo handheld to study piano… with a mini-keyboard attachment and all!

The graphics don’t exactly look spectacular, but…

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June 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: interactive just plain fun technology video games

dj hero due this year with turntable controller

dj hero music turntable activision

You know, I was just thinking that what I needed was another extra piece of hardware to go with my gaming consoles, because even with Balance Boards and fake plastic instruments, there are still a few square inches of space in my living room. Luckily, Activision is releasing an all-new (sort of) music game with…

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January 31st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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clean up your act with mouse-shaped soap

Mouse Soap

This mouse-shaped soap, with the distinctive scroll wheel silhouette, will clean you from head to toe. Of course, after the first use it will pretty much just look like regular soap since it starts out so close to Zest-shape in the first place.

It comes in white or black, because who doesn’t want black suds?…

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July 11th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: computing design strange + wonderful

wooden computer peripherals

Wooden Keyboard

Japanese electronics company Marubeni Infotec recently showed off a line of peripherals which are made out of wood.

Made by design firm Hacoa, the designs include keyboards, USB flash memory drives, a memory card reader and a USB hub, all made from some delightful natural materials.

There’s no word on when or where you’ll be…

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June 7th, 2007 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design

logitech nulooq navigator:use your left hand for something more productive

Logitech NuLOOQ Controller

Logitech’s unique NuLOOQ navigator has been available for over a year now for Mac OSX users, and now software is available for use with Windows XP too.

The NuLOOQ plugs into your USB port and provides quick access to frequently used functions in popular graphic design and multimedia applications, with the greatest productivity enhancements available…

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October 10th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing