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Everyone has surely heard of bookshelf speakers. But have you ever heard of coffee table speakers? Well now you can say you have.
The innovative Table of Sound (ToS) coffee table was created by designers Wout Fierens and Miquell van Meelen of Wondering Boys for a recent competition over on designboom. The ToS provides a…
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October 22nd, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: audio design home entertainment
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Space Foosball is a modern-day spin on the old foosball table does away with those mechanical men and ping pong balls and replaces them with pixels and a physics engine.
The cool thing about the virtual foosball players and ball is that they’re still controlled by the same sort of spinny axle controllers that traditional foosball…
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September 21st, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: future tech interactive strange + wonderful technology
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With all of the buzz on the ‘nets about Apple’s upcoming tablet Mac, I think I’ve got the scoop on the original Mac Tablet.
Yvan of Switzerland’s Cosm!k’ Art Deco Team built his Tablet Mac into a coffee table.
The Tablet Mac was built using the brains of an old iBook G4 laptop (running OSX Tiger).…
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September 5th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: computing hacks + mods home entertainment interactive technology

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Fancy yourself a DJ Hero? Looking for a new coffee table? I may have found the perfect thing for your living room.
The Scratch DJ coffee table from Bughouse features a distressed image of a pair of turntables and a mixer under its glass top. As an added bonus, you can customize it by placing…
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July 6th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design geek art + craft quickpix
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23-year old Edo Kriegsmann is not swayed by fads. Okay I don’t actually know that, but it seems that that is the case, as he is defying the HD trend and all that it entails - billion to one contrast ratios, screens with the surface area of small towns and of course stroke-inducing price tags…
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June 17th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: hacks + mods strange + wonderful technology video
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How happy would you be if your all your stuff kept on eating themselves and consequently disappearing? Like, you build a house, and then one random Tuesday you drive home to a plot of land with all of your belongings on it. Or in the afternoon your pants have eaten its way into shorts, and…
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May 31st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: design strange + wonderful weird science
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Theodore Gray is one of the founders of technical computing software company Wolfram Research. But we’re not going to talk about that aspect of his life. You see Gray needed a conference table for his office. He was also reading Oliver Sacks’ Uncle Tungsten. In one of the chapters in the book, Sacks mentioned that…
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February 19th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun strange + wonderful weird science
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Customizing arcade-style gear has become quite the popular hobby lately, with arcade tables and personalized fighting sticks springing up all over. But sometimes these projects go a step beyond the normal, as with this folding table with an inset arcade controller.
Want to sit down while you play? No problem. Don’t want to hold your…
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February 5th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: cool toys hacks + mods video games
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When we were kids we discovered the joys of arcade classics like Elevator Action, Lode Runner and Star Force. Years later we would discover booze, another crucial element in our pursuit of happiness/self-destruction. I’m sure you’ve spent many wasted nights wondering how you can combine the two. Well your wondering is officially over, because the Arcade Mania is…
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December 6th, 2008
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author: lambert v.
filed under: home entertainment just plain fun retro video games
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Now I love AVP as much as the next gal, but I have to say that I think these tables might be going a bit too far.
There are two options available, “crouching position alien” and “emerging from alien egg alien.” They’re made from car and bike parts, tools and other pieces of recycled metal, and…
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September 9th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: design
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LunaBlocks are giant Lego-like blocks that you can use to make furniture!
LunaBlocks were designed by Thierry Nahon & Philippe Landecker, who say they are all about “the transformation and enlargement of bricks used in building games for children.” Which means that no actual Legos were harmed, or even referenced, in the making of these…
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June 5th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun
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This has got to be my favorite piece of furniture, ever. Not only does this coffee table look like a giant NES controller, it’s actually fully functional!
Lovingly constructed by Kyle Downes of Ultra Awesome, the table also offers ample storage for all of his other gaming systems.
What’s the last time you saw an…
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May 9th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft retro video games
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