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table of sound integrates speakers into its legs

table_of_sound

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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design home entertainment

space foosball: foosball gets virtual

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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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech interactive strange + wonderful technology

the real mac tablet is a coffee table [casemod]

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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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods home entertainment interactive technology

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bughouse scratch dj coffee table won’t play your records

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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 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design geek art + craft quickpix

screw hi-def: student builds 64 rgb-led color tv

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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 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: hacks + mods strange + wonderful technology video

auto-cannibalistic table: environment-friendly, pocket-unfriendly

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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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design strange + wonderful weird science

virtual and literal periodic table are bursting with awesomeness. and elements.

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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 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun strange + wonderful weird science

tray table gets new identity as arcade stick

diy fighting stick arcade tray table

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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys hacks + mods video games

hey you’ve got your arcade in my table

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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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: home entertainment just plain fun retro video games

alien table will probably not go with your decor

alien table

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 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: design

lunablocks are giant legos that make furniture

LunaBlocks table

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 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun

nes controller coffee table: drool.

NES Controller Coffee Table

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 comments (17) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

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