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monkeylectric monkey lights make bike wheels fly through the night in a splash of color

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Here’s a great way to pimp out your bicycle without having to give it a metallic banana seat or stuffing those sparkly pom-pom things into your handlebars.

MonkeyLectric’s Monkey Lights snap onto the spokes of your bicycle and provide an amazing, colorful light show as you pedal through the streets at night.

You’ll have no…

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February 17th, 2009 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun timepieces

freewheeler speaker looks like a tire, priced like a car

Viteo Freewheeler Outdoor Wireless Speaker

Nope, this isn’t some crazy whitewall tire for your car. It’s actually a high-end wireless outdoor speaker which can be rolled around anywhere you want.

Designed by Ron Arad and Frances Pellisari for Austria’s Viteo, the Freewheeler produces high quality stereo sound indoors or out. The speaker measures in at about 22.8″ tall x 9.8″…

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August 8th, 2008 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design home entertainment strange + wonderful

porsche wheel casemod does rock, won’t roll

Porsche Wheel Case Mod

This automotive-inspired casemod embeds a complete high-end PC built inside an alloy wheel from an SUV.

The liquid cooled SLI-Machine Wheel PC is loaded into an 18-inch wheel from a Porsche Cayenne, then wrapped up in a Bridgestone Dueler H/P radial tire to round things out.

An intense green neon backlighting system gives the computer…

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December 18th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods

magicwheel: 20 mph on a single wheel

Magic Wheel

This dramatic looking mode of transportation is said to be the modern day replacement for the skateboard.

Using a single large bicycle (or I guess that would be unicycle) wheel in front and a smaller caster in the rear for steering, it lets you achieve speeds up to 20 miles per hour, simply using your…

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July 23rd, 2007 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun