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retro ufo usb flash drive is totally out of this world

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The aliens have landed! They’ve invaded your laptop and are reading all of your data! Or are they saving all your data and flying it off to the mothership to protect it?

These fun UFO USB flash drives come to us courtesy of crafter OrigamiMe (yeah, I know this isn’t origami). Each one stores 4GB…

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October 9th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro technology

glowing solar led lamp: looks like a ufo landed in your living room

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While I’ve been waiting a really long time for the Alien Abduction Lamp to finally get mass-produced, I guess I’ll have to settle for this glowing green orb lamp from Japan for now.

These little spherical lamps sure look like some sort of retro spacecraft to me, especially the glowing green part, and the tripod…

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August 15th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful

is that you bowie?: ufo seen by entire siberian city

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Can a city full of people be wrong? The residents of Chita in Siberia (population 300,000) claim that at around 6pm last February 15 they saw a giant UFO cross their city at a speed of about 25.2 kph (15.66 mph) and then “disappear over the horizon.” Michael Cohen of all news web says that…

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February 25th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful

roboppi flying copter: the real hoverround

This tiny remote-controlled flying machine from Japan is a combination helicopter, UFO and hovering light show.

A pair of soft, brightly colored rotors help to propel the Roboppi (ROBO-P) flyer upwards and produce stable flight.

As it flies through the air, colored LEDs inside the spinning body of the Roboppi blink rapidly, producing a whirlwind…

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October 29th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

takaratomy qfo flying objects get ready to land on earth

QFO Flying Object from TakaraTomy

Imagine an army of tiny little UFOs whizzing around your head. Now imagine that you could be the one controlling them.

TakaraTomy’s mysterious looking QFOs are pint-sized remote controlled hovering spacecraft which spin through the sky. A little propeller mounted on the bottom of a lightweight foam body gives the QFO its flight.

Each one…

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August 18th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys gadgets just plain fun

itis lamp: it is led. it is modern. it is really cool.

Artemide ITIS LED Lamp by Naoto Fukasawa

The new ITIS desk lamp from Artemide provides dramatic LED illumination in a slick modern package. Thanks to its amazingly flexible adjustable design, the fixture easily takes on a variety of different looks.

Designer Naoto Fukasawa actually took home the coveted Red Dot Design Award for his UFO-like lamp design, which provides both direct and…

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May 12th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design

alien abduction lamp is just brilliant

Lasse Klein’s Abduction Lamp

Every once in a blue moon I come across a concept that’s just amazing, and this is one of those times.

Combining great design and a sense of humor is tough to pull off, but Artist Lasse Klein’s new Abduction Lamp manages it with ease. His sci-fi inspired lamp design features a light-up UFO, “hovering”…

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June 5th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun