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led alarm blocks deconstruct the time

filed under: design | timepieces

LED Cube Alarm Clock by Seiji

Looking for something a little different to set on your bedside table? This new alarm clock tears apart the hours, minutes and seconds and places them on individual time-telling blocks.

Seiji’s LED block alarm clock are interconnected using ribbon cables with enough slack in them to let you stack them pretty much any way you like…

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posted: July 8th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

karlsson station hologram: the clock has two faces

filed under: design | timepieces

Karlsson Hologram Clock

Here’s a nifty clock that’s a bit more dynamic than what you’d typically see hanging on your wall. Depending on the angle you view it from, the face either shows simple hash marks or numerals around the dial…

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posted: July 7th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

eino ipod dock is perfectly portable

filed under: media players | mobile tech

eino iPod Speaker Dock

I just love the industrial design of this compact portable sound dock for the iPod. The einö Portable Speaker System is small enough to fit in your purse or backpack, so it’s the perfect companion for traveling with your media player…

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posted: June 13th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

qwerty wallet holds cash, credit, but not your keys

filed under: geek art & craft

QWERTY Keyboard Pocketbook by Quiet Doing

Perfect for those of you who like a little geek with your chic (or is that the other way around?), this quirky QWERTY keyboard design wallet helps you keep all your personal items in order…

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posted: May 25th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

word clock slowly reveals the time with text

filed under: design | timepieces

Animated Word Clock by Christiaan Postma

This has got to be one of the most amazing clock designs I’ve ever seen. At first glance, the display looks like a bunch of random matchsticks, but over time, they gradually transform into words that tell the time…

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posted: April 19th, 2008 stumble it! 46 comments author: technabob

ascii curtain has plenty of character(s)

filed under: design | strange and wonderful

ASCII Curtain by Nienke Sybrandy

This cool fabric curtain may look like a tree from afar, but once you’re up close, you’ll see that it’s made of tens of thousands of tiny ASCII characters…

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posted: March 15th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

clock combines digital, analog worlds

filed under: design | timepieces

D/A Clock by Alvin Aronson

This amazing clock combines the 7-segment look of a modern LED or LCD clock, but messes with your head by making the digits come to life with a mechanical movement.

Designed and realized by RISD BFA student Alvin Aronson, the D/A Clock is a clever mash-up between the digital and analog universes…

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posted: March 12th, 2008 stumble it! 14 comments author: technabob

reppo II backpack: boombox on your back

filed under: design | mobile tech

Reppo II Boom Box Backpack by Joonas Saaranen

This modern backpack is sure to draw attention as you walk down the street — especially if you’ve got the volume cranked up. You see those big black patches? They’re loudspeakers…

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posted: March 12th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

extra normal watch isn’t so normal after all

filed under: design | timepieces

Extra Normal Watch

These minimal analog watches have a little secret. Using some clever optical trickery, the current hour gradually appears and disappears from view.

You see, that hour hand isn’t really a hand at all. It’s actually a cutout in a solid round disc covering the face of the watch…

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posted: February 18th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

dragon speakers breathe music not fire

filed under: design | home entertainment

Dragon Speakers by Axelsson

Whether you’re outfitting your media room with a Grauman’s Chinese Theater motif, or you just like scaly reptilians, these dragon speakers are sure to make a dramatic statement in your home…

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posted: February 11th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

led alarm clock is pure as the driven snow

filed under: design | timepieces

White LED Alarm Clock

I just love the clean, minimal design of this white-on-white LED clock from Japan. The simple dot-matrix display is powered by bright white LEDs layered beneath a clear and white acrylic shell.

The clock offers alarm capability, and can be automatically set via a radio signal (although it’s possible this feature only works in Japan)…

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posted: January 26th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

white ps3 coming to america?

filed under: video games

PS3 White on FCC Website

Looks like the Ceramic White color PlayStation 3 (model CECHH01) might be headed to U.S. shores afterall. Originally revealed back in October for release in Asia, updated documents and pictures surfaced on the us FCC website which could indicate that it’s on its way to North America now…

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posted: January 22nd, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

message tape mimics digital displays

filed under: design | just plain fun

Message Tape from Suck UK

This cool decorative tape lets you leave messages by blacking out the the white areas. A brilliantly simple design concept, the tape works in pretty much any language thanks to its free-form display concept…

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posted: January 19th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

starck palindrome watches a study in simplicity

filed under: design | timepieces

Philippe Starck Palindrome Watches

Design virtuoso Philippe Starck continues to crank out some beautifully minimal timepieces, and these are no exception. The Starck Palindrome series offers up a design so clean that it doesn’t even look like it has a minute hand at first glance…

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posted: December 27th, 2007 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

analog clock really wants to be digital

filed under: design | timepieces

EL Analog Clock by &Design

When turned off, this minimal white-on-white wall clock might seem a bit hard to read. But once the bright blue-green hands are switched on, the display come to life.

Designed by Shigenori Ichimura and Tetsu Miyazawa of Japan’s &design, the clock draws its inspiration from the segments of an LED display…

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posted: December 16th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

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