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

reppo II backpack: boombox on your back

filed under: audio | 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.

Created by industrial design student Joonas Saaranen, the Reppo II backpack features a built in pair of full-range speakers and an amplifier, so you can kick out the jams as you walk down the street…

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March 12th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

extra normal watch isn’t so normal after all

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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. As the disc turns, the hour gradually comes into view, then vanishes as the next hour emerges…

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February 18th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! digg it! 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.

Designed by UK studio Axelsson Design, these awesome dragon speakers look like something that belong in the villain’s lair in a John Woo film…

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February 11th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! 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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January 26th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! 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.

Especially telling are the North American (US/FR/ES) user manuals on the site…

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January 22nd, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! 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.

Perfect for labeling boxes, temporary signage, creating impromptu artworks or modern graffiti, the tape comes in either a dot-matrix or segmented style…

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January 19th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! 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.

Look closer, and you’ll notice that the minute hand is actually replaced by the Starck logo on the watch’s slightly ovoid face…

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December 27th, 2007 5 comments stumble it! digg it! 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. The analog hands get their bright glow from electroluminescent backlighting…

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

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