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Tired of cheap looking plastic portable speakers? These portable speakers are made out of wood, which not only makes them look swell, but should make them sound better than plastic ones too.
These compact speakers from China’s Microbon Science connect to your PC or portable media player through a 3.5mm…
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August 29th, 2007 by: Technabob
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I guess it doesn’t take much to amuse me these days. Pretty much put an image of Mario, Pac-man or the Space Invaders… on anything handmade and I’ll bite. Today’s crafty goody is this felt mobile that pays tribute to Taito’s classic video game aliens.
A Chicago artist going
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August 27th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This stereo system from Japan’s Amadana may look like something out of the 1970s, but it’s actually quite contemporary under the hood.
Amadana’s DDA-134 compact stereo system has decidedly retro-looking walnut wood enclosures for the speakers, receiver and DVD player, but on the inside, the system is reasonably modern (although…
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August 26th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Somebody sure likes their Creative Zen Stone media player. In fact, this guy loves his enough that he created a mammoth wooden version of his portable media player.
Captain Ødegård’s giant-sized wood media player measures in at 8.25″ x 5.5″ x 2″, giving it about 90-times the volume of a…
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August 23rd, 2007 by: Technabob
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This clock looks quite a bit like those retro Nixie tube clocks, but instead of old vacuum tubes, it uses modern LED technology to achieve a similar result.
B&W’s Tubes Clock features six independent segmented red LEDs encased in little smoked domes. They’re then placed on top of a stainless…
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August 3rd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Ok, I’ll say it now. This music player only plays one tune, “Voi Che Sapete,” from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, …but it sure looks cool doing it.
The Music Orb is a perfectly smooth wooden globe that contains a tiny mechanical music box. Artisans on the fringes of Germany’s
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August 3rd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Long before the recent trend of strange digital timepieces that tell time in binary or in some other cryptic fashion, a little electronics company known as Heathkit made this fun LED clock that told time using Roman numerals.
Back in the late 1980′s this Roman numeral digital clock sold for…
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July 23rd, 2007 by: Technabob
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This little pendant might look like a tiny camera, but it’s secret identity is a digital music player.
The handmade wooden mini-cameras have an embedded Motz Music Box at their core, letting them play MP3, WMA and OGG files.
The only real downside to the player is that it only…
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July 15th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Like to play Guitar Hero 2… on your PS2 or Xbox 360 but don’t want to lug around that full-sized guitar? This new mini guitar from XCM lets you play those rhythm games on a pint-sized version of the controller.
The XFPS Mini Guitar has all the controls you need
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July 13th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Korea’s I-Dear speakers measure in at less than 1-cubic inch and hook up to your favorite media player to provide stereo sound wherever you go.
They’re made from natural hardwoods so they really stand out from the plastic crowd. Each speaker has a built-in rechargeable battery that gives you about…
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July 5th, 2007 by: Technabob