Archive for March 2007

For those of you who want to have a big flat-panel TV and want satisfy the wife/girlfriend factor too, this new fireplace could be just the trick. This innovative fireplace designed by Picture House lets you conceal your flat-panel LCD or Plasma behind the fireplace when not in use. Available in several modern and classical designs, the clever cabinets feature a ventless fireplace that requires no chimney or flue.

A couple of years back, Immersion sued Sony for $91 million for infringing on their patents when they made their Dual Shock controllers for the PlayStation 2. The company claimed that Sony was using patented force-feedback technologies without paying royalties.

A while back I wrote about a deconstructed LED clock which breaks out the digits of the current time into four individual LED blocks. This new clock takes the idea in the opposite direction, by displaying all four digits on a single LED digit. The Single Digit Clock Kit consists of a single 7-segment LED which displays the time as a sequence of numbers, one at a time.

Nyko revealed their new cooling system for the Sony PlayStation 3 console this week, and all I can say is: does anyone really need this? The $25 Intercooler for PlayStation 3 features a whopping FIVE additional fans, and wraps around the back, bottom and side of your PS3, making the mammoth console just that much larger, and ruining the console’s virtually silent operation.