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Vacuum Tube Flash Drives Combine Old School, New School Tech

I’ve already got more flash drives than I know what to do with, but every once in a while I’ll see some that I need to add to my seemingly endless collection anyway. With these cool flash drives made out of old vacuum tubes, you’ll be able to send your data back in time.

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Samsung Hybrid Vacuum Tube Audio Dock: Perfect Mix?

If you’ve gotten tired of the cheap plastic speaker docks that are flying around, then you should be pretty happy with this new wooden dock from Samsung. This is an upscale dock and features vacuum tube technology, which is kind of cool since the resulting sounds should be warmer than your typical digital amp.

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The Block is One Cool-Looking Tube Amplifier

This very cool-looking vacuum tube amplifier was designed by Mateusz Główka. It looks like a solid hunk of metal, but it was made from sheets of aluminum and stainless steel. Each of the individual components has been placed specifically to give the best possible sound and reduce interference.

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Four-Letter Word Generator Might Swear at You

This unusual gadget does one thing, and one thing only. It generates random four-letter words. Peter Hand’s IV-17 Four Letter Word Generator kit comes pre-loaded with a dictionary of 5,400 words (there are some acronyms, and proper nouns in there too).

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Jason Von Nieda’S Tube Clock Tells Time in a Vacuum

This awesome clock was put together by Jason von Nieda, and I have to say that it looks great. It’s definitely one of the best vacuum tube clocks out there! Jason put together this clock in about 4 months.

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USB Speaker Looks Like a Vacuum Tube Amp, but Sure Doesn’T Sound Like One

While this thing certainly looks like some sort high-end audiophile device, it’s actually a cheap desktop speaker for your computer that’s just masquerading as a schmancy tube amp. Created by Japan’s Hanwha, the tube look-a-like speaker plugs into the USB port and audio jack on your computer, and lights up in a cool blue when powered on.

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Neuhaus T-2 USB Tube Amplifier: Simply Expensive. I Meant Exquisite.

Neuhaus Laboratories designed the T-2 with ease of use in mind, but of course with the high quality audio output that we’ve come to expect from Neuhaus. Okay I admit this is the first time I’ve heard of them.

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Arch Audio T2 Vacuum Tube Radio Plays Am, Fm, Mp3, Wma

I was making the regular rounds of my favorite Asian technology sites when I came across this intriguing hybrid of modern and classic technologies. The Arch Audio T2 radio combines the warm analog sounds of a tube-based amplifier with the modern digital sounds of MP3 and WMA files.

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Create Your Own Profanity

If run-of-the-mill, every day profanity just isn’t good enough for you–maybe you’re the type who yells KRAF! when you stub a toe–then you just might be the target market for the Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine, which will merrily generate random four-letter words for you at the rate of one per second.

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Rare Elektronika-7 Vacuum Tube Clock Shows Up on Ebay

When I first spotted this dot-matrix numbers on this clock I thought it was a modern-day blue LED display. But lurking beneath the surface of this timepiece is something far more interesting. What we actually have here is a very rare Russian relic from the early 1980s.

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Vacuum Tube Flash Drives Combine Old School, New School Tech

Samsung Hybrid Vacuum Tube Audio Dock: Perfect Mix?

The Block is One Cool-Looking Tube Amplifier

Four-Letter Word Generator Might Swear at You

Jason Von Nieda’S Tube Clock Tells Time in a Vacuum

USB Speaker Looks Like a Vacuum Tube Amp, but Sure Doesn’T Sound Like One

Neuhaus T-2 USB Tube Amplifier: Simply Expensive. I Meant Exquisite.

Arch Audio T2 Vacuum Tube Radio Plays Am, Fm, Mp3, Wma

Create Your Own Profanity

Rare Elektronika-7 Vacuum Tube Clock Shows Up on Ebay

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