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    Lizard_King: Average cost of item when Gizmodo commenters start referring to fleecing/snake oil tactics: Earbuds - $50 Headphones - $100 HDMI Cables - $10 Audio C... more »
    Noobs-R-Us: You can't just use any old crap wood. You have to use special Brooklyn grown mahogany like Grado. more »
    Nitesh Singh: Pretty big price drop there. You sure these arent a lower-end model instead of an update? more »
    Arken: I'd never buy them. I know I don't ever enjoy any music unless I spend at minimum $2000 on it. more »
    madog: Burning the ground I break from the crowd, I'm on the hunt I'm after you, I smell like I sound. I'm lost and I'm found , And I'm hungry like the term... more »
    met2art: Ugly and marginally functional? Wow, sign me up... more »
    Zack-J-T: Thanks Jesus great job, I've been good on my diet for nearly 2 weeks now and after reading the description my sub-concious mind took control over my b... more »
    BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Looks like a Jenga block had some acupuncture treatment. more »
    chauncy that billups: This really sounds like something Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia would have invented. Sort of like Kitten Mittens. more »
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Couldn't they have called it Log Light? Stump Light sounds awful (plus as this is no longer in the ground it's technically not a stump). more »
    Hobolicious: "My log saw something that night." Because my log - it has a light. more »
    DustyButt™: Well... It's better than the other kind of log they wanted to use. more »
    FriarNurgle: TRONCO!!! more »
    Kaiser-Machead: It's better than bad; it's GOOD! more »
    Gann: I love lamp. more »
    twoeightnine: You left out the best one. more »
    Blackie: That is damned impressive. Talk about thinking outside the box... Hell, he cuts the box up and makes other things out of it. His grasp on perspectiv... more »
    jeffk: Wood scraps. Wood cuts are gaps in wood made with a saw. Woodcuts are engravings. /pedant P.S. Those art works are frikkin' awesome. more »
    Digo: Hey Jesus, can we pretty please get a pic of the cassette tapes one from the non-mindf@$% angle? Or if anyone is near the WORM alternative music and f... more »
    Segador: I'm an absolute fanatic for anything having to do with the early space program, so this guy gets a huge thumbs-up. What's great about it is that the s... more »
  • #earphones

    JVC's Updated $800 Audiophile Wooden Earphones

    JVC has updated their original wooden headphones by slashing their price as well as their size. The company claims the wood construction gives the earphones superior sound quality, in addition to superior style. More »
  • #ipod

    Tiny Wooden Speakers for All iPods Make Me Hungry

    You know I need breakfast asap when I read maple and cherry and the only thing I can think about is syrup, pancakes, and pie. And a giant coffee, please. Unfortunately, these wooden speakers for all iPods are not edible. More »
  • #furniture

    Stump Light: Light From a Stump

    Egg Collective's Stump Light is exactly what it sounds like. It'd be a thematically appropriate bedside table-light combination if you've got a cabin in the woods, or a seriously dilapidated urban apartment. [Unpluggd]
  • #retromodo

    This Is Not a Photoshop

    This morning, Ron van der Ende left me speechless with this. They are not pasted in Photoshop. They are not giant tapes. They are not even painted. They are bas-relief mosaics made with old wood cuts. There are more: More »
  • #diy

    Wooden Automata iPhone Dock Cranks From Vertical to Horizontal

    This Automata iPhone Dock by Murtaza Lakdawala is clever and useful, a combination rarely found in DIY projects. All you have to do is crank and the dock turns from vertical to horizontal. More »
  • #cellphones

    Docomo Teases World to Pun their "Touch Wood" Prototype

    Aside from a name that clearly doesn't mean in Japanese what it does in English, Docomo's Touch Wood phones deserve a bit of attention. More »
  • #imagecache

    Wood-Framed Renovo Bicycle Reminds Us of Simpler Times

    With all the technological advances, it's easy to forget how devilishly beautiful bikes are. Bike builders Ken and Stuart Wheeler of Renovo Bikes hope to change that perception with their new wooden frames. More »
  • #medical

    Wood Is the New Bone

    Don't let the hippies hear that wood may make a better artificial bone than titanium. We'll never live it down. More »
  • #furniture

    Dear Diary, I Saw a Wooden Workstation Today and I Think I'm In Love

    Marlies Romberg's Dear Diary 1.0 Workstation takes the wooden keyboards and PCs we are used to seeing and integrates them into a completely wooden workstation. More »
  • #lhc

    Wooden Large Hadron Collider Carries Minimal Risk of World-Ending Black Holes

    The real Large Hadron Collider has been a bit of a disappointment to date, so an impatient Russian artist decided to make his own. Out of wood. More »
  • #imagecache

    Dutch Arcade Cabinet Carved From a Tree

    Looks like "boom" means "tree" in Dutch, rhyming with foam rather than broom, but this is still a pretty sweet art piece. Check out the "wiring" on the back after the jump. [Uitschot va BoingBoingGadgets] More »
  • #woodenbicycle

    Chinese Villager Takes Wooden Bike Out For a Spin

    A carpenter in a Chinese village, perhaps unwilling to spend what would amount to a month's pay on a bicycle, has created a 100% wooden one to ride around town instead. More »
  • #iphonethrone

    Stunning Carved Pedestal For iPhone Worship

    I think it is safe to say that design student Kyle Buckner is more than just an iPhone user—he is an iPhone worshiper. After all, the iPhone sits atop his elaborate wood-carved pedestal like a King on his throne. Is this the beginning of some sort of cult? Will there be robes and chanting? Truth be told, the sculpture was carved for a school project—but throw an actual dock in there and Buckner would be the envy of Apple superfans everywhere. [Mac|Life] More »
  • #pinocchio20

    Beautifully Detailed Wooden Wall-e Sculpture Fills Pinocchio With Jealous Rage

    Sadly, this amazing Wall-e sculpture is a limited edition of one, and it's already spoken for—by Wall-e's own Gepetto, Pixar creative chief John Lasseter, no less. It was created especially for him by English sculptors and CNC/rapid-prototyping masters Morpheus, which probably explains the hyper-detailed interlocking pieces and general laser-like precision, which is even more apparent in this close-up shot. More »
  • #usbdrive

    This 16GB Mahjong USB Drive Costs $550?!

    If you thought the Chinese were going to undercut cheap Japanese USB drives with even cheaper versions, you've been drinking too much contaminated powered milk. These Mahjong drives are custom-engraved with three letters, such as the character on Mahjong pieces, your name or whatever dirty phrase you can come up with. They're also $490 for an 8GB version and $550 for the 16GB version. If that's slightly extravagant, you can go for the darker wood, which knocks $100 off both those units. But c'mon, aren't we a nation that drives gold-plated Cadillacs? I think we can spare $500 for a USB drive. [Bronon via Everything USB via Boing Boing Gadgets]
  • #woodgadgets

    WoodStation Defiles Mother Nature Just to Tell You the Time

    The WoodStation isn't your standard LED clock/weather station. It's your standard LED clock/weather station that's made of wood. Through a seamless block of lumber design, the inert WoodStation is motion activated to display glowing information pseudo-magically. In reality, a series of LEDs are hidden beneath a thin wooden facade. These LEDs are bright enough to not only shine through the wood when activated, but maintain fine visibility in direct sunlight. And we're guessing that the weather info is gathered through an internal barometer. While this photo appears to be a concept rendering, the actual product is slated to go on sale at Amazon France for about $135 in a few weeks. [Trends Now via DVICE]
  • #dslr

    Balsa Wood Canon DSLR Gives Us the Inevitable

    This balsa wood Canon DSLR is a perfect object of desire for both photography aficionados and people who like crafts—which is not going to be any of you, judging from the zero entries in the Gizmodo Arts & Crafts contest. The steps are really simple, and the results—as you can see in the image—look great. More »
  • #avantgardeengineering

    Wooden Squirrel Cage Machine Obsesses Over Your Thoughts For You

    Columbia professor Douglas Irving Repetto designed this crazy looking project which allows humans to write obsessive thoughts on scraps of paper, deposit them in one of seven squirrel cages, and spin them round and round to let the machine obsess for them. Made with grape arbor, glue, rubber bands and a laser cutter, the apparatus utilizes “parallel processing to the age-old problem of broken human minds.” Yeah, I'm not sure I quite get it either, but it sure is pretty. Check out Repetto's site to see a video of his Distributed Squirrel Cage for Parallel Processing in action! [Douglas Repetto via MAKE]
  • #wood

    Hulger's Maple and Brass Pappa*Phone: Skypin' With Wood

    These great-looking handmade VoIP handsets, designed by Hulger, are individually handcrafted to order out of solid American maple by Furni in Montreal. They'll work with all the usual VoIP and chat apps via USB on PC and Mac for $300. Is wood the new glossy white plastic? I kind of hope so, cause when done right, it's beautiful. MoCo Loco has a nice look inside the factory, if you want to see the giant solid block of wood that will be your Pappa*Phone's, er, daddy. More »
  • #wii

    Wooden Wii Accessories Are Real To Us and Us Alone

    There is an alternate universe much like our own, but in this universe there is no war and cows produce ice-cold milkshakes. And in this universe, you'll also find the manifested counterparts to these wooden Wii peripheral concepts. Made of wood and featuring well-placed LED flare, the only thing better than the Wiimote and Nunchuk is this realistic Wiiglock: More »
  • #usb

    Wooden Animal USB Drives Are Tired of You Inserting Your USB Connector There

    These hand-carved wooden animal flash drives are the latest in the tradition of semi- to fully perverse animal USB sticks. While this time the cute definitely outweighs the eww, Japanese designers Monodo just couldn't help themselves when it came time to select the connection point for these 1GB drives. Joining this little schnauzer is an elephant, swan, hippo and little piggy, all sharing the same unfortunate hook-up location. They can be yours in a few weeks for around $70. [Product Page (Japanese) via Fareastgizmos]
  • #docks

    Wooden iPod Dock is Wholesome, Er, Wooden

    Available for both iPod classic and nano, Marubeni Infotech's wooden docks are coming out in Japan next month. In two finishes: American Walnut; and Scandinavian Birch, (*thwack!*) they have a USB connection and two piddly little 1W channels. Costing $100 and $90 respectively, they're kinda cool, if you're allergic to plastic. Bonus shot after the jump. More »
  • #woodencubicle

    Man Travels Back in Time to 1738, Brings Laptop and LCD Display With Him

    DVICE calls this the most luxurious office cubicle, but we see the world's first time traveler. Here's what we think: Mr. Jared Nelson discovered the secret of time travel. He then packed up his favorite gear, which includes his Dell laptop, an LCD display, headphones, a digital camera which he used to take this photo, his office phone (he likes teleconferencing?) and his leather chair that he swiped from the VP when Dan was on vacation. More »
  • #fujitsu

    Fujitsu Gets Into the Wooden Laptop Business for Milan Furniture Show

    This rather worthy-looking laptop is Fujitsu's WoodShell. Made with cedar wood, it's part of the Japan Design Innovation 2008 exhibit at the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile in Milan, an event for furniture strokers everywhere. There's a picture of the WoodShell with its lid down below, and you've got to love Fujitsu's take on a generic 70s sci-fi font, not to mention its black-and-red-ness. More »
  • #wood

    Man Makes Canoe with Seven Thousand Chopsticks

    Shuhei Ogawara spent two years of his life collecting 7,382 wood disposable chopsticks from his office cafeteria, glued them together in three months, and applied a polyester coat to build this 13-foot long, 66-pound canoe. This is heavier than a regular canoe, so he still doesn't know if it's going to float or not. What do you think? More »
  • #geekyart

    Interview With Mike Rea Featuring Wooden Mechs, Guns and Tanks

    If you have ever had the privilege of viewing a work by artist Mike Rea, chances are you were instantly captivated by his amazing geek-inspired wood sculptures. The folks at Fecal Face managed to catch up with him and ask a few questions—and the brief peek inside his mind that resulted is interesting to say the least. For those who want to check out his stuff in person, Rea has a solo exhibition coming up at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia from April 3-June 15, 2008. [Mike Rea and Fecal Face via Make] More »
  • #concepts

    Chute Smartphone Concept Puts Wood in Your Pant Pockets

    The Chute Smartphone concept is a vision of the future, a future where cellphones are made of Bamboo, where cellphones have names like Chute and where pot is not outlawed renewable sources of energy have finally reached ubiquity. The details on the gadget that lies beneath the woody exterior is not mentioned beyond it being functional and powerful, but what more could we ask for in a smartphone? The unique feature is the Bamboo casing, which actually has some benefits over plastic, including its stronger build, lighter weight and far more environmentally friendly production. Bamboo is also completely biodegradable, which means the Lion King could explains its life in epic fashion to a cub lion. We love The Lion King. We love the Chute Smartphone concept. [Yanko]
  • #gardening

    S(tool) Turns Garden Fork into Garden Chair

    It's been a long summer day tending the garden and you need to sit down, but there is no chair in sight. If only you were using the S(tool), then you wouldn't have to worry about finding one. Designed by Langton Stead, the S(tool) is a bent wood handle with two garden forks on either side. All you have to do is shove them into your lawn, and BAM!, instant chair. The perfect gift for the laziest green thumb you know, it's available directly from the designer, though no word on price. [Langton Stead via productdose]
  • #audio

    Magno Radio Gives Your Tunes Some Eco-Friendly Wood

    This Magno radio is simplicity with knobs on, very retro-toytown, if you ask me. Designed by Singgih Kartono, it is made from sustainable wood instead of nasty non-biodegradable plastic like every other audio gadget out there. It's "MP3 player compatible," (which we guess means it's got a line in) has AM/FM and shortwave reception, and is available for a whopping $275 from April 1. [Areaware via LikeCool]
  • #concepts

    Retro Woodgrain Phone Invokes Synthesizers of Old

    The idea behind this phone concept is that it brings ideas together from past and present with its wood styling and smartphone functionality. The designer says the wood and rock casing is supposed bring together nature and technology, but it just looks like a piece of 70s tech to me (see the bluetooth headset with analog knobs). [Yanko Design] More »
  • #woodenbicycle

    High School Student Builds 100% Wooden Bike

    16 year-old Marco Facciola built this completely wooden bike for a school project, managing to avoid using any metal at all. Yes, this wooden wheeled wonder even has a chain and gearing made of wood, held together with wooden joints and glue. The detail in the free-wheeling ratchet and spacers between the chain links, pinned with tiny dowels, is amazing. Marco had to complete this as a non-academic project for his International Baccalaureate, and inspiration came from his grandfather, forced to make wooden wheels for his bike during the war due to rubber shortages. [LeeValley via Neatorama] More »
  • #gadgets

    Wooden Art Deco Old-Tyme Clock Casemod

    The world's number one consumer of wood for casemods, Jeffrey Stephenson, has created another machine called the Pico Bayard. It's got a 1GHz Via C7 CPU, an 8-inch EarthLCD touchscreen LCD on the front, 1GB Crucial DDR2 memory, and integrated Wi-Fi. More »
  • #wood

    LG Xcanvas HDTV Is Made of Bad Puns

    The LG Xcanvas HDTV has got wood—or faux wood—we're not really sure. But the TV sure looks like it's got wood, and that's enough for us. Sacrificing the illusion of colors that pop by ditching a conventional black frame, the LCD display still holds its own with full 1080p resolution at 120Hz (cutting down on motion artifacts greatly when compared to older, 60Hz sets). Aside from the unique design, the only other detail of merit is a USB port that allows the playback of MP3s and photos. Otherwise these are pretty standard, higher-end LCDs coming in 42", 47" and 52" sizes. The sets are Korea only for now, and we're hoping they display images other than mimes. [akihabaranews via ubergizmo]
  • #projectsplinter

    Amazing Wooden Supercar Makes Burning Rubber Even More Dangerous

    We've seen wooden cars before, but they've never looked quite as awesome as this supercar one-off that a team of graduate students is building. Named Splinter, the supercar is being constructed as a serious attempt to explore the uses of wood as a bulding material for vehicles, so it's even loaded with a supercharged 600-hp V8 engine that should really give it a roar. More info and photo gallery after the jump. More »
  • #clips

    Wooden Car Is a Schizophrenic Masterpiece

    This wooden car is the product of a Ukrainian man's dream, pursued after he quit his job and sold two cars to fund the construction. One half modern and one half vintage, the gorgeous oak detailing is built upon a 1981 Opel with 100 horsepower. We're not sure if it's more beautiful than the Tryane II woodenmobile, but we love the split personality nature of this latest creation. As do we. [spluch via core77]
  • #lglb2500h

    LG Shine Wood (Not Actually Made of Wood)

    The LG Shine Wood LG-LB2500H, by all logical reason, should be made of wood. And while the Wood does sport a fine wood grain, users will be saddened to realize that no trees were killed in the making of this phone or its painted visage. More »
  • #wood

    Handcrafted Thalbach Design Thumb Drives (Anniversary Material)

    If there's one piece of tech that's suffered from quick commodification, it's the USB flash drive—which is all the more reason that original products stick out in the market. We've seen wooden flash drives before, but these flash drives from Thalbach Design are heirloom material. Veneered in polished and oiled maple, ash and even a 150 year old burled wood (pictured above), a 4GB stick will run you $135, but you are a big important CEO who burns the midnight oil squeezed fresh from "used up" Benjamins anyway, so what is a little extra cash for some classy gear? [product via technabob]
  • #ericsson

    Made from Apple Wood, Russian Cell is no iPhone

    Beneath the wood exterior lies an old Ericsson phone, modded by a Russian. There's another pic after the jump. More »
  • #gotwood

    Wooden Creative Zen Stone

    Captain Ødegård created this Creative Zen Stone out of pine, although he seems to have accidentally scaled up the dimensions to a huge 8.25" x 5.5" x 2". Check out a video of it in use after the jump. More »
  • #gadgets

    Magnetic Toaster Tongs Protect Fingers

    Getting toast out of your toaster without lighting your fingers (or eyes, if you turn it upside down and shake it like we do) on fire is difficult. With these magnetic toaster tongs, you can reach in and grab your toast, then stick the tongs back on the side of your toaster when you're done. Sure, wooden tongs means they may actually light on fire too, but...uh...whatever! [Shop Catching Fireflies via Damn I Like that via Uber Review]