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After getting bombarded at IFA with all kinds of boring TV stands and LCD screen mounting kits, the Bonaldo Swivel TV Stand looks like it belongs in a modern art museum. Available in black or white, the circular shape has space for the flat panel and one AV unit, swiveling on top of it’s chrome…
This is what you get when you mix the five stories of Donkey Kong’s first level, a Jackass bozo and a bunch of barrels: real-life, full-sized, totally-irresistible 8-bit arcade stupidity. And yes, I want to play it too. Like Archimedes said: “Give me enough Guinness and a big hammer and I’ll move the world! And…
New from Samsung is the CX940UX, a 19-inch monitor that you can connect to your PC via USB. From the Syncmaster range, it’s got all sorts of tricks up its sleeve, such as being able to control up to six further monitors linked to your computer. You can forget about needing extra graphics cards or…
This is the A-12, a supersonic spy plane that was the precursor of the SR-71 —and according to the CIA, even while they look similar, in some ways it was more advanced than the famous Blackbird. It’s one of 10 planes that survived the 15-plane OXCART program, one of which is in the USS Intrepid…
According to makers Ariete, the You&Me is the smallest Espresso machine in the world, bringing you your caffeine fix strongly and silently. With a boiler capacity of one-fifth of a liter, maxi-cappuccino device drip and Thermocream System filter, the You&Me is available in Shiny Red, Anthracite and Satin Gray for around $138. [Ariete via Appliancist]
Meizu has unveiled their new M8 cellphone user interface. Not surprisingly, it’s a knockoff of the iPhone, exactly like everything in this clone. Expect Apple to sue the pants out of them or send a ninja commando to obliterate their facilities soon. [Meizu BBS via MeizuMe]
This, my friends, is National’s Ferie facial shaver for ladies, available on Amazon Japan for around $30 bucks. It’s got two interchangeable blades, one for trimming your eyebrows, the other for “downy hair” (as opposed to “uppy hair,” I guess.) I don’t see anything wrong with a quick pluck, so this is not one for…
The introduction to the book Technology and Man’s Future has a tone appropriate for 1972. The words seem to offer a first glimpse into true disillusionment with early 20th century futurism. And yet, the book nurtures remnants of optimism; of hope that the future may hold some version, however imperfect, of that shiny, happy future.…
Japan is fitting up (ha ha!) for a new type of advertisement called “Anne’s Fitting Show.” According to the guys over at Pink Tentacle, the ad uses a 3D holographic image of Japanese supermodel Anne Watanabe in World’s “Untitled” brand clothing and allows stores to customize between 4 different situations that Anne would dress up…
CDs are slowly going the way of the VHS tape and the Blaupunkt Melbourne SD27 car receiver/audio player is just further proof of that. The receiver has no CD player at all—instead, it plays MP3s and WMA files, includes an MMC/SD card reader and has an LED display that’ll show all of your ID3 files…
Fuji Xerox has developed a new photocopier that can scan a document written in English and then print a copy of it in Japanese or Korean. The photocopier can also do the reverse — translating Japanese or Korean to English — while almost magically maintaining the original layout. The machine works by networking with a…
Microsoft tells us that the information pointing to a new HD DVD drive in 2008 is a misquote and there is no plan to release a new HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360, despite reports to the contrary. Makes sense to me, the current drive is fine, spec wise. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-gets-updated-hd-dvd-drive-in-2008-actually-n-302121
Act fast if you want to get a 120GB Xbox 360 hard drive for $139 (regular price: $179), because Amazon’s knocked $40 off the ticket price as their deal of the day today. Come tomorrow, you’ll either be checking UPS tracking status or crying to yourself, wishing you’d have pulled the trigger. We’re not saying…
Never mind that the LINQ mini has only 1GB of flash memory—the thing can stream music directly from Windows Media Player 11, giving it essentially unlimited (or at least PC-levels of) storage if you’re hooked up to Wi-Fi…on the LAN. Why is this cool, again? Other than this, there’s a monochrome LCD (wha?), MP3/WMA support,…
We’re not sure if NBC wanted to keep the Heroes season 2 teaser video spoiler free, but the fact that a few characters appear in this—the same characters whose fates were up in the air at the end of season 1—kind of smashes that idea somewhat. If you don’t want to know whether Peter, Nathan,…
Are you dripping at the teats for Halo 3? Well, here’s something you can create yourself after your SAT prep course to tide you over until next Tuesday. It’s a Master Chief papercraft model that measures 13 inches tall and was painstakingly created out of 42 individual pieces. The guy who made it even made…
Click to viewNoah over at Wired’s Danger room shows us how much damage those little roadside bombs can do in Iraq, even to the cold, metal exo-skel of a mil-bot. The best part of the video is when the soliders laugh. This wouldn’t be the case if it had been private Smith. [Danger via Joel]
KSo last night, in Tokyo, Sony announced the long rumored PS3 controller with rumble. Considering the rechargeable batteries, wireless and rumble function, a pair of these is going to be about $100, you know? Is it better that they took it away and gave it back? Or should they have left it dead? Will someone…
There’s at least one guy on Family Guy that’s used a computer in the last five years, as evidenced by this sneak-peek R2-D2 scene from the new season’s first episode airing this Sunday. It’s a nice clip both to entertain you for 30 seconds on a Thursday afternoon, and to make you look forward to…
What could go better than an iPod classic and an Energi To Go Charger to provide power while on the road? Nothing, except an iPod Nano and a Nike+iPod Sport Kit! So if you want to win both and all these things, just send an email to [email protected] with the subject “Energi To Go Contest”,…