Two New Samsung Robot Vacuums: VC-RS60, VC-RS60H
Samsung has added two new robot vacuums to their lineup in Korea, the Zairo-designed (who?) VC-RS60 and VC-RS60H. Although the robots self-recharge like good robots do, they also can be called up when you’re out and told to clean up the place. Having had two Roombas crap out on me in the last few weeks—one…
Transparent Screen iMac Mockup
Since we’re showing off our new images capability this morning, take a gander at this speculative iMac mockup, commissioned by MacFormat magazine. Obviously the missing tech for this idea is a screen that fades in from totally transparent to a usable opacity, something that is theoretically possible to do with today’s screens—if you didn’t backlight…
B&W XT Speakers
B&W must be real proud of itself, releasing these svelte-looking XT speakers that would look great pretty much anywhere. There’s four models in the XT series and they each serve different purposes. The XT4 is a three-way speaker; the XT2 is a two-way speaker; the XTC is a two-way center channel speaker; and the PV1…
Altec Lansing iM9 Portable Speakers
It’s a parade of endless portable audio accessories and Altec Lansing is the latest company hoping you spend your hard earned money on their useful products. The iM9 promises to deliver “concert hall acoustics” in small spaces, like dorm rooms or Manhattan apartments. Since it’s designed for the iPod, expect a whole host of iPod-centric…
Marantz SD4051 Dual Transport Cassette (!?) Deck
It is July, 2006, right? I’m just wondering because Marantz is coming out with a dual transport cassette deck later this year, the SD4051. That’s right, a cassette deck. Color me surprised because I thought I had a better chance of seeing Windows Vista released than seeing a cassette deck ever again. While it does…
Magnetic Floating Bed: Oh. Your. God.
Every so often, we like to take a look at things whose functionality isn’t measured in gigabytes or megabangs, but instead just look amazing. This magnetic floating bed, I submit, may be among the coolest things we’ve ever covered. Designed by Dutchman Janjaap Ruijssenaars, it’s got enough magnets to keep 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds) floating…
The Space Invaders Carpet
It was just a few months ago that we reported on the existence of Space Invaders wall stickers and judging by the overwhelming response, it appears that the public can’t get enough of those evil, Earth-coveting space aliens. Carpet Invaders, created by Poland’s Janek Simon, incorporates everyone’s favorite Space-based invaders into a nice, Persian rug.…