Venzero miniONE Portable Media Player
Hold onto your hats because it’s time for another iPod wannabe, this time from Venzero. The diminutive (2.95 x 1.73 x 0.35 inches, 0.98 ounces) miniONE comes in both 1GB and 2GB flavors and is compatible with the upcoming MusicMarker service, which supposedly makes finding and identifying unknown songs totally awesome. The miniONE supports all…
Flash Nintendo DS Lite To Play Homebrew
Now that the Nintendo DS Lite is out, surreptitious individuals everywhere have been wondering how to get it to play all their precious homebrew. (No, “homebrew” is not code for pirated backups, silly.) Check out this video where a model citizen explains how to finagle the DS Lite to let it boot backups without any…
Foldable Guitars and Mobile Guitar Rigs
With portable tuners, recorders, and the like, it’s pretty easy to take your whole music rig mobile—but what about that guitar, in an enormous case that makes it look like you might be carrying a 30s-gangster semi-automatic rifle? Stewart Guitars specializes in guitars with detachable necks; they fold neatly into a suitcase, the instrumental equivalent…
CucumberLab Sound Machine Vinyl/MP3/CD Player + Wine Rack
We’ve all been patiently waiting for a combination record player, MP3 player, CD player and wine/liquor rack and now CucumberLab, a design firm that specializes in making avant-garde designs for all sorts of quirky things, has delivered one unto us with its Sound Machine. The speaker is clearly inspired by the old gramophone, from which…
iBand Prototype Handshake Recognizer
Ah, Corporate America, with its esoteric rituals and power lunches. One of the more recognizable aspects of this subculture is the role of the handshake: who’s hand is on top, how firm was the pump and how sweaty were the palms are but a few of the attributes used to discern the intentions of the…