Check out these fun concept slippers from designer Muzaffer Kocer.
When you put the words kids, bath, and entertainment together, the image of a rubber ducky might come up. That’s the inspiration behind the Vak-Vak. With a squish of your heel, water sucks into the duck. Another squish water jettisons in a steam of fun wetness.
via Yanko Design
The guys over at Laptop have go their hands on one of the very first Cloudbook CE1200V notebooks.
From the looks of it they cant seem to get it past the boot up screen, here’s what they had to say about it.
Check out this new toy from Fisher Price, Elmo Live.
The new Elmo Live seems to actually be speaking as his mouth opens and closes just like the real Muppet, Elmo, from Sesame Street. Elmo Live waves his arms, sits and stands, even crosses his legs, all the while telling stories and jokes, singing songs and playing games.
Check out this video of him in action.
This has to be one of the most impressive toys I have seen, Elmo Live will go on sale in the US in October, and you can bet this is going to be the most wanted toy for Christmas 2008.
The Elmo Live will retail for $59.99.
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Update 14th October 2008
Some clever guy called Lars Pontoppidan has come up with a version of Tetris on an Oscilloscope.
The game is just Tetris marathon with a gradually increasing speed, and the score is simply the number of lines removed. The speed, however, is not related to number of lines removed, but to the number of line removing rounds – each time dropping a brick causes lines to be removed. So, to get a high score, one must zap a great number of lines each time, and of course be able to control a high speed.
Check out this video of it in action.
The guys over have LOLZ LLC have come up with the ultimate iPod and MacBook Air accessory, The Air Poo.
The Air Poo is a toilet, with a built in iPod dock and a MacBook Air docking slot.
It features integrated speakers, a heated seat for extra comfort and a multi touch flusher.
The Air Poo should be released around summer 2008 (Honest!), no word on pricing as yet.
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Onkyo has launched a new HD Audio PC, the APX-2.
It features an Intel Core 2 Duo T550 1.66GHZ processor, 1GB of RAM and a 500GB HDD to store all those audio files.
It also features a built in digital audio amplifier, and the HDD is stores in a super floating HDD unit to reduce vibration and improve the audio.
It runs Windows Vista, and has custom software installed to bypass the HD audio support in Vista and improve the sound quality.
No word on pricing or availability as yet, but if it is anything like their high end Hi Fi kit it wont be cheap.
via Akihabara News
Check out this fun USB toy, the USB Boxer.
This advanced and fantastic USB Boxer with graphics and sounds will let you live out your boxing dreams and will keep you occupied for hours when you’re meant to be ‘working’!
What’s really special about the USB Boxer is that he’s taking computer games off the screen and bringing a real physical presence to the action. You control the punches via your keyboard as the boxer takes on the speed ball – and instead of the action taking place on-screen, you can really see the punches land and feel the excitement as you test your skills and rhythm.
The USB Boxer is available to buy online for £29.95 (about $60) from BoysStuff.co.uk.
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Here’s a geeky accessory to carry round your business cards in, the NES Controller Business Card Holder.
Just think how impressed your geeky clients will be when you pull out this fun business card holder, it is available to buy online for $9.99 form Etsy.
Fed up with the fancy plates and cutlery your partner makes you use ? then check out the Gear Head Place Setting.
It comes with a 6″ rubberized tread tire bowl, forged stainless steel knife, fork, and spoon with tool handles, and an insulated chrome-plated black plastic piston shaped mug.
The Gear Head Place Setting is available to buy online from Computergear for $59.99 and the pieces can be bought individually.
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Check out this cool concept cellphone from designer Ricardo Baiao
The Atlas Kinetic Cell Phone concept focuses on greener technologies without sacrificing design. It’s all made of aluminum and glass. The central sapphire glass reveals the generating and charging unit. Power comes from kinetic energy similar to that found in watches that use oscillating weight to power a mainspring.
The phone only contains basic features. None of that fancy multi-media stuff. If power runs out because it was sitting still for too long, just give it a few upside down turns to get the kinetic rotors going again. Now you’ll never have to worry about batteries.
Whilst I am not sure if I like the look of this cellphone, the way the device is powered is a great idea, and I would love to see this being integrated into mobile phones in the future, we definitely need manufacturers to start think of more ways gadgets can be powered.
via Yanko Design
Check out this fun t-shirt, The Game Over Mushroom T-Shirt.
Today’s vocabulary word is “mycetism,” which Wikipedia defines as the “deleterious effects from ingestion of toxic substances present in a mushroom.” Good word to know, especially if you’re playing one of the Mario games. Just as in real life some poisonous fungi cause mild gastrointestinal distress and others cause internal organ failure, the effect and appearance of Nintendo’s poison mushrooms varies from game to game. Mario’s reaction to the poison mushroom can range from shrinkage to death. Death would be our least favorite effect.
So there are poison mushrooms that are all-green, green with purple spots, dark red, brown…. We like the purple top with the skull. There ain’t no two ways about that. There’s no, “Hey. I wonder if this mushroom is friendly.” It’s got a SKULL on it. It doesn’t want to play with you. But that’s okay, cause we do.
The Game Over Mushroom T-shirt is available to buy online for $18.99 from ThinkGeek.
Check out these wooden USB memory sticks, each one is individual and comes with 1GB of storage.
A joke on technology, these sticks look whimsically out of place plugged into the harsh-edged plastic of everyday computers. Made to stand out against its natural environment of computers and offices, each USB stick is individually hand-crafted into a unique and personal aide.
The Wooden USB Memory Stick is available to buy online for $170 from Vivre.
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