February, 2009

This has to be the coolest Steampunk PC mod we have seen here at geeky gadgets, the Steampunk Frankenstein PC Mod by Dana Mattocks. This amazing Steampunk PC stands a massive 8 feet tall and weighs in at about whopping 106 pounds.

Check out this fun USB missile launcher, which is controlled via an iPhone. The guys over at DVLabs hacked the missile launcher, and set it up so its movements could be controlled via an iPhone, check out this video of it in action below.

Here’s a fun geeky accessory, the NES Controller Soap. These fun soaps are shaped like a classic NES controller, and are made from a host of ingredients including, coconut oil, palm oil and grapefruit jasmine fragrance oil.

Samsung has added a new mobile phone to their Omnia range, the Samsung Omnia HD. The Samsung Omnia HD features a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, with a resolution of 360 x 640, HSUPA connectivity, GPS, and a choice of either 8GB or 16GB of storage.

I can’t believe someone hasn’t thought of this before, the idea is so simple yet brilliant, the SunCat Solar Powered Rechargeable Batteries. The prototype was made using standard household batteries, and although the prototype takes some time to charge, I thinks it is pretty impressive for a homemade prototype.

Here’s a cool concept MP3 player from designers Stefano Pertegato, Massimiliano Rampoldi, Eloisa Tolu, Francesco Schiraldi & Giovanni Mendini, the Cassette Tape MP3 player. This funky MP3 player is controlled by rotating one of the spools with a pencil or your finger to rewind or fast forward tracks.

Here’s a fun project for people who have an old VCR lying around, why not turn it into one of these fun VCR Toasters? The guys over at Instructables have created a handy guide that details how to turn your old VCR into a fully functional toaster.

Check out this fun Papercraft Mario Board Game from designer Ashley Burkett. It certainly looks like a lot of fun, featuring two NES controllers, mushrooms, a castle and a cool Mario themed landscape, all made out of paper.

Here’s another crazy USB gadget, the Gold Bar USB flash drive. It’s not clear whether this is made from real gold, it certainly looks real from the photos, I wonder how much one if these would cost?

LG has added another netbook to their line up, in the form of the new LG x120. The LG X120 features an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, a 10.1 inch WSVGA display and a 1.3 megapixel web camera.

Here’s another fun spy gadget for all the James Bond types out there, the Spy Cobra. The Spy Cobra is a USB drive that can be plugged into a PC or notebook and can record everything that happens on the PC including keystrokes, websites visited etc.

With new gadgets being released all the time, and consumers replacing their gadgets more frequently it is certainly becoming more important for us to dispose of our gadgets responsibly. Around 1.5 million tons to 1.9 million tons of unwanted electronics were deposited in US landfill in 2005, that is a serious amount of electronics and [...]