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Tech NewsGadgetsAtari “Punk” Console Stuffed in a Rotary Phone
Is no gadget sacred anymore? Here we have an old school Ericsson rotary telephone stripped of its innards which were subsequently replaced with a home-built Atari ‘punk’ console. Did we need a new way to present the Pong box? Hit the jump for the DIY schematic on the console itself. It’s (apparently) a fairly basic … Continued
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Nokia N800 Wants iPhone’s “Kinetic Scrolling”
It seems that Nokia N800 users have a bad case of you-know-what envy. First they recreated the iPhone’s virtual keyboard (sans predictive text) and now they’re after the iconic kinetic scrolling method. Written in Python, the code is due out "soonish" for N800 users. [JKOntheRun]
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Your Personal Moon Shines in Dark Places
Shooting for the moon is a bit easier when you have one of these wacky Russian personal moon light boxes. I can’t even imagine what they’re for, but the users so far have come up with some fascinating, classic and even cryptic uses for a portable crescent. Good luck getting any sleep next to this … Continued
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IRISPen 6 Eats Printed Words, Regurgitates Digital Text
The latest IRISPen portable OCR scanner is ready to scoop up all the text you can throw at it. Just slide the pen over your text source and the magical goblins inside the pen convert it and toss it right into your favorite word processor. It will recognize any of 128 languages and the upgraded … Continued
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Surfango’s PowerKayaks Haul Aquatic Ass
If you’ve been avoiding kayaking all your life because the strenuous paddling seemed like too much work, Surfango is your dream come true. Tired of paddling away for a few measly miles per hour, Surfango strapped a four-stroke engine on the back of a kayak and the PowerKayak was born. It may only fit one … Continued
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Venzero Slickr PMP Wants to Be iPhone Nano
If it looks a bit like an iPhone nano but doesn’t work like one, it could be a Slickr. Sporting the same sleek looks that made the iPhone a hit (in a smaller frame), the Slickr loses a lot of cool points when you realize it doesn’t have touch screen capabilities. Even though it’s reliant … Continued
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Hello Kitty Privacy Sticker Hides Your Phone’s Texts, Emails
Privacy screens make sense for laptops and PCs, devices with large screens that are used for extensive periods of time in open areas. The Sanrio “Hello Kitty Mail Peeping Block and Display Protect Sticker,” or HKMPBDPS as I like to call it, makes less sense. Sure, it prevents people from reading your precious texts by … Continued
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X2 RC Car Wants 200mph Record
I still remember the first RC car I played with. That little dune buggy wasn’t fast, and it really wasn’t fun, considering it was connected by a cable to the remote itself (so you had to jog with it to go more than a few feet). RC cars have come a long way since then, … Continued
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Keyspan USB 2.0 Server Brings WiFi, Ethernet to Your Favorite Two Devices
It’s time to stop hogging all those fancy USB devices you’ve collected and let your pals in on the wonders of high-speed portable data storage, printing, scanning and more. Keyspan’s USB 2.0 server will help you share whatever you plug in to its two ports via Ethernet or WiFi. Ringing up at $129, this could … Continued
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B&W Zeppelin iPod Dock Blasts The Real Zeppelin
High-end speaker producer Bowers & Wilkins (known on the street as B&W) is going all Hindenburg on your iPod dock. Named after its obvious inspiration, B&W’s Zeppelin is a two-foot-long black ellipsoid with a bundle of goodies hidden inside, including a 5-inch subwoofer, four speakers and an amp that can pump out 100 watts of … Continued
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Skullcandy G.I. Headphones Kick Ass, Take Names
Rock out in style with Skullcandy’s slick DJ style G.I. headphones. They come in a variety of styles from Desert Camo to Rasta, including a couple of military-inspired designs with bullets on the leather band. The speakers on these bad boys are also made of soft leather and swivel a full 90 degrees. $69.95 may … Continued
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Baby Alert Child Minder Remembers Your Kids When You Forget
It’s better to be safe than sorry: Baby Alert’s Child Minder system (baby not included) replaces the generic strap on your kid’s car seat, causing a keychain alarm to sound every time you move more than ten feet from the buckled fastener that ties your tot down. $64.95 for peace of mind. [The Child Minder … Continued
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Phoebus MB6000 3G Wireless Router Provides Egyptian Hospitality
Sharing a 3G connection via a wireless router is nothing new, but in the past it has required a bland, sterile box built to look like a Wi-Fi access point. That certainly isn’t the case with Top Global’s Phoebus, which draws its engineering innovation from the greatest engineers of all, the ancient pharaohs. Though you … Continued
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Sony Stick Figure Speakers are Minimalist in Design, Maximized in Price
These desktop speakers from Sony are an interesting approach to computer audio. Fashioned quite accurately after stick figure drawings, the tiny 1W twins have a couple of st-mini connections onboard for desktop and laptop use. They may boast excellent sound reproduction, but Sony is a little too proud of their speakers-on-a-stick, asking for $49.99 at … Continued
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Secure IronKey Flash Drive Will Self-Destruct in 3…2…1…
Designed to be the world’s most secure flash drive, the IronKey employs military-grade AES hardware-based encryption using its IronKey Cryptochip. The encryption keys are stored on the drive itself and your password is required in conjunction with the keys to access and decrypt files. If you forget your password, you may be in trouble; after … Continued
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Projekt V2 Harley Davidson Case Mod is a Real Running Engine (Kinda)
Case mod may be a bit of an understatement here—this monstrosity is really a case fabrication project, done almost entirely from scratch. A huge fan of Harley Davidson motorcycles, a computer geek with a knack for shaping acrylic decided to build a 1:1 scale Harley Davidson V2 engine. A case this meticulously detailed would be … Continued
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Mtron’s Latest Solid State Drives the Fastest Ever Tested
Flash-based SSDs have come a long way since their 1995 introduction by msystems (now SanDisk). The problem constantly plaguing the motionless, rough-and-tumble drives has always been speed; even though reading data from any point on a flash drive should theoretically be faster than a conventional HDD, real-world performance just hasn’t lived up to the hype…until … Continued
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