Edifier iF500 iPhone/iPod Speaker Dock Brings Exercise Ball Aesthetics To Your Home Audio

Speaker docks for iPods and iPhones rarely interest me. If you’ve seen one, you’ve probably seen them all. That’s until you gaze upon Edifier’s iF500 all-in-one audio system.
Attention-getting is an understatement when used to refer to this rig, which sports a huge bulbous speaker (think beach ball or exercise ball) right behind the docking area for your music player. It supports various models and iterations of both the iPod and the iPhone, apart from sporting an auxiliary connector so it can take audio from other portable players. They even threw in an FM radio, though there’s [...]

Solar Vest Makes Portable Charging A Wearable Proposition

Portable solar charging has never really picked up in a huge way, due largely to the pretty nominal power those small back-mounted panels can provide. Of course, if you can find a way to deck more solar cells, the greater the amount of charge you should be able to draw. I guess that’s the idea behind this OEM Solar Vest, which sports four panels lined up across the back, allowing it to process more light to turn into usable energy.
If you can suffer through the obvious fashion disaster (let’s be honest - that’s one ugly vest), the Solar [...]

Snaefell Puts The “Car” In Sidecar

If you’re going to call it a sidecar, might as well use a real car in there, right? That’s exactly what Francois Knorreck did with the Snaefell, a motorcycle with an attached car on the side.
Quite possibly the oddest thing you can hope to see on the road, the vehicle combines a triple-engine 1000cc Laverda motorcycle with various parts from a Volkswagen GTI, an Audi 80 and a Citroen Xantia. Instead of just adding a bridge to connect the motorcycle to the car chassis, though, Knorreck decided to fashion it into a singular vehicle, where the motorcycle portion almost [...]

Camera-Powered Interactive Poster Changes Displays When People Are Watching

We’ve seen posters that alter their displays automatically before. So far, though, what we typically get around public places are advertisements that change their visuals at specified time intervals. This award-winning ad for Amnesty International takes the technology a step further, adjusting what it shows based on whether people are looking at it.
The public service ad, which makes a point of how domestic abuse happens when nobody’s looking, shows an image of a happy couple when it detects pairs of eyes fixed onto it. Once everyone looks away, the picture changes to that of a man physically [...]

Don Vito Corleone Action Figure Looks Scary Real

I must admit, I’m not a big fan of action figures. That’s not about to stop me from dropping my jaw on the floor for the Don Vito Corleone 12-inch figure from the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece line, which is simply nothing short of glorious.

To put it simply, this is one of the finest action figures I’ve ever laid eyes on, with an eerie likeness (they nailed the Marlon Brando head sculpt perfectly), amazing detail (check out the age spots on his face and the veins in his hands) and a wide range of articulation that allows you to [...]

Build Your Own New York

Want to play overlord to an entire metropolitan city?  Construct a miniature version of the Big Apple with Build Your Own New York, fantastic-looking papercraft models of some of the city’s most popular landmarks.
The pieces each come as postcards, measuring  4-5/8 x 6-3/4 inches.  Every sheet comes inclusive of all the elements needed for one model, along with a description and instructions on how to put them together.  Landmarks available in printed form consist of the Empire State Building, the Flat Iron Building, the Citicorp Building, the AT&T Building, the Washington Memorial Arch and the IRT Train.
Apart from the postcards, [...]

Shape Up Dumbbell Alarm Clock Won’t Shut Off Until You Do 30 Curls

Shape Up Dumbbell Alarm Clock Won’t Shut Off Until You Do 30 Curls

Back when I relied on an alarm clock to wake me up, I always came to work late anyway. That Stop button was just too easy to press, so I’d get up, turn it off and hit the pillow again. If you suffer from the same malady, you might want to try Shape Up, an alarm clock that requires you to get your blood flowing before you can put an end to its blaring sound.
Shaped like a real dumbbell, you’ll need to grab the bar and do 30 curls before the alarm turns off automatically. That means [...]

Fake It Till You Make It: The Cubicle Door Lock Stickers

Fake It Till You Make It: The Cubicle Door Lock Stickers

Want to have the appearance of a security system without actually paying for one? Try these Cubicle Door Lock Speakers, which are designed to outfit the entryway on your office cubbyhole with the look of privacy, even though you really have none.
The fake trimmings consist of a pair of keyholes, two peepholes, a doorbell and even an electronic security system, all designed to look realistic enough at first glance. Of course, since most office cubicles don’t have a door, you’ll probably end up having to hang a curtain, post these stickers on it and pretend like it’s a [...]

Your Very Own Semi-Robotic Doppleganger

Your Very Own Semi-Robotic Doppleganger

Want to have your own brainless android twin?  I’m not sure how much it will cost to commission your likeness with the Xian Chaoren Sculpture Research Institute in China, but you have to admit, there’s something amazing with their semi-robotic doppelganger creations.
Rated as a Model Company by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Arts, the company produces simulated silica gel sculptures based on real people, which are touted to feature a level of artistry and craftsmanship that are among the most advanced in the world.  Instead of leaving them as stationary figures, the replicas can reportedly even perform a few very [...]

How To Play Starcraft And Score Korean Chicks

How To Play Starcraft And Score Korean Chicks

Ever watched Starcraft tournaments and exclaimed to yourself, “Damn, those Koreans are good?” If you have, ByunTae from South Korea wants to teach you how to bring your mouse-and-keyboard gaming skills up to their level - for a price, of course.
While it’s difficult to verify credentials (on Craigslist, no less), the ad definitely is interesting. It’s pretty much the first one I’ve seen that directly offered up Korean breeding as a reason for being a trustworthy tutor. According to the offer, you’ll be getting your lessons from a guy “gifted with unparallel(ed) talent to master any video [...]

Aerodynamic SENZ Umbrellas Let You Laugh In The Face Of 70 Mph Winds

Aerodynamic SENZ Umbrellas Let You Laugh In The Face Of 70 Mph Winds

Unusually strong winds call for unusually sturdy umbrellas - and, no, an umbrella that pretends blue skies are upon you won’t be enough.  SENZ umbrellas are built for exactly that kind of weather, resisting strong gusts of wind like a cool cat brushing worries off its shoulder.
It won’t be the prettiest umbrella you’ll find.  In fact, it looks deformed, with one side purposely shorter than the other.  Far  from being a factory reject, though, the SENZ umbrella has been designed to prevent itself from being tossed inside out when the hard winds blow.
As it turns out, the angular structure of [...]

Jaguar Introduces Brand New 2010 XF Supercharged

Jaguar Introduces Brand New 2010 XF Supercharged

Looking for a new toy ride to blow that wad of cash on? Jaguar just announced the fourth and newest model in its stylish XF lineup, the 2010 XF Supercharged.
Sporting a 5.0-liter supercharged AJ-V8 engine (3rd generation), the sporty sedan outputs 470hp and 424 lb-ft of torque. The mid-sized beauty replaces the 4.2-liter V8 XF, which Jaguar dropped earlier this year, posting 12% greater power numbers over its outgoing comrade.
It can do 0 to 60 in 4.9 seconds, apart from offering the same high-end standards and performance handling you’ve come to expect from these types of rides. [...]

Sony VAIO Signature Collection Makes Your Notebooks Look Drab

Sony VAIO Signature Collection Makes Your Notebooks Look Drab

Your laptop a little too utilitarian for your tastes? Carry a little more style to go with your substance with Sony’s brand new VAIO Signature Collection, a range of the manufacturer’s existing portable computers decked in fancy garb.
While Sony VAIO has traditionally put out some of the sexiest laptops around, this series does raise the bar a little bit. It features fancied-up editions of six different Sony computers, namely the P699 (glossy black case), the TT290 (electric blue), the SR490 (champagne gold case), the Z790 (bordeaux red and kaleidoscope), the Z798 (carbon fiber) and the CS390 (deep violet [...]

Tourist Remover Deletes Passers-By From Your Snapshots

Tourist Remover Deletes Passers-By From Your Snapshots

Want to enjoy your travel photos without all the tourists and passers-by right in the middle of the shot?  Try Snapmania’s Tourist Remover service, which blasts those pesky obstacles out of the frame.
Graphic designers have been wielding the same magic with Photoshop for a while now, though it typically takes more than a single button-press to generate the results.  Tourist Remover brings the same capability to the masses, without requiring a single iota of graphic knowledge.
Of course, it doesn’t simply clear the path in some miraculous manner.  Instead, you’ll need to upload multiple shots you’ve taken of the same scene [...]

Customize Your Walls With The Frames Wallpaper

Customize Your Walls With The Frames Wallpaper

Looking for a customizable wallpaper to bring new life to a room?  Try the Frames Wallpaper, which outfits your walls with unevenly-drawn frames that you can fill with any sort of imagery to your liking.  The result is a wallpaper that is outfitted as uniquely as you can dream up.
Created by artists Taylor and Wood, Frames is a simple white wallpaper with varying sizes of rectangular black prints.  You can treat it like a coloring sheet, laying crayons (or any shading material you fancy) across its surface.  You can also draw illustrations or stick photos inside the frames, instantly creating [...]

Braithwaite Orpheus: Pick-Toting Wallet For Musicians And Posers Alike

Braithwaite Orpheus: Pick-Toting Wallet For Musicians And Posers Alike

No guitar slinger’s gear is complete without a bunch of picks easily within arm’s length. While you can always keep a set of the little plastic strummers in your pocket, it’s also the easiest way to keep losing them. The Braithwaite Orpheus wallet treats your picks the way it attends to your bills - giving you slots to put them in so they don’t fall off accidentally.
Many guitar pros will probably snicker at the idea - after all, they’re always carrying large guitar cases around, which should fit in all the picks they need. If you’re not [...]

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