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Meninos has some very cool gadget related items such as iPhone playing cards, iPhone Apps coasters, Twitter and Facebook mousepads and some expensive, but very desirable, hard drive cases.
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A step-by-step guide on how to cram a functioning PC into a bottle of whisky. [via]
The evolution of the mobile phone from the 88lb SRA/Ericsson MTA which was hardly mobile to the Apple iPhone.
A man has built a tiny 100-pound trailer that can be towed around using a bicycle. The house is self-sufficient and using renewable energy you can cook meal, heat up water for showers and the kitchen and there's a urinal funnel on the outside. There isn't room for #2 facilities which is probably a good thing.
There are more photos over at Dvice.
Nick Burcher has posted a load of screenshots and a review of the Cockney ATMs that have been installed in London. Surprisingly, the machine also features a Welsh screen.
Nikon has unveiled a camera that includes a built in projector that allows you to project images onto any available flat surface. The S1000pj will also allow you to control the size of the image – the minimum size being 5in and the maximum projection being 40in.
The camera itself is a 12.1Mp compact with a top ISO sensitivity of 6400 and wide-angle 5x zoom. It will be available to buy in the UK next month, priced at £400/€485 ($678). [via]
The iCONIC 100 HD is easily the world’s largest mobile LED screen and also the world’s ONLY High Definition mobile LED screen. [View video here] [via]
20 scary surgical tools including this artificial leech tool which looks far more scary than having real leeches.
It may be ugly, but how convenient would it be to have all those plug sockets. [via]
Heinz has created a world's smallest, portable microwave that can be powered by a USB port on a computer.
The turquoise device -called the Beanzawave allows workers tied to their desks to create a warm snack, or hot drink, to see them through the day.
To date, the device, which stands just 7.4inches tall by 6.2in wide and 5.9in deep, is only a prototype.
The evolution of mobile phone design between 1983 and 2009.
Parents struggling to get their kids to revise in the run-up to exams can now keep them at their desk using a ball and chain that only unlocks when they have studied for long enough.
A red digital display counts down the "Study Time Left" and the device beeps and unlocks when the time expires.
The prison-style device weighs 9.5 kg (21 pounds), making it difficult to move while wearing it.
It cannot be locked for more than four hours and comes with a safety key that allows the manacle to be opened at anytime.
The ball and chain costs £75 and is sold online at curiosite.com.
Never feel guilty about giving a gift card again with this puzzle from Think Geek. [via]
Even though Time magazine says that the Dog 'O' Matic was just invented, FoxNews has a video of a similar machine from 2007. [via]
Edge magazine has quite an in-depth article about how the Sony Playstation was created and marketed. The article includes the different concepts for the logo and control pad. [via @iA]
Flight enthusiast Matthew Sheil has built a 747-400 flight simulator in his Sydney warehouse that the Guinness Book of Records has called 'world's most expensive home flight simulator'. The simulator is powered by 14 different computers and requires 45 different software programs. It cost US$200,000 and allows Sheil to fly to and from 27,000 different airports around the world. [via]
The Touchcube from Rubik's is a purely touch screen version of the classic puzzle.
The TouchCube works just like its more antiquated brethren, but instead of grinding the actual spinning cogs (manual labor is for suckers!), a simple swipe of the finger in a straight line or an 'L' shape (for rotations) does the trick. There's an accelerometer built in that ensures only the upwards-facing surfaces respond to your touch, so you can still hold the thing.
And it wouldn't be a touchscreen Rubik's cube without a few improvements: namely, the TouchCube can solve itself as you watch, and even teach you, step by step, how to do it. So you can be one of those kids we all marveled at in school (Ben Shepple, this one's for you) who could solve a cube in a matter of seconds. Built-in memory will also save your cube's state if you need to take a break.
The Touchcube will probably retail for $150. [via]
Can't be bothered to encrypt your USB drive? Slap an old school combination lock on it. It's only three digits so it won't be the most secure. [via]
This collection of Apple products has to be one of the most complete. The article shows the evolution of its computers laptops, desktop, iPods and even mice and keyboards.
The SD Association, the industry group behind the Secure Digital memory card format, has announced a new version of the card that can be scaled to 2TB.
The SDXC (eXtended Capacity) specification was announce at CES and as well as offering huge amounts of storage, will also eventually boost transfer speeds 10 fold to 300MBps.
The first batch of cards with a read/write speed of 104MBps will be released in March but it's not known in what sizes. Link
