After Wednesday's drastic iPhone price reduction, it came as no surprise when the phone's early adopters collectively responded with a succinctly stated "WTF." After all, the iPhone's success -- and subsequent price reduction -- was partially in thanks to the…
Continue Reading →Our pals at mimoco are now loading an exclusive zine onto their newly dispatched blood-thirsty monsters/flash drives. Core Series 2 mimobots ordered after today will arrive pre-loaded with mimozine Issue 1, featuring music by Art Brut, comedy by Poykpac, mimobot…
Continue Reading →The Easyglider, dubbed a "sports vehicle", is designed by a company of the same name out of Bern, Switzerland. The heart of the vehicle is the battery powered front wheel; it's controlled via a motorbike-like interface on the long handle…
Continue Reading →A while back, Mimoco approached the Spear Collective with the idea of doing an artist series Mimobot. We hollered at our 26 artists to submit design proposals, and many of them came through with some damn impressive bot mockups. In…
Continue Reading →While it may seem like not much can be done to improve your simple "leave a message," YouMail amps up voicemail with a number of features meant to take it to a whole new level. The free service allows you…
Continue Reading →The trend towards designer speakers that focus on aesthetics rather than technical specifications seems to be growing. I am not sure how NXT does it, but they continue to find companies to create with "innovative" ways to use their flat…
Continue Reading →What did high school students, drug dealers, and doctors have in common 10 years ago? They all carried pagers. Now cell phones and text messaging has made those prior status symbols obsolete but thankfully, the networks that carried all that…
Continue Reading →While most of us can only be satisfied with the latest advancements in digital photography, there seems to be those who like to keep one foot tucked safely in the past. A few companies have recognized a need to meld…
Continue Reading →Thanks to everyone for their input regarding how to best use the floor and wall space in my very empty, very awesome new apartment and as promised, we're giving away -- arbitrarily! okay, only sort of -- the three Ptry…
Continue Reading →The FDA treats aromatherapy similarly to the way it treats Echinacea, ginseng and other "dietary supplements." Basically, a company can make all sorts of claims on the bottle as long as it doesn't try to pass those claims off as…
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