Krups FDK2

Posted on June 6, 2005 Under Gadgetry

No, this is not a game console, a printer, or even a scanner. It's a new sandwich, panini, and waffle maker, made by Krups. I'm a huge fan of anything this well designed--minimal, yet so completely functional. It boasts all…

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OHSO Toothbrush

Posted on May 23, 2005 Under Design

OHSO gets my nod for the most stylish and futuristic toothbrush/toothpaste contraption on the market today. The toothpaste is self dispensing and easily refillable by turning the handle one direction which creates a suction, bringing the toothpaste into the handle.…

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Lumiloop

Posted on May 20, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Lumiloop is a modular system of program and display panels that can be chained together to form a reactive bracelet. Designed by Elise Co and Nikita Pashenkov--"Each display module features a small 8x8 LED matrix, dynamically driven by an interchangeable…

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The Little Clock Shop

Posted on May 20, 2005 Under Gadgetry

The Little Clock Shop has the nicest selection of unique modern clocks I've ever seen--like this Gear Flip Alarm Clock designed by Wil Van Den Bos. They also the familiar and great Yoshitomo Nara Flip Clock, which contains 84 unique…

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Nooka Zot Watch

Posted on May 11, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Gotta thank The Sponge for letting us know Elsewares updated their site with some new goodies. This is the Nooka Zot Watch, representing the progression of hours in a window of small dots, minutes in a 59 incremental horizontal bar,…

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Pantone Color Cue

Posted on April 26, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Color snobs will just eat up Pantones new "Color Cue"--which can identify any color in 3 seconds. It gives you Pantone color ink formulas and CMYK, Adobe RGB, sRGB, HTML, Hexachrome and a slew of other incredibly nerdy ways to…

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Numark iPod DJ Mixer

Posted on April 14, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Boy, oh boy. I sure hope we see this prototype Numark iPod DJ mixer hit the markets soon. I figure it was only a matter of time until something like this was made. Numark was showing off a prototype of…

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The Fretlight Guitar

Posted on March 24, 2005 Under Music

The Fretlight guitar is somewhat of a revolutionary way to learn to play the guitar--although I haven't gotten a chance with one I think the idea is pretty good. It's the world's first computer-powered electric teaching guitar, and is completely…

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DNA Testing Kit

Posted on March 18, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Think Geek has a new product they're calling the DNA Immortality--if you fancy making it absolute certain you'll be able to have yourself cloned in the future. The kit lets you take a secure sample of DNA with their foam…

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The Future of Camera Phones

Posted on March 10, 2005 Under Gadgetry

This may look like some laser pointer, but I think it's a prototype from Sony Ericsson. Their head of design, Hiroshi Nakaizumi, thinks there might be a future for smaller camera phones (maybe in the shape as the one shown)…

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