Boopsie

Posted on November 14, 2007 Under Gadgetry

When Altavista, Yahoo!, and Google introduced us to the modern search engine, saving us countless hours, we were thankful but not completely satisfied. There has been an increasing number of small apps, or shortcuts, developed that speeds up even the…

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Sow & Codfish

Posted on November 9, 2007 Under Design

Losing the battle against errant cables and cords? Industrial designers Ett La Benn have enlisted the help of a pig and a codfish to help you fight it, transforming it into a fun fight -- like one you'd have with,…

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Chicks Dig Games

Posted on October 30, 2007 Under Life

I know, I know, the name of this site caught me off guard too (Chicks Dig Games? They do?). But, being the curious beta-browser I am, I gave the bubbly-looking site a browse, and found myself in a section that…

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Bravia Play-Doh: Behind the Scenes

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Design

Last week, we fell in love with the latest installment of Sony's commercial series for BRAVIA, which features hundreds of play-doh bunnies bounding throught the streets of New York, backed by a Rolling Stones soundtrack. Today, we were able to…

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RedPost/Kit

Posted on October 9, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Taking a different approach to the steadily but slow growing digital picture frame market, the RedPost/Kit from the Goshen, Indiana startup which shares the same name gives the home hacker a way to jumpstart a project that will result in…

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Replug

Posted on October 8, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Not too long ago, I was sitting across from a friend in a coffeeshop who, upon spilling a scalding cup of coffee all over his groin region, jumped up so fast from his laptop that he forgot his headphones were…

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Interactive Touch Media Wall

Posted on October 8, 2007 Under Life

In case you have say, $100K lying around and happen to be unhealthily obsessed with your iPhone's touchscreen, you can always step it up and go for Perceptive Pixel/Jeff Han's Interactive Touch Media Wall -- Josh raved about his play…

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Availabot

Posted on October 4, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Availabots are your friends. Visual interpretations of your friends, that is. To be even more technical, Availabots are "physical representations of presence in instant messenger applications" that "stand to attention when your chat buddy comes online, and falls down when…

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Bravia

Posted on October 4, 2007 Under Life

The much anticipated third installment of the Sony Bravia television campaign has finally been released -- or found -- on the internet. The first two, Balls and Paint made quite a scene over the last couple of years, both in…

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NXT x XOUNTS

Posted on August 28, 2007 Under Design

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…

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