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Those of you who like to bust-a-groove to Huey Lewis while snapping shots with your non-digital camera, we’ve got a little project that might inspire some creativty within your traditional minds. We’re sure you’ve got a shit load of old film canisters laying around. Bird-Electron has put together a Kodak Film Speaker system, recycling old canisters.

Using empty film canisters, the speakers use low volume output from a headphone jack to drive their sound, creating an omni-directional sound system with no use for external batteries. Catch your own pre-made pair for $55. — Andrew Dobrow

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Despite its appearance, the Samsung YA-DS200 is not a cellphone. In fact, it’s a mobile speaker system. Compact and sleek, the 800mW speaker to go has the same design scheme a the Samsung YP-K3 MP3 player and would make an excellent addition to your portable media sound system.

Its LCD screen displays levels of the audio output as you listen. The YA-DS200 Speakers will be available soon in Korea, and than everywhere else soon after. Hopefully. — Andrew Dobrow

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Talk about getting a heads up at work. The Giraffe Telepresence Robot lets you put your “head there” along with your coworkers or client. The Giraffe works with a video display and a camera attached to a robotic base. The base height can be lowered or extended depending if your coworker is sitting or standing, or a midget.

The 2 MP video camera allows you to see the person you are talking to from your remote location, so you can keep an eye on your employees even when you are living it up on vacation. A two way speaker allows for normal conversation. Software is included which allows for operation of the robot and configuration of the speaker system. In addition to height management, you can also tilt the screen if you have to look at a downwards slant to read papers.

Depending on popularity, the Giraffe is expected to cost somewhere between $1,800 and $3,000, supply and demand taken into account. A great feature of telepresence technology is the ability to use the robot from anywhere. If you own 10 businesses, you could hypothetically place a Giraffe in each one of them to keep an eye on the work efficiency. — Andrew Dobrow

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Staring at this plasma globe brings back memories from middle school science class and how ridiculous people looked when they touched one of these things. Their hair standing at attention. At one point or another, when we were all kids, we all dreamed of owning one of these things. With images filling our heads of dreams of fun filled hours of hair manipulation, we sat and stared. Now, we can not only get a funky plasma globe, but also a iPod speaker system to soundtrack the groovy experience. For $99.99, the i.Sound Plasma iPod Speaker System can be yours to get psychedelic with, or maybe to host your very own version of Mr. Wizard. — Andrew Dobrow

i.Sound Plasma iPod Speaker System [I4U News]

 

If you happen to be one of those people who needs to have everything in life organized and color coordinated (ya momma’s boy), the new Intempo IDS-01b iPod Dock and Speaker system might just tickle your pickle. Not only do the unit’s have exact matching colors for the nanos, but they offer a helpful serving of a set of active speakers for your listening pleasure. If you simply like the sleek design or pretty (and flamboyant) colors, but don’t own an iPod product, never fear! The IDS-01b is compatible with most other devices on the market.

The purrrrtyness of this product should not make you fear for a lack of usability. The dock syncs with both PC’s and Mac’s via a included USB cable. For such a compact gadget (23cm long x 12cm high x 9cm deep), Intempo managed to squeeze in a 2 x 6 watt RMS with Neodymium speakers and 3D super bass design, which translates to getting big sound, out of a small system. The dock seems to be out of stock from the retailer, so have good luck getting your hands on one for the holidays. — Andrew Dobrow

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