Gadgets

USB flash drive wrist bands

Brando, perhaps the king of unique USB gadgets, presents this cool USB flash drive bracelet. The USB port acts as both the data transferrer, and the bracelet clasp. The wrist band is water shockproof and moisture proof, so you don’t have to worry about losing your data unless, say, you drown in the ocean. This is actually really cool because ...

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DIY: Dreamcast guitar

Remember the old Dreamcast console that kinda died out as soon as it was released? Well, if you happened to be one of the 30 people who bought one (we are so cruel) than you can make this Dreamcast guitar. Until now, we were pretty sure that guitars were supposed to have 6 strings. This only seems to have 3. ...

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Full scale Gundam scares the world

This 59 foot tall Gundam full scale replica is one beast of a fanboy art piece. This happens to be a completely scale version of the RX-78-2 Gundam, and looks like one accurate piece of work. Can you even imagine the amount of work and detail that goes into a project like this? But at least they have one cool ...

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Skateboaring to the next level

Curve Extreme Sport is a skateboard-like concept design aiming to start a new trend of extreme sport. The Curve uses tapered Motor GP-like wheels to allow boarders to take ultra sharp turns at high speeds. Since the wheel is so thin, there is minimal friction, which means insane speed. Unlike the traditional four-wheeled skateboard, the Curve only has two wheels, ...

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Unlock your iPhone for Cingular SIM cards

The iPhone has finally become unlocked, sort of. The good people over at Hacktheiphone have figured out how to use Cingular SIM cards, regardless of model or service plan, with the iPhone. The whole thing seems very risky. Using hacking skills on the iPhone’s IMEI, the feature that makes sure another companies service isn’t being used, could cause your iPhone ...

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NEC presents a bunch of concept phones at the WJ2007

NEC showed off 5 new concept phones at the WJ2007 conference. One or two of them we don’t know whether to talk into or stab to death with a rusty knife blade. We could swear one of them looks like it has fur, possibly even genitalia of some sort. Included concepts shown are the Telecam, the carpet and leather keypad ...

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DIY: Cellphones are the new house keys

Keys, keys, keys. Why do we still use those blasted devil trinkets? We say, let’s revolt against the key entry conformity. And here’s how. Home hacker Ashish designed a simple dtmf decoder that can control door locks when it is synced with your cellphone. To unlock the door, all you need to do is call the phone connected to the ...

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A mailbox made for vacations

August will be here soon. Many of you are going to be leaving for *insert resort destination here* and are going to have to go through the hassle of putting a hold on your mail. But before you leap into that mayhem, check out this mailbox that comes with extra storage for your extended leaves of absence. The Mailmaster Store ...

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How to use trash as furniture: The Non-Hobo Edition

Conservation. That’s what it’s all about, people. Using the resources you have so you don’t have to waste on other resources. This concept offers consumers an easy way to have furniture for their TV area, without having to run to Ikea. The unfortunately named designer of this project, Tom Ballhatchet, designed this packaging so that the cavities of the polypropylene ...

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