Instant Shelf From Sheet Metal
The Piegato is a simple bookshelf that allows you to customise the number of shelves you actually want. Initially it is just a piece of sheet metal with etches and cuts on it but after a few simple tweaks it turns into a minimalistic and functional piece of furniture. The Piegato is a cleverly designed shelf ... [read more →]
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Manga Fansubs The Web 2.0 Way
Toshiba is working with Manganovel to attract a wider audience to Japanese manga by bringing the Web 2.0 concept into the distribution of fansubs. So how does it work? Firstly, the manga is initially created by the artist in the native language. Next, the fans are able come up with their own subs for the manga and ... [read more →]
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Apple Bling For Deep Pockets
Passing on jewellery to your daughter or daughter-in-law is so 1950s. Why not pass on your 24-carat gold iPod Nano instead? You can record your voice so that the future generations can hear their creepy ancestor's voice and also put in a couple of Jay Chou's songs so that they know the type of music ... [read more →]
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Nokia N100 A First Glance
Chinese website sosol has released pictures of what's believed to be Nokia's new N100 handphone. They seem to be just concept pictures though. The phone sports a large screen and a slide-out qwerty keyboard. It is rumoured to be Nokia's next generation gaming device after the demise of the N-Gage series by running the device ... [read more →]
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Weekly Quick Picks #002
Its time again for weekly quick picks! On the lineup we have a house with furniture completely made of wood, a maid cafe in Canada, the largest 3D street painting in the world and much more. 1. Largest 3-D Street Painting In the World 2. Toronto I Maid Cafe 3. Jellyfish 45 Partially Submerged Home 4. Completely Wooden House ... [read more →]
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Man’s Pants Set Alight By Flaming iPod Nano
We all know that the iPod Nano is designed to be slim enough to fit into the pockets of pants. First there came the reports about broken screens after the phones were subjected to stress due to flexing while in user's pockets. Now, it has incredibly managed to set a man's pants on fire! I ... [read more →]
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The Hello Kitty Trio
How many of you remember the Hello Kitty mania back in 2000, when McDonalds started the mad rush for Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel soft toys with every meal in Singapore. Incredibly it even caused a glass door to shatter at one of the outlets due to the overwhelming crowd. I was a studying in ... [read more →]
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X-Ray bag Reveals All Secrets
If you often carry around a large bag that touts attention, further increasing your stare counts will be a breeze with these X-Ray bags from ThinkGeek. The X-Ray tote and shoulder bags will tell the world exactly what you're carrying in your bag -- not. Although it is made of a space-age woven plastic fibre ... [read more →]
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Akihabara Bishōjo Canned Bread
In celebration of the launch of the anime series Clannad which started October 4th on TV network TBS, a series of limited edition bishōjo canned bread featuring the 7 characters from the anime is currently being sold from vending machines in Akihabara. The bishōjo canned bread is selling at 350 yen from a vending machine ... [read more →]
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Never Miss Your Favourite TV Shows With The Waterproof LCD TV
What beats a waterproof iPod speaker? A waterproof LCD TV of course, when you're a TV junkie. The Techvision W104 is a 10.4-inch waterproof LCD TV that can survive being constantly splashed by the showerhead in the bathroom. It supports the TV/AV, composite video inputs and the PAL system which is the also the TV system ... [read more →]
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