Archive for January, 2010
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Sunday January 31, 2010

Neon Genesis Evangelion fans, heads up! Here are two bikes from the Evangelion Bike Project by Magic Media that will offer two bikes themed in the famous Asuka and Rei NGEVA suits. While the color of the two bicycles looks quite flashy, it should appeal to Eva fans from both Asuka and Rei camps.
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- by Dennis Yeo
- on Friday January 29, 2010

Thanko has come up with a monstrous USB hub that is filled with 80 USB ports on it! The hub hooks up to an AC socket and is only available for charging devices but not for syncing with a computer.
Unless you’re a super USB gadget techie, many will be unable to fill [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Wednesday January 27, 2010

Remember the classic cartoons that often feature characters getting crushed by heavy weights and still survive? Here’s a novelty lampshade with that nostalgic sense of humor perfect for a cartoon lover’s home.
Fortunately the lamp shade does not weigh as much as it’s shown, so it’s perfectly safe to be walking below it without the [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Tuesday January 26, 2010

Hello Kitty is one famous Japanese icon that has made its way into people’s lives in more ways than one. Here’s one of its latest incarnations as a donut on a handphone strap! Non-edible of course.
Having one of these huge but soft and squeezable Hello Kitty donuts hanging by your cell phone [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Sunday January 24, 2010

Here’s a unique looking MacBook pouch called the “BookBook”. The reason why it’s special is not hard to tell, as it is made to look like an old hardback book. Not only does it adds a certain sense of nostalgia, it is also a good disguise for a MacBook to be hidden in a [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Saturday January 23, 2010

Built by Italian artist Mirko Ginepro, these iPod coffee table are definitely attention grabbers. While they can’t play music, the coffee table does hold a good amount of magazines at the lower deck, while the window is good enough for looking through at a portion of the collection.
In essence, not much redesign was [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Saturday January 23, 2010

Here’s an easy way to make ferrofluid with household items and a rare earth magnet. MICR toner and cooking oil does mix to make such a magnetic liquid but it looks really messy.
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- by Dennis Yeo
- on Friday January 22, 2010

This is an elegant iPhone/iPod speaker dock that won’t look out of place on the dresser, a heart-shaped jewelry box to be released by Marubeni Infotec in Japan. The iHeart comes with a silver exterior finishing for its lid with a mirror that pops up inside.
Inside the jewelry box is a docking [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Wednesday January 20, 2010

This is a classy-looking flat wall-mount LED lamp that has an embedded shape of a light bulb. It certainly gets high points for style, but probably not in the brightness department as it’s only powered by four LEDs.
Great as a night light or reading lamp and being battery-powered allows it to be [...]
- by Dennis Yeo
- on Tuesday January 19, 2010

Eating potato chips is one of the most enjoyable things for a snack-lover, but having to do work while eating savory chips sure does make it really messy.
Meet the Potechi, a wacky Japanese gadget by Tomy that replaces fingers for eating chips. It is simply a plastic arm with two fingers that [...]