Paul Strauss over at the great Technabob blog was surfing around, looking for the R2-D2 USB Mini Fridge, when he stumbled upon this awesome Artoo refrigerator.
The product has only been made in 1000 copies and they were intended as a prize for an “Attack of the Clones” contest, held at 7-11 stores in Japan back in 2002.
The ToyEast.com website has a copy of the R2-D2 Fridge that can be yours for $1,070.
Fans of the British 60s sci-fi TV series “Doctor Who” can wake up with an alarm clock version of the Skaro habitant.
It is officially licenced by the BBC Doctor Who series, this Dalek shouts “Exterminate”, “You would make a good Dalek” or “You are an enemy of the Daleks, you must be destroyed” to wake you up in the morning.
Other features are flashing white ears, a flashing blue eye and blue LED lights on the feet. Turn off the alarm by pushing it’s head that activates pressure pads in the feetFeatures:
- One Talking Dalek Alarm Clock
- Officially licenced by the BBC
- 8 inch high size
- 3x classic phrases spoken
- Dalek ears glow white
- The eye glows blue
- Push head to turn alarm off
- LCD clock
- SET/MODE buttons
- Blue LEDs on feet
- Pressure feet pads turn alarm off
- Supplied in an attractive open window box
- Not suitable for children aged 3 years and less
- Size: Talking Dalek Alarm Clock H 20.3cm x W 13.0cm x D 16.5cm
The “Talking Dalek Alarm Clock” can be purchased from Otherland for £15.95 (about $29 USD) or from I Want One Of Those for £29.99 (about $55 USD).
(Via Toyology)
This little envelope style computer accessory connetcs to your computer’s USB port and will then alert you of any new incoming emails by illuminating in blue, red or green.
Features:
- Webmail Notifier connects to your private email account when you can not, and let’s you know what is going on!
- Webmail Notifier works in the background to inform you every time you receive a personal email and even the capacity of unread emails!
- No battery require
- Soft Illuminated Blue, Red, Green indicator
- Webmail Notifier supports : gmail, yahoo, outlook, outlook express, POP3
- Easy operating software
- Powered by USB with 4 feet cables
- Every new mail will be associated with a sound
- Compatible with Windows Vista / XP / 2000
The USB Webmail Notifier is sold by Dream Cheeky (no word on pricing).
(Everything USB via Slippery Brick)
The Tatung VOIP, winner of the 2008 IF, IDEA, and Red Dot awards is one classy phone with aims to making internet phones user friendly. Featuring Bluetooth, wireless and a touch pad design, the Tatung VOIP Phone is easy to connect
to your VOIP service. Its casing can be customized but other than that the phone is devoid of unnecessary features with the exception of a faux antenna which is just for retro nostalgia.
Makes me wonder why such a classy design (that is not impractical to boot) cannot be turned into reality. Hello, are there any hardware manufacturers reading this?
Source: Yanko Design
features and services to deliver the best mobile experience to date.” Let us take a look at how it fare by checking out its specifications right after the jump.
As with most of the newer N Series handsets, the Nokia N85 will sport a digital camera of high megapixel count. This time round, you will get a 5 megapixel camera complete with Carl Zeiss optics in order to capture just about anything in great detail. Sure, it won’t be the same as a dedicated digital camera, but at least it beats out the iPhone. In addition to shooting sharp images, the camera can also be used to capture DVD-quality videos at 30 fps. Perfect for those moments when you have forgotten to bring out your dedicated digital camera. I only hope the shutter lag won’t be as pronounced as in earlier N Series models like the N73. The N85 also ships with A-GPS that makes it a snap to geotag all your favorite images, allowing you to keep a log of where you’ve taken those pictures using Nokia Maps or various online sites (Share on Ovi, Flickr, etc).
Other features of the N85 include a lovely 2.6″ OLED display, N-Gage gaming support, audio and video playback with an integrated FM transmitter, three month integrated license for turn-by-turn voice navigation, 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a microSDHC memory card slot. Each Euro 450 purchase (that’s before taxes and subsidies, of course) will be accompanied by an 8GB microSDHC memory card to get you started.
Press Release
For starters, it already comes with 16GB of internal memory - yes, as much as what the iPhone 3G has. All that space ought to be sufficient to get you started, be it taking photos and videos or storing large amounts of audio and video on the N96. In addition to that, you will also be able to expand upon the whopping 16GB thanks to a microSDHC memory card slot. Of course, being able to hold larger amounts of video would mean this will be your portable media player whenever you aren’t chatting on it, so Nokia has thoughtfully included an integrated kick stand to support it at an optimal viewing angle without burdening your hands. Try holding an iPod for long periods of time - you’ll notice that your hands get restless after a while.
It will still have a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, retaining other features that made its predecessor so multi-purpose such as built-in Wi-Fi connectivity and A-GPS navigation. Of course, this time round you will be able to enjoy N-Gage games support for on-the-go gaming with friends and strangers around the world. I wouldn’t throw away that DS Lite or PSP just yet though since cell phones aren’t exactly perfect platforms for gaming just yet, but the industry sure is moving in the right direction. Each purchase of the Nokia N96 will come with three months of navigation service for Nokia Maps 2.0, which enables the Nokia N96 to deliver detailed turn-by-turn directions for both automotive and pedestrian navigation. How much do you think you have to fork out for this stunning 3G handset? Well, how does $895 sound to you?
Flash drives abound nowadays, but in a grey digital age it’s important to be able to tart up our tech and have a little fun. This 1 Gig flash drive may seem to be an anachronism, but its neat flip-out USB port and oodles of space make it the perfect little portable filing cabinet. Fill it with hundreds of your favourite tracks, piles and piles of your top photos, or slightly more dull but no less useful, all your important documents (Government Departments please don’t fill this with all our personal records and leave it on a train). The cassette comes with a sheet of graffiti style stickers so you can pimp up your tape, and of course it comes in a traditional style cassette tape box. It’s the ultimate in nostalgic data storage and transfer that even a computer luddite can get their head round.
The USB Mixa Tape can be yours for £19.99. Of course, at that price one can probably get a much higher capacity USB flash drive, but you won’t have that geek factor to flaunt.
Made from recycled printed circuit boards, these pendants are a little over 1.5 inches in width and come on an adjustable-length waxed cotton cord. The circuit boards used are pre-consumer waste, aka they’ve been printed wrong. So they’ve never been soldered, which means none of the lead concerns that sometimes accompany reused circuit boards. They come in a gift box for ease of gifting. Each necklace is unique, just like every snowflake. Only with more circuit board than your average snowflake. So yours won’t look exactly like the one in the picture, but it’ll be the same shape, style, and size.
The next time you scratch your head wondering what to get for your geek-inclined girlfriend/wife, why not give the $19.99 Circuit Board Necklace a try?
BUY HERE
California based Nixon Watches has announced their latest R1G1 analog watch. This old school designed watch has a set of four mechanical hands to keep track of time and date.
Two hands rotate around the middle of the dial, one displaying seconds and the other showing minutes and the two that looks like speedometer gauges will display the hour and the day of the month.
The R1G1 is available at $150.00 - $200.00. (the white one looks nice.)
evice, as you will also have to charge the transmitter and earbuds. The transmitter will last for about 10 hours, while the earbuds can last 3 to 5 hours. The headphones come with a special carrying case with a built-in battery that allows a full recharge of the earbuds three times.
