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Recycled Fishcer Turntable Clock
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
If you have a thing for old turntables, but at the same time don’t really have a use for one, it seems silly to keep a real turntable around. Well instead of keeping one around purely because you like the look of them, you could purchase this clock. It’s made out of an old turntable, so you get that classic look, but it’s still functional. Plus you can hang it on the wall and you haven’t lost any space on a table top within your home.
This turntable is actually a recycled Fishcer turntable and was handmade. The album on the turntable is a Doobie Brothers album, Minute by Minute. To keep the clock up and running all you’ll need is a single AA battery, which happens to be included in the deal. The entire clock measures 17 inches wide and 14 inches tall and hangs from 2 hangers located at the back of the clock. Each model is going to vary slightly since it is made out of an actual turntable, making each one of these unique. You can purchase your own for $89 from the seller Pixelthis within Etsy.
Source: GeekyGadgets
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Kiss Tunes makes your PC a finely tuned musical instrument
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
KissTunes. It’s website and a musical instrument.
… well, sort of. But for budding musicians who are geeks with a rock god fantasy, it’s a fairly cool concept. The Kiss Tunes website turns your laptop into an electronic keyboard, assigning white and black keys to the first two rows of the QWERTY Keyboard. With it, you can record songs, edit and share with others using the KissTunes website (registration is required).
With the simple click of your mouse on the keyboard, you can activate the interface. Then, as you play the QWERTY, the keys light in the KissTunes interface. This means that one can use KissTunes also as a learning tool. And with the recording option, students can hear their lessons on playback. Players also have the option to change instruments from Acoustic Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Steel Guitar and Kalimba instruments.
Check out this cool video of KissTunes in action.
Now, of course the utility doesn’t cover the entire range of a piano or keyboard, and doesn’t allow for writing down the songs you play, so more advanced musicians should try JamStudio, which mimmicks everything from guitar to piano to drums and everything in between.
Hat Tip – Lifehacker
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Light Bulb USB Flash Drive
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Here’s another bright idea for a gadget that allows you to carry around your most precious files in a fun and handy manner – a USB flash drive that looks like a light bulb.
Features:
- Bulb shape design
- USB 2.0
- Portable and easy operation
- Plug and Play
- Support Window XP/Vista, Linux 2.4, MAC OSX or latest version
- Dimension: 65 x 28 x 28mm (approx.)
- Weight: 26g
The USB Bulb Flash Drive is available over at the USB Brando website in three different sizes: 2GB ($19), 4GB ($22) and 8GB ($32).
Geek Gives 1-Up to Retro-Gaming Handheld
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Over at BoingBoing Gadgets, Rob “The Boss” Beschizza takes a Wiz on modern games. To be precise, he has reviewed the tiny, retro game-playing handheld console, the GP2X Wiz, and decrees it “The best portable yet for retrogamers.”
I’m a retro-gamer. I used to beat all comers at Street Fighter 2 (SNES) playing with my feet. I once lent that same SNES and a copy of Super Mario Kart to an apartment full of weed-smoking stoner friends so they could practice and “offer me more of a challenge” (result, a thrashing for me). So I’m well into the idea of putting these classics in my pocket, but for one thing…
The price. The GPX2, from Korean company GamePark, costs $180. This is steep, even on a million dollar per year blogger’s salary. On the other hand, the machine has a 320×240 2.8” AMOLED touch screen display, a gig of memory and an SD card slot. It also runs a flavor of Linux, meaning that once I have laid out my $180, I can keep my cash and use emulators and hypothetical collection of legal ROMS. In short, $180 puts every old game, ever, on a handheld. Is this starting to excite you yet?
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Gadgets Join the Search for the Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
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It’s one of the few great archaeological mysteries of the world, and now a bunch of gadget-wielding geeks are going to try and solve it.
The tomb of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire and one of the world’s greatest and most ruthless emperors, has remained hidden for nearly eight centuries. According to legend, Khan died in 1227 near the Liupan mountains of China and is thought to be buried in the northeastern region of what is currently Mongolia.
Now a group of researchers led by University of California San Diego’s Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology, with funding from National Geographic, have embarked on a quest to find this ancient grave. Their secret weapon: an array of technological gizmos ranging from unmanned aerial vehicles to sophisticated satellites and 3-D displays.
“This is the first of its kind,” says Mike Henning, a researcher at UCSD, “a large scale expeditionary-type project that promises to open up new doors for technology.”
Hennig and the entire expeditionary team left for Mongolia earlier in July and will be there until the end of the month. They will do most of their work in an 11-square mile region in Mongolia flying two UAVs, directing satellite imagery and collecting data that will be processed at home later.
Galileo Thermometer
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
The ancient Catholic Church derided Galileo as a heretic simply because his scientific line of thinking did not concur with what the Church thought, but bring home a piece of the legend today in the form of the Galileo Thermometer. What makes the Galileo Thermometer different from the rest as it comes in the form of a single floating disk, encased between a couple of glass panes in the process. It doesn’t matter which continent you live on, since the temperature reading is available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius readings, making this one decent desk accessory or functional decoration for your home or office. Interested? ThinkGeek is offering it for $49.99 a pop.
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Flower Webcam with 12 LEDs
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Yes, believe it or not, it’s yet another flower inspired gadget. This time it’s a lotus USB 2.0 web camera that will look great together with the daisy flower baby camera monitor.
This Lotus-Shaped USB Webcam will give you a 640×480 resolution at 30 frames per second. It comes with a built-in microphone and 12 bright white LED lights. This allows you to use the web camera without any problems in low light conditions.
Features:
- Built-in 12 LED lamp and microphone.
- Large Window Capture Size: 640 x 480
- Frame Rate: VGA, 30 frame/second
- White Balance: Automatic
- Exposal Control: Automatic
- Flash Control: Automatic
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Microphone Plug: 3.5mm
- Flexible metal neck for any angle adjustment.
- Separated switch for LED light and bottom suction cup.
- System Requirements: Windows XP, VISTA.
- Cable Length: ~124cm
- Dimension: ~7.6(D) x 20.1(H)cm
- Weight: 260g
The Flower Webcam with 12 LEDs is available over at the Uxsight.com website for $24.69.
