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Polaroid? They still exist? Everyone once and a while we rummage through our grandparents closet and stumble upon this old metal box that when the shutter is pressed, prints out a photo. We shake the photo, at rapid speeds hoping that it will dry quickly and we can look at the instant quality of a polaroid picture. Gone are those days and we now have digital cameras……. umm.. and then…. Impossible Project releases a new, polaroid camera with a new age design. Really? and its got a digital feature? The new Polaroid 600 One is designed by Paul Giambarba, who is also responsible for designing the…

As a purveyor of offbeat geekery, I am absolutely obligated to show you this. Here’s a girl balancing 15 books on her head while reciting pi to the 100th digit and solving a Rubik’s Cube. Yep. That is all. …

I’m completely fed up with hotels that stay in once place, man. Had it up to here. Haven’t you? They way they…don’t move? What kind of middle-aged barbarism is that? Thank goodness the hotel industry has finally caught up with today’s nomad. Rotel Tours is a German company that – yes – provides hotel accommodations, crammed into an enormous bus. A pimped-out Mercedes 0404 that kinda looks more like a firetruck on steroids than anything, Rotel’s rides accommodate 24 passengers, each of whom get their own passenger seat and coffin-like sleeping berth. All 24 have to share a toilet,…

A true gentleman – a man who respects the finer things – realizes the value of slowing it down. Taking time out. Maybe have the manservant fix a beverage. Maybe take the Segway out to the patio. Maybe type an email. Maybe type it slowly. For this gentleman, designer Erik Campbell has developed a keyboard. What Campbell has designed is a jellyfish new take on the concept of the ‘chorded’ keyboard – chorded referring to music. Like you strum guitar strings in concert with each other, so too do you press the five buttons on Campbell’s keyboard to produce different characters. Frankly, I found 150…

As soon as Blu-Ray high-definition films became available, geeks the world over waited with bated breath for one group of films: Lord of the Rings. Then, those geeks were smacked smartly in the face. Why? Because after already releasing both the theatrical and extended cuts separately on DVD, in a clear attempt at a money-grab, Warner Bros. decided to release the theatrical cuts on Blu-Ray now, but save the extended high-def versions for later, when The Hobbit movie is released. Awesome, right? Well, now it seems that dedicated fans have been spat on again, as an astute member of AVS Forums has…

Alright, ‘fess up – sometimes, when you’re walking down the street late at night, you wish that you could tap your shoes to make music. It’s alright, don’t be shy – secretly, everybody who’s ever seen the video for “Billie Jean” wishes that. Thankfully, a trio of people have deigned to make your wish your come true with Beat Feet, a system that turns an ordinary pair of tap shoes into a synthesizer. The contraption works by attaching pressure sensors to a pair of shoes, which relay their information to a complex bit of software via a module that the team chose to put on a rather spiffy hat – which, in the…

Y’know how in a room with multiple lights, you never, NEVER hit the switch you need on the first try? Like there’s a karmic force taunting you about it? Happens to me every time I go to the bathroom. Designers Heo Jaesik and Lim Hojoont have decided to remove chance as a factor by designing a touch screen alternative to your conventional light switch. …

How many times have you been sitting at a Starbucks and, looking over at your fellow coffee-shop customers, been really jealous at the guy with the awesome Transformers sticker on his Macbook? Well, thanks to new start-up StickerYou, you too can now paste your meticulously crafted, industrially designed computer with gaudy stickers. The service, which launched today, allows users to create high-quality vinyl stickers from the comfort of their own home, simply by using StickerYou’s intuitive system. You can use their artwork or your own, and interesting, you can create stickers in any shape…

You know, you really gotta’ admire the idea behind the Segway: create an efficient, easy way for people in cities to get around that requires no fossil fuels and produces no pollution. Smart, right? But what the designers missed, however, was that people – especially in North America – really don’t want look stupid as they move around town….

Ah Pong – for many among us, it was the game that started a lifelong trend of sitting in dark basements and avoiding human contact in favor of electronic entertainment. And now, for those rare times you’re actually wearing pants, you can have a belt that helps you relive those memories and aids others in finding reason to make fun of you. Created by Bare Tree, the Pong belt displays the iconic game on its 1.3″ × 1.75″ buckle and uses a tough cotton webbing for its material. If Pong isn’t quite geeky enough, you can also get one with the dreaded Windows Blue Screen of Death. Of course, wearing that belt…