Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Neat-o-rama is right:
So maybe you can’t quite afford the secret volcano lair on a remote island, but you can still buy this Villain Chair by SUCK UK. Oh, wait a minute – it’s £3600! Villainy had better pay if you wanted to afford this chair!
I’m working on the secret volcano lair. As soon as the neighbors stop yelling at me for building the huge dirt mound on the roof and all the fumes from the baking soda and vinegar I’ll be ready for my chair!
[gazed upon at neat-o-rama]
A new concept in eText/eBook reading has been unleashed upon the world. You have to see the video o fully understand how it works but the idea is simple. Take the normal operations of reading a book or many books (remember researching reports in school?), marking pages, and making notes and stick them into a cylinder that has movable segments and LCD screens. Could this, or something much like it be the next wave of the future? Maybe… I can see this interface being used in an existing eBook reading like a Sony Librie.
[via shiny-shiny]
I like this a lot. What more could you need while out on the town? Ok, your ID would be handy but in this post 9/11 world your never without it anyway, right? You have credit for the dinner and cash for the tip. Classy.
[via Core77 Design]
(The link is a Flash site so you have to dig for the goods. Silly designer, you think they would know better.)
I was reading Hack-a-day this morning and saw that there is a new ultra cool hacker friendly device called a Chumby. The Chumby is a wifi enabled iPod’ish PDA like appliance that
Hardware:
266 MHz ARM controller (the MX21 by Freescale)
32 MB SDRAM running at 133 MHz bus speed
64 MB NAND FLASH ROM
320×240 3.5″ TFT LCD with PWM-controlled LED backlighting
Stereo 2W speakers
Headphone output
Ambient light sensor
Bend sensor (to pick up when you squeeze the chumby)
Two USB 2.0 ports, one on the main board and one on the outerware electronics
WiFi connectivity via a USB dongle plugged into the main board
Circuitry to detect the presence of wall adapter power and auto-fallback to backup battery power
Switching power supply network that can eat between 6V and 14V
Available microphone input on the chumbilical bus
Available SPI bus on the chumbilical bus
Serial debug port set to 115200 8N1
[via Christine.net, Scottjanousek ,hack a day]
How cool will this be?
Lumalive fabrics feature flexible arrays of colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) fully integrated into the fabric – without compromising the softness or flexibility of the cloth. These light emitting textiles make it possible to create materials that can carry dynamic messages, graphics or multicolored surfaces. Fabrics like drapes, cushions or sofa coverings become active when they illuminate in order to enhance the observer’s mood and positively influence his/her behavior.
These creations are just too sweet.
Issuing forth from the fetid and possibly incriminating imagination of Weta Workshop designer Greg Broadmore come RAYGUNS: Dr, Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators! … Bespangled in fine detail and with various (most likely quite dangerous) moving parts, these wave weapons of yesteryear are the perfect ornament for a gentleman’s study or a deterring centerpiece for a lady’s powder room or chiffonier…
Seeing these works of art makes me want to pick up my razor knife and tube bender and have a go at making something like this. I used to make toy guns along time ago. They were never as sophisticated as these but they were fun to build.
[via boingboing]