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Belated Happy Birthday, Mr. President: have a George Bush doll from us
George Bush celebrated his birthday on Friday with plunging approval ratings, dead-in-the-water Immigration Reform plans, and the ongoing nightmare of Iraq…. so we thought we’d cheer him up with this homage in doll form, spouting some presidential words of wisdom…
iSee acrylic hipster case for iPhone
The iSee iPhone case from Contour Design fits snugly up against your iPhone, carefully outlining all the ports with excruciating closeness, and then leaves the phone visually alone by encasing it in straight transparent acrylic. Sounds great, and a lot of people report they’re thrilled by how it showcases the phone. The lone exception gives pause, however: a commenter notes the case slipped from his hand, and when the iPhone hit the floor, the case split into its three component pieces, leaving the iPhone to splat, by which I mean, crack. He reports he called up the manufacturer and they said: “We only cover the case itself not the item damaged!” Ouch! $30. [GT]
iSee iPhone case from Contour Design (via iLounge)
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Photo-Mosaic mirror makes you out of everything else
The Photo-Mosaic mirrors by the Barbarian Group use hundreds of tiny images to create – pop! It’s you! While you might not want to use this to tweeze your eyebrows or even to apply moisturizer if your sense of touch is poor, the effect is pretty spectacular-if-zeitgeisty. Only 100 of these mirrors are being made, but they also plan to announce the 2.0 version at ETech 2008. $6000. [GT]
McLeod Mirror Series 1 by the Barbarian Group (via Radar O’Reilly)
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The Filter gets sociable with MySpace and Facebook
Not content with being music recommendations software that allows you to create playlists, or with being associated with Peter Gabriel, The Filter now wants to get all up in your Face(book) and invade your (My)Space. Software developers Exabre have engineered a widget version of The Filter that allows users to publish their playlists on their blog, MySpace or Facebook page. The developers call the new version “the digital equivalent of rummaging through your friends’ music collection.” [GT]
The Filter [via Macworld]
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Pricey Philips Pronto TSU9400 controls everything, everything!
The Philips Pronto TSU9400 is so posh, it actually has a 640×480 television built into it. Controlling, well, everything which has an infrared receiver, yet via Wi-Fi, it claims it has zero line-of-sight issues. It also has a docking station through which it recharges its Li-lon battery. At $900 (!) it had better also control the toaster into coming upstairs with fresh toast — but those who spend thousands of pounds on their televisions and stereos may be willing to shell out for the One Remote To Bind Them All. (Also, given the way technology comes down in price, in five years they may be giving these away with each fill-up of petrol.) [GT]
Philips Pronto TSU9400 [via Technabob]
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USB robot webcam is cheap and cheerful
The USB robot webcam is recording everything you do to send back to its robot masters to aid them in their quest to destroy all humans! So don’t be lured in by its four LED lights that turn on automatically when it gets dark, its 350K pixel camera, or its 30fps frame rate or that it retails for $24.00. It’s a plot to kill us all! (Though, ah, it does look sort of cute. In a murderous sort of way.) [GT]
USB Robot Cam (viaThe Red Ferret Journal)
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USB combination digital microscope, webcam and hub
Brando has come up with a device that can turn everyone into scientists. (No, not some kind of mind-ray – yet!) The USB Digital Microscope + Web Cam + USB2.0 Hub is a digital microscope that has a web cam and 2-port USB hub. (Surprise!) This combination allows you to view and capture high quality images and videos, display them on your computer, and show them… to the world! Yes, you’ll show them! No, seriously, it’s a webcam, you’ll show them. $200. [GT]
USB Digital Microscope + Web Cam + USB2.0 Hub
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Blackle is cooler than regular Google – literally
The blog ecoIron suggested that if Google were to switch to a black background, it would save 750 megawatt-hours per year. (This is because when your monitor displays a predominantly white webpage, it uses about 15 more watts than it does while displaying a predominantly black webpage.) Blackle has decided to do something about this by, well, being a Google clone with a black background. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but it looks cool doing whatever it is or is not doing. [GT]
Blackle (via geeksugar)
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Mini Rubix Cube Cell Phone Strap
The Mini Rubix Cube Cell Phone Strap allows you to play with this challenging cube wherever you go. However it’s only 2X2 so you don’t have to look at it dangling unsolved off the end of your phone telling all the world how stupid you are until you smash it into bits. (Whoa! Total ’80’s flashback!) ¥320.[GT]
Mini Rubix Cube Cell Phone Strap (viaTokyomango)
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Microsoft collaborate with Fiat to produce 'Blue & Me' cars
img style="margin:5px; float: left;"alt="microcar.jpg" src="https://www.techdigest.tv/microcar.jpg" width="281" height="187" /> News has reached our Microsoft-hungry ears – it's been 24 hours since I've heard 'Bill Gates' mentioned, and it was far from pleasant, believe me – and it's mighty pleasing. Even if it does involve Fiat.
Microsoft has announced that they're partnering up with Fiat, who are launching a new range of 500s, being dubbed as 'a technophiles dream car'. The in-car system will utilise a Windows mobile style navigational system, 'Blue & Me', (should be a Pixar film, no?), which will enable voice-activated buttons, Bluetooth connectivity and even USB ports to charge up that HTC Touch with Windows Mobile 6 we're all a-carting these days. Well, wanting to…
