Unpluggd Weekly Top Ten: 06.13.08
This week some great posts caught your attention, including our new section Close-Up as well as some oldies but goodies, like that streaming PS3 How To that keeps on clickin'!
Lets take a look at wha...
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Eino iPod Dock: Muchos Portable With A "P"
With enough iPod docks out there, if stacked together we could imagine it toppling over the Leaning Tower of Pisa. So why not create a sound dock that's not only portable, but make it small enough and...
Canon SELPHY CP770 Photo Printer
We're weren't quite sure at first whether Canon got into the beach pail market at first glance of their SELPHY CP770 printer. The portable printer sports a 2.5" color TFT screen ontop, accepts a myria...
Colorful Sony RM-PLZ510D Universal Remotes
That grey or black universal remote on your living room table not doing it for you anymore? Well Sony thinks you shouldn't have to settle for monochromatic peripherals for your home theater setup, so ...
Product Re(al)view: Kangaroom Storage Bamboo Charging Station
Anthony showed us the Top Ten: DIY Charging stations, but if DIY is not your thing, Kangaroom has a bamboo charging station that will save you the effort. We managed to get our hands on one to try ou...
Suncorp Big: Retro and Futuristic at the Same Time
When I look at this phone, I can't really place it. Part of me feels 1960's and part of me feels 2020. Since it was actually designed by Chauhan studio, the same design house that created the HalTV, ...
WMF1 Coffee Machine: WTF IS WMF
The WMF1 is both is both a coffee pad machine and a design object. Our question is what the heck does WMF mean? No matter, just insert your favorite coffee mug (in this case, their mug) and within a m...
Montegiro Lusso: Providing Deluxe Vinyl Support For Those Who Need It
Seeing as compact disks may be facing the same fate as the cassette player and the Dodo bird within the next few years, old school vinyl lovers are starting to become a For those looking to flex tha...
Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Etymotic Research ER-6i Earphones
Anybody fond of IEM (in-ear isolating) headphones will know that the Etymotic ER-6i's are one of the best sounding in its class, and rarely ever goes on sale. However, we just saw this morning that th...
Sami Hayek Desk for Target
While IKEA usually steals the show in terms of cheap and affordable, yet contemporary, we should point out that Target's been stepping up their game in terms of picking designers to create good desig...
How To: Turn Your iPod Touch Into an e-book
I have been seriously considering an Amazon Kindle even though the industrial design is far from pleasing and it can't really replicate the feel of a book. The funny thing is, the Kindle has a very Mo...
Stylish Teak TV Consoles
Trying to find the perfect media center can be a lifelong struggle. Most media centers look like, well, media centers. ATLA recently posted about Reynold Rodriguez, who designs custom built consoles t...
How-To: Turn an Ikea Headboard into a Projector Shelf
If you own a projector you know how hard it is to figure out where to place it in a room so that it doesn't become the focal point, but it still beams a great image onto your wall or screen. Small Coo...
Thursday Giveaway: Litter-Robot
Giveaway: Litter-Robot
Find it: Buy via Amazon
Ok potty people! A lot of you were digging on the Litter-Robot we tested last week so we've decided to give it away. Don't worry, this $329 litter box ...
Yamaha YST001 Speakers with Ambient Lighting
Yamaha recently announced the YST001 (shown below the jump), speakers with three integrated halogen lamps of 25W that can be dimmed and lit via remote control. We immediately thought this was a great ...
Hitachi Comes Out with a Super Slim White LCD
This week, some of the big players in the tech field are showing off their wares in New York at Digital Downtown. It's a mini CES within the World Financial Center (west of the former site of the Worl...
Thursday Giveaway Update: Litter-Robot
via tlk We've gotten so many great LOLcat photos in already we just had to share. More hilarious reader made LOLcats after the jump. If you haven't yet submitted your name for our awesome Litter-Robot...
The ‘Soft House’ Powered by Solar Textiles
With alternative energy technology becoming more viable, we're excited about some of the concepts on the horizon. Sheila Kennedy's Soft House is designed to generate close to 16,000 watt-hours of elec...
Chauhan Studio's HalTV
No, it's not the slimmest or largest set out there, but we're quite fond of Chauhan Studio's HALLCD TV recently showcased at Milan Design Week, snapshotted above by the good folks over at Moco Loco......
Survey: Will You Be Picking Up a 3G iPhone
Now that you have had a few days to think about it, are you sold or has it gotten old? All these people are either tired of their current iPhones or simply making space for the next one so it got us...
Headphonovation: WeSC Goes Artist Crazy
Clothing brand WeSC is starting to branch outside their domain of just denim, sweaters, and t-shirts into the headphone sector, featuring numerous high-profile collaborations within the year. Here are...
Close-Up: Katy's Tidy Brooklyn Home Office
A couple weeks ago when we discussed the trouble with hiding cables, Unplggd reader kdkaboom mentioned her set-up. We asked her to send over some pictures and she did! Katy's hideaway for all her home...
The Skinny Laptop War: Enter Voodoo's Envy 133
Lookout Macbook Air, Voodoo's latest laptop claims to be even thinner (than MacBook Air's thickest cross-section). The ultra-portable features a 13.3" backlit LED display, weighs only 3.4 pounds, inte...
DIY: LED Book Cover
Here is an unusual combination of skills. Sewing and soldering to create a bed time book light and book cover. Think you've got what it takes? I know I'm lacking in the sewing department, but if you'r...
Kitchen Geek: PC Keyboard Salt and Pepper Shakers
For those who just need that little extra helping of keyboarding outside of their daily jobs hammering QWERTY all day, take a look at these "S" and "P" shakers that correspond to salt and pepper accor...
Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Sharp 46" LCD HDTV For $1349
Looks like the summer deals are just starting to come in. One of Sharp's finest 1080p models that normally retails at around $1799 just dropped to $1499 on Circuit City. Apply the coupon code: F6AQ78N...
Look! Ikea Bedside Table Features Unplanned Cord Management
While walking through the new Ikea Brooklyn today, Aaron from ATNY found a piece of furniture that could easily be Unplggd...
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Which Platform Do Republican Candidates Use at Home?
Not really too surprised that all of the Republican candidates use Windows opposed to a Mac at home. But as The Huffington Post points out, John McCain's admittance that he cannot operate a compute...
Roundup: Best Ways to Use Ikea's Dioder Lights
For those of you in New York, we're sure you're just as excited as us for the opening of Ikea in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The store doesn't open for another week, but we got a sneak peek of the space this ...
Aspirational Concepts: Symbio VoiP Phone & Radio
We're not too sure if this fits under super minimal or super retro, but it's definitely modern and begs to be fondled with - at least for old memories' sake. We're even more curious to see how digital...
Portable iPhone LED Projector: Honlai QingBar MP101
Here's an interesting little iPhone peripheral that will help you share those photos you snapped during your vacation down in Baja which doesn't require you friends to squint at the wonder device's sm...
Keep-a-Cable: A Piece of Plastic = Desktop Cord Organization
We are always on the lookout for cable management and this has got to be as simple as it gets. A piece of polyethylene with slits and holes, the Keep-a-Cable does something that anyone with a la...
Vaja ivolution Leather Macbook Air Case
Why pull out your Macbook air from a manila folder when there are such better looking alternatives? Vaja's latest creation, the leather ivolution for the Macbook Air, not only provides a protection ag...
Torn LED Lighting
Now this is a sweet concept, and a very simple one at that. Using various curved forms, designer Billy May gives us the illusion of light peering through a torn wall while providing indirect LED light...
Survey: Is Techie Carrie Bradshaw More Fashionable than her Luddite Counterpart?
Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw has always been a bit of a Luddite. It took Miranda getting knocked up for the fashionista to finally get a cell phone. She had an old and teeny CRT television in h...
Rumor Mill: Sony Full-Featured Phone & Camera?
While the iPhone hype is still, in our opinion, out of control, we're glad to see Sony stepping up their game in their phone lineup. Though very much unofficial, their next phone will have a built-in ...
Free Cell Phone Head Sets
Hopefully you've noticed a few of the billboards and public announcements about the new law going into effect in just a few weeks here in California. Starting from July 1st, 2008, driving with cell ph...
The Sqish Satellite Dish Camouflage
For those of you who feel like the ubiquitous digital satellite dish is an eyesore, the Sqish is for you. Well, that is if you happen to live in the UK. But the product idea is ripe for emulating here...
Apple's Mobile Me
Sure, there was this new iPhone unveiled just yesterday but what really caught my eye is this idea of mobile me. Do you have more than one computer in your house? If you have an iPhone or iPod touch ...
The Two-in-One Elecom iPod Stereo Speaker System
Portable speaker systems for your iPod are pretty common these days. But the Elecom stereo speaker systems ASP-CR550P/ ASP-CR550 distinguishes themselves with a two-in-one design that allows the speak...
Instant On CFL's
The best of both worlds? Not really. While these hybrid fluorescent bulbs consist of a CFL wrapped around a regular incandescent bulb, they are not meant to address the oh so familiar issue of incande...
Sustainable: Aluminum Desk Will Last Forever, Hopefully
Cole wants us to know that he "makes highly sustainable furniture out of aluminum that involves no fasteners or moving parts." Also, his furniture will "last functionally for hundreds of years and it'...
Blogging... NPR Talks Girl Focused Gizmos
These days, we ladies love gadgets as much as our XY counterparts -- women now account for 45% of all consumer electronic purchases in the U.S. So why do companies insist on using stereotypes when des...
Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Kingston USB, SDHC & MicroSD Cards For Cheap
Kingston has a few USB 2.0 flash drives and memory cards on sale right now with free shipping. We remember when these were nearly $100 and now they're next to nothing! Oh, how times have changed......
Green Idea: Clean Your Clothes with a Single Cup of Water
I'll believe it when I see it, but the concept is interesting nonetheless. Created by researchers at Leeds University, the trick behind only using one cup of water to wash an entire load of laundry li...
Anderson Cooper Gets a Whyee for his 41st
Rule #1 when you're a news anchor: Know how to pronounce the products you're reporting on. Anderson Cooper shows his age when he jokes that a plane looks like, "one of those new fangled toys the kids...
Flickr Finds: It's A Technology Slumber Party
Well, well. We never thought we'd see the day where Microsoft, Apple, and Sony would be working all together all in spectacular setup. Then again, we didn't realize the edge of the Sony Bravias matche...
Blogging: Domino Highlights Some Cool Tech Solutions
The June/July 2008 issue of Domino features two pages that caught our eye. One is a story on a 200 square foot Manhattan apartment (a perfect Small Cool possibility) and the other is a tour of cookboo...
Retro MP3 Alarm Clock
I have always liked the form of the classic dual bell alarm clock, but the thought of waking up to a mini firm alarm always kind of put me off. While this alarm clock does carry the same metal bells, ...
New 3G iPhone Unveiled!
"Today w'ere introducing the iPhone 3G."
"The number one reason people didn't buy iPhones is because they just can't afford it (56%). So as we arrives iPhone's 1st bday -- we're going to take it to t...
Look! iBose Egg Chair
Not quite as subtle as the ball chair I stumbled across in the Helsinki airpot, but this egg chair packs in a bunch more audio tech. Bose subwoofer, JBL speakers and four 6.5 inch speakers custom mo...
Audiophile Or Not, Nacsound Stylistically Delivers
While most people weigh in their purchasing decisions solely based on rave reviews about how great the speakers sound, we all know deep down inside that having a pair of speakers that look nothing lik...
Roundup: Multiple Monitor Homes
We've discussed multiple monitors multiple times here on Unplggd. Our own Gregory swears by two monitors (and occasionally swears at them), we've surveyed the correlation between multi-monitors and pr...
Bluelounge Cable Box
BlueLounge, purveyors of slick looking cable management, have brought us the Sanctuary and the SpaceStation and now come with the CableBox....
Flickr Finds: iSkin Helps Home Office Pop
While trolling through Flickr we found this shot of New Yorker and Flickr user Stacy Anne's desk. That pink keyboard jumps off that black desk oh so nicely, plus it ties in the "For Like Ever" poster ...
WWDC 2008 Preparation: iPhone Mockups Are Now
Apple's fan base cannot sleep. They must have more Apple gizmos - bigger, better, and more clever than they could ever imagine. So what's to stop them from creating creative mockups of what they expec...
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