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CES 2009: Wrapup and The Best of the Rest

Attending CES reminded us a lot of our earlier years when we worked in the video game industries, during the hey days of E3 excess and visual/information overload. And despite the economy there s...

The Retro Mini-Media Center

Most media centers are small and black, which is kind of drab. It's hard to tell them apart since they just all look the same. Well, almost the same. Media center PCs are perfect to plug into your hom...

Look! Custom Small Space Kitchen Recipe Display

Check out a few of these photos from Apartment Therapy Los Angeles' most recent house tour from India, showcasing an architect's own 500 sq. ft. apartment which includes this very sleek and smart kitc...

Circuit City to Close, Liquidate
Liquidation Sales Begin Tomorrow

Another one bites the dust. Circuit City has announced plans to immediately begin closing all 567 stores, discounting all merchandise starting tomorrow. Sad news, as we actually liked our local Circui...

Buffalo's Wireless-N USB Dongle Gets It Just Right

While it's hard to find laptops these days missing the standard WiFi card already built-in to their motherboards, there are still a number of devices out there that probably still require the magical ...

Billy's Brother: A Great-Looking Slanted Bookshelf

Shelving is one of the things that can be easily improved in any home. It's something that most people just forget because we all have so much to store. You can either get rid of your extra things, if...

Re(al)view: Acoustic Research ARW200 5.1 Surround Sound Headphones

Traveling can make you a headphone nut. Flying, hotels, limousines, Rolex watches, and conference centers- lot's of time in no man's land where you need a little something to do. We are currently on...

High-Tech Hopsctotch

Does anybody else share my fond memories of chalking up the sidewalk outside your house on Saturday mornings? All the neighborhood kids would get together and draw pictures and play four-square and ho...

CES 2009: Hitachi's Prototype Hakuichi LCD Frames and Stands

Electronics manufacturers made it clear this CES that home electronics were being designed not just technological solutions, but as decor friendly pieces that would add, rather than detract, to our ho...

In Case You Missed It: AT Chicago Uncovers a Readymade Factory

We honestly can't even handle how many amazing readymade objects are in this Apartment Therapy Chicago home tour. Marcel DuChamp would have been proud. Patrick Foisy's loft, in Montreal not Chicago, ...

CES 2009: Pogo Sketch Turns MacBook Trackpad into a Pen Tablet

We've never really liked track pads on laptops. That is until we got ourselves a MacBook Pro, with its huge, glass surface, multi-digit gesture trackpad that is so responsive and pleasant from a tacti...

DIY Cord Wrangler Hides Peripheral Wires

We all struggle sometimes with keeping a clean desk, some more than others. Me? I'm having an impossible time. I bought a great looking desk not too long ago, the only caveat being that it has no draw...

YouTube TV On Your Gaming Consoles Are A Go!

Who's to say you need an extra box for your home entertainment center when you can use one you already have? YouTube has kindly introduced a new portal service easily accessible from your Playstation ...

Inamo Restaurant: Touch Your Table, Get a Pint

I wish I knew about this restaurant the last time I was in London. Located on Wardour street in Soho, Inamo is oriental fusion with a technological twist. You order your food tby touching the illustra...

The Dark Knight—as an 8-bit Nintendo Game

No lie, I've still got an old Sega Genesis up and running to play games on. Sure, the XBOX 360 is a fun console to play—and I don't need to tell you about the Wii I don't have that I desperately...

Gunnar Optiks: Eyewear Combats Computer Eye Strain
...and Makes You Look Like a Stand-in for Tom Cruise

We must average at least 10 hours of our day staring at our computer. That's enough time to seriously risk eye strain (and the reason we take breaks away from the computer on the weekend). San Diego c...

Nested Divider Computer Tables By Dylan Freeth

We have found that desk real estate is something that evaporates quite quickly in our work places, either at home or at the office. Stuff just piles up and you always need more space for newer things....

On-Time Headset And Sound Eggs Speakers

Speaker design and function is something that is quite important. Most of the peripherals that we use need some form of speakers or headphones in order for us to hear them adequately. Not all speakers...

Re(al)view: ooma VoIP Phone System
Bye Bye Skype, Hello ooma!

Last Friday we got to sit down with Dennis Peng, Vice President of Product Management at ooma to discuss their current and future line of VOIP technology. After several weeks of using a review unit of...

Hot or Not? Hand USB Thumb Drives

While we're not experts here at Unplggd, we have had some exposure to a various hand signs to know what C++ looks like when we see it. Or wait... is that Erlang? ...

The Smash Alarm Clock

Although we love mornings, we do not like being woken by the alarm. It just makes us grumpy. A gentle shake by the sun or a kiss on the cheek, yes. The insistent buzz of a clock? Well, it makes us...

Keep Your Gadget on a Leash. No, Really.

Kids are precious cargo. We strap them down and wrangle them in everywhere we go, with the really paranoid among us controversially tying their kids the the other end of a leash. So in the case of our...

DIY Project: A Projector Screen that Plays Art Piece During Down Time

Projectors are great substitutes for televisions because they're a bit less invasive than say a 50-inch flat screen. You can easily hide a projector amongst books on a shelf, but that screen... Unles...

CES 2009: Updated Lasonic TRC - 931 iPod Ghetto Blasters

Sure, we have fond memories of our early 80's ghetto blasters bumpin' out Kool Moe Dee and Suicidal Tendencies, but do we really wanna take it back old school like these Lasonic TRC-931 iPod Ghetto Bl...

CES 2009: 3D Televisions Coming Soon!

Besides super thin displays, the most fun we had at CES was noting the technological steps forward in the realm of 3D displays. Manufacturers such as LG, Samsung and Sony showcased various models of d...

TerraCycle Turns Old Computers and Printers into Flower Pots

We're still slugging our way through January, but we can't wait for Spring, when we can start gardening again. We have a yard that's filled with concrete unfortunately, so we do all our gardening in ...

Tech-Inspired Posters from a Brillant Young UK Designer

Olly Moss, a 21-year old UK artist, is probably best known for his popular t-shirt designs which have virally spread all across the interwebs (We posted his awesomely accurate AV T-Shirt a few months ...

In Case You Missed It: Celeste's Record Storage Desk

With the new House Call series just starting to take off at Apartment Therapy, we're already seeing tons of great submissions from our readers. We found Celeste's simple, yet elegantly implemented wor...

Pro:Motion: The Bespoke Keyboard

Now here is something a little bit different, an "injury avoidance" keyboard. I don't know about you, but "injury avoidance" just doesn't jump out and grab me like say OLED or frickin' lasers. So I a...

Retro Love!: CDRs that Look Like Floppy Disks

I'm proud to be of the generation that remembers my family's first home computer. I'd imagine that I'll tell my kids about seeing and experiencing that beige plastic box the first time that now-infamo...

Final Frame: 393 Keys = The Keybag

The Keybag...a DIY craft inspiration to use some of the parts from all your non-working keyboards (you know, the ones you repeatedly spilled your morning coffee on)....

The Great Multipurpose Ipod Dock

We like iPod docks, since we have to have them at home in order to play our tunes. However, docks should always come with speakers, since we like to have a all-in-one solution. That's why I thought th...

Clicking Kitchen Grip Oven Mitts

What do you get your pixel pushing, computer obsessed friend who also enjoys some behind the stove time? How about some oven mitts in 8-bit glory for those vid game inspired cupcakes for your next Wii...

The Small Space Office: MisoSoup Design's K Workstation

Not much information about MisoSoup Design's K Workstation, but the surface winding design speaks for itself, incorporating a near continuous wall mounted surface that provides desk space and overhead...

Two Ways of Cutting Down on Cable Mess

We all have problems with cables. The problem is that there are just so many of them, it's so easy to get the infamous cable octopus and not know how to take them apart anymore. It's a mess, and the o...

Go White! Estate Stalking Finds A Serene Living Room

From the brokers over at Alvhem, we were able to catch a glimpse of a beautiful property in Göteborg, Sweden, filled with Scandinavian influences aplenty. We've held many examples on how to go white ...

PLANTBOT Automatically Moves to Keep Your Plant Photosynthesizing!

Remember the scene in Pixar's Toy Story with those broken, weird Dr. Moreau selection of outcast toys? Play Coalition's Phototrope plant maintenance robot is sort of like those weird-fascinating creat...

CES 2009: Areaware Moof Bicycle Offers Solar Powered LED Lamp

Our car lease is about to expire in a couple of months and we're considering going without a car for a bit while we sort out the possibility of going hybrid, high efficiency diesel or just economy. Th...

Pee-Powered Batteries Really Exist

So... we don't often talk about urine on Unplggd—in fact, the only other time we've posted anything concerning urine was a post about living on the moon that mentioned recycling sweat and urine ...

Mac OS Throw Pillows Now Available

Last year Gregory posted about a set of Mac OS dock pillows. At the time the pillows were super limited edition – like they weren't for sale. Since then Roberto, the man who made these, has teamed ...

Just For Virtual Packrats: Memory Stick Reaches Two Terabytes

As Ryan ponders whether 512 megabytes is enough storage for him on the surprisingly masculine flash drive wristband, we have to wonder who in their right mind could need the two terabytes of space tha...

Save Money on Ink with a (Free) New Font

We've talked about the costs of ink a few times here on Unplggd. With all of us tightening our belts, any trick to save on ink is worth checking out. The other day we read up on eco-font, a typeface ...

CES 2009: Sharp AQUOS BD Series To Integrate Blu-ray Players

Did someone say consolidation? Oh yes, and it's a mighty fine thing we must say. Sharp's new BD series, a branch from their high-end AQUOS lineup, features a completely built-in side-loading Blu-ray p...

Flash Drive Band: Wear Your Files

Now here is a flash drive that I could actually see myself carrying around....because I wouldn't actually be carrying it, but wearing it. While there is no shortage of flash drives masquerading as lip...

Seamlessly Blending Desktop Info with Your Wallpaper

Hi my name is Taryn and I am a desktop-aholic. Sometimes it seems like I can't go a week without changing the backdrop to my cyber-life. Sometimes it's pictures of friends and good times, sometimes it...

Final Frame: Chrono-Shredder

The Chrono-Shredder follows the passing of time by slowly shredding the day's sheet over a 24 hour span. And with that idea, we bid the day and you adieu!...

Look! LEGO Camera: No You Can't Take it Apart!

LEGO is a favorite of ours. Most of us have played with the bricks when we were children, which is why we still love them. There are a number of things that are available in LEGOs, from computers to s...

DIY Project: The USB Lipstick

USB flash drives come in all shapes and it's hard to find shapes that won't fit a USB drive. We've seen plenty of different ones out there, but there is nothing like making your own to suit your own n...

CES 2009: Sony P "Lifestyle" Netbook Gets Revealed

Rarely does Sony introduce a product that's aimed toward the budget crowd. Though priced a little higher most of the time, we've found their digital frames, laptops, and all-in-one PCs to all contain ...

Re(al)view: Acme Made "Clyde City" Laptop Bag

After weeks of nowhere to go, we finally had an opportunity to put the Acme Made "Clyde City" laptop bag through the stresses of a trade show while lugging around a 15" laptop, a DSLR, iPhone, press m...

What Is Convection Oven Cooking?

When convection ovens were first introduced to the home market, they were heralded as the ultimate time saver: "Perfect roast chicken in a third of the time!" But is convection technology really a sho...

Uni Wristwatch is Customizeable—with Software!

Typographers rejoice! There is a watch for even the most font-obsessed among you. It's screen is essentially a tabula rasa—clean slate— for you to play upon with your very own ideas of col...

Survey: Are You Ready for the Digital TV Switch?

All you need is an HD-ready TV, a converter box, and a digital antenna, but still it seems there are tons of people who aren't ready for the switch from analog broadcast to digital. And now president...

CES 2009: Panasonic EP30005 Real Pro Ultra Deep Massage Chair Brings the Pain

Despite not being a completely brand new product (updated in 2008 with additional features), the Panasonic EP30005U massage chair found itself to be a popular product amongst the thousands attending C...

Guitar Hero Cupcakes Are Less Geeky Looking Than You'd Imagine

Did you miss the post about iPhone cupcakes? If you did, go check it out now at this link—that is, unless you're starving because you haven't eaten lunch yet or your new year's resolution was to...

PS3 Media Server: A Great Tversity Alternative

For those who don't know, we're big fans of multi-purposing home tech here. Whether it be a DIY project turning your pencil eraser into a USB thumbdrive or creating a free media streaming hub from you...

Inspiration: Bringing History to a New Media Center With Vintage Tech

In the past we've oohed and aahed over vintage gadget décor. From old school cameras framed on the wall to Urban Outfitters mainstream selections to obsolete Macs as bookshelf fodder. Well, Pottery ...

The Environmental Impact of a Google Search

Many people don't realize that many of our favorite cyber-spaces have real-life homes, which means that running websites has a real-world environmental footprint. Files are stored on servers, viewed b...

Final Frame: Pixel Style Post-It Wall Art

Some fun Post-it pixel wall artwork reminds us that art doesn't have to cost very much. [via Konrad Tumblr]...

The Great Wrap-Around Disposable Phone

Phones are becoming more and more part of our modern lives. There are no two ways about it, you need one. However, there is one trend that is really good to know. It's the trend of disposable cell pho...

CES 2009: Samsung RFG299AARS French Door Refrigerator Does the Math

Tucked into a quiet corner of their CES booth, Samsung had a couple of their premier brushed metal clad fridges in a faux kitchen area setup (reps ignored us, standing around talking amongst themselve...

DIY Project: The Giant Atari Joystick Lamp

There is no doubt that using old technology as an inspiration to do new stuff is really cool. That is to say that nothing is more cooler than using old video games. The Atari joystick is the epitome o...

Go Monochrome: Complementing Tech with Black and White

Last week, we saw how well stripes played in with the half-home entertainment half-kitchen design at Innerspec's Swedish home, so why not make it a tad more dramatic by washing out all the colors and ...

Hot or Not? The See-Through B-IRON 725

B-IRON 725 by Dong-Seok Lee & Ji-Hyung Jung ...

CES 2009: Two More Anorexic HDTVs

Last week the Consumer Electronics Show rolled through Vegas bringing with it hundreds of thousands of new product releases. One of the big trends of '09 seems to be the competition to develop the thi...

CES 2009: Hitachi's Gesture Remote Control TV Prototype

Taking a cue from the popularity of the Nintendo Wii, Hitachi's engineers showcased a motion-gesture remote control system that brought flashbacks of Mr. Miyagi telling Daniel-san to "wax on, wax off"...

CES 2009: Panasonic's Wireless 1" Thick VIERA TC-P54Z1

Off all the technological advances we laid our eyes upon during this past week's CES show, it was Panasonic's prototype 1" thick plasma display, the TC-P54Z1, mounted onto a motorized bookshelf that i...

Mobile Email for the Non-Smartphone Set

On a recent trip out of town with a friend, we both knew we needed almost constant access to our respective email inboxes. It was no problem for me; I always bring my Blackberry everywhere I go. But f...

The Next Big Thing: Automated Home Security Locks

While CES 2009 is all but over, we're undoubtedly placed in a position to scrutinize whether the gadget makers there actually brought something more useful than a set of flatter LCD monitors and a bun...

Amadana Humidifier: An Alternative to the Plus Minus Zero Donut

Amadana hasn't been around for that long, since 2002 to be exact, but they definitely have design in their DNA. Everyday objects like cordless phones, iPod docks and electric juicers have received th...

Flickr Finds: Homemade Macintosh Paperweight

Our first computer was a Macintosh Classic, which had a similar build to the original Macintosh of '84. It was a hand-me-down from a family friend who realized that our luddite folks would never bring...

Gmail Trick Can Help You Beat Spam

When I subscribe to catalogs and magazines, I make sure to use a fake name. It's not for any privacy reasons, really. It's just to keep track of who's giving out my address. For example, I recently re...

Hot Posts 01.11.08: This Week's Hot Posts

Our first week into the new year of posts was a good one. We're feeling positive, despite the grim outlook on the economy, because luckily creativity is one thing that doesn't run dry in these hard t...