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Zipper Luminaire: Zip'em Together Anyway You Want
Finding the right lighting for the home office or for your workplace isn't always easy. Sure you can use those great economical fluorescent lights, but they don't give off a nice glow. The glow is eit...
Krama: IKEA Shopping Aid Web App Concept
Krama in Swedish means "squeeze", and that's the name for the software concept designed by industrial design student, Steven Paxton, which addresses the problem of how to optimally pack up your car wi...
Griffin AirCurve Review: More Sound From Your Iphone
So, you're stuck camping and would like to share some music. Or you're sitting in your bath, and would like to hear some music. What are you going to do? Plugged docks aren't always the answer because...
Bang & Olufsen: BeoVision 103-Incher Astounds, Empties Your Savings
If you're going to even throw down $135,000 for a TV, you'd better hope you're getting more than a huge plasma screen accompanied by a name. So, if an automated television stand that raises when you t...
Sonos Design: Interview With Mieko Kusano
With a name like Unplggd, you have to assume that we, at the very least, hate wires… maybe also wall outlets. You might even take us for hippy off-gridders who would be more likely to lay down rhyt...
Undo Send in Gmail?!?! OMFG... Is it Real?!
We added Gmail's official blog to our bookmarks a while ago, as the tips and tricks that Google insiders give you about the program they themselves created, and continue to foster, are for sure the mo...
Laptops in the Kitchen: What Do You Think?
This came up during our discussion on the pros and cons of electronic delivery for food magazines, and we thought it would be interesting to put the question out there. Do you display recipes on a lap...
Roundup: Five Coolest Xbox Hacks
Game On!
We love hacks. It's one of the scariest things to do to your new gadget purchase -- ugh we can't imagine if we broke our Macbook trying to pimp it out -- so those who customize are some of the braves...
Justin's Office in a Closet
Unplggd reader, Justin Esgar, sent in his efficiently organized home office squeezed inside the small confines of his apartment closet:
Dear Unplggd, I live in a NYC Studio apartment on the Upper Eas...
Weird Stuff Caught on Google Street View
Version 2.0: Great Britain
Just recently, Google unleashed what many Britons had been waiting for: their streets have officially been immortalized on Google Maps' Google Street View. But since it was a long overdue event, plent...
Crystal Me Mine: Swarovski Hits The Light Switch Department
Okay, okay - so not everything goes well when you throw crystals into the mix, but the boys at Berker Switches and Systems have teamed up with the Swarovski crystal masters in hopes of forever changin...
Periodic Table of Video Games
We've played a lot of games in our day, and yet we still don't know how 80% of the games referenced in this periodic table. Maybe you can help us?
Btw, we love that the periodic table has become th...
Early April Fools Day Prank or Has Apple Gone Too Far?
The product page is touting it as "the simplest Mac you'll ever use." It's cast from aluminum and is the most thin and lightweight of any Mac before it—because there is no screen. Apparently, a ...
Shuttle's Handy New Computer: Nettop or Laptop?
Ever wanted to move your computer around in your apartment? It's not always easy. You've got to switch it off, unplug the thing and haul it around. Nettop computers are to desktops what netbooks are t...
The Lightpot: Mixing Lighting With Plants
People tend to want plants. They are a nice addition to any apartment. But what if you want to keep a small herb garden inside? Most apartments will have some kind of lighting issue that makes these g...
Plantcraft & Technology Unite: Cosmo's Dunny Theater
There's nothing like an immaculate home theater setup to get us through our Thursday evenings. Above, we have Cosmo's hot man cove over at Minhembio. Uniting a black framed LCD screen against a black ...
LG's Most Wanted Film Gadgets
Unplggd blogger Anthony put together his own list of what technology from movies we'd like to get our grubby little mits on in real life. Check it out if you haven't seen it already. But turns out, el...
In Case You Missed It: Kelly's Hide and Seek Television
Today's AT Daily email from Maxwell looks at Kelly Geisen's inspired television hutch inside a model fireplace she built herself. That's right. Before there was just a flat wall, but Kelly found an o...
Calling all Architecture Freaks!
Isn't technology great? Before, when a dude was really into building architecture and wanted to check out thousands of pictures of beautiful buildings, he'd have to go to a library and check out hundr...
Hot or Not?: Computing Underneath The Stairs
Surely, someone's figured it out by now. One of the sweetest places to dedicate an office workspace is right underneath a bustling staircase, turning a would-be unused part of your home into a friendl...
Survey: Twitter Jobs
Would you tweet for work?
Man, it seems like everyone and their mom is tweeting these days -- congress tweets during the prez's non-state of the union address, jurors tweet in court, but according to our very scientific surve...
Stand Cleaner: The Minimalist Japanese Vacuum With a Braun Vibe
We are big fans of Braun's industrial design. The Dieter Rams Braun that is. The simplicity and minimalism of Braun has been credited with inspiring many of Apple's design....and now we see some of t...
Home Remedies For Common Electronics Mishaps
I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about her Indian mom who has a convenient library of home remedies stuck her in brain, kinda like the "Put some Windex on it" dad from My Big Fa...
Final Frame: Gamer Cupcakes Galore
Just one of the several wonderfully enticing gamer and tech related cupcakes showcased over at MyModernMet.com. Like pixel art, but a whole lot tastier!...
Look! Coke Robots Invade Japan Bow Down To Your New Masters
Things are definitely looking up when you see that robots have started invading Japan. First, there were kids being taught by humanoid looking robots in class, and now there are these Coke Robots desp...
Update: Camelia's "How Do I Live With His Tech?" Solution!
Do you remember Camelia and her question about how to live with her boyfriend's home entertainment setup? The hodge podge of empty boxes as media stand, a precariously positioned LCD screen and skylin...
Lenovo Pocket Yoga: The Netbook You've Always Wanted
Imagine that this is your little netbook, the one that actually fits in your pocket that you take with you everywhere. It's the perfect size to do some browsing, check up recipes in the grocery store,...
ReBraun: The BMW of Digital Media Players
WiFi audio streaming? Twin LCD displays? All this packaged in a fashionable aluminum, acrylic, and steel casing inspired by a 1962 Audio 1 Kompaktanlage design? We've seen our share of retro MP3 playe...
Geeks Who Love Toys Can Wear Their Heart on Their Sleeve
We've always done a lot of talk about geeks at Unplggd, from yesterday's post about the complications that arise when geeks mary non-geeks to the post more than a year ago about how to woo your geek v...
Look! Sheep LED Art
Here's a bit Hump Day fun. Who knew sheep herders were so digitally minded?...
How to: Rate Songs by 'Half Stars' in iTunes
You know when you like something, and you know when you hate something. It's a pretty easily regulated concept. Like the song? Download it from the iTunes store and and jam out on your iPod. Hate a so...
Roundup: TVs In The Kitchen
Cozy or not, tech in the kitchen is so ubiquitous in our friends and families' homes that we figured, "Hey, why not just embrace it?" We've gathered a few ideas in case you're looking to toss a TV int...
Survey: Twitter and Facebook Instead of Email?
For many people, at least the ones we know, updating Twitter and Facebook is a daily routine that is right up there with having a cup of coffee in the morning. It is so common that the words themselve...
Christoph Niemann Hates Cables Too
The New York Times
We've seen Christoph Niemann's pixelated bathroom and shown you his interpretation of New York life in Legos, now the artist tackles one of our biggest pet peeves, cables.
According to Christoph's ...
Wolverine Makes a Damn Good Cord Wrangler
You gotta love scouring GeekSugar for random-but-brilliant observations. That's where we spotted a cool solution of storing your myriad of coffee table remotes in an elegant glass vase. Now, something...
E-Pod Dock: Cramming a Lot of Features in a Small Form Factor
Ipod docks are a dime a dozen. It seems that every week or every few days a new one comes out. That being said, not all of them are equal. Docks are pretty useful, especially if combined with an alarm...
Look! The Zero Footprint Wall Mounted Office.
click for more picsAT reader Josh Smith sent us his admirable DIY solution for a space saving home office:
After seeing some cool office displays on apartment therapy I thought you might enjoy l...
Re-iStick: Putting the New iPod Shuffle to Shame
With all of the hoopla about the new iPod Shuffle, you're probably wondering if you'll get one. iPods are a great way to listen to music, even though I don't like iTunes that much. I've had an iPod Cl...
Wacom Intros New DJ Touch-Sensitive Nextbeat Consoles
For those looking to throw their next epic house party or DJs interested in a something a little bit more creative to work with, Wacom's got your back. While best known for their popular range of grap...
Gazaro Sifts Through Not-Worth-It Electronics Sales
So, kind of off-topic, but has anybody noticed that Subway is offering footlong subs for $5? Of course you have, they won't shut up about it. But did you notice that the footlong tuna sub is regularly...
The iPhone 3.0 OS Preview: Plenty of Features...But Is It Enough?
Copy and paste, wider search abilities, turn by turn GPS, landscape mode, MMS messaging, 3G tethering, stereo Bluetooth audio, Wi-Fi peer to peer connectivity between iPhones, peripherals control, pus...
New Laptop Screens to Cut Battery Use in Half
When One Laptop Per Child was announced it was hard to know whether or not the technological advances from the non-profit would be used outside the struggling countries they were developed for. If yo...
Inspiration: Living In The Chocolate Factory
It's not everyday you see an old chocolate factory converted into a comfortable living space. However, that's exactly what Fullexs did when he found the perfect space in an abandoned Swedish chocolate...
In Case You Missed It: Swedish Studio Makes Space for Some Tech
Found on ATLA is this beautiful Swedish studio subtly pasted with colorful wallpapers that create small rooms in this open space. A narrow hall houses a small home office, with an antique table and l...
When Geeks Marry Non-Geeks, It Can Be a Cluster-Frak
I've never been married, but as a self-proclaimed geek who has dated both fellow nerds and civilians alike, I could relate to Wired's list of "10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse." Some of the sugges...
Motion Computing's Rugged Tablet PC: A Whole Lot of Accessories
After initially coming onto the market for military, medical and corporate use, tablet PCs have always tried to get into the mainstream but have never truly succeeded. Ask around. How many people do y...
MiLi Power Pack for iPhone Protects and Charges
On the cusp of a new iPhone 3.0 announcement from Apple tomorrow, here's a bit of hardware news about how to expand the utility of your existing 2G or 3G iPhone you might have today. The MiLi Power Pa...
Stopper Postcard: You'll Know How Long it Took to Deliver!
It's a fact that everyone still has to use snail mail. The Stopper Postcard does something pretty neat. It measures the actual time it took to deliver. While it doesn't deliver this information to you...
Re(al)view: The Perfect Petfeeder Luxe
One of the dilemmas for pet owners while vacationing or traveling is arranging for your cats, dogs, chinchillas or whatever pet friend you may have, to be fed regularly while you're away. We're fortun...
Good Questions: Must... Find... This Perfect TV Stand
Unplggd reader James is lookin' for a little help in the TV stand department. Any takers?
I recently moved in with my girlfriend in Boston and we have a really, really tiny space to pull all of our s...
Good Questions: Media Stand Options for Large LCD?
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Hopefully someone out there can help us! We have a pretty large LCD TV and need a media stand to place it on. (It has been sitting in the box for weeks now!) The Newkirk Media Stand is the perfect s...
There's More Than One Way to Catch a Virus on Your Phone
Think about where your cell phone travels everyday. It comes up from the nightstand in the morning and it might follow you into the kitchen when you make breakfast or in the bathroom when you shower a...
How To... Cram a 24-Core Linux Cluster in $30 IKEA Drawers
This may win the gold in terms of Ikea Hacks. Tim Molter and his friend Alex Nugent needed a ginormous amount of computational power for some projects and they wanted an inexpensive and elegant sol...
Arcade Buttons to Remember The Old Stand-Up Days
If I mention the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all you think of is a pixelated Michelangelo beating up on some yellow-and-black ninja dudes on a street in a stand-up arcade cabinet, then congratula...
Survey: Hybrid Lounge Seating at Home?
We started seeing these hybrid work-lounge chairs become popular 2-3 years ago, popping up all over in new modern university buildings and libraries. Last week, a friend came up to us and asked if it ...
Solar Power for Apartment Dwellers
When we think of solar panels, two words come to mind. Big and expensive. Picture rooftops covered in black tiles or more innovative solar powered air conditioners. While most people would jump at the...
Vivitar Jumps In With a Vintage-Bodied Digital Camera
Several months ago, we showed you Olympus' Micro Four Thirds Camera. It was a modern digital picture snapper with the stylings of an SLR from the 1970s. At the time, we didn't have any price or specif...
Hot Posts 04.15.09: This Week's Top Ten Posts
We hope y'all had a better Friday the 13th than we did. We got pulled over by the cops riding our bike! Yup. Popos don't like when you bike through the projects. Poop! After the jump ten top posts th...
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