Final Frame: Diesel’s Home Collection
Love the audio tech themed Sound System textile and Total Flighcase 3 door low cabinet, both from Diesel’s Home Collection....
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Schlage LiNK Lets You Control Your Home From Afar
One of the main concerns of any homeowner is what happens to their beloved place while they are away. This is something that causes as lot of worries. You are not there and you have no control over th...
Small Space Cooking: LG Combo Microwave Oven & Toaster
As we look to pare down and keep our kitchen appliances to a minimum, the first thing to go for many people is a toaster. It is the definitive single-use appliance, and it can take up far too much pre...
MUJI's Thonet Desks: Perfect Laptop Companions
We've been long fans of MUJI's home office and decor offerings since day one, but it's been a while since we've seen us a good desk for laptop computing. Worry no more, as Thonet - one of the oldest f...
DIY Installation: Flat Panel TV With Hidden Wiring
John sent Apartment Therapy his fantastic "Before and After: How To Redo a Chandelier" last year and now he has started his own blog about the renovation of his SF Victorian, moving onto a series of h...
Check Out These Twitter and Facebook Mousepads!
Maybe you're a seasoned Twitter pro. Maybe you're a newbie with only a few tweets under your belt. Maybe you've been on Facebook since high school. Or maybe you're just jumping on and figuring it...
Digital Camera Accesories for Travel
Some of our favorite childhood photos were taken on family vacations. If you're tempted to save space in your luggage by leaving your real camera home and relying on your iPhone or other camer...
LG's HDTVs That Instantly Stream NetFlix
You know that you love NetFlix as much as we do, but just like us, you are probably having trouble dealing with the snail mail return service. That's why the online service is so neat. It lets you com...
Close Up: Adam's Sleek Basement Office for Two
Name: Adam Selwood
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Now here's inspiration to clean out that basement or attic and make better use of the space. Adam was kind enough to share his work-in-progres...
Speakers as Equalizers
Any time you can take a speaker out of its square existence and spice it up is a good thing. This concept from Young Sang Eun, the same guy that thought up the 2-in-1 loo, turns speaker into movable...
Re(al)view: NuForce W-1 Subwoofer
We have talked a bit about Nuforce here before. We love their design for its minimalism and its refined detailing. A few months back we took a look at their now famous Icon with S-1 speakers....
TV TrickleSaver Saves You Time ...and Energy!
We try and turn off all the unneccesary power-suckers in a standard routine every time we leave the house. The lights go off, the computer goes into sleep mode and the TV, DVD player and cable box eac...
How To: Avoid Getting Your Wireless Network Hacked
After this very real and eye-opening Lifehacker article about WEP hacking (and how painlessly easy it can be for someone to hack into your wireless network with just a few simple steps), we felt it wa...
Re(al)view: NewAir AC-10000E Portable Air Conditioner
When summer arrives many apartment dwellers head off to the local big box appliance store for a window unit AC. But in recent years there's been a wider range of more affordable portable wheeled units...
Flickr Find: Making the TV a Graphic Element
We already know how decorating around your TV can be a challenge. One of the best solutions we've discussed is to make sure that your TV takes a backstage to great furniture and decorations, even fadi...
Black White Digital Wall Clock
Each number unit is battery operated and meant to be applied directly onto the wall. A light sensor will switch the clock to an invert mode: white in the dark time of day and black at daytime. By Vadi...
NetFlix Streaming Comes to Sony Bravias
If you are using NetFlix to stream movies, you'll soon be loving their new partnership with Sony. This will make streaming movies to your Bravia TV a cinch and remove a bunch of messy wires, if that's...
LED Display Plant Pot Monitors Your Plant's Age
This is one of those future concepts common to academic creative exercise, but nevertheless notable for it's merging of nature and technology for the home. The plant pot renders were designed b...
Tech Tour: Modern Tech Living In London
Unplggd
Name: Chittagong
Location: London
Size: 98m2
Years lived in: 1 year
While Chittagong may not have many beat on duration of living, with the accumulated character that many older "lived-in" sp...
Table Robot: Furniture and Waiter In One
A little bit cool, a little bit creepy, but all whole lot of crazy...the Laksmi-Do Corp robotic table design is something that we can only imagine the Japanese coming up with. Watch it in action abo...
Tilly Moss Laptop Sleeves
Most laptop sleeves tend to skew toward the sleek and modern. But what if your own tastes are for cute, vintage and colourful? Well if you're partial to the textile designs of Amy Butler or Jap...
How to... Haggle Down Your Cable Bill
Today, a friend of ours, who's hooked up with the works—super high-speed internet access and premium cable with DVR and HD channels—but was sick of how much he was shelling out for it all,...
Arctic Air Commercial Refrigerator
Restaurant Appliances in a Home Kitchen
We can't pass up browsing at restaurant supply stores, but the giant scale usually makes those alluring 3-bay sinks and enormous mixers impossible to consider taking home. Not to mention the rewir...
Look! The Incredible Portable Charging Mat
A typical home will have a bunch of devices that need charging every single day. We know that most of you just spread them around, splitting up wall sockets with power strips and getting the most out ...
Drinkwell 360 Pet Fountain
We don't know what we did before automating our pet feeding schedules. For anyone who likes to travel or camp over the weekend and has pets, we all know worrying about getting home to feed Fido or Tri...
What's The Appropriate TV for a Kid's Room?
Let's be honest, kids destroy stuff often. It's nice to give Bobby the Nintendo paradise he's always wanted in his room, but chances are that 19" LCD will see it's demise at the hands of a game of Wii...
Amazon Kindle 2: Lower Price, Same Device
For the e-book savvy, you may be glad to hear that Amazon has recently shaved off $60 off the Kindle 2's retail price of $360, dropping it down to a sweet $300 price point that's more in line with oth...
Hot or Not: Knee Defenders
Though this product has been on the market for several years, we've never seen it in action. Designed to slide onto the arms of your tray table, these plastic gizmos prevent the person in front of ...
NY Times: Cell Phone-Fed Digital Photo Frames
It's a great gift for any techie to get for their parents or grandparents: A digital photo frame, while being one of those darn new-fangled gadgets they curse at, doesn't really require any extensive ...
Final Frame: Mac Ghosts
Mac Ghosts by Gary Gao lithograph, one of three hand-pulled screenprinted poster designs from the Mac Poster Trilogy....
Mini Countertop Dishwashers for Renters
For the most part living without common modern conveniences like a microwave and dishwasher isn't really a big deal. Yet every once in awhile, especially after we've entertained guests, we do miss the...
Ford Work Solutions: The Home Office on Wheels
We are spending a lot of time in cars. It's just common sense to have some kind of mobile work integration, so that all those hours spent in gridlock can actually be used for a purpose, instead of jus...
Inspiration: Lofty Office Living in Paddington
Another spiffy home office loft renovation joins the ranks in this month's edition of "Inside Out" magazine. Lead by inspired blogger and designer Matt Eastwood, the home received multiple wall-knockd...
Hot or Not? DIY Plywood Stereo Rack
What do you think about this $30 DIY stereo rack?
Survey and link to instructions below the jump......
Make Your Own Charging Pocket from a Shampoo Bottle
At home, we've got our cell phone's power cord "wired" (read: we taped it) behind the headboard, giving us just a little piece of the business end of the charger sitting on our pedestal nightstand. Bu...
MagicJack Flying Off The Shelves, Plans Femtocell
When is the last time you used your landline? In fact, do you still have a real landline, or is it now a VoIP line, or does it come provided from your internet service provider in a handy package? A l...
The Vodafone Solar Powered Mobile Home
How's this for traveling in style? European tech company, Vodafone, worked with Waskman Design Studio and Creative Space Culdesac to design a stylish abode on wheels for a blogger to live in w...
Dishwasher Minus the Dishwasher
Sometimes simplifying tech is the best way to improve it. A concept dishwasher shown at DMY International Design Festival proves just that. Colo, designed by Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner, modifi...
Flickr Find: A Makeshift Landing Strip
We all want to have the perfect little landing strip. A convenient area by the doorway we use most with plenty of surfaces and enough storage to drop all of the day's burdens—your cell phone, iP...
Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Tech A-Go-Go
THIS WEEK:
Refurbished Logitech Harmony 890 Remote for - $99.99 Shipped (Was $350)
D-Link DIR-615 Wireless-n Router + FREE Wireless-n Notebook Adapter - $39.99 Shipped (Why settle for 802.11g spee...
Flickr Find: Workspace Evolution
This workspace by Flickr user and Unplggd reader Schodts has evolved from this cluttered desk pictured above, adorned by metal chair complete with seating pad, to an impressive three monitor + TV se...
From a Garage to a Sweet Home Office
For most of us working stiffs, we only buy or rent as much house as we deem is necessary to our lifestyles. That often means that we won't be paying a premium to aquire an extra bedroom just to use as...
Final Frame: Window Shade Home Theater
Not so effective during the day, but an interesting idea posted by Flickr user, muffytyrone, where a ceiling mounted projection screen also serves as a window shade during day time screenings. ...
Easily Transfer Data Between Laptops When You Are On the Go
Almost everyone travels with a laptop. Laptops are handy in the way that they let you assume the same functions as a desktop, but right there as they are sitting in your lap. It's strange to image lif...
Lumiere LED Shower Head by Jaclo
The Jaclo Lumiere shower head is all about double duty, combining a 252 jets rain shower head with a LED lighting system decorated in decorative damask, so you can pretend you're showering in the liv...
Panasonic Ups the Ante with Greener CRT Recycling
We've covered a variety of methods when it comes to recycling our old CRT TVs (heck, you can even turn them into pots). But it looks like Panasonic's about to up the ante when it comes to the actual m...
Hot Tip: LED Lights Don't Attract Bugs
Fed up with citronella candles? Tired of bugs swarming every time you try to enjoy an evening outdoors? We just received an e-mail from one of our favorite Boston shops, Vessel, touting the fact that...
Body Weight Activated Upside Down Outdoor Shower
Turn your world upside down and enjoy the upward spray Viteo Shower, which hooks up to your hose and uses your own body weight to activate the spray on or off. We're not sure about the Donnie Darko th...
This Laptop Essentials Kit is Your New Travel Buddy
Maybe you're traveling for business. Maybe you're traveling for pleasure but you just gotta take an entire tech arsenal with you to keep tabs on all the happenings back at home. Either way this laptop...
Tiny Wireless Camera Security System Keeps an Eye While You're Away
Yes, we often make light of that most guilty of pleasues known as Skymall, but once in awhile we do see something that catches our eyes like this color surveillance system with 4 wee-sized wireless vi...
DIY Project: Cheaply Assemble Entertainment Center
Times are tough, but that doesn't mean that you have to spend no money. You just have to spend what money you have at your disposal smartly. This is why we thought that this Ikea hack was really nifty...
Electrolux Volare: Modular Kitchen and Lighting System Concept
Now this is some future forward thinking for the kitchen: The Electrolux Volare is a concept aimed specifically for smaller space urban dwellers (us!); an entire kitchen tucked away inside a form that...
Roundup: 8 Wooden iPod Speaker Docks
Ok, so iPod speakers are showing up everywhere -- Swedish living rooms, nurseries, Legos, lamps. For those of you who like to bring nature back into your home, rather than crowding it with a bun...
Omnidirectional Sound From Modern Speaker Table
Some tables are just tables. Four legs holding up a surface where you can set books, drinks and maybe the occasional arrangement of flowers. Others, like this one, just happen to feature an entire lux...
Historic Tech Makeover: Oliver Schick's Living Space
Taking on a 110 square meter historic building, Oliver Schick interior design encourages modern thinking and home tech incorporation into a small, vintage package. The result is a very built-in look (...
Mini Movie Theater: MiLi Pro
We've talked about the MiLi Power Pack for the iPhone before, and just when you thought MiLi couldn't get any better, they've released a device that will allow you to project the movies you usually ...
Use a Kitchen Bowl to Amp Up Your Speakerphone Calls
After losing our faith in quick home remedies by seeing the Do-It-Yourself HD Projector Kit (You want me to make what?!), we have regained a glimmer of hope for humanity with this tip from Lifehacker...
Sputnik: The Solar Lamp from Space
We know that in the long run, solar powered devices will outlast conventional ones. Along the way, they also have the benefit of saving you some money. Summer is most definitely here, and it's time to...
HazelMail.com: Turn Vacation Photos into Postcards
There's something wickedly fun in sending friends completely inappropriate postcards while traveling. You can now skip the tourist trap offerings of inane and tacky photograph postcards for...your own...
Hot or Not? A Digital Ruler
We sorta cringed when the iPhone store started filling up with "digital levels," but this one.. we're not too sure. Combining the values of a traditional ruler with the advantages of a digital in...
Access Online Programming Sans PC With WebTVPlug
The WebTVPlug reminds us in presentation and promises to that of the infommercial darling, Magic Jack. But instead of bringing VOIP service with plug-and-play ease, the WebTVPlug is a home network per...
"Why Cry" Baby Translator Analyzes Crying
Deciphering the cries of our infants (specifically at 3am when the world is a sleepy fog) would solve so many of our problems, or at least get everyone back to sleep sooner. Wouldn't it be nice for...
From Flash Drives to HD Video: When Should DIY Stop?
We love a quick fix or a home remedy as much as the next guy, but when we saw posts out in the blogosphere about a DIY HD projector, we had to take pause. A kit, sold by German firm G&P Optoelectronic...
KGB Lamp Reveals Secret Messages
Designed for the IDII exhibition in Salone del Mobile, the KGB Lamp would make one really great solution for parents who want their kids to have the freedom to "express themselves", but without the me...
How to Make Your Own Sun Jar and Save Money
You've seen the Sun Jar and you love it. The trouble is the price. You can't just fathom paying $45 for each solar light. You'd be paying almost $500 to light up your garden and your rooms. That just ...
Bringing in White and Light Into the Media Room
When can we move? Found on Desire to Inspire, this sweet living room is from a collection of Swedish real estate photos. Yup, these sweet digs are for sale (though we're not sure if all the amazing f...
When DIY Goes Wrong: There, I Fixed It
We already try to put a little TLC into our gadgets and gizmos before we throw them out to pasture. But sometimes, it's better to just let go (or go without, as we'd hoped those tech-craving pool...
Ultra Lead Travel Plugs: Portable Power Gets Modular
Catering to the LEGO builders in all of us, Georges Moanack - a recent grad from the Royal College of Art - has designed Ultra Lead - has created an electrical management system that allows electrical...
Roundup: 5 Home Tech Items We're Itching To Play With
While we know that keeping our belongings to a minimum is a big step in the battle against clutter, there's still some home tech gadgets we're oh so curious about. Usually, they're things we'...
Boynq's Pad2Go Compact Travel Mousepad
Whether your travels during Unplggd's travel month take you to Spain or just to your local Starbucks, there's no reason to leave the comforts of home behind. Just like you'd bring along your favorite ...
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