Final Frame: Romantic Lamps
Self Reflecting Lamp by Oliver Schick is a conceptual object that may reveal the secret romantic lives of lighting....
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Modular Fridges: A Great Way to Share a Fridge in A Dorm
When you are living in a dorm or with roommates, how can you divide fridge-space accordingly. Usually, if you are living with roommates, each person gets a shelf in the fridge. In dorms, we've seen di...
Small Closet Turned Into Home Office & Entertainment Center
Now this making the best of a small space! We love this before and after of seldom used closet filled with a mishmash of "stuff" was converted into a multifunctional home office/home entertainment cen...
Beats on Tape: iPod Cases Get Green(er)
Apparently we're not the only ones who love the idea of reusing old cassette tapes. Here, Canadian Contexture Design of Vancouver demonstrates that retro can still fire the fuel of "greenovation," wit...
Survey: Using Technology to Go Green?
There’s been a lot of talk about whether new gadgets, such as the Kindle, will change the way we live. Our household has always been early adopters of the ‘latest’ technology: iPods, iPhones, d...
Furni "Emily" Alarm Clock
Designed by Greg Wolos and winner of Furni's “Show Us Your Skills” competition winner, the Emily alarm clock confused us with its advertised side profile configuration until we realized it was a b...
Do-It-Yourself Washer and Dryer Pedestals
We've seen a lot of chatter about your least favorite household chores, and laundry—with the tedious sorting and folding—always ranks high on the hate list. So we're all for anything that ...
How Many External Hard Drives Do You Own?
Yeah, that there is the small community of external hard drives I use to backup or store files; a few files are saved in triplicate because of their importance, while one of the drives is never used b...
Hourglass Coffee Maker: Doesn't Use Power and Brews the Best Coffee
A lot of people just love coffee. The best beans cost quite a bit of money and they do taste better than your usual coffee. Haven't you ever wondered if your coffee machine is the best way to infuse y...
Skype Threatened & Alternative Online Phone Services
We've been Skype users for years now and have been a Skype-only household for months since cutting away our landline for budgetary reasons. But now we're hearing about a legal battle between Skype an...
Re(al)view: Firestone Big Joe 3 Digital Power Amplifier
Firestone has been kind enough to send us a few of their products recently and today we take an in-depth look at a new digital amplifier. The Big Joe 3, as its numerimacality suggests, is the third g...
San Francisco to Have its First Zero Energy House
Scheduled for construction in 2010, LSarc architects has designed a three-story home that is totally energy neutral.
An eight kilowatt solar array, connected to the main energy grid and net metered...
iStubz iPod Cords: Useless and Necessary at the Same Time
The easiest way to battle cord messes in your home is to eliminate them entirely. That's why we dig wireless products so much. But if you can't go wireless, why not try and eliminate as much extra cor...
How to Pack Electronics For the College Move
If you're anything like us, you've got a reasonably sized collection of gadgets and home furnishings, as well as some kind of over-sized monstrosity you've done nearly all of your work in during the p...
Flickr Finds: Dorm Room With a View
We cannot stress the importance of building a calm surrounding for your hectic workspace. It helps to be able to instantly cut working tension by looking up at a stellar view. Good advice for anyone, ...
Mathmos: Perfect Store For Outdoor Lights and Lava Lamps
Finding the right type of lights isn't always as straightforward as heading to the nearest hardware store or Ikea. You got to search for the right stuff. Mood lighting is also something good to integr...
GRID-IT Helps Keep Your Tech Glut in Check
We like to consider ourselves pretty clean and organized by any standard. But there's an issue that plagues us regularly: tech clutter. It's part of our job to plug this in, route that around, ...
Living with Roomates: Proper Tech Etiquette?
In communal living, life tends to move at a different beat. You've got to worry about those meddling kids downstairs trying to hack into your wireless. However, that should be the least of your worrie...
DesignYourDorm.com
It's back to school time, and for a whole new generation, that means packing up their butterfly chairs, Target bedding and their favourite band posters all in preparation for making a new home ...
Household Tips for the Un-Air-Conditioned
Maybe you're trying to save money. Maybe your air conditioning unit is broken. Maybe you live in a part of the globe where air conditioning units are scarce because they're only necessary one or two m...
Gold Leaf Adorned Gaiser High End Design PC
Despite slimmer pickings for many of us in this economy, it looks like luxury is still alive and kicking. Riding the fine line between sophisticated and gaudy (depending upon which design) thes...
Flickr Finds: Steve Price's Incredible 9-Monitor Custom Desk
For some home offices, usual desks don't work. It's in these instances that a DIY solution is best. The great thing about designing something yourself is that you can get it customized to your own nee...
Sam Hecht's Jetlag Alarm Clock
We love this small, but smart looking travel alarm clock we spied over at one of our favourite Los Angeles design dealers, A+R. The Sam Hecht designed travel alarm is notable for being super ea...
Hot or Not? James Dyson to Build Modular Kitchen Appliances
There's been talk for some time now about James Dyson, inventor of that very hyped and very expensive vacuum, and his recent filing to the US patent office. In April of this year, Dyson submitted pla...
Freshen Up Your Dorm Laundry Room Etiquette
Excited about heading back to school but dreading heading back to the loud, filthy mom-less laundry rooms? Well when you're sharing ancient home tech like community laundry rooms, take care to not bre...
Best Product: Audioengine A2 Desktop Speakers
After making several appearances here on Unplggd and trying it out ourselves at our local hi-fi shop to confirm the reviews, the champion from back in 2008 comes back again to take its crown as the be...
Pixelated Pendant Light
As renters, we are always on the lookout for great lighting options to help personalize our apartment. This pixelated pendant appeals both to our love of color and our inner geek......
Smart Measuring Cup Concept Makes it to Stores!
We can show you cool home tech concepts all day long, but the reality is: No matter how much you dig it, you won't have it anytime soon. That's why we love this news: A 'smart' measuring cup concept d...
Final Frame: Laser + Sound
This demo video of smart laser scanner technology developed by Alvaro Cassinelli, Daito Manabe, Kuribara Yusaku and Stephane Perrin has us dreaming of some amazing interactive gaming possibilities. ...
Zuvo Water Filter: Supercharged and Cheaper in the Long Run
Water is the source of life. Without it, living organisms quickly die. Having a clean source of water is very important. That being said, it's a known fact that a lot of households use extra filters t...
Money Saving Apps and HD Calibration
Unplggd Slinks for 8.5.09
Today's slinks from around the internet include posts about budget planning and deal finding iPhone apps from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times review of the Vuzix’s iWear AV310 Widescreen...
Inspiration: Stylish & Swedish In Monochrome
We've got our black and white landing pads and kitchen nooks, but nothing's more eye-catching (or adorable) as a show-stopping living room, perfected with a white LCD television, multi-use coffee tabl...
The Space Saving F2_fan by Harc Lee
Fans are rarely something you want to keep out for others to see (besides vintage models or something unusual handsome like the Otto Wooden Fan). With that in mind, designer Harc Lee's foldable F2_fan...
How To: Buy an Air Conditioner
It is that time again, and we've got a friend who wants an air conditioner and who has asked our advice in regards to picking out an air conditioner. Although air conditioners are horrible to look at,...
Re(al)view: Panasonic's Link-to-Cell Bluetooth Cordless Phone
As well as my cell phone, I still have a land line. Juggling two phones at home while doing other activities -- making dinner, cleaning, gardening -- can be a pain. Wouldn't it be easier if you had o...
Electronics iPhone App Helps With DIY Projects
When you're looking to make home improvements, hiring a pro is always the best option for those who can afford it. But if you're a little shallow in the pocket, taking on a do-it-yourself home improve...
Organizing Ideas for a Music Station
Lately, we've been seeing a lot of vinyl collections popping up in Apartment Therapy house tours. It makes us think that, although wireless technology is improving, there's still something abou...
LEDs Are As Efficient As Compact Fluorescents
Our recent articles on energy efficient lighting proposed that LEDs were a lot more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs. But how do those fancy LEDs compare to energy efficient compact fluoresc...
Kitchen Counter Built with Computing in Mind
We are huge fans of computing in the kitchen. Whether it's following online recipes or IMing with friends while stirring sauteed shallots, we tend to always have our laptop nearby. This causes some c...
i:wing Bionic Air Circulation Set to Take Flight in October
Many of our favourite designs are those inspired by nature...the curve of a seashell, underwater creatures, coral and plant forms. We can add this new ventilation design from the Bionic Motion C...
Look! Use a Whiteboard as a Desktop
Whiteboards, whether adapted for use in the home or in the office, are a great tool for brainstorming, jotting down notes and keeping a daily score of the To-Do's, Have-Done's and "Please don't forget...
Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Refreshes, Renewals & Upgrades
THIS WEEK:
Get your Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pre-Orders In! - $29.99 (Upgrade) or $49 (5-User Family Pack is the best value in our opinion)
Acer Aspire Timeline 14" Ultra-thin Laptop - $499 (Slick sp...
Vent Hood & Climate Control Combo by Faber Klima
This new dual function vent hood by Faber Klima combines two appliances in one: A heating/cooling unit and a standard vent hood, designed for continuous air renewal 24 hours-a-day and would work gre...
Sophomore Sophistication: The Coolest Dorm Ever
Heading back to school? Check out these photos of student Aaron Francis' college room in a rent house. The whole room is 10 feet by 11 feet, but Aaron manages to pack it with high-tech function a...
Final Frame: Spoticam Desk Lamp
The Spoticam Desk Lamp by Antrepo looks like a security camera, but the articulating lighting-in-security-disguise is actually a lamp that can be used upon a desk or wall mounted....
Hope or Hype: Would You Even Want a Tablet Computer?
So unless you've been away on vacation or living the luddite lifestyle, you're very well aware of the growing rumours about the possibility of an Apple tablet device coming down the pipeline this Sept...
RIAA Watch: Another Student, Another $675K
Our last tech newscast covering the RIAA's suing spree involved charging a Minnesotan mother a whoppin' $1.92 million for 24 songs. This week, another bites the dust, but this time in the form of Joel...
Neat and Tidy Video Game Controller Storage
Los Angeles crafter and self-proclaimed nerd Anjali's gaming control storage solution is a smile-inviting setup comprised of an IKEA CD shelf which has been dubbed "The Hutch", making it a perfect spo...
Carisa Design Radiators
The weather is warming up now that summer is in full swing, but we've always been of the belief that the best time to prepare for colder temperatures are during temperate weather, while in winter, one...
Laundry in 3-D: Panasonic's 3D Washing Machine
We know what you're thinking: Isn't every home appliance already in 3D? Um, yeah. But this washing machine from Panasonic is so named because it employs their 3D Sensor Wash to make sure your loa...
The Most Beautiful Refrigerators by Meneghini
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach...and it doesn't hurt when Nigella Lawson is the one doing the cooking. The British celeb cook was also kind enough to steer us over to checkin...
Make Your Own Custom Lamp Out of Ikea Parts
So you are moving again or changing the look of your place. You've decided that a particular piece of furniture or lamp isn't going to make it into the new place. However before you throw it out, you ...
Download a Free DIY Box Lamp Plan via Ponoko
Designer MadebyDan from Wellington, New Zealand has uploaded and is sharing free plans for anyone and everyone to make their own DIY box lamp. There's a catch though; unless you have access to your ow...
Look! Bringing a Little Bit of Nature to Your Media Room
We love bringing nature into our home in any and every way possible. We having living plants hanging from curtain rods and sitting on window shelves, dried flowers standing in wall vases filled with ...
The Appliance Repair Show
If you're an National Public Radio listener, you're at least aware, if not big fans of those goofy brothers Click 'n Clack who host Car Talk, the call-in advice radio show about auto problems. Well, d...
FIRE Coffee Table Lights Up a Cocktail Party
We've been seeing more and more chimney-less indoor fireplaces lately. Whether you're looking for something permanent but easy to install or something super temporary (hello renters!), theres a soluti...
Good Healthism: Watch TV From Your Bed? Not So Fast
For the curious, healthism is actually a word, not some catchy phrase we've made up (even though it may have started that way...!). However, the topic at hand is healthy habits, and healthy TV watchin...
Ceramic Radio from Studio Lama
We're pretty attached to our iPods; and there's rarely a night that goes by that it's not blasting in our home. Every now and then we think back to those days when when didn't have our beloved iPod...
DIY Track Lighting In Any Room in the House
Track lighting, several movable lamps along a wired track, is the perfect solution for highlighting artwork on the walls, collections on shelves or your home's architectural details. But it can also j...
Final Frame: Coconut Husk Headphones
The Professor and even that well to do Mr. Howell would be envious if they saw you with these Gilligan's Island's style Coconut Husks Headphones, created by Iwan Roberts (and made for a lucky friend)....
Kodak Solar Charger Charge Your Gadgets With the Sun
It's a known fact that gadgets need to be recharged quite often. It's happened to everyone. It's easy to end up stranded with the power on your gadget just fizzling out. Once you have a dud, you are o...
The Otherwordly Lighting of Christopher Moulder
Most everyone knows what xenon bulbs are by now: the bright, near-sunlight in spectrum bulbs that make driving at night occasionally a hassle, but supposedly help driver visibility (the tradeof...
Survey: What Do You Use Your Media Console For?
Whether you're hunting for the perfect media cabinet or simply in the market for one, everyone's got their own special approach on how one should function around his or her apartment design. Some pref...
Solé Integrated Solar Tiles by SRS Energy
This is the future: solar-energy-capturing products that look just like their non-solar counterparts. The Solé Power Tile is an electricity-generating tile that can be installed alongside traditional...
Reused Empty Inkjet Cartridges Lighting
Etsy seller boxlightbox couldn't bear tossing out the abundance of inkjet cartridges her workplace would go thru on a regular basis, so she began taking them with the motive of making something...
The 21st Century Way We Call Kids to Dinner
Facebook, the online phenomenon of a social network, has consumed and consolidated the lives of my friends and I. Each morning starts with an Inbox thread of back-and-forth conversation. And now, a g...
BlueStar Ovens Available in 190 Colors
The kitchen is normally the domain of three primary colours: white, black and the professionally-influenced brushed metal finish. But for those looking to add some visual panache, the choices for col...
How to Make Your Own Laser-Cut iPhone/iPod Stand
The older Apple iPods used to come with stands. Nowadays, there aren't any stands included with your purchase. Even so, the free ones were cheap, plastic affairs. Making your own little stand isn't as...
10 Best Multi-Monitor Mac Setups
A reader recently directed us over to one of his favourite sites, Meoeo.com, noting they've got a small selection of great Mac setup images, notably multi-monitor configurations with desktops, ...
SpotLight Pet Locator Keeps Tabs on Your Dog
If you're lucky enough to live someplace where your dog can run free in the yard you more than likely worry about your dog getting out of his large, yet confined space. According to Positioning Anima...
Black Nintendo Wii Now Importing to the US!
We told you that the all-black Wii console was hitting Japan on August 1st. Well you had to figure that some online retailer would be savvy enough to ship to the US and even accept USD for purchase&md...
Pico Projectors Get Brighter, But Still Not HD
Let's be honest. Despite how cool having a pocketable projector is (seriously, being able to play videos straight from your iPod Classic will get you plenty of cool points here at Unplggd), the crappy...
8 Ways To Make Your Home Office More Comfortable
At times it can seem as though we live mainly out of our home office. It's well used, but it can be difficult to get things done in a timely and efficient manner if we don't like spending time in it...
A Mini Docking Station for Small Cool Spaces
We love docking stations for their perfect balance of aesthetics and function. You've got a dedicated spot to keep all your gadgets, putting an end to searching the couch cushions for your cell phone,...
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