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Houston Hi-Tech in a Small Space
Tech Tour
Name: Chris Nguyen
Location: Houston, Texas
Size: 500 square feet
Years lived in: 2 months
There's big and then there's Houston BIG. In a city known for embodying the idea of gigantic Texan proportio...
A Green and Efficient Way of Raking Leaves
One of the most annoying task in gardening is raking the leaves. We can't count the number of hours that we've spent raking up leaves. What's even more annoying is that when there are more leaves that...
Five Best Energy Efficient LED Desk Lamps
We often mention the importance of a good task chair or desk when it comes to home office ergonomics. But almost as important is a good desk lamp, since we think your eyes are just as important...
Free Laptop Security Option Using an Old Flash Drive
We've got a small cache of USB flash drives from trade shows, vendors and from sources we can't quite remember. The ubiquitous tech tool comes in handy in so many ways, whether it's adding Boxee to ou...
Gmail Soap from Russia Confounds, Confuses, and Cleans
Categorize this one under "weird, but funny". Wouldn't it have made more sense to have labeled as GMale: Clean your Male Box? Guess you can use this to wipe away your tears and sweat trying to get a G...
How Do You Store Everyday Bathroom Tech?
This one might resonate better with the ladies of Unplggd, but here goes: You use your hair dryer, curling iron and flat iron often, right? (Everyday, for some of us) But where do you keep 'em in a sm...
De Dietrich Ultrasonic Dishwasher Is Detergent-Free
Ultrasonic cleaning has been around for years. However the concept is rarely seen used in traditional dishwashers in homes. De Dietrich is a French appliance manufacturer that is seeking to change thi...
Product Re(a)lview: Vers Audio 2X
If not for the $4 licensing fee that all 3rd party manufacturers must pay to Apple to use their connectors, iPod docks would actually be a dime a dozen. There are so many to choose from at s...
Joby Gorillatorch Has Magentic Personality
With it's three legs and LED light bulb top, there's something alien invader-ish about the Joby Gorillatorch. But this small tripod light is here to help, not hinder, with flexible legs and magnetic f...
Free Printable Organizaton Tool: Days of the Week Tags
Looks like we've got a late entry for our list of 8 Cool Organizer Tools to Print for Free! Cute, and useful—and free! Check these out......
RUCKSTUHL's Acoustic Panel Divider
Whether it's sharing a home office with a colleague or a significant other, there are times when a little buffer between the two of you is a mighty good idea. We love the idea of RUCKSTUHL's Acoustic ...
Product Re(al)view: Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac
If you've owned a Blackberry and a Mac you know that the relationship between the two devices is tense, hairy, and oftentimes nonexistent. With that kind of dysfunction it's a surprise if your mobile...
Auto Sort and Organize your iTunes Library for Free!
I have a friend who shall remain nameless, but he spends a decent amount of his waking weekend hours sorting his iTunes library. His biggest pet peeve in life is a song without album artwork......
Final Frame: Batman-style Statue Hidden Entry Switch
A Batman-style Statue Hidden Entry Switch, designed for a high school homecoming senior dance! Now that's one geeky-awesome student body....
Indesit's Stylish Prime Appliance Range Saves Money
Appliances are a large part of any kitchen. They use a lot of power and tend to be used quite a bit every day to make our lives easier. These nice-looking appliances are all part of Indesit's Prime ra...
Ooma Telo DECT 6.0 and VOIP Arrives
It was at this year's CES where we first got a sneak peek (and listen) of the Ooma Telo, the VOIP phone system which allows dialing free domestic calls with near CD-quality voice. The system is finall...
Top 6 Ergonomic Keyboards
Roundup
If there's one good health investment you can make to your home office setup, it's replacing that cruddy default Dell one that came with your computer 7 years ago with an ergonomic one. With re...
Alligetter Grabber LED Tool
Alligetter LED Tool is for those clumsy types who find themselves reaching for small fallen objects down the drain, under heavy furniture or inbetween crevices. We'd like to say this is pretty useless...
Space Saving LG HLB54S Blu-ray Soundbar
If space is an issue and you're not super discriminating about your surround sound, a sound imaging, faux surround sound bar can be a good option. We have a Yamaha brand sound bar, and the reflected s...
Could an iPhone Case Replace Your Landing Strip?
A go-to Landing Strip by the door to your humble abode is quite possibly the greatest feat of organization we've ever seen. A place to grab all your necessities before you walk out the door......
Scottevest Hidden Cargo Pants for Tech Tools
Take the title above however you'd like; as long as you're not the sort of fella who clips his cell phone onto his belt and walks around with a coffee cup around the office, you're okay with us. If yo...
Inspiring Multi-Monitor Home Office Uses Darker Colors
Having more than one monitor is really handy when you work from home. However, sometimes, and sadly more often than we would like, multi-monitor workstations tend to look like air traffic control cent...
Trufig Flush Mounted Devices
We've seen the Bocci flush wall outlets before and we were very intrigued but they seemed to be missing all the different types of outlets you may need for your walls. This new system by Trufig...
The Valentine Notebook: The Olivetti Valentine Reimagined
We said it before and we'll say it again: on our list of favorite designs, Ettore Sottsass’ Olivetti Valentine typewriter has to be amongst the top 10 of all time. Like the beautiful Italian it is, ...
iPhone Recession Case
Times are tough; we know that all too well. Even though this is a very serious time in our economy and lives, why not take a minute to laugh at the whole thing? Products like these are those great...
Do You Keep Digital and Paper Records?
We love using online organizational tools. But sometimes, pen-and-paper have to rule. Where do you double-up on your digital and paper records?...
How to Build a Closet Wireless Entertainment Unit?
Good Questions
Q - Does anyone have a recommendation on a (cheap) way to put my electronics (dvr, dvd, surround sound system, printer) in a closet and use infrared receiver/wireless to control them? Searched on AT s...
Swarovski Light Sock: The Chandelier Re-Imagined?
We somehow missed these fabulous Swarovski light socks when they premiered at Design Miami 07, but just had to share now that they are available for purchase. Essentially a mesh bag filled with cry...
Rotating Entertainment Center
Dwell Magazine
If we had kids and a basement we'd want this. Shown in this month's Dwell, this rotating entertainment center is in the amazing home of architect and builder Ken Meffan. Located in Rough and Ready, C...
TiVo for Blackberry: Set Recordings From Anywhere!
TiVo is great! Being able to control television shows to play when you want them is a 21st-century luxury we couldn't do without. But, as with most things, it could always use some improvement......
Final Frame: Edit Undo Eraser
The Edit Undo Eraser, by Benjamin Hubert, possibly the closest we'll get to undoing an action in real life....
Belkin Conserve Surge Outlet Saves Money & Energy
We first mentioned this surge protector last year. What made it distinctive and useful is that it came with a remote that would switch off some of the outlets. Now, Belkin have announced an update to ...
Nearness the Wireless Rube Goldberg Machine
Like a modern day, high-tech version of those contraptions from Tom & Jerry cartoons, this one using RFID signals for non-tactile interaction. Watch it for a late afternoon, early evening break....
Neil Poulton Designed LaCie Sound2 Speakers
We've always been oh-so-tempted to order a pair of Neil Poulton's LaCie speakers due to their modernist aesthetic, but reports of some audio hiss always gave us second thoughts. Well, we now ha...
Make a Polished and Modern Concrete Desk
It looks like this workspace is still waiting to be all wired up from the photo above, but the potential of this modern poured concrete desktop is obvious—and it's all DIY!...
The Oskar Humidifier & Viktor Air Purifier
Oskar and Viktor sound like a dynamic duo for some fashion house or new tandem DJ crew, but in reality they're two new household appliances looking to both humidify and purify your interior air...
Apple Tablet to Reshape eBook Market?
As rumors about the upcoming Apple Tablet are swirling around, it's hard to tell what is true and what's not. Ultimately, we know that it's coming and that it will change tablets from being a niche pr...
The Most Useless Energy-Related Products?
Have you ever heard of an energy retrofit that just sounded too good to be true, like insulating paint or passive fresh air inlets? This list has some obvious picks, but a couple on here might just ...
Taylor Digital Measuring Cup and Scale
While cooking can be an improvisational art, baking is more of an exact science requiring precise measurements of ingredients. A little too much flour or too little oil can make a huge differen...
Party Pod
There are plenty of at home karaoke products, but this one is by far one of our favorites. It's sleek, simple and definitely gets the job done. Plus, it's the collaborative effort of some really g...
Why Not Try a Bright Office Chair?
Ergonomic chairs are oh-so-comfortable for an all-day sit fest, but they do as much for the mood of your office as dressing room lighting does for your figure......
Unplggd's Sales Calendar
9.30.2009
THIS WEEK:
Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch Fun Tablet - $89 (We featured this item earlier this week!)
Wacom Bamboo Fun (Large Touch Edition) - $185 (Was $199)
HOT! Nintendo Wii Gaming Console - $175...
NUTID Rangehood by Ikea
Some range hoods vent to the exterior while some only recirculate air through a filter. The Nutid range hood from Ikea does the later, filtering unwanted smells and odors via a charcoal filter, in a...
Pivot Floor Vacuum Lets You Suck on the Down Low
So, we've got a lot of pets (last count, five cats!) in our 300 square foot apartment and hence have a lot of dust bunnies under couches, tea carts, bed side tables, etc. Most of the time, to get to ...
Find Home-Related iPhone Apps Easier
The iPhone is a handy tool to have. Like a 21st-century swiss army knife, you can customize your iPhone to have every feature you could ever need for any situation. The problem is just finding them......
Final Frame: My Gene Image
Technology and genetics meets art. My Gene Image takes a cell sample from an oral swab and transforms your DNA into wall art or a crystal for display....
New Green ESL Bulbs Will Be As Efficient As CFLs and LEDs
In the race to finding the greenest way to illuminate our nights, a new company has come up with a new refinement of old technology to serve our needs. Will it be enough to save you even more money? F...
Fitbit Health and Sleep Monitoring System
Sort of a cross between a Nintendo Wii for grownups and the Nike+ system, the Fitbit is a health monitoring system that keeps tabs on how many calories you've burned, steps you've taken, how far you'v...
Why You Can't Even Give Away Tube TVs Anymore
The Washington Post has a great write-up outlining the fall of the tube television set and the difficulties upgraders are now facing as they try and replace their old sets with new digital ones. Appar...
Core Caseworks Wall Mount Computer Case
Core Caseworks has released the first in-wall computer case, a decor-friendly, space saving media center solution for those looking to use the power of those wily lanes of the information super...
Super-flat Wall-mount Speakers
We love serious speakers. But with superior sound quality comes speakerboxes the size of Lake Superior—and a tough road ahead as you figure out where in the apartment to put 'em. Wouldn't it be ...
Hide My Cables Custom Built Boxes
We love our IKEA SIGNUM cable box. It does a great job of keeping wires and cables out of sight (and was very affordable). But it also seems to have been discontinued. The Bluelounge Cable Box is a ha...
How to Build Your Own DIY Word Clock
There is something incredibly beautiful about the QLOCKTWO, but we just can't justify spending over $1,500 to get a simple clock, even if it is a piece of art. Luckily DIY-enthusiasts have been workin...
Wireless Infrared Driveway Patrol Alarm
Yeah, yeah, we know...it's a total As Seen on TV gadget, but this infrared wireless alert system isn't a half bad low cost security idea, since there's no need for any wiring or hard to manage system....
Touchscreen Remote for New Apple TV?
We normally stay clear away from the rumour mill, especially regarding Apple products (it almost always results in disappointment), but this report caught our interest due to personal reasons. As Appl...
Retro Roundup: Typewriters
Looking to contribute to that modern "shabby chic" style everyone seems so ga-ga about in your own home? Consider adding a touch of old school word processing in the form typewriters (or maybe so...
Music Balloon
We're suckers for unique speaker designers, and even though this isn't new by any means (remember the '80s giant foam mic?) it's innovative in this form. Plus, we aren't limited to a really ugly ye...
Panasonic's Robotic Bed; What Bloggers Dream Of
So we like to work from bed a lot. Like, a lot a lot. With posturepedic bed, a laptop, and a kitten who likes to sleep on our chest it's kind of impossible not to. Maybe that's why the Robotic Bed fr...
Blackberry 'Dock' From an Ikea Bamboo Soapdish
A trip to Ikea can get crazy with crowds, but the Ikea Marketplace is still the best place in town to grab those small home necessities on the cheap. Plus, if you're lucky—or if you read Unplggd...
SMELLIT, The Return of Smell-O-Vision?
Do you remember Smell-O-Vision, the failed cinematic system designed to reproduce smells in a movie theater? Not many do, but it looks like the idea is being pitched for the home theater set via the S...
Great-Looking Illuminated Speaker and USB Hub
When you work with your laptop, you tend to use a few USB hubs when you are on the go. It doesn't really matter from what brand they are, as long as they work well. It's also best to work with some ki...
Pixelated Artwork Made from Paint Chips
Nite saw our recent how-to post on creating a pixelated painting and it inspired an email to us with some photos of an amazing bit of DIY artwork that he made from paint chips......
Backlit Wooden Wall and Ceiling Paneling
The X.Lumen by Menotti brings back memories of the King of Pop prancing around in the Billie Jean video, each step lighting up the way. This wood panel material isn't quite as interactive, but you can...
Bonhams Auction of Technology Antiques
Renowned auction house, Bonhams will be auctioning 758 items that represent some of the most unique and fascinating historical examples of early technological devices (record players, burglar a...
show-me Reduces Water Consumption, Shower Hogs
The show-me shower system uses a LED display system to notify you how much water you use during your time in the shower. One LED is lightened up for every five liters of water consumed. Would you want...
How Soon is Too Soon To Buy Up the Next Big Gadget?
You know the feeling of gadget envy. When you finally get the cash together to buy the flat-screened TV that your home theater has been waiting for, just in time to have the next big thing come out to...
SoundSpot Music Theater 1 Spherical Speakers
Looking to ditch the hard angles of most audio speakers? The SoundSpot Music Theater 1 system is a 5.1 system that cuts corners in all the right ways, offering a decor friendly modern sphere shaped sp...
Incredible Piet Indoor Stove Will Enable New Layouts
Above all, this object is really beautiful. It's hard to tell what it is, but once the clean-burning ethanol fire is lit, you get the idea. This is basically a reinvented fireplace. Since it uses etha...
DIY Dali Style Melting Clock Project
Inspired by one of Salvador Dali’s most famous paintings, The Persistence of Memory, Instructables contributor "fungus amungus" dismantled an IKEA RUSCH clock and combined it with an oven warped rec...
Alonso's Brings Music Into the Bathroom
Unplggd reader Alonso sent us a DIY audio speaker solution which brought music into his bathroom with a handsome finish that would make any shower or bath a more relaxing (or exciting) time acc...
Mr Mario
It may or may not be normal, but we often day dream about playing Mario Brothers. We didn't realize how upset we would be later in life that our mother sold our NES at a garage sale. Luckily, we c...
Home Theater Away From Home
This setup has everything we could ever want for our home's media room—except it puts our media room to shame because this stellar home theater is inside a Minivan....
What's the Best Single-Serving Coffee Maker?
Good Questions
Oh, caffeine - she's our best friend during those terribly long, trying weeks. Like those Yijiya have been experiencing all last week and this upcoming one over in New Jersey. Let's see if we can help...
8 Ingenious Ideas We're Totally Stealing
From Unplggd Tech Tours
The best part about home decor, and more specifically the display of technology in our home, is that there's no need to reinvent the wheel. There's only so many ways to contain and present cer...
Zhu Zhu Hamsters on Kids and Hackers Wish Lists this Holiday Season?
Have you heard of the Zhu Zhu Hamster yet? It's supposed to be the Furby/Tickle-Me-Elmo/Tamagotchi of this holiday season and according to some reports it's already sold out and sellers are jacking u...
Your Address is Illuminated with a Solar-Powered Mailbox
This solar-powered mailbox features a house number that lights up in the night, making sure nobody has an excuse for not finding your place for that cocktail party....
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