Final Frame ToneMatrix
Even if you have only an inkling of interest in music, you'd only be doing yourself a favour by giving ToneMatrix a try. We use it at least once a week to ease any stress, making it a perfect last TGI...
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Tentacle Shower Head Makes Bathroom Decor Less Boring
Love it or hate it, it doesn't matter. What's sure is that this shower head will get a reaction out of everyone. Plus, the idea of having multiple movable jets like that seems kind of logical, even if...
OS X Dashboard Widgets For the Home Cook
I've rounded up a collection of useful widgets for the home cook that uses a Mac. From measurement conversions to reminders, you're sure to find these useful. Best of all, they are free!...
The Monumental Untitled Concepts Collection Floor Lamp
Some of you design-centric readers may know Marc Newson 1987 design, 'Super Guppy' Floor Lamp. Apparently Newson's design was the inspiration for this street light derived floor lamp, despite t...
MySurface iPhone App Helps Choose Corian & Zodiaq Surfaces
Ever wish you could take surface samples to compare colour and finish of Corian and Zodiaq countertop materials with furniture and kitchen features while shopping for a renovation project? The ...
Falmec Vision Range Hood Puts TV in The Kitchen
Stainless steel range hoods in the kitchen? That's old school and oh-so low-tech. Bring your stove into the future with an all-in-one venting range hood and LCD TV combo......
Digits Calendars & "Will Return" Clocks
Despite their "digital" appearances, the Digits line of calendars and time notification signs require you to manually change the digital display to notify others or yourself about the date and ...
Spice Up Your Kitchen With The Bosch Classic Fridge
Bosch has recently redesigned their iconic refrigerator. There is something quite marvelous about these appliances, especially if they look vintage. That's basically what this is: a new fridge that lo...
Re(al)view: Rockin' RP-HTX7 Headphones from Panasonic
Oh headphones, how we love thee! To listen to music in one's own little world on one's own little terms is pure auditory bliss... if done correctly. We here at Unplggd Audio Labs are on a con...
Technicolor: Green
Usually when we talk about green technology here on Unplggd we are referring to eco-friendly products, but today we are actually focusing on goods that would make Kermit the Frog happy. Though...
Etsy Vinyl Shop Features Tons of Laptop Decals
We've already told you about the virtues of vinyl laptop customization (We've even featured the Snow White decal seen above!). But here's a source to get you started on finding the decal that's right ...
Re(al)view: Music Hall's DAC 25.2
Not only does it look sexier than Rod Stewart's hair on a Monday morning, Music Hall's 25.2 digital to analog converter (recently featured in our tutorial on turbocharging your Airport Express) p...
EcoSmart Fireplace Lets You Move Your Heat Around
So we're sitting here typing away with a comforter and furry slippers in an attempt to keep warm without turning on the heater. It's currently 38 degrees outside. I guess fall just got its ass ...
Final Frame La Boite Concept
La Boite Concept (arcade multimedia) HD from La Boite Concept on Vimeo.
Love this video showcasing the imaginary creative process that went into developing the La Boite Concept Arcade machine. ...
Yanko Design Opens Its Online Store
We've always enjoyed reading Yanko Design, a blog which showcases the latest designs from up and coming designers. Recently, Yanko Design went a bit further and opened their online store, showcasing s...
Amber Alert GPS Helps Keep Track of Children
We lost power over here in our LA neighborhood for maybe 30-45 minutes, and when the power came back on, we were bombarded with all the hoopla about the Balloon Boy story that's gripped the nation's a...
Facebook's Snazzy New HQ Unveiled
Built from a former 1960s laboratory, Facebook's brand spankin' new HQ in Palo Alto designed by Studio O+A is something to behold. Open floor plans, a skate park, and retro modern furniture aroun...
College Kid Creates His Own Remote Key Fob Door Opener
Oh those college kids...with seemingly oodles of time to create geeky solutions like this DIY key fob door opener (just like the remote fob for your car). Hack-a-Day posted Vassar student Adam's DIY...
Eco Alkalines World's First Carbon Neutral Alkaline Batteries
Venom Power's Eco Alkalines batteries are a big fat zero: 0% Mercury, 0% Cadmium, 0% Lead . They're also certified Carbon Neutral by Carbonfund.org, with support going to the Paso Pacifico Return to F...
IMM Vulcan2GB Flash Drive is as Geek as You Can Get
Strange, weird, geeky...the IMM Vulcan USB 2GB Flash Drive is all these things. But it is possibly the perfect tech gift for the Trekker in your life (Christmas is just around the corner or offer it o...
Dim Too-Bright Standby LEDs with Lithographer's tape
We're not fans of standby lights. Sure, they're electricity vampires, but the worst thing is how annoyingly bright they can be when you're trying to get to sleep in pure darkness. Here's a way to dro...
RFID Papercraft Radios by Matt Brown
Matt Brown envisions offering laser cut paper radios with RFID tags to be invisible direct listeners to radio staions the musician, charity, brand or designer wants the listeners to hear. The c...
Gyrofocus: The World's Most Beautiful Fireplace
There are quite a few things of beauty in this world, but none of them are in the shape of this fireplace, which simply looks amazing. Naturally, this design will split opinions, but all in all, we li...
Rocking Powered Murakami Chair by Rochus Jacob
Why waste valuable kinetic energy created while leisurely rocking when you could power an OLED lamp while doing so? That's probably the question that spurred on this design by Rochus Jacob, resulting ...
Kenwood: The Cooking Chef
The times, they are a changin', and the fact that Kenwood is now selling a new product that combines technology and tradition - that's proof right there. We almost can't believe it....
Upgrade-Crazy? Or Do You Live Out Your Tech?
There are two types of techies in the world: Those that go crazy and buy up the latest, greatest gadget and those that buy quality tech to last a lifetime. Which are you?...
Defining the Digital Home
Now here's a problem space we can all associate with. The home. Well, let me be specific; the digital home, to be exact. We all have our definitions of what our future homes should and could look like...
Recycled Keyboard Mirror
Looking for the perfect mirror to accent a hallway or perhaps to anchor your landing strip? We love the quirkiness of this recycled keyboard mirror, and think it might be the perfect addition to an...
A Grey Home Office that's Inspiring, not Dull
As you already know, October marks a time when Apartment Therapy looks for the most colorful room on the planet with our 2009 Room for Color contest. Here at Unplggd we've been rounding up gadgets in...
Sonos Releases Lower Priced Home Streaming Unit
Despite being a young company, Sonos has built a following for being a premier solution for wirelessly streaming music from your PC to all of the rooms in your house. But they've always been pricey li...
Dolce Gusto: Beautifully Designed One-Cup Coffee Machine
Not everyone wants to drink a whole coffee pot. In fact, most people barely have time to drink one cup of coffee before they have to go. We know that it's like that for us, so we suppose that a lot of...
10/GUI: Are You Ready to Ditch the Keyboard and Mouse?
That's R. Clayton Miller's re-envisioning of the desktop human-computer interaction up above. What do you think? We like the ergonomics of a 1-to-1 ration 10 finger touchpad instead of a vertical to...
Barnes and Noble E-Reader vs. Amazon Kindle vs. The Book
The crew over at Gizmodo just released some sneak peek photos of the upcoming Barnes and Noble E-Reader, a new electronic book with touchscreen interface and black and white e-ink screen like the Amaz...
Mac Applications to Increase Productivity
We could spend ages making our workspaces gorgeous and perfectly comfortable. But the reality is that the less time you spend distracted by Facebook and Twitter is more time you could have to... &mdas...
Roundup of Small Space Home Offices
House Tour Roundup
We thought we'd turn the spotlight on the plethora of small space home from our archive of House Tours from our sister city sites over at Apartment Therapy, focusing on laptop and all-in-one de...
JVCs 31mm Thin Home Theater System Available November
We really enjoy when manufacturers try different ideas. JVC is trying an ultra-thin home theater system that mounts on your wall. This system even includes flat, wall-mounted speakers. ...
Making Tech Blend Into the Background
Uruguayan interior design team, None Fossati and Fiorella Galli, have done an impressive job of blending in a plethora of office tech items for advertising agency AMÉN's inspiring work space. ...
TiltShift Generator for iPhone
Digitally tilt-shifting (the process of selective focusing to create a faux miniature scene) was all the rage online a couple seasons back. Now there's an iPhone app that purports to offer the same wi...
Technicolor: Yellow
When we think of the color yellow, we immediately think of home tech. There are hundreds and hundreds of home tech products that are yellow and we thought we'd give you a little heads up. Som...
It's Almost Gadget-Gifting Season!
As an avid reader of Unplggd, you're an authority on all things about the technophile lifestyle. That's why we want to round up your favorite tips and advice on giving and getting gadget gifts this ho...
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10.14.2009
THIS WEEK
Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3 - $43.99 (Was $60)
Wacom Bamboo Touch Tablet - $53 (Was $80)
Acer H213H 21.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor (w/ code: EMCMLMP36) - $139.99 (Was $180)...
Anti Wi-fi Paint is Here: How Would You Use It?
We've reported before on the potential for Anti-Wifi paint but it turns out those researchers have done it. Honestly, I'd prefer a Wi-Fi enhancing paint. Would you use Wi-fi paint to secure your hom...
Auto-Send A Text When You Can't Answer Calls
Blackberry, with the launch of their own Blackberry App World in April, has been gaining some ground on the iPhone in "isn't-this-cool?!" functionality......
Sharilyn Wright of lovelydesign
Behind the Blog
Name: Sharilyn Wright
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia Canada
Size: 200 square foot studio/office
Blog: lovelydesign.blogspot and lovelydesign
We've known Sharilyn for years now, a friend ...
ShelfSpeaker Combines Furniture and Home Theater
We usually tend to separate furniture and home theater items, however that didn't stop an enterprising designer from trying to combine shelves and speakers. We know that your speakers probably have al...
WikiReader: For Know It Alls or Know Nothings
This humble little square digital device is a the equivalent of carrying around a whole set of encyclopedias and then some, with over 3 million topics to peruse on a scratch resistant tempered ...
Modern Batman? A Motorized Balcony
We're not sure if this is some upcoming trend of Batman-inspired motorized home modifiers, but it's definitely interesting to say the least. Bloomframe, a company based in The Netherlands, has re...
Pedal Off Those Pounds With Cyberbike for Wii
Hmm, this isn't a bad idea at all, but doesn't the promotional photos for the upcoming Nintendo Wii title Cyberbike instill more than a wii bit of concern for those who might find themselves on...
TURN ON Table Lamp
Italian architects Marco Lana and Alberto Savettiere designed the LED illuminated TURN ON table lamp inspired by the common ON/OFF icon often found on home electronic devices. The lamp itself is used ...
Make an LED Skeleton Flamingo for Halloween
Not all of us are into trying to be spooky with our Halloween decorations—plastic tombstones are out. Some of us would rather be kitschy with a little more tech-savvy...
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iBend Meomi Design Possibly Cutest iPhone Stand
There are plenty of iPhone stands out there, but if we're going to endorse the iBend for two reasons: 1) they're very affordable at 2 for $7.99 and 2) iBend has invited two of our fav designer/...
The Perfect Home Theater Mouse
One of the questions that comes up a lot when talking about home theater PCs, is what kind of mouse and/or keyboard to use? Remember that these computers are in the living room, so your gaming mouse w...
Dyson Air Multiplier & Table Fan
Unplggd Test Lab
Product: Air Multiplier/Table Fan
Designer: Sir James Dyson & Team
Price: $299 for 10", $329 for 12"
Rating: Recommend
Yesterday we broke news about the Dyson Air Multiplier at the conclusion of the...
LEDs Add Some High-Tech Flair to Campsites
It's that time of year when the weather gets mild and makes everyone—even the biggest homebody technophiles—want to go outside and spend a weekend camping outdoors......
Powermat: Wireless Charging is Bleepin' Here
Say goodbye to charging cord forests. If those recently released viral commercials haven't grabbed your attention yet, you too might find yourself exchanging some surprising f-bombs when you've taken ...
iPhone is the New Car Key
It seems wacky and somewhat far fetched; but you'd be surprised that it's actually becoming a reality. It was only a matter of time, really....
DIY Kit Lets You Coil a Cord Lamp
We're seeing the trend lately that lamps getting proud about showing off their cords, but they've all been high-design (read: really expensive) items—until now......
Final Frame: The Steampunk Toilet
Introducing the Electro-Flush! Technically, TeslaPunk Urinal. Hand-made solid oak tank with battery powered flush pump, laser aiming assist (aim at the laser dot in the bowl at night), lights, antiq...
Dyson Air Multiplier: Amplifies Air Without Fan Blades
We're about to close for the day when our boss Maxwell emails over these "hold the presses" snapshots of a working model of Sir James Dyson's newest creation: the Dyson Air Multiplier is best d...
Use Superbooster to Turn Any USB Device Wireless
This is another way of getting some of your peripherals wireless. This is just a small device in which you can plug a USB peripheral so that it can wirelessly connect to your home network. It is worth...
Photoshop for iPhone Allows for Quick Edits
We know a lot of iPhone (and cell phone uses in general) who rely mostly on their mobile communication device's camera for taking photos. Despite the limitations of most every camera phone, which stil...
Easel as Television Stand
Metropolitan Home
Last month Apartment Therapy featured a great roundup of easels as home decor, but this has taken it one step further. Check out this use of an easel as a television stand in what we think is a stran...
Purchasing Tech Online vs. In-Store
So I'm here right now pressing my Gmail refresh button every few seconds like that annoying guy at the crosswalk light who thinks pressing it 231 times will make it switch faster. But in my case, it's...
Money Saving Tip: Share WiFi With Neighbors
A fast internet connection is a pricey expense, but one we can't imagine living without. The great thing about it is that no matter how many people share it, it's never 'used up'......
Mikal Hameed's Chair Sound Systems
Here's a follow up to our recent Five Chairs that Seat and Play a Beat roundup: designer Mikal Hameed's De La Knoll was included in our roundup, but we realized the furniture remixer has some a...
Cheap Wireless Stereo with iPhone App & Vintage Speakers
At Unplggd, we enjoy everything wireless. However, anything that's become wireless usually tends to cost more. With a budget in mind, we set ourselves the task to creating a neat wireless stereo syste...
Painting with Light and a Roomba Vacuum
Flickr user "reconscious" doesn't consider his Roomba as just a common janitorial buddy. No, inside that little robotic case was the spirit of an artist...an artist whose potential was unleashe...
DIY Star Ceiling
When we were little we had stars on our ceiling, we now realize how unfortunate our stars were compared to these fiber optic ceiling stars. ...
Perfect Pod Serves Up Your Favorite Brew in Pod Form
When you spend so much time in the office, it definitely pays to make it feel like home. Framed pictures of loved ones on the desk is easy—but the techie thing to do is buy a gadget that pods-up...
Technicolor: Blue
As retro as red goes, blue still does it for me. Blue like the ocean, the bright skies, and the color of my first Nike kicks. Oh, how I loved those shoes. In honor of childhood memories and the g...
Make This: Wooden Cell Phone & MP3 Dock
We love wooden accessories, especially when it comes to cradles for our favorite pieces of technology — cell phones and mp3 players! The only problem is, our pocketbooks don't always allow u...
Work and Sleep On the Same Piece of Furniture
We already feel like all we do is work and sleep. To hit the idea home, we have designers like this making "its-a-bed-no-wait-its-a-desk" furniture like this customizable unit......
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