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Digital Canvas: Slim Micro-PC Integrated HDTV LCDs

It seems like we have a new trend in digital artwork coming; Digital Canvas features a built-in PC into their LCD screens, sizes ranging from 34", 43", to 52" models. Each of the PCs feature Full 1080...

Plug Pin

Picture a bunch of these all over a cork board above your desk. While the design really just makes the common push pin more effective (dual prong so that papers don't spin around), we like the idea of...

Crate and Barrel's All-in-One Media Center Solution

We just got Crate and Barrel's catalog in and are psyched to see a well designed media center at a reasonable price. The cabinet has creative solutions for holding and hiding your flat screen, DVDs,...

DIY Project: Use Contact Paper to Fake Multiple Wood Texture

Not all media centers start off looking rad. Sometimes you need to get creative with that MDF unit and make it look a little less like college dorm furniture. Using contact paper can be a great way to...

Look! Reclaimed Wood Media Center

It's official. We're in love. Please welcome our soul mate, the Fractured Fairy Tale. Made by designer Thomas Wold, the piece is a wall unit made for his client in order to house their A/V equipment...

Ikea Stiby

Another Ikea solution that allows you to get the clean wall mounted TV look without having to punch holes in your wall or permanently commit to a specific side of the room. ...

DOS Directories Pillows from Art. Lebedev Studio

These bring back some good/bad flashbacks of my trust Compaq 486DX desktop with Window 3.1 back in high school, loading up a shareware copy of Castle Wolfenstein (the last non-Mac computer we owned). ...

GE Develops Lite Brite Wallpaper

While it won't got to market for years, GE recently revealed that it had developed a cost effective way to make organic light-emitting diodes, which are used in some televisions, portable screens, and...

Karim Rashid Designed Veuve Globalight

Does Karim Rashid ever sleep? When the he's not designing fully immersive sleeping quarters, he's apparently busy glamming up the act of drinking champagne......

LED Green Street Address Numbers

When it comes to architecture, you rarely hear of people obsessing over the font or design of a home's address number. Is it because the options in this category are limited? Or is it such an overlook...

Reverse Engineer: Monitors All Felt Up

Welcome to Reverse Engineer, where we look at projects people have done and figure out how to recreate them, and in some instances, improve upon them. Ever since I saw the above laptop sleeves two yea...

Anthro eNook Compared to the Ikea PS

The eNook and the Ikea PS are two very nice wall mounted desks with once very big difference, price. ...

A Bento Box of Computing Elegance: The Ryou PC Collection

Anyone who grew up in or around an asian household might recognize the look of these Judas Tree wood lacqered boxes from Ryou, but probably wouldn't recognize them as beautifully carved PC cases......

Color Me Radd: Hü - Custom Colored TV's, Mounts & Speakers

We knew this was bound to happen with all the custom colour options for laptops, iPods and gaming consoles. Now you can send in your own paint swatch, and the Home Technology Store will custom paint y...

Tetris Mirror

This doesn't require any batteries, cables or remote controls, but there is no mistaking the classic gaming reference. Thirteen individual pieces can be arranged in multiple configurations so now you ...

TV Picture Frame at Raffles Hotel Beijing

While in Beijing a couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to spend some time in the Raffles hotel. Built in the 1900's, it is a beautiful building, so I was pleased when I finally noticed the 42 inch LCD...

NOD Bedside Night Light Table

Night light, bedside table and charging station in one. The NOD bedside table by IC design provides all the right spots for everything I like to have by my side as I go to bed. A vertical nook for som...

Steel Stereo Rack

The typical stereo rack we are used to seeing is a cheap fiberboard number with adjustable shelves and smoked glass doors. These are then priced at a premium because it is considered a specialized cab...

Engrave Your Tech

Looking for a way to personalize your technology? Engrave Your Tech will add any design you wish to a range of products from laptops to iPods. Whether you design it yourself or choose from a pre-ma...

Roundup: Home Tech On Other AT Sites

Here's what's hot and home tech on other AT websites: above is the Anglepoise Fifty Lamp by Anthony Dickens, seen over on AT:Chicago. We've got some good stuff after the jump, especially if you hav...

Poolga Wallpapers

A group of graphic artists who love their Apple iPhones and iTouches but don't love the standard wallpaper have put together a collection of alternatives that are colorful, creative and anything but...

Pottery Barn Kids' Jumbo Wall Clock

We've got clocks on the brain, and somehow, PB Kids was delivered to the inbox of our day job (which makes the arrival of the catalog even more strange!)...these two seemingly random facts of life c...

Stringless Pleasure Multimedia Wine Rack

Multi-function furniture is even better than multi-function electronics and appliances when it looks like this. Check out more pictures after the jump. ...

Plugging In: A New Lease on Life - Clock Survey

On the top, the Sunbeam Clock from Target, and on the bottom, the Binary LED clock from Think Geek. They are not to scale relative to the landing strip (both are about 1' in diameter). Being the ge...

Wood iPod Touch Case

A clean, simple iPod touch case. No crystals, no flashy metal, just beautifully handcrafted cedar and mahogany....

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