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The Skål Redefines the Remote Control

The Skål is a new way of thinking about home media control. Instead of the standard remote control to turn on specific devices, the Skål has users place corresponding objects in a wooden ...

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...

Final Frame: The Old Robots

The Old Robots...a site dedicated to educational, toy and personal robots from around the world. Check out Amusement Corp's creepy Andrea Android. But we've still got a soft spot for Bob, Andy and Fre...

Inspiration: Sugar Crates for Toy & Media Storage

Old sugar crates picked up from the flea market receive the caster treatment, turning them into a perfect storage solution for toys, books, DVDs, remote controllers, and more. Heck, they might even wo...

How To: Dust Small & Hard To Reach Places

Dust and dirt is a never ending problem and if we were going to make a comic book with household villains, dust (along with static) would be right there leading the pack (or would it be posse?). Whe...

Geeks Who Love Toys Can Wear Their Heart on Their Sleeve

We've always done a lot of talk about geeks at Unplggd, from yesterday's post about the complications that arise when geeks mary non-geeks to the post more than a year ago about how to woo your geek v...

High-Tech Hopsctotch

Does anybody else share my fond memories of chalking up the sidewalk outside your house on Saturday mornings? All the neighborhood kids would get together and draw pictures and play four-square and ho...

Secure Lego Safe: Harder to Break Into Than You'd Think

When you think about where you're going to place your valuable and secure documents, it's pretty much expected that you'll buy a safe and put it up on a shelf in your closet somewhere. We've watched T...