It’s pretty simple, really: these “clicking cursor” oven mitts (which aren’t clicking, but whatever) would make a completely, mind-numbingly awesome addition to any gadget-lover’s kitchen. We want them now. Too bad they’re not available… yet.
January, 2009
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Jan 09
‘Clicking’ cursor oven mitts let you mouseover baked ziti
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Jan 09
Handcrafted Scrabble keyboard could stand to be commercialized
Um, can you say “sell like hotcakes?” Datamancer’s incredibly amazing Scrabble keyboard is one of the slickest, most ready-for-market DIY projects we’ve ever had the pleasure of eying, with each letter key being constructed from an actual pre-owned Scrabble game piece. The USB keyboard itself was built with an aluminum casing for an “industrialized twist,” but obviously it’s the top that keeps us drooling. Oh, and there are even LEDs hidden beneath the Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock keys, suggesting that a completely backlit iteration isn’t too far out of the realm of possibility.
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Jan 09
Tech Support In The Middle Ages, How To Use a Book
Tech support in the Middle Ages was a bit more basic. Here’s hilarious comedy sketch showing how to use a book, from the Norwegian TV show “Øystein og jeg”
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Jan 09
Microsoft builds pretend retail store, wants to play house later
Microsoft’s new Retail Experience Center is a new showcase of Microsoft’s products and solutions for retailers — including back-end stuff and point of sale. It’s all pretty boring and corporate, but it could also be construed as a look at what a Microsoft take on an “Apple Store-style” experience might be. Result? It kinda looks like Circuit City plus a few Surface displays, Microsoft Tags and magical screen-equipped shopping carts (pictured above). Oh, and before you gather up your Zune pals for a road trip: the Experience Center is real, but the customers are fake — the store isn’t open to the public.
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Jan 09
Shuttle’s X50 all-in-one desktop pulls up alongside the Eee Top
While the Eee Top may get a lot of zombie-hand loving, it’s not the only game in town when it comes to cheapo all-in-one PCs. Shuttle announced its X50 desktop at CES as well, a system with more than just a few similarities to the competition, namely its CPU, base RAM, display size and resolution, chipset, GPU, and OS. In case you don’t know those by heart: 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330, 1GB of RAM, 15.6-inch,1366 x 768 resistive touchscreen display, 945GC mainboard, GMA 950 graphics, and Windows XP. The real difference is the hard drive — the Eee Top sports a 160GB, the X50 just 80GB — and the price point, with the Shuttle clocking in at $499 ($100 cheaper). Our take? We’re starting to see the emergence of what amounts to the netbook desktop — a one piece, low power system meant for the kids’ room, the kitchen, or grandma’s rest home suite. The Shuttle wins in the looks department, but don’t make any fast decisions — come its March launch, you’ll be seeing plenty of these.
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Jan 09
Lego announces line of digital cameras, PMPs, etc. for your teeny human friends
Legos has announced that it’s teamed with Digital Blue to bring out a line of digital cameras, PMPs, and walkie talkies for children. As you can see, the products will have the familiar “Lego” look to them (though not constructed out of actual bricks), and though we haven’t heard anything in the way of specs yet, they’re said to be arriving this summer with prices ranging from $19 – $60. Second photo below.