 Fan-Inspired Ultra Mobile PCs - F@N UMPC::A big problem with current UMPCs is the limited screen size that hurdles multi-tasking or prolonged usage. Inspired by the folding fan of the east, F@N is a concept of a powerful UMPC that looks like… [MORE] |
 Spoof Products - Super Wii Pii Pii::There were a lot of lame attempts at April Fool's jokes, and some good ones. The Super Pii Pii, to me, qualifies as one of the great ones.
It's not hard to believe that somebody would build this Wii… [MORE] |
 PC on your Wrist - The INFO Live Bracelet Concept::INFO Live is a bracelet PC concept that merges smartphone, a mobile device and a PC into a pretty, fashionable accessory. INFO Live is one of the concepts that emerged from the 2008 Next-Gen PC Design… [MORE] |
 Reconfigurable Keyboards - DX1 Input::Have you ever wondered why our keyboards our organized the way they are? It's called QWERTY - the 6 letters run across the top of modern-day keyboards. It goes back to when typewriters were first produced.… [MORE] |
 Animated Tennis Pros - Roddick, Federer & Sharapova in Top Spin 3::The much anticipated Top Spin 3 by 2K Sports which will be released on May 20, 2008 features the likenesses of tennis superstars Roger Federer, James Blake, Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick and promises… [MORE] |
 Multi-Media GPS - iNAVI K2 GPS Plays Music and Games::As GPS navigation devises come, this one is pretty stacked with special features. The navigation is in 3-D maps which are rendered on a photo-realistic 4.8-inch 800x400 screen resolution. In addition,… [MORE] |
 Controversial Games - Miss Bimbo Plays With Diet Pills, Gets Boobs Jobs::Our young women don't have enough to worry about it seems. A Web site in England is causing a stir, upsetting many parents and others.
MissBimbo.com is a "game" of fashion and hairstyles, and it also… [MORE] |
 Collective Human Joysticks - AudienceGames::Imagine a crowd sitting in a cinema moving their bodies from side to side to control a car projected in the screen. Just like a gigantic maneuver or a "collective human joystick".
This is AudienceGames… [MORE] |
 Motion-Based Gaming - Honda Uses Sudden Motion Sensor on Macbooks::Apple's motion-based hardware is opening the door for innovative and creative controls that promise more fun realistic gaming.
Honda is working on an interactive game Honda Motorcycles that utilizes… [MORE] |
 Retro Arcade Booths - Dr. Who Time Machine::The geek side of me giggled in recognition of the TARDIS time machine from the British pop culture science fiction series Doctor Who.
This TARDIS MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Manipulator) replica is… [MORE] |
 Personal Flight Simulator- HotSeat Chassis::This has got to be the ultimate geek dream! If not, it is high on the list.
This personal flight simulator has a “built-in custom PC [that] gives you the feeling of flying as it displays virtual skies… [MORE] |
 Custom Rock Band and Guitar Hero Instruments - ArtGuitar Controllers::These beautifully pimped out guitars were inspired by the popular video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The limited edition guitars which were put out by ArtGuitar were hand-painted with familiar images… [MORE] |
 Pimp Your Wii - Swarovski Crystal Covered Nintendo::At Trend Hunter, we said that we've become bored with bling, but here's an exception. Some dude pimped out their Wii console with some fancy looking Swarovski crystal designs. To me it is a bit counter… [MORE] |
 Viral Urban Graffiti - GTA IV NYC Wall Murals::Grand Theft Auto IV has come up with a really creative campaign to market their latest game. GTA hired counterculture artists to create elaborate graffiti wall murals all around New York City.
The images… [MORE] |
 Adjustable Wii Platform - Electric Up and Down Big TV Stand::Playing Nintendo Wii is more enjoyable when you're standing up swinging and poking the remote. That's why a Tokyo firm, Thanko, came up with an expensive, adjustable TV platform, the Electric Up and Down… [MORE] |
 Art Deco For HDTV - Vismara Designs Media Center::Real World - Your House. You're glued to Idol, Big Brother, March Madness, etc. The television is the center of most homes so why not decorate to highlight it rather than hide it. Ever see an entertainment… [MORE] |
 Retro Gaming Boots - Gameboylicious::The ultimate cross-over is emboldened in these Gameboylicious boots. Mashing tech and funkly boots to hold a Gameboy, never again will your retro-gamers look at you the same. Anytime you find yourself… [MORE] |
 Gruesome Shockvertising - Sony PSP Retry Ad::I am certain that soldiers, fighters and armies all over the world would love this retry feature. The "Retry" Ad for Sony's PlayStation Portable player gives you a gruesome visual with limps and organs… [MORE] |
 Thinking Tables - The AI Chess Table::This might be great for professional chess player, but it does nothing for my self-esteem. The Thinking Table is an interactive table with a built in chess board and an AI program that predicts the probable… [MORE] |
 Surface Makeover - Microsoft Spherical Surface Prototype::Microsoft's Surface hasn't even rolled out yet, but the company is already lining up a spherical makeover for the touch-sensitive tabletop. According to ZDNet, Microsoft showed a spherical Surface prototype… [MORE] |
 iPhone Got Game + Application SDK - First Multi-touch iPhone Games::The flood gates have opened, await the iPhone applications Tsunami!! Along with making the long-awaited iPhone SDK available, Apple has announced the first official iPhone multi-touch games. The one and… [MORE] |
 9 Bizarre Computers::There is television show that I love called "Extreme Homes" that features modified, tweaked, and customized houses. The owners/builders of these fantastical homes have dedicated a portion of their lives… [MORE] |
 Pimped out Powder Room - RotoRooter::RotoRooter is giving away the ultimate ladies bathroom, tricked out with gaming gadgets, tech goodies and all sorts of pinkness.
The pink bathroom boasts a Nintendo Wii, a pink Sony Vaio laptop, a flat… [MORE] |
 1st Microsoft Surface Game - Firefly::Just about everyone who's seen the Microsoft Surface is captivated by its possibility, and eager to see more of what it does. I know I can't wait to see it live.
This video shows a new game for the touch-screen… [MORE] |
 Future of Gaming - World's First Multi-Touch Games Platform::Welcome to the future of gaming! This video made me as giddy as a little girl. Gizmodo published an exclusive interview on 08, Feb, 2008 with the ridiculously gifted Andrew Fentem—who went from working… [MORE] |
 Electronic Edutainment System - Touch Table EES::ToyQuest's Touch Table EES is the perfect TV set for your kids. The "table" is actually a swiveling TV with touch capabilities and edutainment software. Games include bowling and trivia, kids can draw… [MORE] |
 Virtual Surfing in Hotels - Sheraton Waikiki Sunami Surf Simulator::Dude, how good does a surf vacation sound? I hate to break it to ya, but even making the trip to Hawaii can't ensure perfect weather to hit the waves.
Ideal conditions for surfing are always present… [MORE] |
 Play Guitar Hero On Your T-shirt - The Hero Guitar::If you want to practice your Guitar Hero skills as often as possible, this is the T-shirt for you. The $35 100% cotton T features the body of the famous red Gibson SG electric guitar, so you can strum… [MORE] |
 Pet Computer - MacQuarium Combines Geeky Love of Fish and Macs::It's like an aquarium screensaver but better-- A MacQuarium is an aquarium that you can customize to fit inside your old MacIntosh computer shell--making a well designed (if dark) home for your goldfish… [MORE] |
 Humongous Displays - Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display::We all drooled over the Alienware curved monster display at the CES 2008. Now we have Humanscale's Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display. It lets you attach anywhere from two to eight screens onto… [MORE] |
 Custom Color Jobs For Your Tech - ColorWare::An item that is inseparable from the geek lifestyle: a MacBook. Or dreaming about a MacBook. Or if you’re like me, it’s dreaming of a baby blue (as blue is the new pink, for your information) MacBook.… [MORE] |
 Mind Controlled Games Coming To Mainstream - Emotiv Headset::We've seen and read about mind controllers, but come Christmas you'll be able to test it yourself. Emotiv plans to launch the first thought-controlled, consumer gaming device this Christmas for $299 with… [MORE] |
 Xbox Controllers Get Tweaked For Halo::Ever since the Xbox 360 has hit the markets there have been few mods, most of which have been total flops, until now. Head in the Game Controllers have taken the Xbox controller and vamped it specifically… [MORE] |
 Guitar Hero Goes Mobile - Guitar Hero Carabiner::If you are one of the numerous Guitar Hero fanatics, you will love this extremely tiny and cheap $15 Guitar Hero Carabiner. Now you can hone your rock star skills while commuting and annoy more people… [MORE] |
 Catch A Virtual Fish and Eat It In Real Life - Ippo Zuri::A cellphone game has been developed in western Japan where the players get to, literally, eat the fish they catch. The game is called Ippo Zuri (pole-and-line fishing in Japanese) and the way it works… [MORE] |
 Improving Work and Play Areas - Carl's Table is Radical::Dude, like you hit the lottery, dude. You got the best gamer system. Dude where you gonna chop your change? A Carl's Table. Duuuuude. It really would be a waste to use this as the ultimate game station.… [MORE] |
 Video Game Olympics - The Digital Games China 2008::Your argument that video gaming is a sport might actually become legitimate. To kick off the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China will be hosting The Digital Games, a four day welcome event for the summer event.… [MORE] |
 Guitar Hero: Aerosmith::It seems there are more and more Guitar Hero and Rock Band addicts by the day. To ensure players don't get bored of engaging with the virtual instruments, Activision Inc has added yet another new game,… [MORE] |
 Video LCD Binoculars::Your video's all fussy and distorted. Finding it hard to focus. Hoping to escape the cinematography of your own four walls, well have you tried looking right outside your window. You even have a port to… [MORE] |
 A Little Closer To Mainstream 3-D::Star Wars put the idea of a 3-D, holographic video into the minds of an entire generation - remember, Princess Leia pleading, "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope." We've come a long way in acheiving… [MORE] |
 Retro-Chic Gaming - The Arcade Table::If you want to entertain a party with style, the cool hunter has a table for you. Looking like it took its inspiration from Microsoft's upcoming Surface Table, the sleek and modern Arcade Table comes loaded… [MORE] |
 Novel Realistic Gaming - The USB Boxer::Typically when we play a computer game, the visuals are on the screen. With 3-D glasses you can enhance the visuals by adding a third dimension. However, the USB Boxer adds a totally unexpected dimension… [MORE] |
 2 in 1 Mouse/Gamepad - Evergreen Navigator::This two in one combo will allow you to copy/paste, scroll and pwn some noobs. The Evergreen Navigator 365 is a 2 in 1 mouse game pad combo for the businessman with a little kid left in him. Now when your… [MORE] |
 Real Rock Band Uses Plastic Instruments - Guitar Zero's::Guitar Zero’s is a new band causing a fuss on the underground scene.
Call it nerd rock or geek punk, this novelty band, regardless of category, is rocking hard.
Using the ever popular Guitar Hero… [MORE] |
 Wiihabilitation - Nintendo Wii For Physical Therapy Patients::Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs is one of many health centers and physical therapy centers using the Wii video game system to help patients of all ages recover from injury and surgery. Combined… [MORE] |
 Futuristic Custom Desk - Vision One Computer Desk::Look at this desk and tell me you don't think of banging on those pads like Larry Mullen of U2. Well, budding skin-banger, this is not for that purpose. The Vision One Computer Desk is for working or gaming.… [MORE] |
 MP3s Playing In Rhythm with Heart - Yamaha BODiBEAT::The Yamaha BODiBEAT’s sensor measures your pulse and selects music to match it or choose Fitness mode (one of four preset modes) and it will guide you through a musical workout up to aerobic to a cool-down.… [MORE] |
 Wii Pistol - Perfect Shot from NYKO::Since the iconic Duck Hunt gun from regular Nintendo, few video game guns have ever gained any widespread notoriety. hat may all change soon with the Perfect Shot from NYKO.
The Perfect Shot allows… [MORE] |
 Cheap Retro Thrills – Deluxe TV Etch-A-Sketch::How would you like to play a $13 Etch-A-Sketch on your $3500 52 inch LCD TV?
Just about everybody had an Etch-A-Sketch when they were a kid, but if you didn’t it’s not too late. $13 will get you… [MORE] |
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