Juniper Foo on November 6th, 2008
New Nikon multimedia headsets(Credit: Nikon)

Has Nikon gone into the portable entertainment space? Come December 12, the camera manufacturer will be unleashing two multimedia playback headsets that mark its entry into a brand new genre.

The Media Port UP 300 (4GB) and the higher-performance 300X (8GB) work in tandem with Apple iPods and …

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Juniper Foo on November 5th, 2008

E-bag

It’s still just pixels on a drawing board, but this bag is sure to be a hit with tree huggers, if it ever becomes a real product.

Using Peltier technology to harness kinetic energy from movement isn’t new. However, Hungary-based designer Apor Püspöki adds …

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Juniper Foo on November 3rd, 2008
Glide Keyboard(Credit: Weston Boege)

How do you create the world’s largest mouse? Here’s how. Designer Weston Boege’s Glide Keyboard is both a mouse and keyboard. Resting on low-friction pads, you simply slide the keyboard around your desk, just like an optical rodent. If that little workout is a …

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Juniper Foo on October 23rd, 2008
iDive

Watch movies underwater with the fishes.

(Credit: H20 Audio)

Now that the iDive 300 is here to save the day, you won’t have to suffer separation anxiety when you next go scuba diving without your iPod. As its name indicates, this goes down to 300 feet, with waterproof housing …

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Juniper Foo on October 21st, 2008

Chindogu, or the Japanese art of un-useful objects, strikes again. Pyocotan’s Noriko-san Googles are so silly, they’re, well, silly.

Noriko-san Googles(Credit: Pyocotan)

Apparently costing $200 to develop, which could be seen as a waste of good money in the current financial climate, this device flashes a digital sign that …

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Juniper Foo on October 21st, 2008
Gun O'Clock(Credit: Bandai)

You gotta hand it to the Japanese for pushing the toy envelope on the commonplace, from beans to bananas. The Gun O’Clock (4,095 yen, $40), timed to launch in Japan on November 15, takes off from the Laser Target Alarm Clock in that you get to …

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Juniper Foo on October 17th, 2008
Robotic plant(Credit: Chonnam National University/Yonhap)

Even as the One Upstairs created man, it looks like man wants to play Creator in more ways than one. Researchers from Chonnam National University in Korea have managed to develop a robotic plant that functions like its biological counterpart. In short, it can produce …

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Juniper Foo on October 14th, 2008
Interactive drum T-shirt(Credit: ThinkGeek)

The days of beating your chest, Tarzan style, are way over. These days, it’s cooler to rap out a beat instead, heavy-metal drummer Dave Lombardo style, thanks to ThinkGeek’s $29.99 interactive Electric Drum Kit Shirt. It features–get this–seven actual playable drums. There’s even an …

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Juniper Foo on October 8th, 2008
Antec open-air PC case

Antec's Skeleton open-air PC case lets the sun shine in.

(Credit: Antec )

I’ve always maintained that PC case mods are strictly a geek guy thing. Case in point, so to speak: can you see a tech chick digging that Toilet PC with (faux?) um, stuff, dribbling down …

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Juniper Foo on October 7th, 2008
Cans of Gamer Grub

Gamer Grub promises enhanced visual input, cognitive processing, signal transmission, and muscle reflexes–without keyboard crumbs or greasy fingers.

(Credit: Gamer Grub)

This just goes hand in hand with the Internet Urinal, survival gear for World of Warcraft gamers fixated on outwitting, outplaying, and outlasting their online opponents in their own …

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