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[ev type=”youtube” data=”dpBgW3FSFdo”][/ev] Check out this instructional film from around the time when telephones were just beginning to be hand dialed. We’ve come a long way, baby. — Andrew Dobrow Link

With the ever-changing mobile phone market becoming a breeding ground for slider phones, it’s no surprise that a PMP player would eventually be designed in the fashion of the slide design. Hell, Apple’s doing the opposite for the iPhone, right? The Slideon MP3 Player is a concept design from Ian Murchison. The Slideon is designed to integrate the sleekness of ...

We thought this was a pretty cool use for getting some of those used records out of the way. Do you have a lot of excess business cards you’ve collected along the way or do you need a cool way to display your own? This cool looking project is a unique way to display your contact info. And for those ...

RFID might just be the big thing of the future. The RL-700S by Brother allows you to create and print your very own RFID “TAG type” cards with the chip built-in. With an RFID printer the sky is the limit for monitoring activity at your home or business. Pissed that someone at your house ate the last cookie? Just check ...

Do you find yourself constantly striving to get the perfect time and temperature to cook your instant noodles? I mean, sure, sometimes you forget that your noodles are done and wind up eating a cold and nasty dinner of instant noodles, and they taste like shit reheated. The Instant Noodle Perfection Timer reminds you of when your noodles are done. ...

If you have gadgets that are charged via USB, that includes an iPod, then this DIY project could be a cool portable to carry around with you. If you are a being that thrives on respiratory inhalation, which I’m guessing you are if you’re reading this and comprehending, than all you would have to do is be yourself to charge ...

The Japanese love their abacuses. Japanese children are taught from a very young age how to be abacus pros. Soroban DS (soroban=abacus in Jap lingo), is the first ever full length game focused around the love of the abacus. Soroban DS will allow gamers to practice their mad abacus skillz while chilling around with their DS. The only catch? Users ...

This is out of control. This widespread epidemic of large companies entering the virtual world of Second Life is just, simply, insane. How long can Second Life actually last? Playboy has announced their entry into the virtual world of Second Life. This announcement makes dirty perverts around the world, us included, very excited. What happens in the Grotto, stays in ...

Blizzard can’t help but tease the eager public, but we ask of them, “For the love of God, PLEASE stop teasing us!” Starcraft2.com is now an official site, which redirects to the Blizzard homepage. So is there cover totally blown now for the announcement of Starcraft 2? Maybe, maybe not. This could be Blizzard’s way of differing us from the ...

Motorola has officially announced the follow-up to the iconic RAZR phone, the RAZR 2. The announcement comes with a 360-degree tour on Motorola’s home page, giving a first up-close and personal view on the new RAZR phone. The new RAZR will come in three versions. The V8, which will be a dark pearl gray color. The V9M, which will have ...