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UPDATE March 29, 2007: Nokia 5700 3G swivel music phone is for real. Exactly one month ago we showed you a design mock-up of an unknown XpressMusic swivel device from Nokia, last night we received a better and more official picture of the phone, supposedly to be called the 5700. Now we’re sure that the camera (with LED flash) is ...

In response to rising cellphone charges, citizens in Madrid, Spain has gone on a no-cellphone campaign last week. It is really hard to imagine if you are from places where public phone booths are getting demolished to build new wireless towers. A lot of people in Madrid supported the campaign, but there were people spotted for using the phonebook off ...

Those Japanese are known for their prolific inventing. Though, being prolific doesn’t always mean being effective. As you can see from a few of the 12 pics Ueba.net collected, Japanese ingenuity always has its heart in the right place, but occasionally lacks a brain. Rain water collector Since 70% of the world covered in water isn’t enough.

Hourglasses are known mostly for sitting on wizards desks and counting down how long people have left to live, but the Digital Hourglass should be known as one of the coolest time pieces ever. We love old ideas made anew. This is one of those products. The Digital Hourglass is a German design project from Susann Humann and Fabian Hemmert, ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”nice6NYb_WA”][/ev] Browsing around the net, we discovered this really neat video about 3D face modeling and morphing. Watch as they clone Tom Hanks face. And then, on to the Mona Lisa. Very intriguing. — Andrew Dobrow

[ev type=”youtube” data=”XzMvrNxnMD8″][/ev] OMG! We’ve got 35 MB of RAM, and a 2 GB HDD! Wow-wee! If that salesman was any more excited his eyes would be popping out of his skull. If you listen towards the last 30 seconds, he sounds like he’s hyperventilating. OH! Almost forgot the 33.6K modem! All can be yours (if you go back in ...

Why should our electronics be the only thing that comes in compact sizes? This Hideaway Desk from Orange22 Design Lab is the compact answer to the office. The entire desk, including chair, fits into a blue acrylic rectangular cube. The company describes the desk as “revolutionary”. While we don’t see a revolution being caused from the Hideaway, it is still ...

Not everything that comes out of the Middle East is negative. Hooray. Biologists in Iran have successfully equipped two cheetahs with GPS collars, which they hope will help them better understand the endangered status of these massive felines. �These captures herald a new era in conservation in Iran, said biologist Hooshang Ziaie, director of the project in Iran. �This is ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”eFV9-RuVYRU”][/ev] YouTube user RANDISALBION, displays his affection for PSP and his expert skills at drawing photo realistic images using nothing more than MS Paint. The four-minute video is a warp speed preview of how he made this impressively real paint drawing. With a soundtrack provided by A Perfect Circle’s “Orestes”. No doubt that this sped up 4 minute ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”agK2uZBNbnU”][/ev] It’s toe-tappingly tragic. “Self respect is cool and you are too. Heeeeeeeeeyyyyy!”. Gotta love 80’s PSA’s. Even if the kids are creepy as hell. The sad thing? I actually remember watching, this sadly enough. Another equally disturbing clip after the jump. Learn the “honk”.