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Pinel Pinel i-Case

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Pinel Pinel's i-Case($TBA) a beautiful iPod's Case for music fans. You can enjoy music while traveling. It features built in speakers made by Altec Lansing that delivers excellent sound and also comes with a remote control.

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Breitling announces Chronomat B01

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Breitling announced their new chronograph today, just in time for Baselworld 2009. Called the Chronomat B01, I have to say this has got to be the nicest looking Breitling I’ve seen so far. It’s a redesign of their popular Chronomat model, and it’s got some very attractive features.

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$30,000 data driven bike

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The Factor 001 might be “just" a training bike, but it will still cost you around $30,000. For that price, though, you get a ride packed with the latest in Formula One technology, shrunken down to two-wheeled size.

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Nokia headset designs inspired by songs

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Nokia's recently-concluded Music Almighty Headset Competition, which asked entrants to design a Bluetooth headset inspired by their favorite song, drew over 6,000 entries. The finalists were realized in one-off form by Nokia.

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Wacom Intuos4 tablets launch: Video Unboxing & Demo

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Wacom’s new Intuos4 graphics tablet range has launched on the company’s European website, offering a range of four sizes each with 5,080 lpi resolution and 2,048 pressure levels.

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Taser Axon head-mounted police surveillance system

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Cops are often accused of beating the shit out of culprit s they nab on patrolling and also in the beat. Often the claims are true and in most cases it is just a fire in the air by the offender to escape the torture.

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Photos of people really flying

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If you are a serious thrill-seeker, the wingsuits may be right up your alley. If you have ever thought of soaring through the air like a superhero, all you need is a wingsuit and a lion heart. Wingsuit flying is gaining popularity as one of the major extreme sports.

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Carl Zeiss Cinemizer Plus iPhone video headset

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These days, the Carl Zeiss name tends to be more associated with Nokia cellphone camera lenses than anything else, but the famed optics company has a few other irons in the consumer electronics fire.

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Alpina Outdoor Kitchen Cheope

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Alpina is known for its mobile outdoor cooking designs. The Alpina's new Cheope Outdoor Kitchen($TBA) looks nice and compact. But today its product link seems to remove from their website... (because it is just a concept or an indoor kitchen?) Anyway, I love this Kitchen unit!

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The Apple Mac Mini Radio Dock

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Designed by Sebastien Sauvage, the Apple Mac Mini Radio Dock is another conceptual docking station that provides an Internet radio and speakers for your Mac Mini. Unfortunately, it’s just a concept at this stage, but I’m sure everyone would love it!

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Pentax announces limited edition K2000, K20D

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I guess sales of the white K2000 did well enough that Pentax Japan announced a new limited edition olive Km (It’s K2000 in the US and Km everywhere else). It will be a limited run of 1000 units and ships in late October. No word on price.

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Canon Rebel T1i leak? 15MP DSLR with 1080p video

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It appears CNET has jumped the gun on Canon’s Rebel T1i. A long speculated Canon entry-level DSLR to be released tomorrow was leaked early today by CNET video podcasting.

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Fit-PC2 – the smallest computer in the world

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CompuLab introduces fit-PC2 which is now the smallest personal computer in the world. Fit-PC2 appears to be different from other nettop PCs at least by its tiny size. The device measures 115x101x27 mm which is smaller than a Compact Disk.

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Rodolfo Ciudad Witzel’s vehicle designs

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Barcelona-based Rodolfo Ciudad Witzel has some trippy transportation designs, like the criss-cross-wheeled car and his Tramspiral mass transit concept, above. Check out the rest on his portfolio on Coroflot.(more...

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Pentax shows off 645 Digital; updates K20D, K2000

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Pentax released more details on several of their products today. First up is the Pentax 645 Digital. It was first previewed in 2007, but now we’re finally getting closer to a release, it seems. This camera is a monster with 30-megapixels!

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Klip Collective’s architectural projections trip the light fantastic

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While we've all seen artwork projected onto buildings before, it's usually an unrefined process: Wait until it's dark out, aim the projector at a flat surface, do a little keystoning, and hit 'play.'

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Sigma DP2 camera now available for pre-order

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We got our first look at the Sigma DP2 camera back in September, but now it looks like the digital point and shoot device is available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

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iRiver P35 PMP Heading to Korea

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Korea will get their iRiver P35 PMP in three fflavor.Come in a 128.3 x 79.7 x 17.8 mm dimension and 220 grams weight, iRiver P35 available in P35 basic which sport a 8GB internal memory, P35 DMB which has 16GB internal memory and DMB TV Tuner while the iRiver P35 Wifi sport 16GB internal memory,...

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Manhattan’s first sky garage: Who says decadence is dead?

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Just when we thought ostentatious wealth was passe and everyone in Manhattan was going to go back to modest means and four-story walkups, we were interrupted by the sounds of construction work taking place at 200 Eleventh Avenue.

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Can OnLive’s cloud gaming service threaten traditional consoles?

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A very interesting gaming service called OnLive was introduced at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco last night.

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You Can Upgrade This Amplifier Like a PC

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That’s right! Primare has designed the SPA22 modular amplifier which is claimed to be green enough to save the planet. This new amplifier is a 5 x 120Watts integrated A/V amplifier and digital controller and is the natural successor to the award-winning SPA21.

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Peek presents the Peek Pronto

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Remember my story on dumb devices? Well here’s the ultimate dumb device. The Peek Pronto is actually quite smart.

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Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950-1951)

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Wow! If you know that the 1950s' kids can play with uranium ore! The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab from 1950 early. "This was the most elaborate Atomic Energy educational set ever produced, but it was only only available from 1951 to 1952.

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Tryi Yeh’s concepts for the big dogs

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Designer Tryi Yeh's brand-specific concept work spans pedometers for Muji, keyboards for Apple, phones for Motorola, and others. Check out his full book on Coroflot.(more...

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James Salvidge’s Post Office comes to you (sort of)

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James Salvidge's entry in the RSA Design Directions competition, "To design a service to replace the Post Office," consists of two kiosks--one fixed, one movable--that attach to each other like a sort of postal Voltron.

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Xtensor For Extreme Bloggers

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If you are a person like me who sits in front of the computer all day long to write a dozen or more articles for your Boss’ blogs, then you might need the Xtensor.

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Apple discontinues Bluetooth headset, the world mourns

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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of the Apple Bluetooth Headset. After a valiant struggled against cheaper Bluetooth headsets - this one was $99 - it succumbed to relative disinterest and malaise.

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Milan Design Week 09 Preview: Materious for Tuttobene

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Core77 contributors Bruce and Stephanie Tharp will be in Milan next month as a part of Tuttobene: This years edition of Tuttobene presents five international and eighteen Dutch design studio's.

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Hero 3 ICU iPod Jacket

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The Hero 3 ICU iPod Jacket($200) is the Audio/Mp3/iPod Snowboard Jacket features a dedicated iPod pocket with Fibertronic's connected-wear controls integrated into the sleeve for use of the iPod without the need to expose it to the elements.

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Design a better business model

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A great piece on emerging designs for social businesses by Marjorie Kelly, co-founder of Corporation 20/20, recently appeared in Strategy and Business Kelly sites three social business models that are proving to be successful: 1.

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God, the Queen saves: Buy seized Canadian goods at Crown Assets

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Peter H. writes:Stumbled across this website by Public Works and Government Services Canada, Crown Assets. They auction surplus electronics, vehicles, appliances, cameras, military gear, computers. Heck everybody needs an Ultra-Violet Visible Spectrophotometer.

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GreenWheel: Swap the rear to make any bike electric

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The "GreenWheel" lets you turn a bike into an electric simply by swapping the rear wheel. The batteries and motor sit inside the plate at the axle, while the throttle control operates wirelessly through Bluetooth.

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“Seat” Female-themed auto design competition winner

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What should a car designed for a woman look like, and how should it function? Ask Lisbon-based designer Marcelo Aguiar, whose "Seat W" auto concept won the 4th Seat/Automagazine Design Contest (theme: Design a car for the modern woman).

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