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World’s Lightest 3D Glasses

Robert Birming — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:42:46 +0000

The Korean company Samsung has teamed up with the Austrian frame manufacturer Silhouette and created what is said to be the lightest 3D glassed in the world. To provide a perfect balance, the eyewear holds most of the electronics at the rear of the specs. The glasses will auto detect when three dimensional images are [...]

Portable Animal MP3 Speaker

Robert Birming — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:09:26 +0000

The above Hello Kitty inspired audio gadget is one of four new animal themed MP3 speakers that the Korean company Novelview has announced. The other models are designed to look like a panda, a pig and Pikachu(?). These portable digital audio players, which also features FM radio functionality, can be used as speakers to play [...]

New Stylish DVD Player from LG Electronics

Robert Birming — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:42:38 +0000

DVS450H is the name of this stylish upcoming DVD player from the South Korean LG Electronics company. It can be set up horizontally or vertically, or mounted on a wall. The new LG DVD player has a HDMI connection that gives a full HD resolution of up to 1080p. An external hard drive or other [...]

Luxeed LED Keyboard – Available Worldwide

Robert Birming — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:19:06 +0000

Remember that cool looking Korean LED keyboard from Luxeed that we wrote about last year? The product, which previously was hard to get outside of Korea, is now available with worldwide shipping from the ThinkGeek website. With 430 LEDs the Luxeed is capable of individually lighting each key in your choice of color. What’s more [...]

Mini Digital Photo Frame

Robert Birming — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:39:49 +0000

The Korea-based Narae Inter company has recently launched a new product called Mepi – a portable digital photo frame, small enough to fit on a keychain. The tiny photo frame comes with a slideshow feature and is capable of containing up to 180 photos, which easily can be downloaded via USB using the included photo [...]

USB Mini Aquarium by ComFish

Robert Birming — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:09:25 +0000

ComFish is a cool looking USB aquarium measuring only 180 x 140 x 55 mm. It features LED lights, water heater, and an oxygen pump – all powered via the USB port of your computer, and controllable using the included software. The ComFish USB Mini Aquarium is available in red, blue, silver or gold and [...]

Ultra-Mobile PC with Split Keyboard

Robert Birming — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:33:21 +0000

Here’s a pretty interesting Korean prototype for an ultra-mobile PC. One thing that makes the Wibrain B1 UMPC quite unique is how the QWERTY keyboard has been divided into two parts, one on each side of the 4.8 inches large touchscreen. The screen has a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution and the device is equipped [...]

Tower Clock

Robert Birming — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:19:41 +0000

This beautiful analog clock uses a cog to move the square clock face, delivered in both standard and roman style, around to display the current time. The black body of the Tower Clock measures 17×6 cm and the clock face measures 11,5×11,5 cm. It uses one AA battery and retails for 15,800 South Korean won [...]

LEGO iPod Speaker

Robert Birming — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:55:25 +0000

This tiny playful iPod speaker is designed to look like the classic plastic building bricks from the Danish LEGO company. Simply snap your iPod on top of the brick and let others enjoy the music you have on your portable player – assumably on quite a low volume. The LEGO iPod Speaker ($16) is available [...]

PlusDeckEX USB Cassette Deck

Robert Birming — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:33:41 +0000

Here’s an alternative to that other USB cassette deck we covered a couple of weeks ago. PlusDeckEX from the Korean BTO company is a follow-up to their PlusDeck 2c model – a cassette deck that lets you rip tracks from those old tapes and save them as MP3 files on your computer. This stand-alone version [...]

MDrive – Waterproof USB Drive

Robert Birming — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:57:13 +0000

Maybe you prefer taking your files underwater instead of having them hanging around your neck on dry land. No problem. The Korean company Gidis has announced the launch of their MDrive – a waterproof USB memory drive available in 1GB and 2GB models. The red on black memory sticks has been designed by Young-Se Kim [...]

Ballpoint Pen with 1 GB USB Memory Drive

Robert Birming — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:22:38 +0000

The Korean Digix company has released a series of ballpoint pens that comes with a built-in 1 GB USB memory drive. Simply remove the top cap to reveal the USB plug. It uses a MLC (Multi Level Cell) flash memory technology that supports USB 2.0. The pen measures 15.5×1.4×1.3cm (6.1×0.5×0.5 inches) and is available following [...]

Colorful LED Keyboard

Robert Birming — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:29:48 +0000

This cool looking Korean keyboard from Luxeed is available two different versions; the white one featured above ($127) where the whole the key will light up, and a black version ($134) where only the letters will glow. A software that lets you customize the way the LEDs behave is also included. You can make the [...]

Rainbow Projector

Robert Birming — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:06:58 +0000

This Korean made clam-shaped Rainbow Stone ($38) uses a mirror and LEDs in various colors to project a colorful rainbow onto your wall. Also make sure to check out the Rainbow LED Home Projector. (Via technabob)

Wooden Camera MP3 Player

Robert Birming — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:52:12 +0000

Hidden inside this tiny handmade Wooden Camera ($44) is a Motz Music Box MP3 player, capable of playing MP3, OGG and WMA files. Comes with a 256 MB memory and is available at the Korean 10×10 store. (Via technabob)