New York-based Nooka Inc. just announced the Zub Zirc ($130), a neat little digital time piece you read like an analog watch: the 12 dots represent hours and the horizontal bar below indicates minutes. Besides regular time it sports both alarm and chronograph mode and the 20mm polyurethane band is available in six colors.
Amazon.com: Nooka Zub Zirc (From $105.00)
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Commodore USA just announced that they will release the Commodore PC64 later this year, an “exact” replica of the good old C64 with beige chassi but this time being an Intel Atom-powered PC sporting 4GB DD3 memory, 1TB SATA hard drive, HDMI, and DVD/CD drive (or optional Blu-ray). Sweet! According to Commodore they expect it to hit the markets before the holidays, no word on pricing yet though.
That old keyboard sure brings back some good memories for me – my first computer was a Commodore VIC-20 before I moved on up to a C64.
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Bertelli Bicycles are custom track and fixed gear bikes hand-built by Francesco in New York City. Every bike is assembled and fine-tuned using combinations of new and vintage parts, rendering each unique. So, if you’re a fan of of logo and sticker-less bikes, lugged steel, skinny tubes, quill stems, vintage cranksets, leather and wood, unusual handlebars and chrome forks you better check these out.
Continue reading for more pictures of these stunning bikes!
Here’s 4th Dimension, a new wall clock by Taiwan-based 22designstudio to be presented at London Design Festival 2010. Impressive.
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Got to love Swiss army knife makers Victorinox for creating the Silver Tech Huntsman Pocket Knife. Finally a pocket accessory knife with handy tools like multiple blades, tweezers, bottle (and can) openers, corkscrew, multiple screwdrivers, wire stripper and more that’ll blend right in if you put it next to your MacBook. Really!
To celebrate the fact that a 100 years have passed since Denon produced Japan’s first gramophone they’ve launched the stunning Denon DP-A100, a 100th anniversary turntable using the same high-torque AC motor direct-drive technology they’ve refined for 40 years now. The DP-A100 comes with a 5 year guarantee, a Denon brand book, a 100th anniversary badge as well as a signed certificate from the chief production engineer who hand-crafted it.
It’ll cost you though, expect to pay up around $2,500 for it.
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Here’s International, a foldable (well, deconstructable in a really clever way) bicycle that won “Best Ride” in the 2010 Wallpaper Design Award, and man, does it look good or what? These one-off bikes are designed and hand-built by US/Japanese Kinfolk (actually by 71-year old master frame builder Shuichi Kusaka), painted by Coat and the custom bag is designed by Nivaldo de Lima. They don’t come cheap though, expect a price tag of about $3,800 to $3,900 depending on if you want the bag with it or not.
Logitech has launched K800, a slim, wireless keyboard with illuminated keys. The laser-etched keys are lit up using ambient light sensors to adjust the brightness depending on how dark the room is and built-in motion sensors make sure the backlighting turns off if you’re not using the keyboard – it’s wireless so you might want to save battery juice. If you’re not happy with the automatic detection you can adjust the brightness manually as well.
According to Logitech the K800 offers up to 10 days of battery life (depending on use, of course) and you recharge it with a micro-USB cable. The price is estimated to $99.00 and it’ll be available later this month.
The Etsy shop 8BitMemory offers external USB hard drives encased in classic NES and SNES games (Zelda, Super Mario Bros 1/2/3, Tetris, Metroid, Contra, you name it). Sweet nostalgia. The drives are 2.5" Toshiba models available with up to 1TB of storage and will set you back about $129.99. They’re limited edition and seem to be selling out fast though so hurry over there if you want one.
Looking for something exclusive to protect your iPad with? How about these leather sleeves by Makr? They’re inspired by Makr’s flap wallets but sports a hidden cordovan closure instead of a horizontal keeper.
The cases are available in Chromexcel Bark ($240.00), Black ($240.00) as well as Mahogany ($230.00) and although they’re made to contain iPads you can use them to hold just about anything with a fitting size, of course.
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