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Black & Decker Revinvents the Shredder with the iShred Vertical Shredder

2 Comments / Gizmo of the Day, Tools, DIY, Home, Office / By William Appleyard / November 20, 2010

Shredding your sensitive documents is always the best thing you can do, and a large proportion of households invest in shredders to help reduce the risk of identity theft in this modern world. The only problem with shredders is that their design hasn’t really altered from when they were first brought to the personal and home office markets many years ago; no one ever thought that shredders could ever become anything beautiful – they were always destined to get shoved under a desk, all alone. …

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Get Graffiti artwork (from Facebook) turned into prints

Gizmo of the Day, Miscellaneous / By Khalid Hosein / February 2, 2010

This is pretty neat – there’s an app on Facebook called Graffiti on which a number of great artists have created some amazing artwork, and now there’s a site called Graffit Art Prints that is taking some of these pieces and printing them nicely at larger sizes.

Hit our link to get 20% off.

Google users re-imagine building the Chrome icon

Miscellaneous / By Khalid Hosein / August 9, 2009

The results are in and they are quite impressive. Some of my favorite creations include the Lego one of course, the dominos, and the Transformers-styled video.

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Cardboard Gadgets, an Art Project

Miscellaneous / By William Appleyard / July 11, 2009

An artist called Kyle Bean has made some gadgets out of cardboard and lit their tracing paper screens with a simple circuit, all in the aid of awareness. His point is that gadgets today are almost out of date the moment you buy them – and he’s right! He’s also trying to get across the point that we see modern technology as ‘disposable’ (hence the cardboard). The ‘gadgets’ are intricately detailed and look brilliant. The picture here doesn’t do them justice – head over to KyleBean.co.uk for some proper shots.

Chess Set made of recycled auto parts

1 Comment / Miscellaneous / By Khalid Hosein / July 6, 2008

It’s a bit hard to tell from the picture, but the pieces in this chess were made entirely of old parts from auto and mechanical parts! For example, the bishop’s head is a spark plug and the rook’s head is a cog. Pretty styling.

Gimme!

Price: $207.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

This month’s Vazy Mag takes the pulse of Fashion, Art, Lifestyle & Technology

1 Comment / Miscellaneous, Site News / By Khalid Hosein / April 16, 2008

The April issue of Vazy Mag is out. Apart from the gadget coverage provided by yours truly, this issue features an eye-opening photo essay on the state of affairs in Iraq. A must read.

We won’t give away the rest of the content, so check it out yourself. It’s a free download that you can snag off of their website, VazyMag.com. All you need is a PDF Reader (we like Foxit Reader).