Archive for the 'Retro' Category

Creative modder turns the old machines into retro-style keyboards that hook up to any USB-capable computer to let you type like it’s 1948.

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If you thought the Novophone handset was cool, wait till you get a load of this totally retro iPhone base.

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Clearly inspired by the retro Disney movie, the tee features a glow-in-the-dark print that will make it look like you have a glowing printed circuit board on your body when the lights go off.

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The glossy orange 14-inch set doesn’t just look it belongs in a living room on “That ’70s Show”; it uses trusty old cathode ray tube technology.

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The RCX4 Star Stryker is a Star Wars X-Wing Fighter-inspired radio-controlled helicopter found at CES 2010. Originally posted at 2010 CES

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Philco PC is part typewriter, part ’50s TV

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Pasadena, Calif.-based SchultzeWorks design studio has created a retro-styled re-imagining of the desktop PC based on an iconic 1950s TV brand.

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What do you find when you haven’t opened a drawer in almost a decade? Of course there’s at least one “Try AOL free!” disk in there.

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An MP3 player for the vintage hi-fi set

Friday, December 4th, 2009

A retro-inspired concept MP3 player from Mintpass includes three VU meters and big, chunky buttons.

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When an iPhone and a dSLR lens meet

Friday, December 4th, 2009

An took apart his Apple handset and retrofitted it with a couple of optical drive lenses, then stuck a few PVC pipes to accommodate his 18-55mm Canon glass.

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PC vs. Mac now vs. PC and Mac then

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

In one of Apple’s latest TV ads featuring the omnipresent Mac (Justin Long) and PC (John Hodgman), we see PC going retro. It’s actually a cute ad as PC regresses back in time with various incarnations of himself through the years, each time promising that a particular version of Windows won’t suck. “Trust me,” he says

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