Archive for the 'Retro' Category

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

It's retro right down to the box art.

Time to start that Kraftwerk cover band

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

The Stylophone Beatbox, in all its retro, toilet-shaped glory. (Credit: 100milligrams ) Few things are as universally awesome as a cheap keyboard or drum machine.

Full-size Batmobile replica induces drool

Monday, October 5th, 2009

(Credit: Likecool) This isn’t the first Batmobile we’ve spotted, but that doesn’t make it any less cool. This Batmobile retrofitted from a 1973 Lincoln Continental may have cost Leif Garvin from Sweden more than $1 million and 20,000 working hours over a span of 3.5 ..