Posted by on under double helix, reica, mydna, persal, two choices, bookshelves, blob, shelves, dna | 
All Buy My Shelves #1 – I doubt this shelf is an actual replica of Mexican designer Joel Escalona’s personal DNA, or else Mr. Escalona would be a blob of protoplasm, but his MYDNA shelves are a unique take on the double-helix. There are two choices in bookshelves. The Static MYDNA is a [...]
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Posted by on under creative duo, reica, designer furniture, herman miller, nels, dolores, chr, bench, crowd, falling in love |
Think LEGOs are reserved for the under-ten crowd? One creative duo begs to differ. After falling in love with the George Nelson Platform Bench by Herman Miller, but not ready to spend $700 for the real thing, Chris and Dolores of Humble Ablog decided they would build a replica with a massive [...]
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Posted by on under ipad, reica, exact shape, homescreen, shenzen, accelerometer, computex, hard time, dwelling, sorts, aluminum, butt, dozens, nbsp |
Oh man, have we seen a ton of tablets this week here at
Computex. And if you asked us to pick out the best we'd have a really hard time, but yet, somehow, this KIRF iPad we stumbled upon at Sanxi's booth has been one of the more unforgettable devices we've see... maybe ever! Yep, we spotted this plastic Android 1.6-running iPad-replica behind glass, and as soon as we got someone to take it out we were pretty much beside ourselves -- the plastic body is the same exact shape as
the iPad, and it has identical controls including the circular homescreen button and a non-functioning switch on the side. The entire thing is made of plastic, which if we had to guess makes it about one-third the weight of an actual aluminum iPad. The 10-inch, resistive screen was pretty much as unresponsive as they come -- not matter how we dragged our nail on it it didn't want to cooperate. Surprisingly, it did have a working accelerometer, so there's that. Mind you, we realize there are
dozens of these sorts of devices out there dwelling in
Shenzen, but us Engadget editor's rarely get to see these sorts of things up close and personal, so hit the break for a short hands-on video and the gallery below for some shots of this wannabe.
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Posted by on under reica, doghouses, doghouse, pooch, raquo, guided tour |
It's one lucky pooch whose gets to live in this 2.5-meter tall replica of
Matsumoto Castle, with one impressively handy owner. Won't you please join me on a guided tour?
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