Just months after our Tasman neighbours won bragging rights for winning the Rugby World Cup, our Kiwi cousins have another trophy to hold over our heads – they can now purchase the Android-based Kobo Vox tablet from retailer Whitcoulls. The good news is that Aussies can still pre-order… More »
While you could buy a big screen TV and place it near a fireplace, it doesn’t really rub your net worth in the face of your guests like buying a fireplace with a built-in television. That’s exactly what this Vok “Multimedia Fireplace” is, coming loaded up with a TV up to 52-inches in size, a DVD player and a Bose sound system. Because nothing says “I have lots of money and am sort of confused as to how to spend it” like Bose. Depending on the size of the TV included, this bad boy will run you somewhere between $40,000 and $50,000. [Product Page via New Launches]
Spykee, the built-it-yourself Skype robot, just got three different models that you can build him into—one of which is a her. We’ve got the first images of the Spykee Cell, Spykee Vox and Spykee Miss, all of which have a video camera, MP3 player, VoIP phone, microphone, louspeaker, motors, and the ability to shove an iPod into its crotch. The best thing about this guy is that you can control him from anywhere in the internet. Well, maybe that’d be the second best thing—the first best is still the fact that he has an iPod where his junk should be. Get yours from Erector. [Erector]
When your guitar playing is loud enough to wake the dead, keep it to yourself with a cute amPlug miniature amplifier for your headphones. Running on two AAA batteries, you simply plug it into your guitar, plug your headphones into the other end, and enjoy your choice of three realistic tube amp sounds, including Marshall-style American metal, classic rock (like a Mesa Boogie) and the sound of that old Vox AC30 amplifier used by the Beatles back in the olden days. Each amp is around $70. No one will be watching you, why don’t you do it in the road? [Vox Amps, via Music Thing] More »
