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This ‘All Wood’ Bicycle Can Go Pretty Fast

The SplinterBike, as its called, is a bicycle that’s made completely from wood. Others have done similar ‘all wood’ bicycles before but this one is supposed to be the fastest – it can hit 50km/h.

April 3, 2011
Entertainment

Sony’s Bare Bones XDR-S16DBP Radio A Nod To Simpler Times

The speaker on Sony’s XDR-S16DBP won’t blow your hair back or anything, but its retro styling might look at home on a bookshelf or in the garage next to that perpetual work-in-progress you and your kid tinker with every weekend.

March 28, 2011
Geek Out

Knock On Wood When You Say You’ll Find An iPad 2 Before Xmas

This is one for the superstitious Giz readers who flounder when lacking a dense bit of wood to knock on. Made from real wood, this three-pack of stickers cost $US8 and can be stuck to pretty much anything. Your forehead, maybe? [SuckUK via OhGizmo]

March 21, 2011
Gadgets

The PolyPly Is An iEverything Stand That Holds Every iDevice You Have

In a so-crazy-it-just-might-work design, art student Andrew Kim, created the polyply. It’s a stand made from acrylic plastic, birch plywood and birch that can hold an iPad, iPod and iPhone 4 (and for some reason, a stylus) all at once.

March 12, 2011
Computing

Boost Your iPad’s Ego With This Laser-Cut Cherry Wood Stand

There are plenty of nice iPad stands – the flashy Joule, say, or the utilitarian Compass – but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to see a little wood grain behind your tablet’s sleek metal lines.

February 13, 2011
Gadgets

Concept Watch Needs Three Different Bracelets To Tell The Time

On this “watch”, designed by podvaal, the hours, minutes and seconds are split up and displayed on each different bracelet. You could wear ‘em connected to each other through magnets or in any configuration to confuse the time. I think I love this idea. [Design Boom]

January 10, 2011
Gadgets

Build A Do Nothing Machine

Also called the Trammel of Archimedes, the “do nothing machine” excels at nothing in particular, but looks damn cool doing it. Now you can build your own!

January 5, 2011
Geek Out

Wooden Cuckoo Clock Disguises The Reason You’re So Cool

I love this wooden fan from Dutch designer Luc Van Hoeckel, who used the original Black Forest design of cuckoo clocks to create a self-propelling fan. Once the weight-toggles are dropped, the fan starts churning. Beautiful. [Hoeckel via Designboom]

January 2, 2011
Geek Out

What Is This?

A homeless man’s shopping cart for the beach? A laundry machine for the ocean? Maybe an all-in-one barbecue kit? Nope, it’s actually a centuries old machine that requires extreme skill.

November 28, 2010

Wooden Blackbox Macbook Cases Show Great Character

These wooden Blackbox Macbook cases are more stylish than the one’s we’ve seen before and even more detailed. Each case is hand oiled, hand sanded, hand rubbed and individually numbered. It only weighs 1.5 pounds too.

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