Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Rob Beschizza 3:34 pm Thu Jun 26, 2008

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we played with a cheap retro console clone; imagined riding the NOAH concept monocycle; listened as a Roboclarinet played "Flight of the Bumblebee"; and gaped at
Dell's sudden interest in good industrial design.

John explored a server room built into ladies' room's handicapped stall by cassette-tape lamp-light; Rob tallied Sir James Dyson's awesomeness index; and Joel found a tiny universal remote.

A pistol camera shoots while you shoot; a new Vertu phone design looks like an ugly shoe; HP Touchsmart IQ506 is not an iMaclone; and Akai's latest MIDI machines look cool–and expensive! If you're boring, try Archimedes' Drill. If you're wanting turn-by-turn directions, Apple would
like a word with you.

John's destiny is found in the Boom Arm Starbase Workstation; Joel, however, is doomed to slay Nerf werewolves and vampires forever; Rob shall obliterate the need for universal remotes. Only Intel did anything sensible: it's saying no way to Vista.

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