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"Weird Inventions by Guys" (DRB Series)

It's a Guy Thing!
Videophones from the Future Past

Skype? Smartphone? Google Hangouts?
Antique Digital Calculators & Other Steampunk Gear

You know you want these retro masterpieces
Let's "Go!": Ancient Chinese Game Boards

A long, passionate duel... with less victory
Gorgeous Espresso Machines

Awesome steam: retro & modern examples
Cinerama: "The Next Big Thing That Was"

Curved screens, gigantic projectors & "out-of-this-world" picture
A Codebreaker's Dream: The Bombe!

"The Bombe" vs. "The Enigma" code battle
Toy Robots to Have and to Hold

Share your life with a bunch of cute Japanese toy robots!
Joystick Car Dashboards

Joyful, Joyful Joystick Driving!
Sleek Vintage Salon Hair Dryers

Chrome Coolness, Gentle Breeze and Space Age Fashion
Unique Wedding Rings & Engraving Ideas

From Valentine's Day to Wedding Day: Love Messages
Attractive, Unique Vintage Telephones

Go ahead, call your mother
Awesome Vintage Calculators

Highly desirable objects of technological genius
Mixing it Up: Drink Stirrers and Cocktail Sticks

Kitsch & Cool: signature swizzle sticks
Strange Eye Exam Charts

Offbeat Optometry: Testing, Testing...
Wild'n'Wooly Printer Concepts

Printers cannot always be evil. Here is proof.
Coolest Gadgets, Modern & Retro.

The Weird and the Marvelous
Extraordinary Clocks and Watches

"Time does not exist. Clocks exist."
Perpertuum Mobile: The Quest for Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Futility, or Triumph of Imagination?
Vintage Arcade Machines Showcase

Colour! Action! Thunder! Weirdness, too
Hansen's Writing Ball & Other Unusual Typewriters

Linear, Ball & Other Gorgeous Writing Machines
The Rubik's Fix!

Rubik Cubes, Spheres, Warps...
Pipe Dreams: The Art of the Hookah

"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
Mega Dashboards and Instrument Panels

Mind-boggling Arrays of Dials and Switches

A Round-up of Unusual Globes

Measure Your Ego with a Globe

Kitchen Appliances That Bite

"The Brave Little Toaster That Changed My Life"

Vintage Construction Toys: Blasts from the Past

In the age of LEGO, this reads like a blasphemy

The Evolution of the Camera

Machine gun camera, compass camera, and more!

Car Record Players & Other Cool Retro Devices

Before there was an iPod, there were these...

Bad, Twisted & Bizarre Toys

Your kid may still like them, but...

Weirdest Cell Phones Ever!

Totally non-conventional looks and futuristic specs.
Real Life Spy Gadgets - For the secret agent in all of us

Ignorance is bliss... no more
The Cutting Edge of Retro Tech

They will be renaming HiFi to HyFy, starting April 1st
Office Geekgasm via USB

Cubicle Ambiance Enhanced and Boss Penetration Reduced
Stunningly Intricate: Curta Mechanical Calculators

Perfected in a concentration camp, as a gift to Hitler!
Unexpected Creativity
(found in unusual places)


Wild designs lurking in everyday world
World's Weirdest Gadgets

Eccentric devices that will blow your mind.
Miniature Spy Guns, Part 2

Do not move while I destroy you, Mr Bond
The Geekiest LEGOs &
Rubik's Cubes


The world of twisted dimensions
Strangest Christian Products & Signs

Repent! the end of good taste is in sight!
Russian Imperial Faberge Eggs

Nestled Wonders, killed by Revolution
Coolest Retro Devices

Some were more portable than others
Robots in Arts

Compelling Art from Found Objects
Miniature Spy Guns

The smaller, the deadlier
Light Bulb Creativity

Lucy in the Sky (with Light Bulbs)
Slightly Suicidal: Gadgets

These guns will make you wonder...
Cool Art from Everyday Objects

Creative recycling at its best
Stationery with Bite

Pimp your office the right way
New Ways to Play with an Old Hardware

Creative Recycling of your old PC
Vending Machines Craze in Japan

Instant Gratification, to the Nth degree!
Unusual Musical Instruments

Spoil your inner "music geek"
Robotic Art Bliss

Miniature Robots, Insects & Animals
Automated Musical Instruments

Music Robots: No Performer Necessary
Satellite Dish Art!

Yet Another Urban Art Form?
How To Become a (Real) Cyborg

The DIY guide for the discerning nerd :)
Unusual Clock Mechanisms

To simply tell the time is not the point
It's a Geek Thing

One Day in the Life of an Office Computer Worker (funny)
Mystery Devices, Issue 2

Can you tell what they are?
Russian Cold War Phones

Beautiful? ugly? paranoia-infected devices
Bio-Robots (funny)

Swat that fly! It's spying on you
Mystery Devices

Puzzling gadgets from past and present
Decorative Robot Creations

"Made out of junk" coolness

Computer Gadgets Roundup (funny)

What every programmer & sysadmin wants, but would never admit it

Vintage Miniature & Spy Cameras

Collectible Cameras for Inconspicuous Photography

Kitchen Tech for Geeks

Something is brewing in the kitchen, and it's not just coffee

Future of Personal Computing :
Amazing Concepts from Japan


a Pen with a Paper all over again...


Wooden Laptop
& Other Steampunk'd Computers


working model made out of wood

It's Tokyo Time!

Catalog of crazy watches from Japan

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