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Introducing the Vapor Ware Leap for Mac!

Leap for Mac XBox Kinnect

It’s always refreshing when talented 3D artists stop making fake iPhone 5 prototypes and turn their attention to something more important – like making fake XBox Kinnect for Mac videos! Check out this pretty sweet video for something called “The Leap”, a little box (too little to actually work, methinks) that basically adds Minority Report/Tony Stark tech to... Read More

Review: Scosche backSTAGE Pro headrest mount for iPad

Scosche backStage Pro headrest mount for iPad

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s that kids suck. Especially on 16-hour road trips. I honestly don’t know how my dad didn’t kill my brothers and I on our childhood drive to Florida back in the days before iPods – we must have been SO annoying. Well, luckily today’s parents have a little something called an “in-dash DVD player”... Read More

Robo-Steve reviewed – new model in the works

AP_PEL1 Steve Jobs

Hey, remember AP-PEL (aka “Steve”), the Apple-themed Robot from 3A Ashley Wood we told you about last September? Of course you do! You’ve memorized every post we’ve made. Well, someone actually bought one! TheFwoosh got their hands on one of the $200-$300 little guys and gave it a very in-depth review. Suffice it to say, if you think you want it based on... Read More

Low Battery Temporary Tattoos

Low Battery Tattoos

Whether you’re looking for a way to let mom know you’re hungry or to let the boss know you need to go home early, these Low Battery Temporary Tattoos are brilliantly stupid. Christoph Niemann is selling them in sets of 2 for $5.oo. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Aimster for the tip! via SuperPunch #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item... Read More

Two new ways to “play” with Instagram

Check out these two very different, but equally adorable takes on bringing the Instagram logo to life. Actually, I suppose “life isn’t the best term for this first one, as it was created for a promotion for the upcoming stop-motion Zombie film “ParaNorman” by Laika Studios, and looks like something you might have dug up and then been forced to blow away... Read More

Nothing creepy about this

It’s hard to really think of something coming out of Japan as “weird”, as there apparently is no such thing as “normal” there, but somehow this iPhone Hand Case just seems a little extra disturbing. I’d like to think that something is getting lost in the translation, but somehow I doubt it. The case, which appears to simply be an iPhone holder... Read More

Note to self: Do not buy iPhones while vacationing in Turkey

Low Battery Fake iPhone from Turkey

Usually when I travel (and even more so now that I have kids) I end up buying a bunch of cheap, random, crappy souvenirs that I almost immediately throw out or put in a box when I get home, never to be seen again (with the notable exception of these 2-headed wolf neck pillows embroidered with the Canadian flag that my kids just HAD to have when we went to Niagara Falls. Seriously,... Read More

Remove all sense of style from your iPhone with the “Legacy Case”

Given how many iPhone cases I see on a weekly basis it takes something REALLY cool (or stupid) to catch my attention, and this iPhone 4 “Legacy case” from Les Forges MDK studio is both. Currently only a concept, the case is meant to mimic the “design” of the original Macintosh. If you like all the high-tech features of your iPhone 4/4S but wish it had... Read More

This looks cool: The Gaming Skin for iPhone and iPod touch

Easier than actually reviewing something, I have decided to create a new feature called “This looks cool”, where I showcase things that… look cool. And this looks cool. It’s the Gaming Skin by iSkin, a combination battery pack and speaker/rumble pack which aims to make your iPhone/iPod gaming experience a little more immersive by adding vibration and (hopefully)... Read More

Steve Jobs portrait made out of 3,500 Apples

That’s right. Apples. Not Oranges, like you might expect. When he learned of the passing of Steve Jobs, artist Olivier Lefebvre made a last-minute change to his entry in the Quebec Land Art contest and decided to create this tribute to our beloved leader, made entirely out of Apples. The project took him about 50 hours in total to complete, but as you can see, the results... Read More

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