Curioblog: featuring unusual gifts, gadgets and curiosities |
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Being always aware how full your USB memory stick is, becomes quite useful. A Russian designer is proposing an usb flash drive which fattens as data is stored |
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Tinplate robots enjoyed their golden days back in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. Japan was one of the main producers |
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The last generation of Theo Jansen’s beach creatures –Strandbeest– are capable of moving even in windless conditions |
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A box is not just a box. In the right hands, it can adopt different conformations and become art |
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Negroponte and the MIT insist on producing low cost quality computers. Now they’re decided to achieve it at just 12 dollars per PC |
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You miss photo developing but you praise digital charm? Eazzzy is just the camera 4 you! |
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Marking the passing of time is less depressing with a Wall Calendar That Goes Pop! |
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Which ones do you prefer, those old Clicks with hands which couldn’t move and a groove on the trunk, or you rather go for more contemporary ones with hands that can rotate? |
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Indians, knights and building-site, first Playmobil toys circa 1974 |
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In 1974 Playmobil gave birth to the Clicks and there is a new way of measuring the time ever since: BC (Before Clicks) and AC (After Clicks). So now you know, re-calculate you D.O.B.
The first Clicks coming out boasted the same features for which they are still that popular today: an irresistible smiley little mouth and big head and eyes -no nose, no ears!, had you noticed that?-, relatively stiff motion, ideal size to take them in your pocket (7.5cm = 3”) and a whole lot of accessories, animals, buildings, plants...
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When you were little, Clicks were just a bunch of toys to play with. Now that you are older, they can offer you a whole lot of possibilities. Playing Clicks is just one of them. |
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Would you like to have a Zombie or a Torero Click, but you cannot find them? No need to worry, now you can "make" your own Clicks. Welcome to the Clicks Customization World |
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