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Bluetooth cassette tape drags your retro ride up to date

Chris Davies, May 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

I'm not sure why, but this Flexii Bluetooth cassette adapter really pleases me somehow. Designed to make streaming music through a car stereo straightforward even if your ride only has a tape deck, it uses the A2DP profile to take a stereo stream from your PMP or cellphone and squirt it out of the car's speakers. The rechargeable battery lasts up to 5hrs of playback (or 120hrs standby). Read The Full Story

The Retro Rocket Lamp uses old jet engine parts

Abby McVay, May 12th 2008 Discuss [0]

Many of us, no matter how old we get, will still love rockets and everything Sci-Fi. Especially the more shiny type things. This very retro rocket lamp actually uses an old jet engine igniter can to give it that vintage look. Read The Full Story

Vintage Appliance Timers from Homade

Abby McVay, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

About a year ago I came across one of the items from this line, however, what I didn't realize is that there are four other gadgets from the same line. All five are from Homade, the same people who made the Lego MP3 player. Read The Full Story

Humax TV – coming straight from London’s ChauhanStudio

James Allan Brady, Mar 28th 2008 Discuss [0]

This beautiful and elegant TV coming from Humax is a thing of retro art. It even manages to pack in multiple functions including the ability to just play the radio when you need it. Read The Full Story

The slightly unpractical Rolleiflex Digital Camera

Abby McVay, Mar 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

For any camera lovers that appreciate the classic and slightly more antique cameras might enjoy this new gadget. The best of both worlds, designed to look like the Rolleriflex 2.8F, but comes packed full of modern technology. Read The Full Story

Walkman Radio Wristlet with built in speakers

Abby McVay, Mar 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you have a thing for portable speakers with a slight vintage flair, you might want to check out this Walkman wristlet. Featuring the design of technology from long ago (that's long ago in technology years) this wristlet will hold what you want it to and play your favorite tunes. Read The Full Story

Supermandolini’s Floppy Disc coasters

Abby McVay, Feb 29th 2008 Discuss [0]

Supermandolini has created coasters for geeks. You might be wondering why we geeks need special coasters and the answer is simple. It is merely, because we can, that's why. These coasters are fashioned after the extremely outdated floppy disk. I've seen other geeky coasters before, some made out of old recycled circuit boards, however, I do believe these are my new favorites. Yes, you could use real floppy disks and it would likely be cheaper, however, they might get a little wobbly after a while. Plus, these are cooler. Read The Full Story

Metro Phone is cordless and retro

James Allan Brady, Feb 19th 2008 Discuss [2]

It runs on the 900MHz band and is a cordless phone with such modern amenities as caller ID. Even with the current century upgrades it still manages to maintain the retro look that makes it worth its cost. Read The Full Story

Cyber Familator Lite loads 8-bit Famicom games on your Nintendo DS Lite

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2008 Discuss [1]

If there aren't enough games to your liking on the Nintendo DS Lite, and you'd rather have some retro Famicom pleasure instead, you really need Cyber Gadget's Cyber Familator Lite. Plug the Familator into the DS' GBA slot, add a Famicom cartridge, and you can play all the addictive 8-bit games you want. Read The Full Story

Rubik’s Cube Speakers prove the cube will never die

Christina Crouch, Jan 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

I’m not sure how retro you can call the Rubik’s cube anymore. It’s all over the place, made it’s comeback and is definitely in the here and now. I hate to break it to it but it’s retro-ed itself back in style. Read The Full Story

Pac-Man Joystick with games built-in

Abby McVay, Dec 31st 2007 Discuss [0]

This year while I was doing my Christmas shopping for my niece and two nephews I came across these bad boys. I find it awesome that they found a twist to bring the classics back for the younger generations to enjoy. Read The Full Story

Micro TV Comes Back?

Christina Crouch, Dec 18th 2007 Discuss [0]

I’m not exactly sure what a ‘micro TV’ is doing on the market right now when ‘the bigger, the better’ seems to the TV motto, but it is. Not only that it’s a throwback to a 60’s version… maybe they are trying to sell off of the retro craze, I don’t know. Read The Full Story