Gadgets for People Who Don't Like Gadgets - a list by designdude

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Maybe it's something that makes your life easier or is fun to waste time on or just looks really cool--there's always a gadget out there for you, the person who never, ever saw yourself as a gadget person.

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Nokia Travel Speakers

First to recommend

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A convenient two-in-one speaker solution, this travel speaker set by Nokia is also a sleek laptop accessory. The device requires four AAA batteries and will work for nearly 30 hours.

Updated Aug 14, 2008

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Boosted Tin Can Speaker Set

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So, in the history of people listening to music through speakers connected to their computers, how many times do you think someone has complained about the sound, suggesting that the tinny sound was reminiscent of something actually coming out of a tin can? I have to assume the question popped up somewhere in a design meeting that eventually led to the creation of this set, which is also fully compatible with most mp3 players and cell phones.

Updated Aug 18, 2008

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Gloomy Bear USB Flash Drive

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Designed by Mori Chack for Mimoco's MIMOBOT Artist Series, this Gloomy brings the artist's skewed vision of a cuddly, blood-thirsty bear into the world of data storage. Part of Mimoco's recently launched MIMO-Madness series, you can currently get this flash drive at more than half off.

Updated Aug 27, 2008

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Solarlink Wind-Up Radio

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Obviously, the primary draw of this gadget is that -- fueled by both solar power and a hand crank -- it can charge your cell phone and MP3 player in addition to functioning on its own as an AM/FM/shortwave radio, alarm clock, and an emergency siren and beacon. But it doesn't it look cool, too? Noting wrong with aesthetics.

Updated Sep 16, 2008

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New Museum Flash Drive

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Here's the silhouette of the New Museum in handy flash drive form. Not sure how many full-sized digital reproductions of art you are going to fit onto a 64MB drive, but the intention is clever.

Updated Sep 19, 2008

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WESC Classic Headphones

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You never thought you'd see the arrival of a great looking stylized pair of earbuds, but WESC might just be the brand to make the oddity stick. Making further inroads into the world of audio accessories, the brand may value fashion over function, but this pair of headphones in dirt pink -- cleverly titled to appear to street-stylish men as well as women -- kind of makes you not care.

Updated Oct 23, 2008

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rayD8gig Mimobot

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Get this 8GB flash drive while you can, as only 200 pieces were made. The glowing skeleton comes in a colorway, contrasting with an earlier edition. Perfectly spooky for Halloween.

Updated Oct 23, 2008

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