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I bet your USB drive doesn’t look this pretty. Mine doesn’t but then, that doesn’t mean I’d buy one either.

Philips and bling specialists, Swarovski have created a selection of shiny USB drives and earphones for those people that need to shine that bit brighter than the rest of us. The series has four designs: Heart Ware, Heart Beat, Lock In and Lock Out.

The first two are worn as pendants while the locks are designed to be hung from a key chain. The drives are 1Gb and prices will start at £50 when they launch this summer, accompanied by four kinds of noise-cancelling earphones.

They sure are purdy. Jump now for another photo and a video of them up close from Shiny Shiny.- Martin Lynch

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Evesham’s bucking the trend on this one with a tiny 9.2in widescreen LCD TV, designed to be portable and cheap.

The TV-930 with it’s oddly-sized 9.2in screen is designed to be usable - without squinting – as a second TV in home. The fact that it weighs less than 1Kg is also a bonus when it comes to moving it from room to room. The 12V cigarette power adaptor also makes it usable in cars and motor homes. It connects via the usual AV outputs to DVD players, games consoles or camcorders.

The TV measures 240 x 172 x 33mm and has a display resolution of 640 x 480 – nothing to write home about but, at £120, it could do well with people not that concerned with video quality. Full specs after the jump. -Martin Lynch

TV-930 Specifications

Screen size 9.2″
Aspect ratio 16: 09
Resolution 640 x 480
Display Area (H x V) 199mm x 119mm
Pixel Pitch 0.0835 x 0.2505mm
Display Colours 16m
Contrast Ratio 250:1
Brightness 380cd / m2
Viewing Angle (H /V) 65/55
Response Time 30ms
Tuning TV system PAL
Video Colour system PAL/NTSC
Input 1 AV1 (Composite) via supplied cable
Input 2 VGA (Via supplied cable)
Siganl Connection D-Sub 15pin(via special USB type connectorsupplied)
PC Input (Recommended) 640 x 480 @ 60MHz
Audio 1 AV1 (mono) via supplied cable
Speaker built in Yes
OSD Language English, Russian, Chinese
Function Keys Power, AV/TI, VOL-, VOL+, CH-, CH+, MENU
Included Acessories Tv stand, Auto switch mains adaptor, 12v DC adaptor, Headphones, 2x Phono audio cable, 1x VGA mini USB cable, 1x Remote
Dimensions (W x H x D): 240mm x 172mm x 33mm
Weight 0.96 Kg

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Want to know what your neighbors think of you? The Spion Oribitor isn’t pretty, but it’s the best way of finding out. This high-tech listening kit was designed to let you hone in on conversations taking place up to 300 feet away from you. The included headphones can filter out ambient noise while a built-in recorder lets you store up to 2 minutes of salacious conversation. We wish it had more on-board memory, but for $60 it’s a cheap way to get James Bond-like on your neighbors. – Louis Ramirez

Spion Orbitor Electronic Listening Device [Uncrate]

If you want to record music that will sound amazing in headphones, retaining and delivering the space that the music was recorded in, this is how you do it. The KU 100 Dummy Head by Georg Neumann is a binaural recording device that has a mic in each ear, and the sound it records is strikingly true to how it would sound if the listener was in the position of the head.

And yes, this is where the name of that Pearl Jam album came from, as they used one of these bad boys in the studio. Is there anything better than well recorded, spatially-rich music on a good set of headphones? –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via NotCot.org]

If you want to record music that will sound amazing in headphones, retaining and delivering the space that the music was recorded in, this is how you do it. The KU 100 Dummy Head by Georg Neumann is a binaural recording device that has a mic in each ear, and the sound it records is strikingly true to how it would sound if the listener was in the position of the head.

And yes, this is where the name of that Pearl Jam album came from, as they used one of these bad boys in the studio. Is there anything better than well recorded, spatially-rich music on a good set of headphones? –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via NotCot.org]

If you want to record music that will sound amazing in headphones, retaining and delivering the space that the music was recorded in, this is how you do it. The KU 100 Dummy Head by Georg Neumann is a binaural recording device that has a mic in each ear, and the sound it records is strikingly true to how it would sound if the listener was in the position of the head.

And yes, this is where the name of that Pearl Jam album came from, as they used one of these bad boys in the studio. Is there anything better than well recorded, spatially-rich music on a good set of headphones? –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via NotCot.org]

If you want to record music that will sound amazing in headphones, retaining and delivering the space that the music was recorded in, this is how you do it. The KU 100 Dummy Head by Georg Neumann is a binaural recording device that has a mic in each ear, and the sound it records is strikingly true to how it would sound if the listener was in the position of the head.

And yes, this is where the name of that Pearl Jam album came from, as they used one of these bad boys in the studio. Is there anything better than well recorded, spatially-rich music on a good set of headphones? –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via NotCot.org]

If you want to record music that will sound amazing in headphones, retaining and delivering the space that the music was recorded in, this is how you do it. The KU 100 Dummy Head by Georg Neumann is a binaural recording device that has a mic in each ear, and the sound it records is strikingly true to how it would sound if the listener was in the position of the head.

And yes, this is where the name of that Pearl Jam album came from, as they used one of these bad boys in the studio. Is there anything better than well recorded, spatially-rich music on a good set of headphones? –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via NotCot.org]

Can’t get rid of the voices inside of your head? Well, why not make them louder (and look like a mental patient in the process). Created by Kate Hartman, the Muttering Hat is a goofy-looking hat made up of hacked MP3 players, headphones, and microphones. One form of the hat lets you listen to pre-recorded mumblings as you go about your day-to-day tasks. (Cause you know, listening to music is so boring). The other version, puts your inner thoughts on speakerphone, so as you mumble to yourself, anyone near you can strap off one of the hat’s giant ear balls and listen in on what you’re saying. In other words, you’ll never be able to silently judge someone again. And that in itself is reason enough to pass on this hat. – Louis Ramirez

Muttering Hats [via We Make Money Not Art]

Parents today have so much to worry about: their kids don’t like to play outside, their expensive handheld game systems are downloading porn, ADHD is spreading like the flu and to top it all of, the little whippersnappers are listening to their music too gosh darn loud! Well Mr. and Mrs. Overprotective Parent, Ingemi Corp. can’t solve all of your problems, but they make sure Nelly doesn’t leave Junior deaf by middle age.

The iHearSafe earbuds limit the volume output of any music device to 80 decibels, which is slightly louder than normal conversation and about equal to an average telephone dial tone. It isn’t toggle-based, so the limiter can’t be turned off or circumvented, unless your kids are smart enough to get a different pair of earbuds or headphones. Just to be safe, superglue the iHearSafe into every audio jack on their electronics. You can never be too careful. – Karson Thompson

iHearSafe [via PopGadget]