George Lucas has confirmed that they are working on getting all the original Star Wars episodes out in 3D versions. Actually, I’m not so excited about this news story. I would prefer they took all that time and effort into producing new movies instead (The conversion cost is between $50,000 and $100,000 per minute). What do you think?

George Lucas Confirms Plans to Unleash the Force in 3-D [blog.wired.com]

Here is a neat little invention that basically is just a white box with a series of LED lights that simulates a real TV. Apparently it looks like the real thing from outside. The device can be all yours for $40.

FakeTV Burglar Deterrent Device [thinkgeek.com]

Ion put out a neat vinyl to mp3 gadget a few years ago, and now they are back with the similar Ion USB VCR but this time it’s all about digitizing your old VHS tapes. The price is $229.99.

Ion USB VCR [thinkgeek.com]
via [Uncrate]

Here’s the latest bunch of Star Wars drives from Mimobots. They are extremely cool - as always. The 1GB version goes for $40. Check them out.

C-3PO Flash Drive Takes Its Bow at Comic-Con [blog.wired.com]

The Sony Sountina NSA-PF1 doesn’t look like anything you have seen before. The top of the 6 foot speaker is made of glass and emits sound in a 360-degree circle. I guess you should avoid tripping on the speaker cable as a pair will cost you $11 800….

Sony Sountina NSA-PF1 [dynamism.com]
via [Uncrate]

I’m afraid that you can’t buy it, but you can make one by following these step by step instructions. Really neat and very retro.

Glowing video tape USB hub [instructables.com]
via [Makezine]

If you want the ultimate bass experience for your home cinema and can live with that all your stuff will shake like it’s an earthquake, you should check out this really impressive installation. The horns are driven by a total of 16 x 18″ (47 cm) woofers. Impressive

World’s largest subwoofer? [makezine.com]

Another cool product from worldwidefred is the Shape up alarm clock that won’t shut up until you do 30 repetitions with the dumbell. Brilliant.

Shapeup [worldwidefred.com]
via [OhGizmo!]

A few months ago I wrote about the sawed-off USB key and now you can actually go and shop this really innovative product. I kind of like it.

Hacked [worldwidefred.com]

iPhone moved one million units during the opening weekend. That is really impressive if you compare it to the original iPhone (which also sold really good) where it took 74 days until they reached the first initial target of 1 million sold phones. Full press release inside.

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