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Take your apps to the table with these iPhone icon coasters
With over 100,000 applications available, there's no shortage of ways people are using the iPhone's features. But how about on the coffee table or in the dining room? A new website is offering sets of coasters featuring the iPhone's default application icons. According to the website, the coasters are genuine app icon enlargements from the iPhone 1.1.4 firmware. They also have a non-slip cork backing and are heat resistant. If you or someone you know is a big iPhone lover, this would be a great one to add to the holiday wish list. iPhoneAppsCoasters.com is offering three sets including: "Core Apps" featuring SMS, Calendar, Phone, Mail, Safari and iPod "Home Apps" featuring Notepad, Settings, Camera, Calculator, Clock and Address Book "Media Apps" featuring Maps, YouTube, Stocks, Video, Weather and Photos The three "sets" each retail for around $19 USD. Here's some shots of the coasters: %Gallery-79073% Thanks to Chris Pirillo
Set your drink on some iPhone icons
If you went to bed last night thinking, "heck, if only I had a set of coasters that were exactly like the icons on my iPhone," your prayers have been answered. Meninos offers the set of 16 coasters for $60 (yeeouch). Each coaster is 85mm square. Shipping is $15. The shop also offers other clever things like hard drive enclosures with something of a humorous slant. [Via Coudal.]
World of WarCrafts: WoW coasters
Every Thursday, Shelbi Roach of The Bronze Kettle guides you in creating WoW-inspired crafts using real world mats with World of WarCrafts.Need a place to park your frosty beverage? What these coasters lack in functionality, they make up for in style. In my step-by-step instructions, I've included a guide to help you create the coasters that will surely be the talk of the table at your next dinner party.Here is what you will need: Perler Beads Peg Board Ironing Paper Iron Click on the images below to view a gallery of step-by-step instructions. %Gallery-20639% DISCLAIMER: If you are under 18, please make sure that you are supervised by your parents or an adult.
Intelligent coasters create new wave of drinking games
Believe it or not, engineering minds have figured out a way to gadgetize even coasters, but Sentilla's Smart Drink Coasters hope to be the zaniest yet. Designed using vanilla glass coasters from Michael's (an arts and crafts store), one of Sentilla's diminutive pervasive computers, a handful of LEDs and a few other ingredients, these units can not only blink in different ways depending on how full / empty one's beverage is, but they can be used to create a whole new world of drinking games. Reportedly, the gizmos can be programmed to understand when a drink is on it and when a refill is needed, theoretically enabling a bartender or server to be alerted of one's drink status without even going over to check. Additionally, a set of coasters can be used to replicate a memory game much like "Simon," which could undoubtedly create a room full of laughs in the right circumstances. Granted, this all works under the assumption that you'll actually slam your container down on (i.e. not just nearby) the intelligent coaster, but if you think you're that coordinated, hit the read link for a full description and a video demonstration.
Spare Photomasks used to create coaster set
There's nothing like replacing a mundane trip to the store with a DIY endeavor, and creating a simple conversation piece that still serves a purpose just makes it all worthwhile. The latest geekish creation to come our way is the photomask coaster, which essentially utilizes "clear templates used in semiconductor manufacturing" to keep condensation from ruining your furniture. Better still, you can apparently locate unwanted versions of these things at certain electronics surplus stores, and considering that most feature different patterns within, you can create a whole set of coasters that each sport their own unique identity. We know, we just got way too Home & Garden for some of you to handle, but you'll survive.[Thanks, Chris]
