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Clever eBayer showcases NES purse
Although the original NES has certainly cemented itself as an icon in the gaming universe, it's quickly climbing the ranks for the most frequently modified console ever. Aside from being hacked into its own controller, given a spin by Ben Heck, and used to house a Mac mini, the Nintendo Entertainment System is now going head to head with Prada, Chanel, and Marc Jacobs as a woman's handbag. A very clever entrepreneur has listed the NES purse on eBay for the world to marvel at, and aside from the handy controller strap that appears to be attached in a rather hasty manner, the innards sport a soft, grey fabric to hold makeup, cellphones, and Mario figurines, and there's even a hidden compartment on the bottom for cash, lighters, or 1-UP mushrooms. There's no word on if hitting Up, Right, Select, Start, B will hold the subway for you as you dash towards a departing train, but you can place a bid yourself and try 'er out when it arrives. Click on through for a few more shots.[Via DSFanboy]
NES: the purse
Now, as has been said before, we're manly men. The type of manly men who could defeat a bear in a bar fight and taught Hulk Hogan all of his moves. Still, we feel just a tiny bit jealous of the women who could possibly be wearing this across their shoulder. There's even a cool little hidden compartment allowing one to hide money (or the pictured lighter). It might not be all too practical or worth the $56.00 USD its highest bidder is willing to pay for it at the time of this post, but we tip our hat to its maker nonetheless.
A purse with speakers: Lifepop's Atom Amp
If your taste in music is absolutely impeccable, why bottle it up? Share it with the world -- along with... uh, an interesting fashion sense -- thanks to the "Atom Amp" from Lifepop. The 4 x 2 x 2.5-inch bag sports a pair of speakers of unknown quality (though the press release proudly trumpets "1400 milliwatts of hi-fi sound via the ultra-lightweight Atom™ class amplifier and drivers") powered by a 9-volt battery, serving up twelve hours of public listening via what appears to be a 3.5 millimeter jack. Only problem is, the list of phones with a 3.5 millimeter jack is extraordinarily short, so you might just be better off hooking up the ol' iPod anyway.[Via textually.org and ecoustics]
Esquire offers up rumbling, flashing handbag for mobiles
We know, it's a little late for Christmas, but you can bet your bottom dollar that lucky lady of yours is already thinking long and hard about that lovely holiday in February. For the dame who already owns that iPod purse and laptop-toting satchel comes Esquire's latest rumbling handbag made to alert the carrier (and her posse) whenever a phone call comes in. Apparently, the bag sports a built-in battery pack (powered by AAA cells), a vibration function "three times as powerful" as those found within your mobile, flashy LEDs galore, and a few compartments for less important things like wallets and timeless family photos. Notably, the designer does a decent job from keeping this technologically-inclined purse from taking a dive in the fashion department, but as with most luxury bags we've seen these days, expect to pay a hefty premium for those style points whenever this thing lands.
The Ladybag remembers your stuff with RFID
We carry handhelds so we don't forget what we've got to do, but what happens when we forget our handheld? Six students from Canada's Simon Fraser University don't have an answer, but they have developed the latest in purse technology to help prevent the aforementioned situation from occuring to the ladies. The Ladybag's function is fairly simple: an RFID scanner in the bottom of the bag will display a LED-lit icon of whatever it is you didn't remember to embagify. (It'll also display emoticons of how your bag thinks you're feeling, depending on how you're holding and handling it.) Of course, if you're like us and frequently forget your bag when out and about, you'd do best to skip the Ladybag (or Manbag, as it were) and make like us: find a keeper.[Via The Raw Feed]
