Tag: retro
Father & Son Build Insanely Impressive Retro 80s Arcade In Basement
It's summertime once again, and this time of year always reminds me of the late '80s when my mom would drop me off at the arcade with a handful of quarters and my dreams of high scores. I spent a few summers in those '80s arcades, and back then, it was a rite of passage, and it was where all the coo ...
Largest Console Collection In The World Will Make You Drool
Welcome to the most retrofied article of the day! The chance of you clicking forward to this article because you love consoles is quite high, and before I get into the detail of it all, just know you are not going to be disappointed. What you are about to lay eyes on today is nothing less than true ...
Millennium Falcon Turntable Is The Fastest Record Player Ever
It's hard to write about technology on a day like this. After all, it's April 1st and everything you put on the Internet is thought to be an April Fools joke. I have consciously stayed away from everything that could come across as an April Fools joke. It ain't easy, I can tell you that! When it com ...
World’s First Self-Powered Digital Camera Actually Takes Decent Pics
With the proper apps, I'm convinced I can take on the world with my smartphone camera. I don't usually even notice other digital cameras, but this one caught my attention. It looks like a little retro box, and that's because the creators wanted to make it look a bit 'old fashioned' or retro on purpo ...
World’s Smallest Cell Phone To Be Released In Japan
It's not hard to use Apple's iPhone as an example when comparing the world's different smartphone technologies. It was the "first" one to incorporate the ultra optimized touchscreen and app formatted operating system. The iPhone has gone through a whole lot of transformations since it was first rele ...
5 Ingeniously Esoteric Movie T-Shirts You’ll Want To Own
Just like high-end fashion labels, there are a variety of 'in your face' movie t-shirts on the market that scream "look at me!" by having a well-known brand plastered across the front. Examples which initially come to mind are Batman, Superman and Back to the Future logo t-shirts, and although not m ...
Video Game Controller Cufflinks Will Make Your Inner Geek Smile
I love writing about geeky men's cufflinks. There's just something about them that expresses so much personality. Unfortunately, I don't know very many men who wear cufflinks. I see women wearing men's cufflinks for fun more than men. If I was a man, I'd wear them all the time. I'd start with these ...
Retro Arcade Game Pours A Beer For The Player Who Wins
The retro arcades of the '80s will always hold a special place in our hearts. Those were the days when Mom would drop us off with a handful of quarters, and we played games all afternoon. Back then, 25 cents felt like a million dollars, and if you found a quarter on the floor that someone else dropp ...
App Gumball Vending Machine Makes For A Retro App Store
Everything in our world today seems so polished, so optimized and futuristic. Sometimes it can get to be a little too much, don't you agree? I was just thinking the other day how refreshing it was to walk down to the store to buy the latest Nintendo NES games when they were launched back in the day. ...
Film Roll Salt & Pepper Shakers To Spice Up Your Food Pics
Sometimes it's the simplest designs that make us smile the most. You know, the ones that don't incorporate any innovative technology or groundbreaking features. They are just easy and creative, and they make our lives more fun. The Yamaha NS-10 Speaker Flash Drive, which I wrote about yesterday, is ...
Laser Cut Retro 8-Bit Space Invaders Chess Set Will Make You Drool
What do you get when you combine the 8-bit Space Invader geekiness we remember from the arcades in the 80s with a classic chess game? You get a dream come true for a lot of people. This Space invader game is a stunning masterpiece of design, and I can't imagine anyone not wanting one of these chess ...
Ultra-Portable Vinyl USB Turntable For The Retro Traveler
How many of you awesome people still have buckets of vinyl records stowed away somewhere? For most people, their vinyl record player broke a long time ago. The time and energy it takes to fix it or find a new one seems to be too much of an endeavor to make sense. It's a good thing there are people w ...
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50 Things We No Longer Do Because Of Tech Advancements [Infographic]
As most of you know, we try to cover the edge of technology quite a lot. It's not necessarily a hard task in itself since the world's technological advancements are on an ever increasing incline. Of course we cover all things in between as well, and as we trail the path of the technologies of tomorr ...
Retro Geek Paradise: Your Own NES Living Room Design
You know we are retro geeks here at Bit Rebels, and we love writing about anything that takes us back to the days of the NES. That was a special era, and if you are an NES fan too, you know what I mean. But how big of a fan are you? How far would you go to show the world that you haven't forgotten a ...
Digital Polaroid Camera Reinvents Instant Photo Printing
Not too long ago, it was announced that Polaroid would stop making their Polaroid instant film. The reaction to that news was almost unmeasurable. This made Polaroid rethink their strategy and instead started innovating, which is something that was widely speculated about and resulted in quite a few ...