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This beam projector’s detachable speakers make for an immersive viewing experience

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Immersing yourself in an intense movie or relaxing with friends on a cold winter’s nights are all well and good if you can afford the luxury of a 100inch TV, but when you’re huddled around a more commonly sized TV, the experience is somewhat diminished. This explains the reasoning for the growing popularity of beam projectors, and this demand led to the development of ASSEMBLE.

ASSEMBLE undoubtedly elevates the experience of watching a film by providing the users with a cinema-level experience in the comfort of their living rooms. In addition to projecting the action onto a nearby wall, the speakers that make up ASSEMBLE’s body can be removed and placed wherever the user desires, for an engaging, surround sound experience!

Every-last detail, from the finger-grooves in the speaker through to the accompanying remote, have been considered in great depth. This leads to a device that we would quite happily have to replace our out-dated looking TVs!

Designers: Joonho Sung & Dong young Hong

Bigshot DIY Camera Kit: Build & Learn & Point & Shoot

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A couple of years ago we looked at a couple of film cameras that you had to assemble before you could use them. The Bigshot camera is just like those cameras, except it’s digital and has a companion website that includes a lot of related information. The idea is to introduce people of all ages not just to photography but to technology in general.

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The Bigshot digital camera kit comes with all of the parts and tools you need to build and process your photos, including a screwdriver, a micro-USB to USB cable and a pair of 3D glasses. That’s right, once you’ve put it together you can use the camera to take 3D images as well as panoramic shots to go with the normal mode. The camera has an internal battery that you recharge using the cable, but it also has a dynamo and a hand crank so you can power it yourself. It also has a free software for processing and sharing images.

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But as I said earlier, the kit is only half of the Bigshot’s appeal. Its website has dozens of pages of helpful and easy to understand articles related to the camera. There are pages explaining the science behind the parts, an assembly guide and more. The articles make it a lot easier and fun to learn while you assemble and use the camera.

You can order the Bigshot camera from its official website for $89 (USD). I wish Ben Heck or some other modder would release a similar kit for a gaming device.

[via NOTCOT]