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Categories / Gadgets and Tech

Dr Martens 50th anniversary boot-shaped USB drive

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So if you were celebrating 50 years of iconic footwear, what would you do? Well Dr Martens has decided to celebrate this event with a boot-shaped USB drive.

What can we say? well, we can say it looks like the boot that made the company both its name and fortune, a 24-hole boot that opens up to reveal a USB connector for your computer, while the inner boot packs 2GB of storage for any kind of file you need on the go.

The boot is just two inches tall and good for use with both PC and Mac. Price? That' $25 online.

Find out more at the Dr Martens USA website

Via Pocket Lint

Categories / eBay watch, Gadgets and Tech

eBay watch: 1970s Bang & Olufsen Beolit 707 radio

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No matter what era you go for, you'll always get a slightly futuristic feel from any Bang & Olufsen design throughout the years, including this Bang & Olufsen Beolit 707 radio.

This particular transistor radio was made in Denmark between 1976 – 1981, but you would never guess that. Ok, it's not got a digital display like a modern radio, but everything else, right down to those blue side panels, could be from the modern era.

But what you do get is that Bang & Olufsen quality, described as being in 'fully working condition' and 'with fantastic sound for a portable radio'. It's even been cleaned and serviced. All you need are the batteries and you're. Plus the cost of buying it – right now that's £15.96.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: Early 80s-designed ‘High-Tech’ house in Crawley Down, West Sussex

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I don't know what to make of this. A touch of midcentury, a touch of the 'Bond lair', but overall, this early 80s-designed house on Crawley Down, West Sussex is actually associated with the 'High-Tech' style of architecture that was pioneered by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and others in the 1970s.

You really need to see all the images to appreciate what a striking property this is, both inside and out. The work of Brian Cooper and completed in the early 1980s, it sits on a secluded 5.5 acre plot near the village of Crawley Down in West Sussex and is sold either as the existing 4-bedroom house with potential to be extended, or more worryingly, as a demolition project should someone want the land for a new house. Yes, really.

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Categories / Film and TV, Retro Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas x Star Wars SL72 Han Solo trainers

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The Adidas collaboration with the Star Wars franchise just keeps giving, with the latest edition being the Adidas x Star Wars SL72 Han Solo trainers.

We have featured the classic Adidas SL72 previously, a running shoe designed for and used in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. But this is a very different beast to that.

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Categories / eBay watch

eBay watch: 1960s Limburg 6047 glass table lamp

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Here's something you'll not see everyday – the Limburg 6047 glass table lamp.

The product of the Limburg Glashütte glass factory and made sometime between 1960 and 1970s, it's an amazing design, as much sculpture as functional object and the kind of thing you might expect to see in an early 60s sci-fi flick.

Described as being in 'good used condition', it's up on a 'Buy It Now' for £300, with the option of making an offer too if you want to go in under that. Not cheap – but when will you see one again?

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Books, Retro Men's Fashion, Retro Women's Fashion

Streetstyle book by Ted Polhemus reissued

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Out of print for some time, Streetstyle by Ted Polhemus is to be reissued in September by PYMCA.

It's a history of youth cults, originally produced to coincide with an exhibition at the V&A that covered the changing faces of 'tribes' over a 50+ year period – Hipsters, Teddy Boys, Beats, Rockabillies, Rude Boys, Mods, Surfers, Hippies, Punks, B-Boys, Ravers – you know the kind of thing.

This fully updated edition will feature nearly 100 extra pages with a four page bound insert, 5 new chapters, including over 250 images, all packed into 224 pages. The books is down for a launch on 15th September 2010, priced at £18.95.

Find out more at the Amazon website