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Badass Sewing Machine

One of the reasons I like Gizmodo is for its ironic attitude toward geeky product reviews. Here's a post today from the Consumer Electronics Show, that orgy of liquid-cooled Z-Box Joysticks and 7-foot-wide (measured diagonally) "proof of concept" versions of LCD displays. Gizmodo reviews, of all things, the Brother Innov-is 4000D Sewing Machine

I didn't expect to find the words, 'that's a badass sewing machine' coming out of my mouth, and from the look on his face, neither did the guy from Brother Sewing. He should be used to it, though, because it's totally true. The Innov-is 4000D converts any image file into an embroidered pattern—even directly from USB flash drives.

And yes, that's a full-color touchscreen on the side

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Proving that any technology can be geeky if you push on it hard enough.

Here's the product page at Brother if you're interested.

(And I just saw that Gizmodo scored an interview with Bill Gates. If nothing else, the photo + description are a hoot.)

[via Gizmodo]

Posted by johndan at January 7, 2005 10:17 PM | TrackBack