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| Jun 14, 2011 | Meet The Robostir, A Robotic Soup Stirrer | You like soup, but you don’t want to stir it? What to do? Buy a robostirrer, of course! The Robostir robot stirrer is a stirrer that is a robot. It costs $11 and runs on 4 AA batteries and stirs your soup or polenta or whatever like a freak... |
| May 25, 2011 | Set Your Living Room To Turbo With This NES Advantage Lamp | Do you need a little something for your retro-gaming man cave? Something that says “I’m a classy guy, but that doesn’t mean I can’t beat Contra in one life,” perhaps? This lamp might be your style.
While I’d rather be using this Advantage c... |
| May 23, 2011 | This Tape Dispenser Is Likely Not TSA Approved | It’s a tape gun. Get it? Happy Monday. $10 at BaronBob. [via RedFerret] |
| Apr 25, 2011 | The Bluechip BC5i Big Button Phone For Grampy | It’s not every day you find $40 phones for the aged. This odd-looking piece of kit has huge buttons, echanced loudness settings, and a big orange SOS button. It also has an LED flashlight on top for spotting your keyhole in the dark.
It’s u... |
| Apr 11, 2011 | iPad Resists Smashination Thanks To Extreme Sleeve | It’s not every day you decide to drop a bowling ball on an iPad, but when you do you’ll probably want a sleeve made of smart materials that can absorb the impact and puncture.
Made with molded PORON® XRD™ material, the G-Form Extreme Sleeve... |
| Mar 18, 2011 | Double Rainbow, In Your Room | Uncle Milton knows what’s up. This $23 device will throw a beautiful rainbow across your room, complete with multiple colors. Sadly, as one Amazon reviewer notes, “the product projects a rainbow onto the walls, not through the air as displa... |
| Mar 7, 2011 | Breville's VTT296 2 Slice Radio Toaster Is Exactly What You Think It Is | The inventor of the VTT296 2 Slice Radio Toaster may have gotten this idea from Blankman’s Toaster Plus, but either way you look at it, it’s a neat toaster. The UK company, Breville, designed this kitchen appliance for those who need news, ... |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Learn Your Young Ones To Tazer Fools With This Toy Tazer | People are getting tazered pretty much every minute these days. Could it just be that they’re not familiar with what Tazers are? I think so! Our kids should know the look and shape of a Tazer, so in case they’re hopped up on angel dust and ... |
| Feb 17, 2011 | H2O Power: Shower-Head-Powered Shower Radio | Check out this unique way to power a radio in the shower. Normal shower radios have the mess of dealing with batteries, but not the H2O Shower Power Radio. Nope, it runs on water pressure. The entire radio is waterproof, so there’s nothing ... |
| Feb 11, 2011 | RAVENAlert Lets College Kids Know When Emergencies Occur | Getting in touch with students can be tough, even during emergencies. Many colleges today send out emergency alerts via email and SMS. When that isn’t enough there’s the RAVENAlert keychain. Its like those “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” n... |
| Feb 1, 2011 | Bring Me Boba Fett's Head…Phones | While Boba Fett obviously has an air of “danger and mystery,” did you know that he also enjoyed Jazz and early Dixieland? That’s right: Jango Fett, whose real name was Bruce Fitzgerald Fett and was born in Aukland, wasn’t called Jango for n... |
| Oct 19, 2010 | Just What Kids Need: Scholastic Pocket Texting Devices | A company called Scholastic, presumably not the book company, has released these odd texting devices that work wirelessly within 600 feet of each other. You can create a network of 24 of them and messages are truncated at 40 characters.
The... |
| May 24, 2010 | Another watchphone, this time with GPS | Oh rapture! GPS 800G watch phone is here and it’s ready to rumble! This phone has GPRS tracking, an SOS button, and can record how fast you’re moving, allowing alerts to be sent to scared and frightened parents. But don’t take my word on it... |
| Apr 30, 2010 | New webcam improves eye to eye contact, costs too much | This is definitely not a device intended for the home market. I’m not even sure it’s something that a business would need, but perhaps I’m wrong. Regardless of my opinion, the Iris 2 Iris is a teleconference webcam device intended to help k... |
| Apr 26, 2010 | Bring the retro-bowling arcade experience home | People love arcade games, and have since the 50’s. Some of the earliest games were based off of other recreations, like for example bowling. I remember playing one of these in the arcade in town during my youth, but it never held the attrac... |
| Apr 23, 2010 | Meet the robot enforcer: The Husqvarna DXR 310 demolition robot | I for one welcome our new robot overlords.. And I have the sinking feeling that this particular robot will be the enforcer of the group. It’s a damn good thing that the Cylons didn’t have one of these, or it would have just chewed through t... |
| Apr 22, 2010 | T Power USB key reduces eye-strain, makes onions grow! | Hey, sucker! Have about $60? Come on over and get a T Power USB stick, designed to reduce eyestrain, improve blood circulation, and VDT Decrement Heal! It contains Erythocytes and reduces the Rouleaux phenomenon, whatever the heck that mean... |
| Apr 22, 2010 | E-Ink parent corp touts new screens, profit boost, iPad win | reader comments 17 with 11 posters participating
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| Apr 16, 2010 | The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake? | We’re not entirely sure this thing exists in real life. The G-mate Gun Overlord just seems a bit too glorious. Even the video after the jump isn’t enough proof. If it is real though, watch out, it could be awesome. Unless of course it’s not... |
| Mar 25, 2010 | Dog high chair | Grabble grabble grabble! GORF GRABBLE!
Satisfying a mutual desire for companionship, this high chair permits your dog or cat to accompany you at the dinner table. The high chair clips securely to tables up to 2″ thick and its height adjusts... |
| Mar 25, 2010 | Shadow eBike makes spokes and wires a thing of the past | While not the first bike to do away with spokes, the Shadow might be the first to see mass production. And its certainly the first to be wireless. Yes, that’s correct. Wireless bicycles.
The Shadow’s designers determined that most eBike mal... |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Digital camera is half-inch thick, costs $25 | Welcome to the future of digital photography, friends. This $25 camera measures 13.5 millimeters thick and takes what I can only assume to be mind-blowingly detailed 640×480 photos. That’s not all! The built-in memory holds 52 images! There... |
| Mar 5, 2010 | JakPak converts from jacket to emergency shelter | Assuming this is durable, this is just the type of emergency shelter I could see using myself. The JakPak turns from an all-weather jacket into a portable shelter by unzipping into a basic bivy sack. It’s a given that it wouldn’t be terribl... |
| Feb 24, 2010 | Try2StopMe: firewall circumvention that won't last long | Is your boss clamping down on the hours you spend playing Farmville on Facebook? Are you blocked at work from accessing 4chan and your other favorite websites? You can use something like Try2StopMe, one of probably thousands of website prox... |
| Feb 24, 2010 | Moosshiqk electric motorcycle goes fast, looks silly | Here’s an interesting DIY project: Santosh apparently felt that the current generation of electric pocket bikes were just a little too large, so he built his own version. While Santosh’s bike is quite small, it is capable of running at almo... |
| Feb 22, 2010 | Simple wireless live view monitor lets you control your DSLR from a distance | You can get this functionality in an iPhone app (onOne), but it probably kills your battery, and besides: in photography, more accessories equals more glory. So check out this little doodad — it hooks onto your camera’s hot shoe and beams a... |
| Feb 19, 2010 | Fake security camera moves, pretends to keep you safe | So you want your neighbors to think that your house is an impenetrable fortress, but you don’t really feel like shelling out the hundreds of dollars needed to buy actual security cameras? Maybe you’re seen those other fake surveillance came... |
| Feb 15, 2010 | Supine Reading Glasses to spur recumbent reading movement | Sound the nerd alert: the Supine Reading Glasses from Hammacher Schlemmer let you read a book while flat on your back. That’s right, no more holding the book above your head. Just hold it upright and let the “two optical-quality glass prism... |
| Feb 12, 2010 | Ski goggles feature head mounted display | Wow, these Zeal Optics “Transcend” goggles feature built-in GPS, speed data, altitude information, temperature, and a whole lot of other stuff for $350.
Everything’s controlled by three buttons on the side of the goggles and displayed non-o... |
| Feb 11, 2010 | Cup holder, schmupholder – you need a full tray for your morning commute | What an odd array of breakfast items in this product shot: Egg McMuffin, sure. Apple juice, okay. Fries? You might be on to something there. Whatever the case, if you’ve been eating food out of a bag while careening down the highway on your... |
| Feb 4, 2010 | Ear wax cleaner sucks more than Q-tips | You know what you need to clean out your ears? Tools. And not tools like Q-tips.
Real tools. Motorized, mechanized, battery-using tools. Take this Cordless ear wax cleaner, for instance. It’s only ten bucks and it runs on AA batteries.
Acco... |
| Jan 20, 2010 | Clamshell home projector cheap, probably of poor quality | File this under “sounds too good to be true”. A Chinese artist has designed a projector into a clamshell, with a built in speaker. The unbelievable part? It’s only $50. I question what type of quality you are going to get from a projector t... |
| Jan 20, 2010 | Water oven makes slow cookin' that roast a breeze | We did a little roast beast this year on Christmas, and although it turned out great, there was a huge amount of consternation involving variations in oven temperature, at what intervals to re-baste, and that sort of thing. If only there we... |
| Dec 29, 2009 | Behold the 24-port USB hub! | If you saw the post yesterday about the 10-port USB hub and thought to yourself, “We’re getting there but I still need MORE!” then here’s your answer. It’s a 24-port USB hub. If 24 ports isn’t enough for you then I give up.
This one’s a $70... |
| Nov 24, 2009 | Roccat's new USB hub looks like it wants to sting you | Would you make a monitor that had a fake arm sticking out of it, brandishing a knife at the viewer? I would, too, but we would never sell any because people find that sort of thing scary. I don’t know why. But whatever the reason, it’s the ... |
| Oct 19, 2009 | Threaded tripod-compatible iPhone case: too much or too much? | There’s a bit of a paradox at work here. If you shoot a lot of video on your iPhone, a tripod mount might be quite convenient. On the other hand, if you shoot a lot of video, why the hell are you using an iPhone to do it?
While I do like ph... |
| Oct 5, 2009 | The common peephole finally goes digital | It’s 11:30 PM. You’re all alone. Suddenly!! A knock at the door!! “Who could it be?” you wonder. Oh, two large pizzas just for you. That’s right. You ordered them directly from your TiVo in a fit of self loathing. Better make sure it’s the ... |
| Sep 1, 2009 | Inventions that suck: turn a 5 gallon bucket into a wet/dry vac | Just in time for the holiday season, we’re starting to see the usual crop of gadget that are, shall we say, less then top-shelf. I think it’s safe to include this on that list, the BucketVAC. When I read the website for this thing, I feel l... |
| Jul 27, 2009 | CradleVue – 'cause what's a roadtrip without Sponge Bob | High-end portable DVD players are a scam. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. Sure you can pick up a Walmart special for $75, but those $200 models just don’t make sense when most people already have a notebook with an optical drive ... |
| Jul 3, 2009 | Forearm massager looks scary, probably works okay | Believe it or not, many bloggers suffer from some sort of repetitive stress injury or even carpal tunnel syndrome. We’re human — mortal even. Cut us and we bleed red just like everyone else. Give us an atomic wedgie and we weep like an anxi... |
| Jun 29, 2009 | Cooler Master touts world's smallest 95W laptop adapter | In the neverending quest to shrink down the size of notebook power adapters, Cooler Master tosses its hat into the ring with the pretty-small SNA 95. It’s a 95-watt adapter with some thoughtful extras like a USB charging port, cable managem... |
| Jun 3, 2009 | Neuton battery-powered lawn mowers actually seem affordable | This battery-powered lawn mower almost makes me wish I still had a lawn to mow. Almost. Vermont-based Neuton has apparently been selling the $399 CE 5 and $499 CE 6 models for a year or so now but this is the first I’ve heard of them. Anyon... |
| May 21, 2009 | Foot pump offers quick phone charge | UK cellular company Orange has just announced a foot-powered air pump capable of recharging a cell phone. The “Orange Power Pump” will be shown off at the Glastonbury Festival in late June.
According to the press release:
A compact camping ... |
| May 11, 2009 | Channel your inner Zack Morris with the 'Brick Style Mobile Phone Holder' | Miss the 80’s? Me neither. If you have a friend or loved one who does, though, perhaps you should buy them this Zack Morris-style cell phone holder. Yes, it’s a cell phone holder that looks like a gigantic old-school cell phone from the dec... |
| Mar 24, 2009 | Yet another microphone for your podcast that no one listens to | There you are, sitting in your basement with your headset on, getting ready to record the latest episode of your kick ass Transformers podcast. You glance at your Feedburner stats and wonder, for the millionth time, why your subscriber volu... |
| Mar 3, 2009 | PC case looks like an old-school VCR | Yes, you could absolutely build a PC into an actual old VCR that you don’t use any more but this solution seems far easier if you’re willing to part with some of your money. I tried building a computer into an old VCR once but I gave up aft... |
| Feb 5, 2009 | Loves me watch | The seconds tick off the awful truth… one second she loves you. The next she does not. Again – she loves you. Good god. She loves you not. Will this madness never end?
Friend, it never had to start. You’re the one who paid $145 for this cra... |
| Feb 4, 2009 | GPS locator watch for urban adventurous types | The Lokate Emergency GPS Watch isn’t for everyone. The £295.00 ($426) purchase price and £14.95 per month subscription sees to that. Those that need this type of thing will probably pay the cost without flinching. You see, it comes with a G... |
| Jan 23, 2009 | USB powered lunch bag from Japan | Thanko, the Japanese purveyor of oddities such as USB powered mittens and USB necktie have come up with yet another doozy. This one is only mildly useless though: a USB powered lunch bag. It is just a plain old lunch bag, but with the added... |
| Jan 15, 2009 | Silicone ‘Acoustibuds’ adapters claim to improve your cheap headphones | Sometimes all it takes is a simple idea. These “Acoustibuds,” for example, turn your crap-ass MP3 player headphones into a sort of noise-canceling, won’t-fall-out headset for $13. You apparently just slip them on in place of the standard fo... |
| Dec 31, 2008 | Start your own internet business for $399 | If you’re bored or out of a job in these difficult times, or if you’ve always dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur, then this Internet Entrepreneur Starter Kit will not help may be for you.
The kit contains 50 different Archie McPhee novelty... |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Barf-o-matic ‘Sonic Nausea’ device is just what I need | I live on the top floor of a three-floor Brownstone. Behind my building and down at ground level is the driveway of a couple in their mid-thirties who have a boy who does nothing but scream at the top of his lungs and a girl who does nothin... |
| Nov 21, 2008 | The male blogger's ultimate desktop companion: USB rechargeable shaver | If there is one thing that male tech bloggers will profess is that sitting in front of multiple computer screens 14+ hours a day doesn’t exactly breed metrosexual hygiene. Certain daily tasks like shaving takes a back seat if we’re to be on... |
| Nov 6, 2008 | Want: Repulsive electrostatic keychains | I totally know what I’m going to look for when I go to Korea later this month.
Apparently these tiny keychains will keep you from getting zapped by static electricity. When said static electricity is eliminated a smiling face pops up. Aweso... |
| Nov 5, 2008 | Windshield defroster with built-in timer | If you live in a place that gets dead-ass cold in winter, I can tell you first-hand that there’s pretty much no better way to spend $200-$300 than on a remote car starter (if you can install it yourself, it’s even cheaper). But if you don’t... |
| Nov 4, 2008 | Trackstar 6000 USB racing setup for serious drivers | If you really, really like racing games, you could plunk down a couple hundred bucks for a good wheel and pedal set made of plastic and rubber or you could really let everyone know that you’re serious with one of these Trackstar 6000 sets.
... |
| Oct 23, 2008 | Combination tripod and camera case looks nice | This little case looks pretty handy. It actually screws into the tripod hole on your camera (so make sure you’ve got one) and then its little legs pop out — instant stability. It doesn’t look very adjustable, but there are always rocks, boo... |
| Oct 9, 2008 | USB Mice Wheel: a live measure of your productivity | In case you have an extra USB slot and perhaps an excess of whimsy, this may be the nonsense desk accessory for you. The mouse in the wheel will run faster the faster you type — useful if you don’t want to use how quickly the words appear o... |
| Sep 12, 2008 | Sure, why not? Ethical, fair trade USB devices | A company in Belgium called United Pepper is behind a line of USB devices that are assembled in a fair trade-certified factory in Vietnam. The devices include a USB webcam called Lili (seen above) and a USB hub called Oscar (seen here). On ... |
| Jul 14, 2008 | France: Orange announces BIC pre-paid phone | If I happened to be traveling in France and I needed a cell phone while I was there, I’d probably pick one of these up. The BIC phone will be offered by Orange — "in Metropolitan France only” — and will be available starting August 7th... |
| Apr 16, 2008 | BedFan perfect for hot sleepers | Everybody knows someone who sweats out every last drop of salty goodness during the night. Hey, that person might be you! It’s not me, but I know a few people who could benefit from this gadget. These are the same people who sleep with the ... |
| Feb 27, 2008 | CrunchDeals: The Sims Online goes free | [photopress:8_sims_online.jpg,full,center]
The Sims were fun. I remember my ex-girlfriend would spend hours ignoring me and Tony Hawk while she sat hunched over her Mac’s keyboard making them go to work. There was a warning sign there I sho... |
| Jan 25, 2008 | Slack off all day with World Golf Tour | If I still worked in an office instead of out of the home — where I’m mere feet from an Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii — I’d probably play this game all day long. Actually, who am I kidding? I’d have to get up and walk to the other room and tu... |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Telescoping lens for iPhone camera, why the hell not? | Yes. Yes. I say yes to weird-ass accessories. This one’s only $19, too. It’s a telescoping lens for your iPhone camera that can “Overcome the short coming of camera cellphone that can only near-sighted, it also makes distant view for you at... |
| Dec 14, 2007 | What I'm getting Matt Hickey for Xmas | I think I’ve just found the perfect gift for Matt. I want to vomit every time I see one of his photos with that yellow tinge and I’m sure his colorblindness doesn’t help the situation any, but I think this will seal the deal. The Lumiquest ... |
| Dec 6, 2007 | Word Perhect: That's not a typo and go try it out | It doesn’t make any sense and it doesn’t really do anything useful, but I’ve been playing around with Word Perhect for the past half hour. I can’t do it justice by trying to explain it here except to say that it’s a hilarious online word pr... |
| Dec 3, 2007 | Camera armor for your SLR: At level 40 you can upgrade it to plate | Santa will be making the rounds soon and you, American Consumer, are going to need a couple of smaller gifts to stick in your relatives’ stockings. You know, things like salt shakers, sticks of RAM, SLR protectors, etc. SLR protectors, real... |
| Dec 1, 2007 | Linux 'phone' does just about everything | This $290 phone-ish device runs Linux and handles music, movies, photos, e-mail, documents, and more. It comes with 4GB of memory and can hold a customized computing environment, allowing you to hook it up to any computer and use your own o... |
| Nov 27, 2007 | CellQ lets you wait in amusement park lines virtually | Okay, time to try to wrap our heads around this one. There’s a service called CellQ that allows amusement park patrons to wait in line virtually. When their place in line comes up, they are alerted via cell phone. Until then, they can "... |
| Nov 13, 2007 | $900 digital putter with built-in LCD display | Wow, this putter blows the previously mentioned Star Trek putter right out of the water as far as geek factor is concerned.
At $899, it costs more than most people’s entire set of golf clubs but for the uber-rich out there, why not pick one... |
| Nov 13, 2007 | GeekBrief.TV #257 | Download
We had an amazing night Sunday night on Ustream. Geoff Smith twittered that he was on and working in his studio. I twittered that people should stop by, and we wound up having an amazing ones and zeros party. If you don’t want to m... |
| Nov 6, 2007 | GeekBrief.TV #253 | Today we learned the Gphone is an alliance committed to building a new open platform that just might result in the phones of our dreams. Bug Labs is releasing a build-your-own gadget system called BUG. It starts with the BUGbase, a small, f... |
| Nov 6, 2007 | Nokia's 'near on perfect' haptic touchscreen technology | Haptic technology sounds simple enough — you press an area of a touchscreen and you feel a little buzz under your finger. That’s supposed to replicate the feeling of pressing a real-life key.
Apparently, Nokia’s developed its version of the... |
| Nov 5, 2007 | GeekBrief.TV #252 | We shot Brief #252 at Abilene Christian University where we were two of the judges at their annual student film festival. It’s an amazing school that loves technology and wants to understand how to embrace it more. On this Brief I try to ex... |
| Oct 25, 2007 | Wubi = super easy Linux installation | Linux, to me, is like all the girls in college when you’re still dating a girl from back home. Free, good looking, easy to use, and with a lot of cool, unique features and abilities. After a while, though, you end up missing what’s familiar... |
| Oct 15, 2007 | Glow Cutlery for when you eat KFC at a warehouse rave | Whoa! Gnarly man! Are we in the year 1992 or 2002?! Golly!
This Glow Cutlery sells for only $6 and includes a fork, knife and spoon. Glowsticks and ecstasy not included.
Glow Cutlery – for midnight feasts [Red Ferret] |
| Sep 5, 2007 | The Junior Gym | Working out at an early age is very important, especially with the rising obesity rate in this country. I’m not saying you should put Creatine in your kid’s kool-aid, but really I am. How else is he going to bench 25-pounds? I mean take for... |
| Aug 13, 2007 | Original Star Wars Cockpit Arcade Machine For Sale | I’m pretty certain this was the first arcade machine I ever fed my hard earned quarters. Who doesn’t remember the Star Wars Cockpit machine?! I’ve been lusting over Golden Tee for years and came very close to purchasing one in college, but ... |
| Jul 11, 2007 | Spykee Spy Robot – The Best Peeping Tom Ever | That robot in Rocky IV sucks. You know the one I’m talking about. It just cracked crappy jokes and brought people beer – kind of like Peter. Now that it’s 2007, the Spykee Spy Robot is the new hotshot robot in town. This bad boy comes with ... |
| Jun 22, 2007 | Digg PC: The Ultimate Fanboy Case Mod | We know you love finding great tech news and reading insightful comments on the web, so we can venture a guess you’re already familiar with Digg. If you wanted to show your appreciation for Kevin Rose and his posse, you’d build a huge Digg ... |
| Jun 8, 2007 | Slide 2 Unlock: Slide To Unlock Any Pocket PC | One of the many revolutionary features of the iPhone, oh, excuse me, the Jesus Phone, is “slide to unlock,” whereby the user slides his or her digit across the screen to unlock the phone. Now, thanks to the freeware app called Slide 2 Unloc... |
| May 8, 2007 | The End of Human Civilization I: Landline MP3 Ringtone Thing | If you’ve got $12 to blow and want to guarantee I never speak to you again, you might consider investing in a Magic Ringtone MP3 Ringer. Sure, ringtones are nothing new, but this horrid little device takes things a step further by providing... |
| Apr 27, 2007 | Slouchpod Endorses Laziness: We Get Fatter | OK, in no way does the SlouchPod Interactive XT actually endorse laziness because that’s what the gaming console manufacturers are for. What the SlouchPod does endorse is some good ol’ fashioned convergence. It’s a multi-media fun chair wit... |
| Mar 26, 2007 | MOTZ DIY Music Box Turns That Blow-Up Doll Into An MP3 Player | Straight outta Korea comes the MOTZ DIY Music Box, an extremely basic MP3 player designed to fit inside everyday objects. Equipped with USB 2.0, 256MB of storage, and MP3/WMA/OGG support, this tiny device is perfect for turning your unused ... |
| Mar 22, 2007 | Linksys Wireless Adapter/Finder: It's a Candy Mint And a Breath Mint | Know what sucks? When you have a really cool idea, like, something that you invent in your head, you get really excited about it, as it’s totally something that fulfills a need. You come up with a product, say a combination of two things in... |
| Mar 14, 2007 | Golden Tee: Home Version with Trackball! | I hate the plug n’ play Wal*Mart style “video games”. But I really love the arcade game Golden Tee. It’s a little pricey, sure, but you get a lot of gameplay, and the way it approximates real golf is fairly true to the sport. (Yes, it’s a s... |
| Mar 13, 2007 | World's Most Expensive Shift Knob | Got Tons Of Money Around And A Bentley? You’re in luck. Clearly a well-known company, Iced Out EMZ is offering a $150,00 shift knob that’s being touted at the most expensive shift knob in the world. It features 10 ounces of 18-karat white g... |
| Mar 12, 2007 | T-Dancer Sound Sensitive Shirt Great For Illegal Raves | Those who are currently sober at 11:10am on a Monday morning probably won’t understand the beauty of this. But to those who are drunk or using, the T-Dancer is some of the coolest apparel out there. On the front is a dancing lady with a neo... |
| Mar 5, 2007 | WurlyBird – Stupid Name, Fun Times | Totally Wicked Brahhh!
Though the name sounds like something you’d pay $10 to a hooker for, the WurlyBird is actually designed with kids in mind. It’s basically an indoor fair ride that spins you round and round until you either puke or get... |
| Mar 3, 2007 | CG Secret Agent Edition: 5-In-1 Webcam | Almost every spy film has a scene where the secret agent is taking pictures of covert documents or downloading files from an enemy computer. But it has to be pain in the butt to carry around all those gadgets, right?
That’s where the 5-in-1... |
| Mar 2, 2007 | Tune-In Bed Makes The Ladies Swoon | When I invite ladies over to my pad, I like to play a little Barry White because it sets the mood for Zelda: Twilight Princess. Only problem is I don’t have a stereo system in my room. That’s where the Tune-In Bed is the best wingman you co... |
| Feb 27, 2007 | CG Secret Agent Edition: GSM Table Lamps | These harmless looking table lamps will make any secret agent think their room is safe enough to divulge secret plans. They’re sadly mistaken. GSM room monitors are crammed into the lamps and the microphones have a range of about 20 meters.... |
| Feb 23, 2007 | Lightsaber Umbrella For Uberdorks | Though Star Wars and all that lightsaber jazz can get pretty dorky at times, I must admit these umbrellas look totally kick ass. If you live in Seattle like Hickey and have a certain fondness for Boba Fet, it’s safe to say this is the umbre... |
| Feb 21, 2007 | Voice Activated Answering Machines Delivers Messages, Therapy | I actually picked up one of these voice activated answering machines the other day for about $250. Aside from giving me my messages when I ask it to, it also gives out great advice for real life situations. For instance, we had this convers... |
| Feb 19, 2007 | Freeloader Steals Energy From The Sun | Saying that the Freeloader is a “pocket-sized” device is a bit of an overstatement, but it could certainly fit in a purse or backpack quite nicely. Freeloader basically leeches energy from the sun and converts it into juice for your iPod, c... |
| Feb 18, 2007 | IPod Dock Defies Noise Ordinances | With Ion Audio’s iPA03, you’ll be the envy of all law enforcement officials who respond to your backyard shindig because of noise complaints. The portable speaker system features an iPod dock, and microphone, CD/MP3 and instrument inputs. T... |
| Feb 18, 2007 | CD Punch Destroys Your CDs And DVDs With Ease | I’m sure one time or another you accidently burned Wedding Crashers to a DVD-R so you could watch it over your friend’s house. What you didn’t know is that the MPAA was tracking you and now has a SWAT team sent to your house to take you int... |
| Feb 15, 2007 | Plasma Light: Way Cool Tesla Device for a Lamp | If we had one of these as a kid, we would have had an easier time staying in school and off the hard drugs. It’s the Plasma Light Bulb, a scaled-down version of that freaky sci-fi plasma globe that your rich, smarter friend’s dad had in his... |
| Feb 4, 2007 | Paging Dr. iPod | A bit old in the blogosphere, but still a goodie, the $500 Thinklabs ds32a Digital Stethoscope comes with a 2GB iPod Nano and special recording attachment that allows you to record the sweet beats of your patient’s heart. The stethoscope te... |
