Gadgets

Is this a lamp or the remnants of a full body cavity search?

Urologists will be happy to see a lamp that reminds them of their days at work. Filled with latex gloves, they can almost smell the KY. And me? I can feel the pressure building on my prostate already and I still have a good 15 years before I need to get annual probe-age. Penetration aside, this lamp made out of ...

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Flexible polymer wallet saves money

You wanna do the right thing by your money? Keep it safe. Don’t go swimming with your wallet, or feed it to any amphibious mammals, or accidentally leave it in some random taxi cab. For the latter problem, you might be stuck, but the Dosh polymer wallet is made to last in a fight with the elements. Made of waterproof ...

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Bust a nut, fo realz

Whenever we try to sound just a little ghetto, we have to add in that little touch of “fo realz“. It just makes it all the more authentic. The Nutcracker is a gadget made for, well, cracking nuts. Faster, easier, and a lot more painful to watch then any other nut cracking contraption. We’re not talking about ballet here. Just ...

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E-Lighter: USB powered cigarette lighter

Let us warn you by saying that we have absolutely no idea how this thing is supposed to work. And considering it is very much a design concept, the designer might not even know how it’s going to work yet. The E-Lighter is a USB powered lighter for sparking some cancer forming fun in the form of a lit cigarette. ...

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Hack your iPhone with iPhoneInterface

People moved quick to find the secrets of the iPhone, and luckily, they’ve decided to share the secrets with us. iPhone fans from the irc.osx86.hu channels for the iPhone have developed this Windows and Mac software that allows you to tweak all of the minutiae of the iPhone interface that might cause you grievances. iPhoneInterface allows you to tweak the ...

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Pencil Jewelry: Don’t sharpen them too much

Designer Gemma Holt showed off her neat Pencil Jewelry at the annual RCA Summer Show. The necklace consists of a series of hexagonal linked pencils which are gold foiled, stamped with her hallmark, and then linked to create a wearable writing utensil. No matter how much the impulse might strike you, we do not recommend wearing sharpened pencils around your ...

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The safest DIY project ever: The Computer Monitor Fish Tank

How close was this DIYer to having a cathode ray tube expload in his face? Let’s just say closer to the equivalent in exact proportional value of sarcasm in our post title. Yeah, pretty damn close. But was his risk worth it? Take a look at this how-to and decide for yourself. The fish ended up being named Packard, after ...

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This is my girlfriend, and I’m proud to say she has no respiration

It would be so sad if someone took this pillow too seriously and actually brought it around with them in public and stuff. The Girlfriend Pillow poses as the model upper torso of the female form, latched around your neck in all of its plush affection glee. Wearing a red polka dot bikini top (which would probably have a matching ...

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Behind the curtain: Transformer toy prototype

An interview with Alex Kubalsky, the Austrailian designer behind this new line of Transformer action figures, reveals the new line of toys with the “Classic Mirage” prototype. The action figure project, which is a joint venture between Japan’s Takarotomy and America’s Hasbro, led to the creation of the Mirage, Bumblebee line of Transformer toys. The Bumblebee figures come sporting a ...

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iDea: The thinking man’s gadget

Hey, here’s a good idea. Supposedly there was a time when machines didn’t do all of our trivial work or hobbies for us. Pff, as if. Working off of the inspiration of the Hipster PDA and of course, the slickness of Apple (though the logo looks more like a pear) products, meet the iDea. All you have to do is ...

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