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While I sit slouched in my computer chair typing this, I can’t help but wonder what it’d be like if I was wearing a shirt that kept my precious spine straight. The “Ergoskin” is almost that shirt. The device detects bad posture through sensors along the torso and prompts the wearer to correct their posture. So, while it doesn’t do ...

This Ferrari look-alike is the hottest eco-friendly car in existence. Proving that an automobile doesn’t have to run on fossil fuels to look stylish, the Ronn Motor Company has broken the mold that has plagued most� environmental friendly vehicles. Running on hydrogen instead of fuel, the Scorpion is the poster-child for alternative solutions to abandoning fossil fuels altogether. Packed with ...

The next time I go swimming, I want one of these Submergency Balls to play with. You can set it to sink or float to any depth in the water. Throw it in and try to find it before the timer goes off and it starts flashing. The ball even blends in with the water, thanks to the aqua blue ...

I don’t know what Turkish designer Erdem Selek was thinking when creating this, but Big Brother must have been floating around in someone’s mind. What seems like an ordinary pillow is really a space-alien with a digital eye. It’s designed to let newborn mothers watch their children through a webcam when they’re sleeping. Some would argue it’s lovely, others would ...

A publicity stunt celebrating the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing leaves 2008 needles in Dr. Wei Sheng’s head as well as a few hundred in his shoulder (just for kicks).� When you’re already in the Guinness Book of World Records for sticking needles into your head, there is little you can do besides stick more needles in your head to ...

Remember in school how all the network cables stayed hidden with those nice plastic shells that went up and down the walls and side to side on the floors? Wish you could do the same for your home? Now you can, thanks to Brooklyn-based designer Karl Zahn. His Picket Fence project looks to keep your cable collection tucked away behind ...

Upon first gaze, one might think that the TIX LED Clock is actually a futuristic TV remote. In reality, it’s just another crazy clock made by some designer who got bit by the “unique and interesting” mosquito. Each digit is represented by the number of illuminated squares, making the clock tricky to read at first but something you’ll no doubt ...

No one is cooler than the Terminator, plain and simple. Found on SnorgTees today, this hilarious t-shirt reads “I’ll Be Bach” and features our main man J.S. Bach with a seriously wicked case of red eye. Once you’re wearing one of these t-shirts, no one is going to fuck with your shit. Wear it to a party and you’ll probably ...

When you get to the point where you’ve fucked with the Earth so much that normal plants just won’t cut it, you need alternatives. That’s why the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Mitsubishi and Tokki Corp. have developed a prototype solar cell module that resembles a living plant. With organic thin-film solar cells, the module is ...

Reggie Fils-Aime is a liar. He wants you to believe that the Wii Fit will make you skinny but the truth is: It won’t. To top it off, he’s one weird looking mother fucker. Wii Fit is said to be influenced by activities in Miyamoto’s daily life. A Japanese man obsessed with clothes hanger puppets does not bench press or ...