The Daiwa House Industry Co. has created a full bodied cyborg that looks like something you might see at your local movie theater. The exoskeleton was designed to assist those who have difficulties moving around on their own. Those people will know be able to survive nuclear explosions. We joke. When the user wants to move a limb, the suit ...
Read More »Lego Ice Tray to put your Jolt cola on the rocks
If the Lego Diamond Ring wasn’t enough “ice” to cool your Lego-themed gadget jets, then the Lego Ice Tray will be sure to drop your temperature. The tray produces 10 Lego cubes with each load and makes your beverages absurdly geeky. Sadly for us, they are not yet available in the U.S. *whimper* But maybe we’ll have one of our ...
Read More »DIY: Replace your headphone jack
If you want a good pair of headphones, it’s gonna cost you. No matter how much you spend on them, headphone jacks have a tendency of splitting from the wire and loosening, creating dead noise. When this happens, most people will have a period where they cry under their blankets in the dark, cuddling with their old pair, before throwing ...
Read More »Who’s paying Microsoft’s legal bills? You are!
According to a calculation done by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) a $21.50 “patent tax” is added in to every sale of Microsoft’s software products. This is the first time I’ve been informed that I was paying for Microsoft’s law bills before I switched over to OS X and Linux. Now that I know this information, I’m glad I ...
Read More »Subtitles to go with the Subtitle-Reading Glasses
It’s super hard for people with hearing problems to have any fun at movie theaters or the like without there being someone narrating the whole audio component of the film. The Subtitle-Reading Glasses aims to give access to subtitles even for movies with no subtitles on the screen. The gadget snaps onto the frame of glasses to display subtitles from ...
Read More »Smooth Creations Diablo Gaming PC is pretty in gold and fully loaded
Equally unique and blindingly bright colored, the Smooth Creations Diablo Gaming PC has the looks to match its monster specs. The Diablo packs in a Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor, 2GB of RAM, two 250 GB hard drives in a RAID configuration, and two, yes two, GeForce 8800 GTX cards. If the bright yellow gold color is too much ...
Read More »Cabestan watch: A unique new look at time
It’s no secret that we here are fans of finely made watches. The Cabestan design from Vianney Halter and Jean-Fran §ois Ruchonnet is not yet being produced for sale, but makes us watch fans drool at its unique new look at watch design. The pictures you see are a rare few of the Cabestan that exist, with only a few ...
Read More »Saitek Obsidian Mouse for clickless scrolling
With news of Apple’s patent for a touch controlled mouse, other similar concepts and releases are jumping out from the drawing boards. Saitek has released its Wireless Obsidian Mouse which features a touch scroll wheel along with a high-precision 1000dpi optical sensor that operates through RF. The mouse also comes with a USB dock for charging and a spare ...
Read More »Precise Vegetable Cutter: An afro pick for your nappy-headed onions and tomate-hos
This kitchen gizmo might look like something that was worn in your parents afro’s circa 1967, but it actually has more of a purpose than showing how thick your fro is. The Precise Onion Cutter stabs into the onion to provide a track for your knife as it slides into the emotion churning vegetable. The cutter is also usable ...
Read More »Miniature Grand Piano
Segatoys presents its fully functional Miniature Grand Piano. What Segatoys mean as fully functional, has nothing to do with being fully usable. Or usable at all. Each of its 80 keys are about 4 mm thick, so if your planning on cranking out some tunes, you’re going to either have to train a mouse to play, or create paper-thin extensions ...
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