Optical illusions can be fun. Messing with the human senses is always a good time. But when it comes to our green, the last thing we need is to think it’s in danger. The Micro Bank optical illusion does exactly that. When you put a coin into the slot, the Micro Bank gives the appearance of becoming impossibly narrow at ...
Read More »Buddha Bag, the bean bag for the obese and giant college student
Bean bags can be found in college dorm rooms around the world and yet the darn things are usually not even that comfortable. Ever try getting out of one of those things? The Buddha Bag on the other hand, looks like something that would make your body melt into the cushioning. The Buddha Bag basically looks like an oversized bean ...
Read More »Sharp HN-IR1 beams your pictures to HDTV in a flash
We’ve seen a number of overbox solutions for watching pictures on TV, we have products from giants like Sandisk and Iomega, the problem with these products is that they don’t support HD resolution, and you need to walk over and plug your memorycard in physically. Sharp seemed to have gotten it right this time with the HN-IR1 wireless photo adapter, ...
Read More »Timed pet food dispenser: never overfeed your friend again!
If you happened to be away for the whole day, leaving your cat at home alone, whether you leave a full dish of food or just a few pieces of snack, chances are by the time you come back they’ll all be gone, and the cat will be hungry again. So there’s always a danger of either starving or overfeeding ...
Read More »Earphone lines that flash with your music
So you think phones with lights that dance with your music is cool? Wait till you see these earphones released by Evergreen Japan, because they have lights on the CABLE that dances with the rhythm of the music you are listening to. If you happen to wear one of these at night, there’s no way you can get hit by ...
Read More »Getting ziggy zaggy with dSLR
Those who switch from normal digital cameras to dSLR have taken live-view LCDs for granted, a lot of them have even expressed disappointment having realized that almost all dSLR in the market do not have live-view LCDs, you would need to poke into the view-finder in order to know what you’re framing. Olympus has released 1 or 2 dSLRs with ...
Read More »All-Clad Wok: Wakka wakka *yum* wakka wakka
Thinking about all the delicious Asian cuisine we could cook with a Wok makes our mouths water. If you’re going to Wok at home, why not have a Wok that will last a life time? This All-Clad Copper Core Round Bottom Wok (sounds sexy) brings the strength of aluminum coated copper core cookware to your home. All polished off with ...
Read More »Home Theater of “Titanic” proportions
There’s a fine line between home theater and design marvel, and this Titanic inspired home theater leans towards the latter while still packing some incredible gadgetry goodness. The room was modeled after the movie, Titanic, and the luxury room designs. Lucky for us they chose upper class rather than steerage. While icebergs might not pose a threat to the Tennessee ...
Read More »Dice-sized wooden speaker
We don’t know who came out with the concept, but the idea of a miniature wooden speak does sound cool. And having it so small that it’s almost comparable to a dice (19x26x39mm). Korean company Funshop kr has started selling this I.dear Wood Speaker that is so small that it can be used as an accessory (charm) for your cellphone. ...
Read More »Laugh of the Day: Google In 1960, just a tad slower
HA! If we had to wait this long for a search result we’d be at the library a hell of a lot longer. In these modern times of 0.024 second search results, something like this shows us how far we’ve really come. Just remember to print your query clearly. Ha ha. Google’s hilarious. — Andrew Dobrow Google circa 1960 [fury.com]
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