Rocket Belt is within your reach

For $250,000 you can own your very own rocket belt and finally be able to live out that James Bond fantasy of yours. You know the one. Where you strap on a rocket pack and then end up in the hospital after flying straight into a building and blowing up.

• It's Come To This: Blanket With A Screen Cleaning Edge

  March 6, 2013

  Seen here looking straight out of a Skymall catalog, this is the $32 BB Tech Screen Cleaning Throw blanket. It's a blanket with a microfiber edge on one side for wiping gadget screens because, you know, this is the world we live in. You laugh now, but your parents just ordere... / Continue →
• Those Aren't Hushpuppies!: Deep-Fried Gadgets

  June 4, 2012

  This is a small series by photographer Henry Hargreaves and food stylist (Jesus -- even foods have stylists now? I still cut my own hair) Caitlin Levin of a bunch of deep-fried gadgets. It's supposed to be a social commentary on how consumers view gadgets as disposable (or p... / Continue →
• BOND Bike Features Ejector Seat, Skis, Tank Tread, Flamethrower. Still Needs Streamers, Oil Slick, Baseball Cards Between Spokes

  September 29, 2010

  The BOND (Built of Notorious Deterrents) bike was designed and crafted by Yannick Read to help bring awareness to green transportation and sell bicycle insurance at the same time. It has several features that would make even 007 consider going green except not really because w... / Continue →