Jun 8 2007 Mad Mother Psychoshower Curtain
From the site:
Either place this shower curtain facing away from the tub as a funny, decorative piece. Or, face it into the tub. When your "victim" takes a shower and pulls the curtain closed, they will get a frightening surprise. A hilarious prank to play on unsuspecting guests!
Of as an even more hilarious prank, actually stab them through the shower curtain with a knife! Ha ha ha! Oh the laughs to be had!
Jun 8 2007 The Face Bank Robotic Piggy Bank
The Face Bank is a money eating piggy bank robot which features an object-sensitive sensor to distinguish between coins. And when I say 'money eating' I mean like it actually eats money. It moves its mouth and everything. Although I can't figure out if this thing is supposed to be cute or horrifying or what. Let's just go with...erotic.
Check out a video of the Face Bank in action after the jump.
Jun 8 2007 Gold And Diamond USB Stick
This USB stick comes in either 14 or 18 carat gold and is available with diamonds for $3,500 or without diamonds for $2,800. It doesn't even list the storage capacity because, well, who cares about that crap. The only goal when you buy something like this is to show off how rich you are. Personally, I just tape a bunch of cash to my USB stick. $100 bills, baby. That's how I roll.
Jun 8 2007 Wooden PC Peripherals
MARUBENI INFOTEC presented a variety of wooden PC peripherals in Taiwan recently, including a keyboard, USB memory, card reader, and USB hub. Wood's cool and all, but when are they going to make these things out of marshmallow? I want my gadgets to be useful and delicious.
Jun 7 2007 Skoda Capri 205 with wooden tires
This is a Skoda Capri 205 with, uh, wooden tires. And no, that's not some sort of euphemism or metaphor, they're actually tires made out of wood. Like sections of a tree trunk. I can't imagine that's a very comfortable ride, but it still beats my tires: human skulls! Just kidding, that'd be gross.
Jun 7 2007 FT (Female Type) Robot
Tomotaka Takahashi noticed the dominance of male robots in the industry and decided he'd create a female one, that not only looked female but moved in a feminine way as well. The FT (female type) robot was shown at New York Japan Society's Tech Epoch, where it struck poses à la a runway model. The FT is only a little over a foot tall, but contains 23 motors and two gyroscopes. Although if he ever creates a full size one, he'll have to hire an entire security force to protect it from the assault of nerd penises everywhere.
Jun 7 2007 Everglide
Everglide is a bicycle designed by Frag Woodall that transforms into a backpack. And, uh, that's all.
Jun 7 2007 The Shade Blade
If you want to be the coolest person EVER, the Shade Blade is for you.
It possesses far reaching impact potential on consumers by providing a solar powered digital arsenal of modular components. The ShadeBlade visor component is constructed of extremely flexible polyester encapsulated photovoltaic modules laminated with an arsenal of thin film rechargeable Li-batteries and circuit board assembly capable of receiving plug and play chips such as: AM/FM radio, marine band radio, walkie talkies, cellular communication and vision transmission technology.
If you really want to complete the ensemble, just put on a fanny pack and some pocket protectors and you'll be good to go. And hike your pants up as high as possible. Oh, man, the Fonz is gonna be so jealous.
Jun 6 2007 Nationwide Ad
No, this isn't Photoshopped. It's an ad for Nationwide Insurance showing paint dripping off a three banner spread across the north side of the Atlas Building in downtown Columbus Ohio. I'm assuming the parked cars are part of the ad, but deep down in my heart I really hope they aren't. Because nothing says good advertising like randomly painting strangers' cars without telling them.
Jun 6 2007 Lock Alarm
The Lock Alarm is an alarm that screams at 100 decibels (about as loud as a chain saw or jackhammer) if the cable is cut or the combination lock is attacked. There's also an optional movement sensor that sounds the alarm if the lock is moved, with a time delay which allows a user to lock/unlock before the sensor activates. Although for extra protection, instead of just making noise, the alarm should scream something embarrassing like "I'm looking at gay porn!!!"
Jun 6 2007 Game Boy iPod Case
The Game Boy iPod Case is an iPod case made out of a vintage black and white Game Boy. The iPod is actually controlled through the Game Boy controls so you can change the song and volume with the case closed. It works with the original iPod Mini and also the Nano, and costs $30. It won't protect your iPod the way a titanium case might, but you'll never have more fun changing the songs. Unless you happen to change your songs while going down a water slide. In which case never mind.
Jun 6 2007 Dance Dance Immolation
Dance Dance Immolation is, well, exactly what it sounds like. A couple of insane people got together Saturday night at a warehouse in California and combined Dance Dance Revolution with flamethrowers. Because, you know, that just seems like the logical thing to do.
Jun 5 2007 The Abduction Lamp
The Abduction Lamp is a lamp designed by Lasse Klein to look like a UFO beam. The bulb inside the UFO lights up the beam and the windows and the glass is frosted to distribute light in all directions. You can also swap out the base, so it looks like it's beaming up a person or a cow or anything else you want to place in there. Unfortunately, this thing is currently still in the concept stage. Hopefully by the time it's released it'll be lifesize and stand 100 feet high.
Jun 5 2007 Smart Lid
The Smart Lid is a color changing coffee lid designed to prevent idiots from burning themselves by getting more and more red depending on how hot the coffee is. If they cost about the same as regular coffee lids then sure, get them. Otherwise let's stick with regular coffee lids and let natural selection work things out.
Jun 5 2007 $820 iPod Nano Case
The FACTRON Re-Nano is an $820 iPod Nano case made out of titanium. Designer Kiwami Studio says they use precision tooling similar to that used to build satellites and Formula One cars. Which is exactly the type of over the top craftsmanship I need to protect my $149 iPod Nano. Seriously, this is like buying a Rolls Royce to protect your Hyundai.
Jun 5 2007 Milkscanner V1.0
Friedrich Kirschner has built a 3D scanner called the Milkscanner v1.0 using just a webcam, Legos, a plastic bowl, and some milk. The Legos are used to hold the webcam up, and basically a manual stop-motion technique is used to get the 3D scan. An object is placed in the bowl and milk is slowly added as the webcam takes photographs. The slices are then stitched together into a 3D model. It's cool and all, but it means anything you want to scan you have to soak in milk. Which is perfect, because I really need a scan of some Lucky Charms.
Jun 4 2007 Credit Card Cutlery
If you've ever thought to yourself, "Hey, I really wish there was a fork and knife in my wallet," then you've got serious mental issues. But you'll also be glad to hear about Credit Card Cutlery designed by Ineke Hans. You can purchase it for $10, and never again will you be without a fork or knife. You know, so if you're in the middle of the desert and a chocolate cake falls from the sky you'll be good to go.
Jun 4 2007 The Reference II $300k turntables
Remember the $19,000 turntable from last week? Well you must be some sort of poor person to buy those, because Goldmund's "The Reference II" turntables cost a mind-blowing $300,000. They're a limited series and only 25 will ever exist, but at $300,000 they're the most expensive turntables on the planet. Unless, of course, you count the one I'm selling for $100 billion. It doesn't actually work, and it's more of a pizza box than a turntable, but whatever.
Jun 4 2007 Ashcan personal ashtray
The Ashcan is a personal ashtray the size of a cigarette. You just stuff your cigarette in and, because it's airtight, it extinguishes it and traps in the smoke and smell. Unfortunately, they cost a whopping $2.40 each. You'd be better off just extinguishing your cigarettes on the wad of cash you keep in your pocket.
Jun 4 2007 Rubik's Cube Earth
If regular Rubik's Cubes just aren't tough enough for you, try the Rubik's Cube Earth. It costs about $20, and should be significantly harder than regular Rubik's Cubes because it lacks the distinguishing colors. Plus, you also have to know what the Earth actually looks like. If I solved this thing I'd just turn it a few times and yell "Solved!" Then when people asked me why Canada was bordering Japan I'd call them ignorant and tell them to maybe take some geography lessons.
Jun 4 2007 iPhone Commercials
Apple has released some commercials for the iPhone, and it's official release date has been set for June 29. I'll admit, I didn't really care about the iPhone at all until I saw these. The interface looks amazingly slick, although it seems like your fingers would start hurting after all that rubbing. And there's no way their touch screen would be usable by hands as giant and manly as mine.
