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  • You Tricky Devil: Moth With Fake Spider Legs On Its Wings
    May 2, 2013
    This is the Lygodium Spider Moth (Siamusotima aranea). The species was originally discovered in Thailand in 2005, but only recently described by entomologists. Did I mention it evolved with spider leg markings on its wings to fool predators? Because it has those, it totally ... / Continue →
  • Pocketbands: Rubber Bracelets With A Hidden Pocket
    April 1, 2013
    Pocketbands are rubber bracelets with a small hidden pocket on the inside for storing money, keys, and drugs. They're currently a Kickstarter campaign created by Devin Eisner but have already been funded and the bracelets will go into production this month. Granted they're no ... / Continue →
  • Look Out Batboat, There's A New Stealth Boat In Town! (Or, Okay, International Waters)
    August 31, 2011
    Seen here looking suspiciously like the Batamaran (see what I did there? I combined bat and catamaran) I drew for part of my Bat-fan fiction (I'm doing it again!) graphic novel, Juliet Marine's 'Ghost' stealth boat makes an appearance off the coast of New England. It floats o... / Continue →
  • I'll Admit, That Is Pretty Clever: Prison Inmates Sent Drugs As Dosed Coloring Book Pages
    March 30, 2011
    Looks like a normal coloring book page, right? Something a parent might reluctantly hang on the refrigerator while mentally reminding themselves to take it down before any guests can see it? WRONG! It's been dosed with drugs. *tears open mail licking everything* Back in Fe... / Continue →
  • Double O Suspect: Hidden Camera Spy Shirt
    November 8, 2010
    The Electronic Spy Camera Shirt from ThinkGeek costs $40 and has a little spycam hidden in the image (ironically, in the camera!) on the front. It takes far-from-stunning 640 x 480px pictures, but only in bright light, making a bow-tie camera far more practical (not to mention... / Continue →
  • Picture Me Puking: A Digital Camera Flask
    March 25, 2010
    The $13 Bev-Cam may look like a crappy digital camera, but it's actually a 5oz flask for hiding booze. Get inside me you delicious megapixels, make me warm! Heading out for a night of clubbing? Tired of paying over inflated prices for watered down weak drinks? We have the per... / Continue →
  • Old News: Tricky Newspaper Laptop Sleeve
    February 17, 2010
    This is a MacBook sleeve that looks like a newspaper. That way you won't get robbed unless somebody is stealing old newspapers, WHICH HAPPENS. Alternatively, wrap your laptop in newsprint. The protective carrier comes in four different foreign language models and will set yo... / Continue →
  • I See You!: 8x Zoom Case For Nintendo DSi
    October 29, 2009
    Want an 8x zoom lens for your DSi because you're secretly a spy? Me neither. Want an 8x zoom lens for your DSi because you're in love with the receptionist at the free clinic and you want to candidly take pictures of her? You've got problems. But if you've also got $25 you ... / Continue →
  • Geekologie Reader Makes Plasticine iPhone
    August 1, 2009
    Geekologie loyalist Mark went and made an iPhone out of Placticine modeling clay. Now I know what you're thinking, and I agree -- JUST LIKE THE REAL THING! Granted, people have already made iPhones out of all sorts of stuff, but, quite frankly, those people don't read Geekolo... / Continue →
  • Cats Manipulate People With Their Purrs
    July 14, 2009
    So apparently cats can exploit their caretakers to get what they want through the use of a special purr. I can't say I'm surprised, that's a picture of two of my old cats there (rest in peace, guys). One minute they were purring -- and the next I was teaching them how to read... / Continue →