Archive for the 'odd gadgets' Category

Design Concepts: USB Domino and Flameless Rechargeable USB Lighter

The Consumer Electronics Show 2008 was a flurry of shiny electronics goodness. While we loved it and all, sometimes it’s great to stare at concepts and imagine when we’d actually see them in reality. These are two very interesting gadget concepts which are both useful and stylish. First up is the domino USB flash drive.
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The Titanic DNA Watch and The Color-changing Shower Head

I could only think of two types of people who can be interested in the timepiece we’re currently featuring — die-hard fans of Titanic, that ship touted as the unsinkable which sunk on its maiden voyage and die-hard fans of Titanic, the movie. So what do we have here? Why, the Titanic DNA watch, of […]

Lights Galore: The Upside-Down Christmas Tree and The Color-Changing LED Coat

With Christmas day fast approaching, festive lights across the world double in number since the first day of December. Many of you have probably already purchased Christmas trees early on into the month but for those who haven’t, perhaps you’d like to know there’s an alternative to your run of the mill Holiday greens. If […]

Worried About Your Date’s Soberness? Not Anymore!

If you think alcohol drinking is rampant in your part of the globe, wait ’til you get to Japan. The home country of Godzilla sees alcohol as part of the norm. Salarymen, known to the rest of the globe as office workers, often go straight to drinking right after work. In fact, alcohol is so […]

Bluetooth Sports Helmet

From a gadget meant for the lazy, let’s move on to a gadget made for the extreme athlete. Do you play any type of winter sports? Snowboard, perhaps? Ever wished you could listen to your jams while sliding down the snowy slope? Or if you use your iPod, ever wished the wires don’t distract you […]

The Maya Single Chair — Every Lazybones’ Dream

 
There’ll always be a time in one’s life when everything would seem trivial and we’d rather sit in front of the television to watch soap (okay, sports for guys) than do anything else. During your down days, it’s hard even getting up from the couch or to stop binging on food until all the contents […]

Why Oh Why: Cockroach Robots

Why oh why? Why cockroaches, why? Sure they survived billions of years, predating us humans. And in truth, I got a bad feeling they’ll be present in the next stage of the evolution. But just looking at them gives me the horrible creeps. Now scientists from Tsukuba University in Japan are dressing them up for […]

Wingardium Leviosa! Levitating Lamps and Buddha

 
I imagine the first thing I’d think (if I didn’t know any better) when I see these items in real life would be if they were in the Harry Potter realm. Granted they’re not some freak items dropped by UFOs from outer space, I’d think these were Wingardium Leviosa-d by JK Rowling’s famous fictional wizard. […]

Microwavable Teddy Bear?!

Uhu, you heard that right. I know, it’s weird isn’t it? I did a double-take when I saw it. A teddy bear which goes in the microwave — it made me smile. This smokin’ (well hopefully, “smokin’” in a good way, not because it’s literally burning) teddy bear is called the “Hot Beddy Bear.” […]