September 8th, 2008
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This is the sketch of Kane Kramer’s IXI prototype that he invented in 1979 — a credit card-sized music player that could have played a “whopping” 3.5 minutes of music. Apple, in its efforts to defend itself from the lawsuit filed by Burst.com, has admitted that it has in fact copied its iPod technology directly [...]
August 26th, 2008
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This is the Red One, a revolutionary digital motion picture camera that matches the resolution of analog film. It has been developed by Red Digital Cinema, a company owned by Jim Jannard — the same guy who built the multi-billion sunglasses-and-other-sleek-shit manufacturer Oakley from scratch.
[Jannard's] team of engineers and scientists have created the first digital [...]
August 22nd, 2008
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Some guy in the UK had bought a brand new iPhone, only to discover that it comes “preloaded” with pictures of the young Asian factory worker who put it together.
Well, it could have been worse.
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August 14th, 2008
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This is the DX1 System, a keyboard whose individual keys are completely place-anywhere customizable. You can even take a dump and put two keys as the eyes of your very own mound of crap, and it will work!
Just one of the 14 weirdest keyboards your money can buy.
August 6th, 2008
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The “Slightest Touch,” priced at $139.95, stimulates the nerves sending gentle pulses up the woman’s leg for between 10 and 30 minutes leaving women on the verge of climax.
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{Intriguing: Sarah Carmen, the 200-orgasm-a-day girl}
July 16th, 2008
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The 2-gig USB flash drive that looks so fucked up people would think you’re a loser — hence, serving its purpose. Clever “camouflage” technique.
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{Mad: The Emergency Party Button}
July 4th, 2008
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Alice Wang’s Tyrant Alarm Clock is designed to really compel you to quit sleeping. For every three minutes that the alarm sounds, it calls a random number in your cellphone — most likely your ex, but who can be sure? — until you’re so embarrassed you’re awake. Pretty classy.
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{Mad: The “bully” alarm clock}
May 13th, 2008
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Swiss pilot, inventor, and aviation enthusiast Yves Rossy made this jet engine-powered wing strapped to his back, which he flew in November 2006.
More photos here
{Intriguing: The Gryphon attack glider, much like what Yves Rossy used}