First thing first, WTF is a baobab you may ask? A baobab is a tree, a huge friggin tree, that grows real old, older than John McCain old… The one in our story is over 6000 years old! So what do you do with the worlds widest and most famous baobab tree [...]
Sennheiser – the maker of expensive, awesome audio gear, has come out with a badass set of wireless headphones. The MX W1 wireless earphones use a wireless technology named Kleer (not Bluetooth), the kleer wireless transmission range is about 33 feet. Sennheiser realized that not all ears are the same size and engineered [...]
Olympus released a batch of new cameras today… the coolest of which (in my opinion) is the Stylus 1050SW. The new 1050 SW will work in temperatures as low as -10 degrees Celsius. The camera features a newer technology dubbed “tap control” which allows you to tap on the cameras edges to [...]
Looks like Tesla and Aptera finally have some competition… although it seems to trump them both… sorta. Fisker Automotive, plans on having this hybrid car available for sale in 2010. The car goes from 0-60 mph in about 5.8 seconds, can run on electric only mode for 50 miles before the gasoline engine/generator even [...]
Gotta love the gadgety goodness at Brando. The “spy micro camera watch” comes with a built in micro camera and 2GB’s of memory. The watch records at 352 x 288 pixels in the AVI format and the video can be downloaded via a mini USB cable. The only negative, other than the $236 price tag, [...]
From Japan, the country that brought you Hello Kitty and Life Like Extreme Sex Robots, comes the Seal Type Mental Commit Robot for Psychological Enrichment. No, that’s not from Borat. That would be the mental marketing giants from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology crushing it with a catchy title for their [...]
While shopping in Santana Row yesterday I bumped into a pretty neat Zen-like item for the home or office – the Buddha Board. The Buddha Board is a painting surface that reacts with water to change from a whitish/gray to black when painted on (with water). After a bit of time the board [...]
Let me start off by saying that they are sold-out…huge bummer! The Asahi BeerBot is a tiny R2D2 looking robot that will refrigerate, store, open, and pour your beer for you. I am not sure of the price, or if more will be coming back into stock anytime soon… but I want one. [...]
One of our readers sent us this wacky lineup of “good idea” gadgets. Where was this stuff when I was furnishing my college dorm?!
1. Behold, the Humpfest 3000™ , spring loaded Futon. Not for the queasy or weak of heart.2. Pour your shots twice as fast. Becomes increasingly more challenging as shots [...]
Very cool cocktail set that looks like a mad scientists lab. I could have used this when I was in college, back then I was using old Taco Bell cups and straws.
The kit is available for less than $39 and comes with everything you need (minus the booze) to get the party started.
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