Archive for June, 2008
Join 3-in-1 Ostrich Chair: Even More Fun In The Sun
A relaxing day at the beach calls for a great summer reading paperback novel. What vacation would be complete without a few Tom Clancy, Agatha Christie, or John Grisham books to help pass the time? But we’re faced with a problem. If you want to get an even tan, you’re eventually going to roll onto your stomach, and as your probably know, reading while your back picks up some sun is not the most comfortable experience on a beach chair.
The 3-in-1 Ostrich Chair is your summer beach reading solution. A solution which allows you to comfortably read your paperback as you pick up those sweet UV rays. Inspired by the design of massage tables, the Ostrich Chair provides a padded face hole on a classic beach chair. When you flip on your stomach, all you have to to is place your face in the special hole, and you’re all set to continue your beach reading.
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Welcome Mat Table: Make Yourself At Home
At a time where furniture design is more focused on form than function, there is always a cult of rebellious designers who say “Screw that!” regarding the typical standards of the design trends. While it’s not a typically pretty piece, Luis Eslava’s Welcome Table is a brash rebellion against the tables of Ikea and other decor fitting home surfaces.
Inspired from the hospitality of door step welcome mats, the Welcome Table invites your guest to make themselves at home, moving the floor mat to the table surface. Want to put your legs on the table? Don’t worry about being rude! This table is made for your rudeness!
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The Tick Grabber – functional but creepy
Alright, I admit that this technically isn’t a gadget or at least not by most standards. In all fairness though, I looked up the word just to see if there was a loophole in the dictionary and it turns out there is. A gadget is also any ingenious article, so although I find this key chain to be beyond ridiculous I’m sure someone thought it was ingenious. Likely they were inebriated at the time of thinking it, but surely someone did indeed think so. Personally, I just find it highly disturbing.
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Momenta Next Generation PC
Did you ever feel like you are so into your computer that it practically has you by the throat? Well, this next generation Momenta is designed to sits around your throat.
Yes, that collar that this woman is wearing is a PC. I’m sure you are wondering how it can function without any type of visible display. There is apparently a projector in front of the apparatus, so your information will be seen on any nearby blank wall. The user can then touch the displayed screen, and the Momenta somehow knows where your fingers have been.
The Momenta can also sync wirelessly with any display with wide coverage of 700 MHz. Another one of the more interesting features of this device is that it can record the last five minutes of your life. Apparently, it can sense your increased your heart rate, and then cameras in the Momenta come on. You now have your memory (or lack thereof) stored in digital file for safekeeping.
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Peel and Stick Solar Panels from Power-Ply 380
If you’re like me, then you hate the high costs that you have to pay on your electric bill. In the past ten years that I have lived in my current home, my energy bill has doubled.
Perhaps I should find a way to supplement the cost of my energy bill by using renewable energy sources that aren’t tied to “the man”. And what better renewable energy source is there than the power of the sun?
In all honesty, I wouldn’t know where to begin with installing solar panels. I mean, how do you hook them up so you can get some practical power going? I do know that installing solar panels can be just as expensive as the panels themselves.
I could use some solar panels that have a peel-and-stick backing. Say, now there’s a great reason to purchase the Power-Ply 380 Peel and Stick Solar Panels.
All a user needs is a flat roof for these individual 8 x 4 foot tiles, and installation costs alone are reduced by 70 percent. This sounds like one those “too good to be true so it probably is” devices, but I think it is a step in the right direction for individual energy production. Any way to reduce the energy bill is always a good thing.
The Intelligent First Aid Kit talks you through your ailments
Anyone who has taken a normal First Aid class and gotten the certification knows that it is the most common sense class out there. If someone is bleeding, put pressure on it, for shock cover them up and prop up their feet. However, for those that haven’t taken one, there are a few random hints that are helpful. It would also be great for a teen or kid who doesn’t know a lot about such things to have a device that helps with First Aid lying around. It doesn’t just slap you with a booklet that you have to flip through for 15 minutes before you find what you need either.
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Motorola has new Bluetooth headsets
July 1st is the deadline where drivers in California and Washington are expected to ditch the habit of talking on their cell phones while driving if they want to avoid getting slapped by a hefty fine. Instead, they’ll need to resort to hands-free kits in order to carry on their conversations while being stationed behind the wheel, or simply rely on the cell phone’s built-in speakerphone function (if any). Motorola aims to take advantage of the situation by offering a couple of new Bluetooth headsets as both mentioned states join New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in allowing only hands-free phone use behind the wheel.
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R/C Shooting Tank
Yes, this is one “war” that won’t consume barrels of oil-per-mile, as it uses batteries instead to get your battle kicks in. The R/C Shooting Tank boasts up to 40 shells which you can make yourself a nuisance with, and it is modeled after the mighty M1A2 Abrams tank.
Suited and booted with the chunky hand-held controller, you can maneuver your radio controlled tank across a variety of surfaces, with impressive speed and agility. Demolish opposing forces and obliterate the enemy by firing real pellets up to 25 meters with the full force and accuracy of this heavyweight military tank. Hunt your enemy and move stealthily into your chosen position, rotate the turret, aim and fire! You can even command your RC tank to obey your battle orders, as the ingenious battle mode allows you to tap in the route you want the army tank to take and where and when to fire. Press ‘go’ and your model RC tank will roll along too!
The R/C Shooting Tank will retail for £34.95.
