Gadget Humor

Love teasing your fellow cubicle mates at the office? How about scaring the pants of those who are weak-hearted and yet work late into the night all alone? The Eviltron from ThinkGeek fits the bill berfectly.

This fiendishly small device features six creepy sound choices perfect for frightening your “friends” and co-workers. Simply choose your favorite sound (or use the random mode), place it in a dark hiding spot and watch the madness begin. Perfectly suitable for dorm, office and home use. Or try putting it in someone’s car – that gets them every time.

Among the sounds available include some unsettling creaking, unidentifiable scratching sounds, gasping last breaths, a sinister child laughing and an eerie whisper of “Hey, can you hear me?” – turn on the Random Mode if you’re going to have some real fun. Retailing for $9.99 each, it will be able to last for slightly more than a month of continuous use.

For those who follow soccer (that’s football for the rest of the world), one would realize that managers, especially the uber famous Sir Alex Ferguson, tend to chew on gum when following their team’s games. Well, this could be due to him wanting to have the freshest breath possible while giving his players the famous hairdryer treatment at half-time when their team is down by a goal, or to provide reporters some relief from bad breath in the post-game interview. Geeks are not left out, as you can see via these digital candy gum that comes in a variety of form factors including a DVD, portable gaming equipment as well as keyboards and mice. These are definitely much more delicious to chew on compared to the real gadget, but both probably contain a similar amount of nutritional value (I’m being sarcastic here).

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The mosquito is one of the most hated insects for many of us, and the incessant buzzing during the night could drive any sane person mad as one tries to catch some shuteye, especially for those who have had a particularly rough day and just want to escape into dreamland where there are no nagging bosses and pressing deadlines to meet. If you don’t have a heart and love to tease your room mate or sleeping partner just for a bit, how about fixing this light activated sound box near his/her bed? Needless to say, it operates whenever the light is turned off for maximum and realistic effect. Who would have thought that £4.99 could actually net you so much fun and laughter…

With the many e-book readers that flood the market today, it isn’t hard to believe that we will be a paperless society in the next few decades. Pretty soon, the only paper we will be using regularly is toilet paper.

So I guess it is no surprise that Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki has chosen to print his novel on toilet paper. Actually, I’m not certain whether Mr. Suzuki made the choice, or if the publicity department at his publishing house was really itching for a new marketing idea.

I honestly don’t think that Koji Suzuki needs any fancy gimmick to sell his works. If you never heard of this author, then you might have heard of a 2002 horror movie called The Ring. Yes, he wrote the book that the Gore Verbinski movie is based on. By the way, that movie was a remake of a Japanese movie Ringu.

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We all know about superheroes and how they have abilities that we’d love to own, although as at this point of time, it is still physically impossible for homo sapiens to be anything more than…human. There is no homo superior in sight, and none of us will be able to read another person’s mind anytime soon, while being exposed to gamma radiation will probably send us six feet under before we even end up being mean and green, wearing torn purple pants as a fashion statement. Take a look at all our astronauts – the spacesuits they wear must be pretty effective to keep those nasty cosmic rays out that resulted in the creation of Fantastic Four. As envious as we all might be of these superheroes found in the fictional world, does that mean they have no use for today’s gadgets? I’ve taken some time out from elaborating further on selected gizmos for the moment and concentrate on what superheroes will find useful in gadgets of today despite their apparent superiority over us regular Joes. Head on after the jump to know more. The last part is slightly NSFW, so you might want to be a bit careful with that.

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George Bush has certainly been the butt of many a joke throughout his tenure as President of the USA, and there has been no shortage of collectibles depicting his presidency as well. Here’s one of them – the George Bush Toilet Brush that, according to the product description, “the build up from the rest of his reign might be impossible to clean up.” This is one funny political gag collectible – pity the item has been discontinued by the manufacturer so make sure you can land one of these puppies for $19.95 before it goes out of office, to put it succinctly.

For almost twenty years, The Simpsons has been poking fun at American culture. Last Sunday, they satirized three things that are a long time coming: Apple, iPods, and Steve Jobs.

To protect themselves from copyrights, The Simpsons called the Apple store a “Mapple store”, substituted “My” for every “i” on the most well-known Apple products, and even had an appearance by Steve Mobs (do I need to explain the joke here?).

Since a picture says a thousand words, I definitely invite readers to check out a clip of the episode (“Mypods and Broomsticks”) after the jump. What the clip doesn’t show is when Lisa gets her first MyPod bill that is over $1,000.

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T-shirts have gotten more geeky these days thanks to advancements in the world of miniaturized electronics, and here we have yet another interesting piece of casual wear that will definitely attract attention of everyone no matter where you go.

This t-shirt was clearly designed for people who feel their undiscovered artistic talent needed showing off to the world. Whilst wearing this may make you feel like a walking billboard, it certainly should be cost-effective; no need to buy any more of those witty slogan t-shirts, when you can just write your own ones on yourself. The T-Sketch contains a battery pack which, when switched on, lights-up the screen on the front of the t-shirt and your message or drawing is brought to glowing life. Whatever you’re feeling, get it on your chest.

Powered by a couple of AA batteries, there is the usual care instructions for such a delicate shirt including NOT ironing the plastic and remembering to disconnect the battery pack whenever you want to wash it. The T-Sketch illuminating T-shirt will retail for £24.99 in small, medium and large sizes.