Join The Floating Pool Table
This probably isn’t one for us who live in the northern hemisphere but if I lived in a country that had the weather for an outdoor pool that would be usable for more than a month a year I’d have to get me one of these, the Aqua Pub.
When older relatives visit the Aqua Pub looks just like a conventional patio dining table with attached stools. However once the sun comes out and the oldies have retired inside you can through the patio set in the pool and you have your own ready made floating bar. It seats six though I guess you’ll have to spread the weight evenly if you don’t want the fattest most muscular person getting all the drinks.
You can get further info at the Aqua Pub site but be warned you may want to turn your speakers off.
[Found via Techi Diva and Uberreview]
Coin Counting Money Jar
I’m a big fan of money but I hate having lots of loose change weighing down my pockets so after a night out I tend to simply empty my pockets into my rainy day money jar. Then once a year or so I’ll put my counting head on, bag up the coins and watch all the cashiers hide when I get to the bank.
The coin counting bank is just like my existing money jar but it saves me the job of counting as it counts whenever you drop your coinage shrapnel through the lid. I’m not sure how (or even if) it knows the difference between the different coin values but it does look cool and tacky.
[Available from Taylor Gifts found via uberreview and xataka]
Gadgets that didn’t make it off the drawing board.
It’s been a quiet holiday weekend and there’s not much new on the gadget front so I started looking for some archive material on gadgets that didn’t make it.
Two are gadgets associated with menstruation, one with sexual intercourse. At first I thought it wasn’t cool to make fun of such matters, but on reflection I think that they shouldn’t be a taboo subject.
Please judge for yourself!
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Lawn Mower Museum
As it’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK I thought it would be good to have a Day Out away from technology for a change. I didn’t find much to do near where I live in Thatcham but I did find what must be one of the most unusual museums ever, a museum dedicated to Lawn Mowers.
The British Lawnmower Museum is exactly what you’d expect, a building full of different grass cutting contraptions, from the old horse pulled ones to the latest solar powered robotic mower. I wonder if they have the ultimate grass cutter on display, a goat 
.
Some how I think I’ll be spending my Bank holiday weekend somewhere else, though if mowers float your boat check it out.
[Lawn Mower World found via Museums in Merseyside]
Do It Yourself Laser Eye Surgery Kit for $100
I thought this was a belated April Fool’s joke, but it seems to be serious. Can you imagine buying a gadget that appears to claim to perform a surgical procedure on your eyes?
The hand-held “excimer laser” purportedly performs a two-step procedure, first cutting a small flap in the cornea of your eye, the second vaporises a small section of the lens. It’s claimed that the whole procedure is virtually painless, but there’s a footnote pointing out that the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t yet evaluated that claim.
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The Self Inflating Flash Drive
Finally a USB flash drive that isn’t boasting to be the biggest in capacity or the smallest in physical dimensions. The flashbag is a flash drive with a difference as it inflates to show how full it is.
It’s a cool idea, simly plug the drive into your PC, copying files over and watch the bag inflate. The flashbag would stay inflated after being unplugged, providing an instant indication of how full the drive is.
At the moment the flashbag is just a concept product but it would be cool if a company actually released them .
[flashbag found via blog.scifi, Random Good Stuff]
Fake, soiled underpants for home security.
We knew that this was a “security device” that had to appear as a coolest gadgets feature, the only problem was; what should we write? We thought; “Words fail us; the photo says it all!” might do the job, but being the professionals that we are, we’ve dug deep and written a few comments to paint a picture in your mind:
Continue reading » Fake, soiled underpants for home security.
Lingerie Lights
This is a novel lighting idea, light shades made out of lingerie, AKA Tramp Lamps.
Each Tramp Lamp is hand-made by dipping a piece of lingerie into a curing solution so that it stiffens and maintains the shape of a worn under-garment. A light is then placed inside the lingerie to create the unusual lighting effect. As lights go it’d certainly a talking point, just hope they don’t make a male Y-front version.
[Tramp Lamps found via netkulture]
