I love my mother unconditionally but she suffers from some disorder all older people get - damn near yelling across the room when I'm standing right there in front of her. Jessica Frelinghuysen (say that 10x fast) created a solve I'm ready to put to the test. The Here Onseself Speak is a foldable paper helmut designed to bounce sound into the ear ducts amplifying the volume. Unfortunately to have one of these little gems will set you back $1800.00!
Tho the makers make no mention of it, we all know were this wand was inspired from. That's okay, I won't mention it but unlike the wands from that universe, you don't have to go to a magic wand shop to buy this because it costs $84 purchasable online.
I was sent a Fleshlight to review once and gave it to a buddy to try. The judgement was no where near the real thing, better than a hand, but too troublesome to use all the time.
YES thank you Jebus. Just what I needed. The ChefStack automated pancake machine is after every man's heart because everyone knows men LOVE pancakes. I mean we absolutely adore them. If we're having a bad day, give us a stack of pancakes and all will be forgotten bathed in the soft fluffiness of flour, eggs, and glorious maple syrup. Ooo I better stop. I'm beginning to excite myself.
The ChefStack pumps out 200 perfect pancakes per hour (bites lip) and all you have to do is hook in a bag of pancake batter. The bags can store for up to a year without refrigeration and to make things ever better - clean up is damn near nonexistent. At $3,500, it's a really expensive way to get fat but at least we're finally catching up to my adolescent idea of the future. Jetsons here we come!
Palm Pre Official Video Tour from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
How many times do I need to say "DO WANT" to express my lust over the just announced Palm Pre smartphone. Everybody knows the company was pretty much sitting just about 6 feet under with Blackberries and iPhone shoveling in the gravel but I dare I say, this is an iPhone killa! For real y'all, I'm writing Palm's press agent right now to get a review unit for Yanko Design.
Talk about a wimpy remote. Panasonic's Gel Remote concept might feel familiar to dildo connoisseurs because it's flesh-like material is designed to engage users with something more tactile and like themselves.
Constructed of a soft, flesh-like gel, the remote appears cold when off. Once turned on, however, it seems to come to life. A soft light emanates somewhere from within as the center of the device begins to slowly rise and fall, mimicking the tranquil motions of breath. Left undisturbed, the remote will slumber peacefully. Buth should a human hand approach, sensors inside alert it to the imminent touch. It stops breathing, grows rigid - the light from within is extinguished. A remote is the ideal meaphor for the disturbance electronic distration poses to life. If we had to interrupt its life before it could interrupt ours, we may think twice before picking it up.
Once again I need to profess my love to the brainiacs at MIT. Their latest project, "Huggable" is a robotic teddy bear complete with servos, sensors, webcams, speakers, articulated joints, and artificial intelligence. It even acts as a telepresence device mirroring the movements of a remotely controlled Huggable.
The Teddy Bot was designed for early learning and hospital use but lets get to the real deal here. This thing is about as close as we'll get to the lovable "TEDDY" in Spielberg's "A.I." DO WANT!
via Gizmodo
Where the hell was this invention when I was in school? It's a highlighter with a modified tip they called 3-way beetle. Japan only. Damn they get all the cool stuff.
via Spoon & Tamago
Mobile phones are getting so thin, they're almost ignoring every rule of handheld ergonomics. Designer Heikki Juvonen decided to backtrack and redesign a futuristic mobile complete with all modern accoutrements but with realistic ergonomics in mind. The end result is a phone he believes is perfectly balanced in the hand placing the heavy components towards the bottom. The unique profile shape also helps it sit better in the hand providing multiple surface areas to grip.
This is one of those DUH moments where I say, "damn why didn't I think of that!" The Febot is a windmill like gadget you suction cup to any surface facing the wind. A propellor collects wind energy to drive a motor that converts those kinetics into electrical energy thus promptly charging your AA battery. Hell you don't even need wind. Just place your hyperactive children next to them and make it a game. Whoever spins the most Febots the fastest gets a cookie!
via Yanko Design
momo: a haptic navigation device from kristin on Vimeo.
OMG this is so precious and so DO WANT! Momo is a haptic navigational device that requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. momo sits in the palm of your two hands and navigates you to an end location by leaning and vibrating. Akin to someone pointing you in the right direction, there is no need to find your map, you simply follow as the device gravitates to your destination.
Hey, they're pack animals so it would only make sense man's best friend gets a social network too. The SNIF tag is a wireless doo-dad that clips onto Fido's collar. As he/she passes by other SNIF enabled dogs, they exchange data and record each other's presence. Everything uploads to an online site where your dog's SNIF profile exists.
More info on how SNIF tag came to be after the jump.
Nintendo has launched the new DSi. The DSi features a thinner body at the expense of the GBA slot , one external 3 mp camera and larger dual 3.25 inch touchscreens. The new systems adds an SD slot to store music, photos, and games. Unfortunately it's Japan only well into next year and will be region locked so importers beware.
DAMN YOU NINTENDO!
So much more than just a writing implement, these exquisite graphite objects are decorative sculptures. Meticulously crafted in the studio of San Francisco artist Agelio Batle, he combines carbonaceous graphite (mineral remains of prehistoric plant life) with smudge-resistant compounds under intense pressure to create his source material. The resulting material is then fused into representations of various forms found in nature; our collection highlights land, water and air objects. All the surfaces of each object can be used for writing; they will not smudge the hands. The graphite wears very slowly; if used everyday each object should last 7 to 9 years. Comes in Leaf, Shell and Quill.
Oh thank baby Jebus and the crafty designer who created The Swoop. As anyone with a dog knows, picking up hot fresh poo is gross. The Swoop eliminates some of the grossness by making things a little less muss and fuss. You simply wrap a plastic bag around the claws which grabs the hot stinkin' poo and then turns the bag inside out. Genius, this is 10x better than the pooper scoopers in stores. I needs it now.
via Core77
Scoopin Dog Poo