11.15.05
Posted in Japan, Useless at 12:02 pm by Bassam
I think I can get behind this, given my terrible singing voice… Basically, it’s a mic, with a plastic muzzle that goes around your mouth. You can now practice Celine Dion tunes in Karaoke as loud as you want without bringing any nearby people to tears. As usual with these types of things, it’s only available in Japan.
Frankly, I don’t know how this can work, since we tend to exhale when singing or even talking, and if this thing isn’t airtight, how can it keep the sounds in? What do you guys think?
Sound proof Microphone - Phoneyworld.com
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09.03.05
Posted in Gadgets, Useless at 12:31 am by Bassam
Philips Research has figured out a way to weave lights into fabric. They’re demonstrating this pillow with a sown-in display that can receive SMS messages and scroll them.
Imagine sleeping nice and comfy, when some jerk SMS’es you the entire text of War and Peace. I think the lights flashing through your tightly shut eyelids could cause some mental damage…
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08.26.05
Posted in Funny, Useless at 11:04 am by Bassam
For those worry-warts out there who check up on the Homeland Security Alert level every 5 minutes (I’m looking at you, Fox News!), this blanket will reflect the current alert level with an indicating light, and by getting warmer.
Wonderful! Now, when thermonuclear war breaks out, and I can my nice and comfy in my toasty bed.
~Homeland Security Blanket~
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08.16.05
Posted in Weird, Useless at 10:50 am by Bassam
To keep your nuts and berries cool on those warm days on the field. Check out the icon in the middle of the fan…
Gridiron Gadgets
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08.15.05
Posted in Gadgets, Japan, Useless at 11:27 am by Bassam
This was just too damn retro-cool to pass up… I just love Japanese gadgets that are completely impractical and useless!
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07.21.05
Posted in Useless, Hacked Gadgets, Vehicles at 12:32 pm by Bassam
Some stuck a couple of jet engines in the back of a Toyota MR2. I guess it can go very fast…
The best comment in the Engadget posting is the first one: “Is it street legal?”
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Posted in Gadgets, Useless at 10:51 am by Bassam
I knew that it would only be a matter of time until we could talk into our hands. Check out the bluetooth hand(?)-set.
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07.13.05
Posted in Weird, Useless at 1:07 pm by Bassam
A German brewer has created a frosty lager for smoking cessation. Each can contains 6.3 percent alcohol by volume and drinking three cans of the stuff, called NicoShot, is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes. Doncha love science?
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