Trust the Japanese to come up with useless inventions like this. After his iPod was crushed in the sardines-packed commuter train, an enterprising guy who lives in the Kanto region in Japan decided to assemble a veritable vault milled from solid aluminium to protect his new iPod Photo from a similar fate. The unnamed modder… Read More »
Not sure if this is just a work of art or a wee bit degrading to women. The Kisses! Urinal is created by Meike van Schijndel, a Dutch designer of a design production firm called Bathroom Mania! in the Netherlands. Engineered to European standards, the company claims “this is one target men will never miss!”However,… Read More »
If you have been saying “No!” whenever your other half bugged you for a gift of crystal jewellery, now is the time to think again. At the Million Crystal Body Web site, you can purchase Swarovski crystals (up to 969.492 such sparkling stones still available on last count) at one Euro a pop, which will… Read More »
Volkswagen apparently has developed a car that drives itself. Codenamed Golf GTi ’53 plus 1′, the prototype uses grill-mounted radar and laser sensors to read the road and send back details to the car’s computer, and a GPS navigation system can pinpoint the car’s position to within an inch.One can’t help but wonder what operating… Read More »
Bloody silly, but fun. This USB-powered missle launcher comes pre-loaded with three foam missles, which can be hooked up to your PC and fired sequentially when you trigger a virtual version of the red button. Best of all, you can control the direction and angle of the attack with your mouse. The launcher will rotate… Read More »
Bridgestone (yes, the tire company) has released what it claims is the thinnest colour electronic paper. For those of you who have been in the woods, e-paper (or electronic paper display) is one of the coolest ideas in the future of technology. Up until now, e-paper is mostly in black and white. Bridgestone’s QR-LPD, short… Read More »