The shocking pen is ideal to lend to someone who keeps bugging you because they forgot their pen. They certainly wont ask you to borrow another pen after witnessing the shocking pen. As the name suggests, the pen sends out a small electric shock which is enough to make the user jump, but not dangerous. [...]
From the monthly archives:
July 2007
Roll up Keyboard
The flexible keyboard isnt new, but it seems like Yahoo are now branding some, making them purple and selling them from the online Yahoo store. You can pick up one of these full rubberized QWERTY keyboards, which also has a keypad, for $52. It measures 13.75 x 5.25 inches and can easily stow [...]
Instructions on how to make your own LED light Bulb
FieldLines have created detailed instructions on how to make your own LED light bulb. They say it takes a while to make, but the time spent building it is well worth the look and cost savings of the lower power consumption.
You need a halogen bulb (dead [...]
21st Century 24 Hour Clock
The Font Clock has 12 different font with which it can tell the time. The inside mechanisms are set to display random, mixed up displays of time in different fonts. I wonder if they have windings in there… that would make for a cool excuse why you were late for work [...]
USB Toaster Box
The Gotcha box is basically what its description implies… its a box. There is no actual working product inside, although the box is made up of nice graphics and photos to make the gift receiver think other wise. The box is just a decoy to store another present in side which will hopefully [...]
The Giant Swiss Army Knife from Wenger
Swiss Army Knifes have been around a long time and come with a number of knifes, gadgets and other items. The Giant Swiss Army knife is built by wenger and has over 100 functions. It measures nearly 9 inches wide and has knifes, tweezers, laser pointer, saws, wrenches, screwdrivers [...]
The shower radio is waterproof and also features caller ID so that when someone calls your phone you can see in the shower if its worth getting cold to go answer the call. It measures 5.5 x 5.5 x 1.25 inches and is powered by 4 AA batteries for the radio with 2 more AA [...]
12 Speakers on a Kawasaki ZX10R
A modified Kawasaki ZX10R has been built which has 12 speakers around its body which have an output of 1500 watts. To make use of all this power needed to be heard, you have two iPods, a Sony PSP, flat screen with DVD and remote control as well as an [...]
Scale RC Models
RC planes, helicopters and cars are cool. I have seen a few RC planes and jets, but not actually seen scale models of real planes such as RC 747s, RC Concordes and others. Over at funny pictures you will see a bunch of planes that have been made, scaled down and actually being [...]
Wireless Docking Station for Laptops
Toshiba are launching a wireless docking station for their Portege R400 notebooks. It is a wireless port replicator which also allows the video signal to be transmitted wirelessly and up to SXGA resolution. As well as the monitor being replicated, the keyboard, mouse, speakers, extra hard disk drives and optical drives [...]
