Wii Squeeze is Unnecessary; Stupid

August 19, 2008

 Hot on the heels of WiiFit, some guy company by the name of “InterAction Laboratories” has come up with this ridiculous Wii Squeeze peripheral.  As would be expected of such an insipid idea, Nintendo has not offered their support to this gadget, but InterAction Labs is optimistic.  They extoll the virtues of their device by [...]

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Chewing Gum Sculptures Make Your Room Smell Like Chewing Gum

March 13, 2008

If you’re like me, then you used to take chewed gum, stretch it out and make shapes with it. My favorite shape was the sphere. It was easy to make – all I had to do was roll the gum around in my hands, turning the pink tooth-molded gum into a brown ball. Then I [...]

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Old and Busted: Diapers, New Hotness: Pants in a Pinch

March 12, 2008

Pants in a pinch are pretty much exactly what they sound like: Pants that you can carry around with you, and then put on if you happen to soil yourself.  They will set you back $20, and only currently run in little kid’s sizes, but I think there’s something to be had in this idea.  [...]

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Periodic Table Rings Are Inspired By Periodic Table

March 11, 2008

Answer these questions as fast as possible. Ready? What is the periodic abbreviation for Cobalt? What is its atomic mass? Are you proud of yourself for answering that? So, you could answer without cheating; do you want a trophy? How about a ring? Well you can buy one, nerd. Itsnoname, a spousal design team, has [...]

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Fanaway is Retractable Ceiling Fan, Seems Unnecessary

March 10, 2008

  If you dislike having to look at your ceiling fan in all of it’s bladed glory, and happen to have your fans within arms reach, then I think that this new concept from beaconlighting  (and deeporange design) is for you. FANAWAY is an advanced ceiling fan with unique aesthetics and energy efficient design. Switched [...]

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Mooon Phone Has 1 Too Many O’s, Too Much Awesome

March 7, 2008

Designer Sunman Kwon is brilliant. Now that that’s out of the way, we can start figuring out how we’re going to steal this amazing concept phone. It’s such a simple idea, and yet it’s so brilliant at the same time. Now that the bluetooth wireless headsets are starting to become yet another necessity (along with [...]

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Brass Knuckles For Giants Is Also Chair For Normal Sized People

March 5, 2008

Somewhere, some giant, giant, violent person is missing this set of brass knuckles. But, since no one claimed it at the lost-and-found, the people over at Fist Fire, decided to turn it into a chair. This display of machismo is obviously worthy of the great Razor Ramon. Old school WWF references aside, this thing is [...]

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Mobius Strip is Dangerous, Helmet Companies Rejoyce

February 29, 2008

The Mobius Strip climbers, now available from Landscape Structures, seem like an awesome new way to injure children.  The website boasts that “kids love climbing up, down, over and under as they test their strength and agility, and invent limitness new games”.  The only problem with this is what happens to the kids if they fail the [...]

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