For those of you that did not think that enormous sunglasses were embarrassing enough, designer Matthias Ries has developed massive, plastic ears to dress your most decrepit old person in. These “batphones” are not meant to be a replacement for relatively low profile hearing aids, but are instead intended for those with only slight hearing [...]

Katherine Bugeja, of the University of Sydney, designed this tool belt. She calls it the Belter. This belt offers ergonomic and safe tool placement as well as a decrease in the risk of injury. It is shaped and tools are placed in order to prevent stress on the lower back. It also claims that some [...]

ThunderPack, designed by Carmelo Amarena, is actually a redesign of hydrogen peroxide-powered jet packs of the 1950s. It looks like it will send you noisily into the air for roughly 35 seconds and about 8-12 feet off the ground. It cost him $100,000 to make and is not worth every penny. It did, however, provide [...]