The Wooden Electronic Ruler concept by designer Shay Shafranek would have definitly put the cool back into your school pencil case if it was around way back when. The wooden cover cleverly hides a row of electronic points which you slide you pencil or marker across, as demonstrated in the picture, and gives you a readable output of the distance via the Wooden Electronic Ruler’s embedded LED.
If Microsoft made a toaster you can bet your bottom dollar that there would be 3 versions with the basic versions not being worth the bread it’s buttered on and the most advanced version being a total rip-off. gripes aside, this (unofficial) Microsoft Windows Toaster looks sweet in a way if you are a dedicated Windows fanboy.
The iBum Chair can only be a useful piece of furniture if you are a clown, paparazzi or just plain perverted. Practical jokers can invite their unsuspecting victims (or celebrities with a penchant for not wearing underwear) to sit in the iBum Chair and a quick flash later (pun intended), the iBum Chair will have photocopied their backside and printed it convieniantly at the side of the chair ready for you have a good laugh at them (for about 5 seconds) or send it to the local celebrity gossip magazine (could be profitable).
The Dark Knight Motorcycle Suit ups the ante when it comes to spin-off movie merchandise. Forget the custom Dark Knight Xbox360, this is the real kudos item for Batman Dark Knight fans.
A short while ago the LG BL42 Slider was outed as the new LG Chocolates entry level counter part. Looking a lot more like the original (old) LG Chocolate, the LG BL42 Slider comes with a fairly decent 3MB camera and a 240×320 (non-touch) display.
Another day another Lego trademark infringement. Today is the turn of the Gold Lego USB Drive. Cons – not real gold. Pros – it is made out of a real 50th anniversary gold Lego 2x 4 brick. The Gold Lego USB Drive can hold up to 2GB of data and comes with a snazzy key chain so you can attach it to your jeans or whatever.
EXOvault Titanium iPhone Case is a change from the usual rash (nay plague) of plastic iPhone cases out there. Made from ‘aerospace grade titanium’ (ooh) the EXOvault Titanium iPhone Case sticks your iPhone in a veritable prison of a case and adds a few extra pounds to your back pocket to boot.
This Jelly Fish Broadband Router is pretty cool looking and we can see this being as must have as a ‘lava lamp’ in many a student flat. The Jelly Fish Broadband Router is part of a project by Goldsmith University students in London aiming at designing ‘Routers of the Future’ and the Jelly Fish router is definitely a break from the ugly black boxes we all have hidden in the corner under our desks.
The white Cowon S9 Curve has been unveiled for Korean buyers only which makes the rest of the world feel just great. However, seeing how unimpressive the Cowan S9 actually was when it was released last year, we’re not feeling to bitter that the white Cowon S9 Curve won’t be within our grasp just yet.
Modern Warfare 2’s Prestige Edition shows other game publishers how to do the whole ‘collectors edition’ thing. They’ve got Night Vision Goggles yo! Apart from the questions raised of anyone owning a pair of night vision goggles, they add about 100 million to Modern Warfare 2’s Prestige Edition’s cool points.
