Firebox Wii competition
Here’s something interesting if you live in the UK. Firebox is running a competition where you can win a Wii and Wii Fit. All you have to do is answer a simple question about iGizmo, a free gadget magazine.
The competition, wich unfortunately is only open to UK residents, runs until July 31st. A winner, who [...]
Buzzball
There’s only one word to describe this contraption: insane! Some guys decided to build something that more or less simulates a rollercoaster ride, but without the bulky and expensive rails. Inside the ball there are two motors that can make the chair spin around and move the ball. This is supposed to simulate a rollercoaster. [...]
Rsstroom Concept
Here’s another gadget that belongs in the category “What the hell were they smoking when they thought of this?”. What is it? It’s a printer that prints your favorite RSS feed on a roll of… toilet paper! And not only that, it also has a biometric toilet seat wich measures your weight as you sit [...]
Air Guitar Rocker
If there’s anything that makes me go “WTF???”, it’s this. If you think Guitar Hero, no matter how much fun it is, makes you look like a total moron, think again. With this toy, you can play air guitar for real, just like Bill & Ted. If you don’t know who Bill & Ted are, [...]
April Fools day at Think Geek
A yearly tradition at Think Geek is the collection of fake april fools gadgets. Although they are obviously fake, sometimes people really fall for them. A few years ago, a well-known computer magazine even wrote an article about their “wireless extension cords”!
So, what do they have in store for us this year? For starters, there’s [...]
Spaceship Oil Warmer
Oil warmers usual look like some sort of oriental, new-age hippie type of contraption, but this one is a bit different. It looks like a spaceship, with the dish for the oil positioned above the ship, wich holds the candle. Looks like a warped (no pun intended) version of the Enterprise.
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Firebox giveaway!
Good news and bad news. Let’s start with the good news. Firebox is giving away free stuff in collaboration with Chip Chick. For the next five weeks, they give a box full of random stuff to two lucky winners. All you have to do is send an email (address is in the source article) with [...]
Fire Fighting Capsules
Here’s something interesting: a fire fighting system that consists of capsules you throw into the fire. The small round capsules you see in the picture contain a fire fighting agent and explode when throw into the fire, releasing the powder. The big cylinder is an oxygen tank, in case you are surrounded by smoke. Of [...]
New stuff from Think Geek
Today, Think Geek added lots of cool stuff to their catalog. If you have never heard of them, Think Geek is the mother of all geeky gadget shops. It has lots of cool toys, books and computer accessories.
A cool book they added is “Where’s my jetpack?”. If the predictions from the 1950s and ’60s came [...]
