Getting that liquor cold has to be done right. Don’t be dilutin’ it with ice cubes. Use these solid metal cubes instead, which you’ve kept in the freezer like you’re supposed to. They look great, will chill your drink in seconds and can be used over and over again. $40 for a pair. It’s expensive, but just look at them.
Cable tangle on your desktop is unsightly, and craning your neck to look at your iPad’s screen when it’s flat on a surface is annoying. So this particular object, called Cable.Gone, addresses both of these issues… no, these small inconveniences at once. Being a simple plastic tube with an opening at the bottom, it’s pretty easy to just insert a bunch of cables inside of it and tidy things up a bit. Also, its top surface is angled down so that you can rest an iPad or other tablet on it.
Currently on Kickstarter, $25 will get you a pre-order. It doesn’t look like it’ll take off however, as there are only 17 days left and only $331 of $27,500 needed raised so far. We understand the lack of enthusiasm, this isn’t a revolutionary product. But at $25 doesn’t seem like a bad deal to make things look just a little better on your desk.
This… now this is sure to get you some conversations. It’s a passive ceramic amplifier made specifically for the iPhone. As you can plainly see, it’s in the shape of a horn and contains a docking area at the top that will fit your Apple music device snugly. As musical horns do, the MegaPhone will amplify the sound coming from the iPhone’s speakers due to the specific shape of its walls. It also rests on a thin wooden structure which is meant to raise it above any surface and allow it to vibrate more freely. We’re not sure if the video below is really representative of the level of amplification, but really, it doesn’t matter: it looks awesome. The MegaPhone is compatible with iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and costs 400 Euros. That’s for the black or white version, while a gold plated model will set you back 600 Euros.
Say you’re a police officer. Or simply someone with a knack for walking into the line of fire. You’re going to want to put the odds on your side and protect yourself. Sure, police officers usually wear vests. But they also carry clipboards, don’t they? Like for when they’re writing you a ticket? So what if that clipboard… wait for it… could also stop a bullet? That’s exactly what the Ballistic Clipboard from Impact Armor Technologies does. It’s rated to exceed NIJ IIIA specifications, which means it gives multi-hit protection from 9mm, .357, .40, and .44 mag rounds. Best of all, it has a handle and weighs less than 2.0lbs.
Awesome, right? Well… We’re not exactly sure how this works. What scenario could this be used in? Would the officer be expected to raise it up to his face in case a gun is pointed there? Is he expected to swat the bullets away? We’ve just never thought of ballistic armor as something movable; it’s usually affixed to your body. But hey, you can never be too safe, right? If that makes sense to you, it’s $150.
It seems as though we should stop being amazed at falling flatscreen TV prices because no sooner do we mention how impressed we are at sub $1k prices on a 55 incher that we come across a $1,000 60 inch TV. Sure, this is not LED so it’s bulkier and uses a more electricity. But it’s also 5 feet of television! We’re talking about the Sharp AQUOS LC-60E79U 60-in 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, which features 1920×1080 1080p resolution, 4 HDMI inputs, HD tuner, 120Hz refresh rate, and more. After a $100 rebate, it’s $999.
The item in the picture is a vaporizer. It’s called the WISPR. It vaporizes… herbs. And in this particular instance, looks cool doing so. Not cheap by any means, $270 will get you the device itself plus 2 x Pipe Cleaner, 1 x Filling Chamber and Mouthpiece, 1 x Replacement Fine Mesh Screen and 2 x Mouthpiece Replacement Tips. It comes in 5 pastel-y looking colors.
The market for gaming mice is very healthy these days. Anyone making gaming devices, wishing to garner more than a sliver of purchases from the gaming world at large has to do something pretty amazing, or do something subtle really well. Logitech has tackled the latter with their latest G300 gaming mouse. The G300 doesn’t have an excessive amount of buttons or an obscene amount of DPI resolution or wildly adjustable parts. What it does have is class and the ability to suit both left and right handed players without looking like a cybernetic monstrosity. “Less is more” doesn’t do the G300 justice as they do more with less, better than most competitors do with “way too much”.
The G300 sports 9 programmable buttons, much more than can usually be supported by ambidextrous enabled devices, and doesn’t waste time on excessive programming support. Many of us gamers getting into our golden years don’t have the time or the patience to deal with tweaking to that level. Maybe it does it more justice to call this a mature mouse than an unsophisticated one. It has clean lines and an almost too narrow body that help fingers easily locate all the buttons. The G300 does add an uncharacteristically gamer-ish backlighting which is giving more sway to the Razer style that Logitech normally does. The only other ‘tamed’ feature that might actually be missed is the 1990′s era scroll wheel.
Joey Ruiter is a designer. As people are bound to do sometimes, Joey’s designs can wander into the artistic, where form takes precedence over function in sometimes elaborate efforts at crafting a message or a vision. What he’s done with this project, called Moto Undone, is to strip down what makes a motorcycle to its bare essentials. In his own words:
[We wanted to] re-set the definition of a motorbike by stripping away historical attributes that make them so great. It’s hard to image a motorcycle without fancy paint, overpowered motors, exposed mechanical genius, and sweet exhaust tones. Moto Undone is pure generic transportation and by motorbike category definition it isn’t very cool. The motorbike references are small and when someone is riding, they are all you see. The bike almost disappears. The rider just floats along the streets silently.
Silently because the motorcycle is powered by a 1000w 48v electric hub motor. Moto Undone has a range of 90 miles or about 3 hours. All gauges and riding information, like speed and gps, is displayed through a smart phone.
Sadly the motorcycle doesn’t appear to be for sale. It was on display at the Gran Rapids Art Museum recently. Would you want to buy it, though? Doesn’t look all that comfortable…
So that’s its name: “I’m.” We know, weird. Nevertheless, it’s a watch with a curved 1.5-inch, 240 x 240 TFT screen with capacitive touch capabilities. The device links up to your phone via Bluetooth for caller ID information as well as data tethering. You can also use it to do the kinds of things that fishing around in your pocket for your phone might be inconvenient. Like getting quick stock quotes, getting a preview of an email, viewing an image gallery, etc. It’s alleged to be running a modified version of Android 1.6 and has 64MB RAM and 4GB storage. It’s a bit like those watches made up of an iPod nano, only with phone features.
The watches start at €249 ($342USD) and go up from there, as there appear to be versions blinged out with some gold and jewels, although these are on pre-order at the moment. However, very little is known about this company so we’re not going to give you any go-aheads until actual products are in customers’ hands. We won’t lie though: we’d be very disappointed if any of our readers has €10,000 to spend on a fancy watch. And yes, some models cost that much. Link to website full of self-aggrandizing and barely informative videos below.
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