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Tag Archives: Novelty

Transceiver For iPhone Makes You Look Douchey, Could Be Look You’re After

By David Ponce on 03/15/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

The hipster manifesto states that normal everyday items must be used in an obtuse manner, in order to make some kind of ironic statement. Or something like that. The point is that we always see people doing seemingly dumb things with the intent to make it look cool, and the Transceiver for iPhone falls squarely in that category. You use it to talk on your phone. Simple as that. There’s even a volume button on the side. And it’s cheap: $20. Just make sure to have your thick-rimmed glasses and skinny jeans on when you do this; you’ll make lots of friends that way.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ 7Gadgets ]

Tetran Creature Will Eat Your Earbuds

By David Ponce on 03/15/12 • 2 Comments


By David Ponce

Until they get wireless earbuds right, we all have to deal with what to do with them when not using them. Tetran is a little rubber creature that will happily let you wrap your cords around its spiky body and hold on to the buds themselves with its mouth.

It’s not a terribly exciting product, but someone somewhere will find it cute and think $27 is a good price for it.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Matomeno ]

Reversing Goggles Lets You See The World Upside Down, Even Sideways

By David Ponce on 03/01/12 • 4 Comments

By David Ponce

As some of you may know, the image that hits our retina is actually reversed upside down, but our brains compensate for this and we see the world properly. Still, there are those that wonder how things would be if you were to see things just the way they fall on the retina. That’s where these Reversing Googles come in. They serve no other purpose than to satisfy your curiosity. A special prism turns everything upside down, or if you adjust them accordingly, sideways. It goes without saying that this can lead to all kinds of hilarity, all the more so if alcohol is introduced. We’re not saying you should do this, we’re just saying. Also:

“Back in the 1890s the American scientist George Stratton conducted an experiment to see what would happen if he viewed the world through an inverting prism. He found that after 4 days, his brain started to compensate, and he could see the world the right way up again.”

So that’s another thing you can try. Keep them on for a few days and see what will happen; will your brain adjust?

It’s $87 to find out.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ DVice ]

CanChucks Are Like Nunchucks For Rednecks

By David Ponce on 02/20/12 • Leave a comment!


By David Ponce

Nunchucks are great. You can make embarrassing videos of yourself and post them to YouTube for giggles and profit. What’s not to love? Take things up a little notch by showing off your “skills” with nunchucks made out of your favourite beer cans. Think Kid Rock meets Star Wars kid; epic moviemaking potential brewing right there. The CanChuck kit comes with almost everything you need to make them. Which, really… doesn’t seem like all that much, considering you need to buy the expansion foam with which they’re filled separately. But they do state that the kits contain 13 metal parts, so we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and believe you’re buying more than just a metal chain. And you’re provided with a link to a video so you can assemble the Canchucks yourself, a 10 minute project the company is sure anyone can handle. Provided you’re sober when attempting to do so. Which, let’s be honest, won’t be the case…

It’s $20.

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R2-D2 USB Hub Makes Sounds

By David Ponce on 02/07/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

This is old as the world, but we just came across this quasi-novelty item that could make a Star Wars lover smirk now and then. It’s an R2-D2 USB hub with 4 ports. But the better part is that it moves and makes artoo sounds.

It’s $25.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ TechEBlog ]

Just Wrong: This Is A Face Exerciser Device

By David Ponce on 02/03/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

Yeah, Japan again. We love you guys, but what’s with these things? The above image shows a poor lady being paid to demonstrate the Face Slimmer Exercise Mouthpiece. You put it in there and say vowels repeatedly, allegedly exercising the muscles in your face and getting rid of wrinkles and sag.

But why does it have to… look like that? You and I know what this looks like. The kids don’t know. But we know what’s going on here.

So, Japan… Why?

Oh and it’s $84!


[ Product Page ] VIA [ ChipChick ]

Looking Rave-a-licious With One-Way Lighting GloSpex Shades

By David Ponce on 02/02/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

So you get to the party and want to get noticed. Right? What better way than to be donning a pair of shades that light up? But of course, it would be annoying if the light would shine in your own eyes; no one wants that. But the GloSpex are different. The company’s developed a way for the entire lens area to light up and project the light only forward, leaving you to see clearly as if there was no light at all. They do this by trapping said light in clear plastic, using a principle called total internal reflection. The light is then bounced off of some light diffusing pixels which have a reflective backing, allowing for not only one way light emission, but for the display of images or logos. Think of this as the evolution of those light-up T-Shirts you’ve undoubtedly seen at clubs.

The best part is they’re only $20 for a set, if you pre-order right now on the Kickstarter page. They’re going to get funded as they’re at 50% of the $10,000 goal within a couple hours of re-launching. So go ahead and get yours now.

[ GloSpex Kickstarter Page ] VIA [ Geekologie ]

Get A Ballista Kit For Some Mayhem At The Office

By David Ponce on 01/26/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

Office warfare just got a little medieval looking with the Ballista Kit. What’s cool is that you can annoy your co-workers in style with this little contraption and not break the budget doing so. It’s $22 but you have to assemble it yourself.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ The Fancy ]

Make Ice Cubes Shaped Like The Scream, From Munch

By David Ponce on 01/18/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

I’m a big fan of the painting The Scream, from Edvard Munch. Yeah, the one that was stolen and recovered two years later. It’s an icon, and now you can put a little sliver of anxiety and fear in your drink, in the form of some The Scream ice cubes.

It’s a novelty item, sure, but could still spark a conversation or two. It’s $9. Hurry up though, there are only 14 left.

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