Want to send a message to the driver that’s been glued to your bumper for the last 5 miles? Just hang this light-up hand on your car’s back window, and you can express your true feelings without getting physical.
Available from Perpetual Kid, the remote-controlled electroluminescent sign ($40) can be set to display a multitude of digit combinations. You can even animate the fingers in sequence. But there are only a couple of signs that I think would be of much use for most of my roadtrips.
I suppose if you’re more mellow than me, you might tell the a-hole behind you to “hang loose”, or you could flash the subtle “L” sign to let them know what a loser they really are. But who are we kidding? I’m pretty sure most of the time you’ll set it to flip the bird to the driver in your rearview mirror.
Speaking of flipping the bird…
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Written by technabob on October 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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A lady with overworked gray cells has got a simple yet marketable product that can keep your mouse hand warm in a chilly environment. The Mouse Hand Warmer is nothing but a small 12 X 12 inches blanket where you put your mouse and hand in it to feel the warmness inside.
It will cost $15 for a lazy guy suffering from cold mouse hand syndrome but it may cost cheaper if you’re a DIY guy like me.
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Written by Kunal Gangar on October 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Hyperlink” is a series of oversized yarn sculptures that depict our favorite handy friend, the hyperlink hand cursor.
There are four cursor sculptures in the series. They are rendered in three dimensions and made more colorful than we’re used to. The designs on the side are fantastically pixelated and lovely to look at.
The sculptures were created by Ben Fino-Radin, and are made of plastic needlepoint canvas and yarn. He is a big fan of combining technology and yarn in interesting ways. You can see more of his work at his website.
Bringing the hand cursor into 3-D and making it pretty huge is super cool in my book. I’d love to have one of these on display in my office!
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Written by karen on September 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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I thought this was mildly funny. And true. These people hate the iPhone. Though I’m sure some of you will want to arm yourself with this handy accessory. Enjoy.
Written by Conner Flynn on August 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Normally cranking your nuts by hand is frowned upon. I guess that’s no longer the case. Surprisingly, this tool was not designed for booty grabbing hijinx within automotive shops. I think. I’m really not sure why it was designed, but we love it. I’d be surprised if it worked as good as a regular wrench, but it’s a great way to add some comedy to your otherwise serious toolbox.
Everytime you adjust the fingers to fit your needs, it’s as if a little hand is holding two fingers up saying, “Do you love me this much?” and so forth. It’s all rather creepy, truth be told. I think it has to be used for evil. Yes, I think it must be made to pinch a woman’s butt at least once in it’s career.
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Written by Conner Flynn on June 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Man, when I was a kid I had all kinds of mildly illegal fun with slingshots. These days, the slingshot seems to have been forgotten, which is a shame because it’s a good weapon. It was the weapon of choice for Dennis the Menace.
Until now that is. Like everything else, the slingshot has now had an upgrade. If I were a kid again, I’d definitely use one of these Ringshots. Instead of holding a Y-shaped weapon, this slingshot slips on your index finger and thumb. Not sure about pricing and availability, but I am sure it’s all kinds of evil fun.
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Written by Conner Flynn on May 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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We’ve seen some interesting nanotech power concepts in the past, but researchers at UCLA have gone back to basics and developed a printable nanotech version of a traditional battery they say could power other printed, flexible nanotech devices. The batteries, which are less than a millimeter thin, feature the same zinc-carbon makeup as traditional rechargables, but are made by depositing thin layers of zinc and manganese oxide over a layer of nanotubes. Sadly, tech isn’t producing usable amounts of power yet, but lead scientist George Gruner says the simplicity of the underlying tech should make it easy to solve that problem. Damn straight — we’re not giving up till we get a pair of electric underpants to call our own.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Written by Nilay Patel on November 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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For the second time in the past few months, Purdue University is hitting us up with a newfangled idea to keep future rigs cooler. This go ’round, engineers have purportedly figured out how to “grow forests of carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to heat sinks.” The nanotubes have outperformed “conventional thermal interface materials” in testing, and being that they don’t require “elaborate clean-room environments” to produce, manufacturing them should prove much cheaper to boot. Regrettably, there’s no word as to when this development could go commercial, but with users demanding more power and less noise, we’re sure there’s a market waiting.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Written by Darren Murph on October 2nd, 2007 with no comments.
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