Gear

ZBoard - Weight-Sensing Skateboard

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Like the RYNO One Wheel Motorcycle, the electric, weight-sensing ZBoard won't drop mandibles with its gravity-defying tricks or blow off toupees with its unearthly speeds. But it will make for a simple, significantly...

Heat Sensitive iPhone Backing

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Welcome back, Hypercolor. This heat-sensitive iPhone 4/4s backing responds to the touch of a hand--or lips or other body parts traditionally reserved for photocopiers--with thermochromic color changes that mirror its...

Unlimited Electric Guitar

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They call it Unlimited because this electric guitar's amp and speaker are built into its body, and directly compatible with effects pedals available via smartphone technology. Which means no more lugging around and hooking...

Keyboard Shortcut Skins

$30 Photo Jojo »

I like pretty colors as much as the next guy, but the effort and precision required to apply a keyboard skin hasn't really struck me as remotely worth it in any way up to this point. Photojojo, though, has found my soft...

iPhone 4 Marshall Amp Case

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My musical talent lies somewhere between Nickelback and a foam packing peanut, but I didn't get this Marshall Amp iPhone Case for self-expression. I got it because when I pick up the phone and hear my mom's normal speaking...

Simple.TV - HDTV & DVR for Cable Cutters

$149.99 - $399.99 Simple.TV »

Simple.TV is the latest in the vicious volley of cable companies screwing us, and us screwing them right back. For those fed up and ready to disavow cable altogether...but bummed about not being able to watch Modern Family...

Exo-Gauntlet - CO2 Powered Exoskeleton

$3,300 Bionic Concepts »

JP Rishea masterminds a legion of sick conglomerations of metal and power, but the Exo-Gauntlet is probably his most irrationally needful of them all. I guess one could technically argue that it has a few practical applications...

Fort Atlantic NES Cartridge Album

$24.99 Fort Atlantic »

On the one hand, nice marketing ploy, Fort Atlantic. A debut album released on an old-school Nintendo cartridge, replete with USB connectivity for computer transfer, might just catch the eye--and credit cards--of video...

iXoost Supercar Exhaust iPod Dock

$6,300 iXoost »

iXoost hails from the land of true ghetto-blasting iPod/iPhone sound systems. The land of metallic brilliance, whose docking stations are forged by local craftsmen from solid blocks of aluminum. The land of gnarly, visionary...

Car Mustache

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Carstache creator Ethan Eyler knows exactly what I'm wondering as I peruse photos of suave mustachioed VWs and Jeeps looking sexier than Burt Reynolds naked on a bearskin rug: Will affixing a mustache to my car change...

MaKey MaKey Invention Kit

$49.95 MaKey MaKey »

Anything that can turn bananas into a piano keyboard has got to be worth my $35. MaKey MaKey--a Brangelina of Make + Key--elevates everyday objects to interactive touchpads for enhanced computer and Internet experiences...

AlphaSphere - Interactive Synthesizer

$1,579 AlphaSphere »

The designer's interpretation of the AlphaSphere is "a new electronic musical instrument and controller which reinterpret the way we interact with sound." The user's: A bomb diggity ball of electronica. Populated with...

Infect the World App

$0.99 iOSnoops »

A while back, Stephen Lippens started thinking that someone should make the old Flash game Pandemic for the iPhone. And then, despite having virtually no technical background or experience, he figured that someone may...

Nesl Desk Organizer

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The concept of getting organized doesn't typically bring to mind the words "funky" and "Fraggle Rock". But one look at the Nesl, and all three come together like the last breathing Beach Boys scrounging to replenish...

Diablo NES Cartridge Hard Drive

$129.99 Etsy »

Diablo III saw its May 15, 2012 release plagued by the most wretched of all the Prime Evils: Error 3006. That's why it's always better to stick with the classics. Original issue NES Diablo may be an ancient one by laws...

Pinball Magic for iPhone

Sold Out Amazon »

I have enormously fat fingers, and can't even use the iPhone touchpad without every "Hey" coming out "HJeryu", so probably I wouldn't fare very well with Pinball Magic. But ye of petite and lithe phalanges can enjoy an...

Nano Hummingbird Spy Camera

While still in development, AeroVironment's Nano Hummingbird is poised to be a phenomenon of biological mimicry and urban surveillance. Which means pretty soon, my assertions that the birds are gathering reconnaissance...

Aliens M41A Pulse Rifle - Fully Functional

$1,999 Bonanza »

You look at the replica M41A Pulse Rifle from Aliens, its fully adjustable metal stock and removable magazine, and wonder, Is it real? It looks real. It's the right shape. It's...huge...definitely the right size. It moves...

Cryoscope - Tactile Weather Vane

You've already tasted the rainbow, now it's time to touch the temperature. The Cryoscope is a WiFi-driven, tactile weather vane that heats or cools to the current--or forecasted--outside temperature of any user-entered...

ToastaBags

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I know at least one person getting Boska Holland's ToastaBags for Father's Day. On the rare occasions my dad is forced to spearhead his own feedings, he likes to make grilled cheese sandwiches. And the way my dad makes...

Blade Driver Crossbow

Ornery watermelons, prepare to meet your fate. Tactical tinkerer, and Laser Glove creator, Patrick Priebe's Blade Driver crossbow launches whirling buzz saws at all deserving targets, but especially those that are mealy...

Bow Wow Water Fountain

$34.90 Amazon »

No opposable thumb required. This pooch-friendly water fountain attaches easily to the end of a standard garden hose, and activates at the touch of a paw. Adjustable to 3 pressure settings, the perpetual hydrater is also...

PhoneSoap - Smartphone Sanitizer & Charger

$79.95 - $119.95 Amazon »

Phones are dirty. And that factoid is based solely on the physical devices, never mind what people use them for. Every cellphone on the block is rife with armies of bacteria and viruses, ranging from the flu, staph, E...

Laser Gloves

Dudes, watch the whole video. Or at least fast forward to the final 20 seconds to behold the reasons why your life will not reach its full potential until it can count Laser Gloves as part of it. The match-igniting, balloon-popping...