Archive for the ‘Misc. Gadgets’ Category

Have a favorite movie start that you’d like to buy an autograph from? Well instead of taking your chances on e-bay and chancing that you’ll be getting a fake, you may want to skip the whole written autograph completely and try out something a little bit different.

LiveAutographs.com works with stars that may not exactly be shining that bright right now, but instead of having a picture of them on your wall with a signature you can’t exactly verify, you can easily purchase a presonalized video autograph from some major B-listers at a reasonable price. Stars like Carmen Electra, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and even the cast of Lost.

But who’s had a chance to actually take advantage of this? Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, that’s who.

3 months and $150 later, Arrington received the video autographed he purchased of one William Shatner. How can you beat that?

George Carlin put it best when he said:

“The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ‘You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.’”

While we haven’t found a USB Flamethrower yet, we have found a USB Rocket Launcher.

In comparison to the previous USB Missile Launcher, this device actually launches twice the range, making it very capable of hitting your cubicle mates with ease. The software is compatable with Windows operating systems only (sorry Mac guys, but you’re pacifists anyway…) and allows you rotate the USB Rocket Launcher up to 360 degrees horizontally and 45 degrees vertically.

That’s a coverage area of over 113 square meters. Kiss your office opponents goodbye.

Almost everyone has a thumb drive. Most people carry some pretty personal information around on those little devices as well. So when you lose your thumb drive, sometimes you can be pretty S.O.L.. Even if you don’t lose it and you simply leave it around, your information can be easily compromised.

Luckily, we’ve got a little something called IronKey.

This 4 GB thumb drive was developed specifically for the US Military, and includes a hardware encryption chip that actually scrambles all the data on the thumb drive if you don’t enter the proper password when you plug it in. Normally, the concern of your password being hacked would arise, but after 10 incorrect password attempts the chip completely self destructs. Any attempts to open the device will also be met with disaster as the device is filled with epoxy to damage the opened thumb drive.

That’s what I call security!

If you’ve already had a chance to convert all your old vinyl records over to your computer, you’re probably chomping at the bit to convert the rest of your music as well. While we haven’t found an 8-track player that can plug directly into your computer, we have fund the Ion USB Cassette Deck, for all your old mixtapes that you just can’t live with out.

The conversion quality is top notch, and the device itself can handle 2 cassettes, easily ripping the audio onto your computer. The Ion USB Cassette Deck plugs directly into your USB port and utilizes the EZ Tape Converter software it’s bundled with. Pretty soon, you’ll be rocking out to your old Salt N Pepper cassettes on your new fangled iPod.

Yesterday, as I found myself caught in an intense downpour, I thought to myself, my iPhone is done for. The rain soaked right through all of my clothes, leaving my iPhone nearly submerged in the water almost pooling in my pocket.

Luckily it survived.

Apparently, I’m not the only one unfortunate enough to get their electronic devices wet constantly (see also: everyone), so when I heard about the Golden Shellback waterproofing method, I became overwhelmed with joy. The coating, which can’t easily be removed, is applied within a vacuum, and is so powerful that a device submerged in water for over 450 hours continued to operate while under water and afterwards as well.

No word yet on a street date, but be hopeful!

Have you ever gone to the beach on a hot sunny afternoon with a cooler full of hotdogs and hamburgers to toss on the grill only to find that everyone else has the same idea and of course beat you to all the grills? Well that wont happen again with this cool grill you can just fold and go.

It folds up to about the size of an older laptop so it will fit almost anywhere. With this foldable grill you will always have a space to cook your dinner. Just make sure that you leave plenty of time for this cool new summer time gadget to cool off, no need to burn your hands over a hot dog.

Who doesn’t love the joy of popping bubble wrap? Everyone loves the joy of popping bubble wrap. The joy you get when the postman brings a package that you know is wrapped in bubble wrap is almost like Christmas! You are more excited over the bubble wrap than the item in the package! Although there are no support groups for people like us there is a brand new gadget out made by Bandai that will help us deal with our bubble wrapping addiction.

The Mugen Puti Puti Infinite Bubble Wrap Toy is the bubble wrap you can pop over and over again. If that isn’t great enough every 100 bubbles you pop will give you a different response. You might here a dog barking one time, the door bell ringing another and who knows what else. If you love bubble wrap then this is the one for you!

While I am the first one to tell you about fun and exciting new gadgets that may or may not be quite useful this next one is a gadget you need to look out for and I’m not talking in a good way. This gadget is a useful umbrella on one end that will protect you from the rain but the other end is a set of brass knuckles that could turn deadly if they fall into the wrong hands.

So the next time you are out on the streets and it starts to rain make sure not to make anyone mad because you never know who could have their hand wrapped around a set of brass knuckles.

Where are the Star Trek Fans? I know you are out there! This has got to be the coolest Star Trek bottle opener I have ever seen! It is in a sleek silver plating and shaped like a Star Trek Enterprise. I bet you even Captain Kirk didn’t have a cool Star Trek bottle opener. You can be the envy of all your Star Trek friends when you are at the next great party and you whip out your cool bottle open to open everyone’s beer. If you’re a diehard Star Trek fan then you know this is a must have item!

Do you have a beautiful garden but not quite sure you are interested in the gnomes that everyone else has in their yard? Maybe you need something that is just a bit (or maybe a lot) off the beaten path of garden decorations? Then this is the decoration for you. How funny would it be to pull up in front of someone’s well manicured beautiful garden only to see a corpse trying to crawl out of the ground?

I bet you could get a few good jumps out of those guests who are not expecting something too wacky in the garden! This is truly a must have for anyone with an odd sense of humor!