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We already showed you how to stay fashionable in urban combat situations. Along the same lines, Peter Gronquist has jazzed up retired rifles, chainsaws, machine guns and artillery shells and slapped big names on them: Louis Vuitton, Coach, Gucci...
POSTED Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Today we got to take an advanced look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibit: "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy." The show has three types of costumes on display. First, there are original superhero costumes that were worn by...
POSTED Monday, May 5, 2008
Apparently, being cool helps your physical performance. As someone who spends altogether too much time sitting in a chair staring at a computer screen, I don't have what you would call an active lifestyle. But for you superstar athletes out...
POSTED Monday, May 5, 2008
Carrying pictures of your family around in your wallet is so 20th century, and while you could always load some pics into your cellphone or PDA, they still won't be as handy as on the face of your watch....
POSTED Friday, May 2, 2008
If you prefer eating with chopsticks to eating with western utensils, you probably have to just suck it up and use a fork and knife at most restaurants in America. But hey, if you really want to eat with chopsticks...
POSTED Thursday, May 1, 2008
What better way to decorate your arty abode during wartime than hanging up this Cuckoo Bunker Wall Clock by Joseph Barakat for Diamantini Domeniconi? That little bird out front is one brave soldier, wearing only the flimsiest of helmets...
POSTED Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Driving a car in a toasty place like Texas during the summer would be no fun if your air conditioning were on the fritz, that is unless you had a Cool Shirt. The catch is that at around $300,...
POSTED Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Over the past few weeks, we've been testing out a pair of Camileon Heels — high-heeled shoes that easily transform from wobbly 3.25-inch stilettos to practical pumps with 1.5-inch heels. We've seen high-tech shoes before, but rarely have they...
POSTED Tuesday, April 29, 2008
If you’re looking to navigate the great outdoors, there’s nothing better to have on your wrist than a GPS watch. But what if you don’t have a spare $300 in your wallet? The Tracker Digital Compass Watch from Oregon...
POSTED Monday, April 28, 2008
Looking stylish would probably be the least of your worries during a terrorist attack, but then again you're not Paris Hilton. Trendsetters like her might eschew duct tape and Cipro for the Urban Security Suit. Designed by Tim Smit,...
POSTED Monday, April 28, 2008
Lunar Design wants to turn you into a walking billboard. The Blu Jacket is a design concept that uses flexible organic e-paper to show passersby your mood, subway maps as you see here, or can even play video advertisements...
POSTED Friday, April 25, 2008
They say opposites attract, but that certainly not the case in any marriage where both parties are willing to wear wedding bands made using male and female 8P8C Ethernet connectors. Fashioned from sterling silver by designer Jana Brevick, I...
POSTED Sunday, April 20, 2008
I hate to drop a word like electroencephalogram on you on a Friday, but you're looking at one. Designed by researchers at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre in Belgium, the headset provides biofeedback by measuring the electric impulses your brain...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
Remember the glory days of the scientific calculator wristwatch? Dave Jones does: "Back in 1987 or so I got a Casio CFX-400 scientific calculator watch, and I wore that watch to death for 10 years until the band support...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
As anyone who sits at a desk all day knows, keeping good posture can be a challenge. Short of getting your mom to stand by your desk and yell at you to "Sit up!" all day, you could instead put...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
While there are some devices out there that can get juiced up by the sun using solar panels, that's really not all that convenient. What about when you're inside? When it's cloudy? There's got to be an even more convenient...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Man, watches don't get much cooler or crazier looking than the DeWitt Concept No. 1, a one-of-a-kind timepiece that'll set you back a whopping $633,000 if you decide to splurge on it. That might sound crazy to you, but someone...
POSTED Tuesday, April 15, 2008
When we first saw this tattoo, we thought that either the artist or the subject must have been really drunk during the inking. Why aren't those red and blue lines lined up better? It turns out we just weren't...
POSTED Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The expression "that soda will go right to your rear end" has taken a literal twist with the new Ecosmart range of school uniforms from British supplier School Colours. Using yarn that's created from clear soda bottles, the cloth...
POSTED Saturday, April 12, 2008
NBA star Kobe Bryant is a spectacular jumper, but his insurance company would never let him do a stunt like this. In this Nike ad, Bryant looks like he’s executing a perfectly timed leap over a speeding Aston Martin...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
At first glance, this is a digital watch. But wait just a second. The Di Grisogono Meccanica DG is all mechanical, mocking the digital zeitgeist with its segmented numerals, which are all gussied up in neon-green paint and fooling...
POSTED Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Walther NightHawk is an air pistol that has so many features and accessories that you'll be ready for anything. It has a side-mounted flashlight that's activated by a switch on the grip, a red dot sight with 11...
POSTED Thursday, April 10, 2008
Normally, I'd say that a watch with a cellphone built in is a universally bad idea. I mean, I've never seen one that wasn't totally ugly and clunky. That is, until now. The Van Der Led WM2 is a watch-cellphone...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
In Mad Max, Lord Humongous and his men rolled around wearing whatever they could find, from paintball masks to leather jackets and next to nothing. We won't have to worry about scavenging when the mushroom clouds start blooming —...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Those kooky scientists at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have gone overboard with this programmable tattoo concept. It uses hair-sized nanotubes embedded in the skin to display an image of your choice, which persists even after you turn off the...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Think your dog is happy when he comes up to you and wags his tail? Think again. He could be beseeching you for love, or asking for some nosh or to get out of the house. You'd know what...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Somethings never change, even when robotic guard dogs roam the streets, cars are stand-up flying pods and your boss is a being of light with translucent blue skin: you need to keep those underarms dry. At least, that's deodorant...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Now the celebrity-obsessed can determine which of those gods they worship would see them eye-to-eye. Even the height-challenged might feel better if they knew they were taller than the Marquis de Sade. Let's just hope you're taller than Hitler....
POSTED Monday, April 7, 2008
Ladies and babies alike should be able to appreciate a fine set of wheels with strollers like these. Each Roddler is styled with old-school lead-sled flourish, with sleek over-the-wheel fenders and customization options including various shapes, colors, classic trims,...
POSTED Monday, April 7, 2008
We've seen some pretty wierd places to print things before, but this one is new to me. A team headed by Dr Ray LaPierre at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, used a focus ion beam microscope to etch the...
POSTED Saturday, April 5, 2008
The merry denizens of gadget store Think Geek were just kidding when they posted a pic of this Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt on April 1st. Accompanied by a few fitting paragraphs of April Fool’s blather, it was all in good...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
What do you get the man who's a soccer superstar, an international model and married to a Spice Girl? Why, an iPod Touch - but not just any old iPod. To honor David Beckham's 100-cap in official matches, his...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
Some of us don’t mind looking preoccupied with our cell phones, wearing a Bluetooth earpiece as if always expecting a call. That’s why we might be willing to spend $150 on this Plantronics Discovery 925 beauty, just rolled out...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Okay, I’ll be up front with you. I just can’t stand April Fool’s Day. We’re supposed to be telling you the truth, gaining credibility every day and becoming a site upon which you can rely. Then along comes this...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
This interesting concept is the INFO Live bracelet, one of the more promising entries in the Next-Gen PC Design competition. As the designer explains: INFO Live is an data organizer for connected internet world. It is able to transfer data...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Today Daily Candy brought a new business model to our attention. FamousFlakes is a new store in Soho that sells a "pure" powdered distillation of, well, celebrity skin. Gross? Definitely. But really, who doesn't want a piece of Britney...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
If I was a rich man, I'd hire a full time masseuse to follow me around everywhere constantly rubbing my back and shoulders so I was always relaxed. Unfortunately, I am not a rich man, so I can't afford such...
POSTED Monday, March 31, 2008
Rejoice all ye me-obsessed! Here’s a new way to celebrate the center of the universe: you. For $552, you send in a picture of yourself, and Eleven Forty Design will craft a pair of Portrait Cufflinks of your visage,...
POSTED Friday, March 28, 2008
This Luna Watch design concept by John Pszeniczny is as luminous as it is beautiful. As the story goes, such a bauble would be somehow made of Spessartite Garnet with stainless steel and crystal in there somewhere. Embedded within...
POSTED Friday, March 28, 2008
Notify the world of your latest wisdom or tomfoolery with T-Sketch, the T-shirt with an illuminated whiteboard on the front. What you write on it is entirely up to you, but to us, this looks like a specials menu...
POSTED Thursday, March 27, 2008
The average watch wearer looks to his wrist for the current time only, but a new watch from MJM is taking time-keeping to a new, blunt and extremely accurate level. The Accurate is a watch that contains a mirrored...
POSTED Thursday, March 27, 2008
Now why hasn’t someone thought of this 360-Degree Mirror before? In the center you have an illuminated mirror, and out its sides pop six panels. Stretch them around your head, and you can see what’s going on back there,...
POSTED Thursday, March 27, 2008
If you're going to spring for a fancy watch, you might as well really, really go all out. For those with a good amount of cash burning a hole in the pockets of their fancy pants, allow me to present...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Now that the Wii owns the gaming market computer users are getting used to controlling the world with the flick of a magician's wand. Thus this may be the perfect time for Tokyo Ergo Corp.'s PC Remote to debut. According...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Watchmakers Maurice Lacroix unveiled three new watches in its Starside series, and each one is almost as nice as just staring up into the stars themselves. The analog watches are all designed around a celestial motif, cleverly displaying . They...
POSTED Tuesday, March 25, 2008
This is what the future looked like in 1973. Funny thing is, this LIP Mach 2000 Dark Master watch is still eye-catching today, with its primary-colored controls and intricately detailed face. The design stays nearly true to the original,...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
If you're consistently worried about getting attacked with a knife, I see a couple of options for you. One, you could change your lifestyle so you weren't constantly getting attacked with knives, which would be my choice. Two, you could...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
We wrote about a DIY umbrella for two last year at Valentines Day, but now there are a couple of more professional umbrellas for sharing out there: shields that are somehow smaller than a golf umbrella but will still...
POSTED Friday, March 21, 2008
We’re big fans of Nixie clocks, using old Nixie ("Numerical Indicator eXperimental") tubes from the pre-LED/LCD era and turning them into unique timepieces. Now we’ve found another Nixie wristwatch (here's the first one we saw), created as a gag...
POSTED Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The BT2 monitor is a device worn on the wrist by individuals that keeps tabs on all kinds of internal vital functions at any given time. It is made by Exmocare and the intended purpose is to give employers...
POSTED Monday, March 17, 2008
Tokyo Flash, the company who has never made it easy to tell the time, is now selling Citizen Independent watches on their website, which hopefully means the company is slowly inching towards watch designs that can be read without...
POSTED Monday, March 17, 2008
This dramatic Instrument BR 01 - 94 Phantom Wrist Watch by Bell & Ross looks like the altimeter on a dangerous fighter jet, and in keeping with that design theme, it appears to be rugged enough to survive the...
POSTED Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Star Trek Classic Communicator is finally out and, while it's undeniably awesome, we can't help but feel it falls a little short of the mark. Here's what it does do: it's got 20 sound effects from the TV show...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
We’ve seen some kooky tape dispensers before, but this one goes overboard with the assistance of gears and wheels. If you’re the laziest guy in the office, you might not mind this $36 tape-dispensing bot on your desk, even...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Finally, here’s an alarm clock smart enough to sense your reaction to its plaintive and intrusive morning cry. Designer Joel Escalona put together Seven, a concept deemed clever enough to win a Volvo for Life Design Award. It wakes...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
Got four far-flung friends? Keep track of what time it is where they are with this Diesel DZ9025 multi-display watch, a $595 stainless steel timepiece. The fifth display? Why, that’s for you, or will you just check the time...
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
The problem with seeing stuff in the dark is the lack of contrast. That’s what these bad boys from fancy watchmaker Tag Heuer aim to tame, jacking up the contrast to give you better night vision using tech developed...
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
No, that's not a new fangled home pregnancy test kit hitting the market or a new Apple iGizmo, it's just the latest in a slew of increasingly design-centric personal utility devices. The Eneloop Kairo is a portable pocket heater meant...
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
Sneakers have become a new hot item to collect, but I don't really get it. I mean, they're shoes, and they're shoes that you take such good care of you never wear them? What's the point? There's only one way...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Those Russkies have a great sense of humor, making this bar of Gmail soap. Whether it’s for sale or not, it’s an accurate symbol of the free Google email service, scrubbing your electronic missives of spam, offering a clean...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Sometimes, when it comes down to brass tacks, you just need to be able to stab a guy real good in the gut. But what if you don't have an easily-concealable knife on your person? You won't be able to...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Manfrotto is no stranger to tripods and other unique types of digital camera accessories. The latest product to grace the Manfrotto line is the carbon fiber line of tripods. Sure, on paper a tripod sounds pretty ordinary, but take...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
You know those crazy flashing necklaces that people sometimes wear at raves or on the fourth of July? We're betting that you miss those necklaces, and that you've been waiting for a classier and more culturally acceptable version to...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
You’ll be murmuring erstwhile hipster phrases such as “oh, wow” when you fire up your RelaxStyle Room Palette Effect lamp, projecting images of undulating waves onto your ceiling for your relaxation and entertainment. Harried stockbrokers might like the feeling...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
If you're into running as a hobby, you may make use of a pedometer to count your steps or a stop watch to time your laps. Your probably also have a swanky pair of sneakers to keep your feet safe...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
It’s pretty hard to find anything new under the sun when it comes to innovative mouse devices, but the Donya DN-SlimG4 has managed to pull off a new trick—miniaturization. The device, which could easily be mistaken for a Razor-esque...
POSTED Thursday, February 28, 2008
Michael Young is known for his simple and elegant watch designs, though now he's taking a look at what makes the fairer sex tick. The Sabar is a sleek personal massager for her that's meant to be as exciting as...
POSTED Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Pop quiz, hotshot: Board meeting. Presentation is all you. You're about to go on when realize you're short one cufflink. Nearest accessories store is five blocks away. What do you do, punk? Huh? What do you DO?! Presumably, this...
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
If you're looking to make a good impression at your upcoming job interview or business meeting, you should find a suit that fits you well and stands out. You could just go to Macy's and get a plain dark suit...
POSTED Friday, February 22, 2008
What makes a watch worth $500,000? In some cases, it's just because its loaded up with diamonds or other valuable materials. But if there's no bling on the watch, what can possibly make it worth half a million dollars? Anything?...
POSTED Friday, February 22, 2008
Ross McBride calls his line of watches and clocks "normal," but we call them minimalist. We mean that in only the best way, because look at this thing! It's just so clean and simple, and it's tricky at the...
POSTED Thursday, February 21, 2008
Some people see watches as purely utilitarian devices, objects designed to tell us what time it is and not stand out too much while doing so. Others see watches as pieces of wearable art, important accessories in any successful wardrobe....
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
I've seen some pretty cool things in my days as a tech blogger, but few have even approached the downright awesomeness of this homemade Flame Glove. Is it insanely dangerous? Yes, yes it is. But what awesome things aren't?...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
The Wireless Impact Guardian, or WIG, is a project by Brycen Spencer from UMass Amherst and it aims at taking the traditional motorcycle helmet one technological step further. Integrated into the helmet is a GPS receiver, accelerometer and communication...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
Swimmers will stop at nothing to shave a few milliseconds off their times, and if that means shaving their head bald, or taking a dip in a vat of Vaseline, so be it. At this summer’s Olympics in Beijing,...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Does your picket line need something? Something high-tech? Something eye-catching? Something unbelievably dorky? Instead of carrying some lame cardboard sign you can wear the Video Vest screen to get attention. I won’t promise that you'll get your message across, but...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The Use-Thing is designed to make the presence of a crowd a little more easier to bear for the horribly anti-social, and we're betting it'll do just that one way or another. Its designer, Guido Mamczur of Germany, intended it...
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Myth: Women hate gadget gifts. Truth: We know (from experience, believe it or not) that isn't true. While the old adage about never giving a woman a gift that plugs in is generally good advice, it's more rooted in...
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
You can never have enough superfluous additions to your computer rig in your quest to become the ultimate geek. So, for the nerd who simply can't stop adding to his set-up we present the Genius TRAVELER 350 USB trackball...
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Vie is a conceptual design by Du Tran Nguyen at Monash University. It is a glove designed with the runner or athlete in mind. It turns your hand into a GPS receiver and displays the current location on an...
POSTED Monday, February 11, 2008
As Japan waits for the long predicted mega-earthquake known as "the Big One" to hit, technology empowered manufacturers continue to come up with ingenious ways to cash in on the fear factor. Flatter than the MacBook Air and liable to...
POSTED Saturday, February 9, 2008
Tokyoflash has done it again. Here's Shinshoku, another watch that's not easy to read but probably won't stump that theoretical physicist we challenged with crazy watches once before. Take a look at the animated pic here, and you can probably...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
You know those type of alarm clocks that displays the digital clock on a transparent and somehow conductive piece of glass? This concept takes that idea to the next level by taking it out of the bedroom and onto...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
The Wine Rack manages to combine a classy beverage, trailer park sensibilities and one hell of a pun all in one great package. It's a sports bra with a polyurethane bladder on the inside able to hold 25 ounces,...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
It looks like young padawans have it easier than ever, what with everything they need to construct their very own lightsaber in a single box — with parts to spare. With the Force FX Lightsaber Construction Kit, you get...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Zippo lighters have etched (or burned) its way into the history of America. These lighters played an important role in World War II when Zippo stopped production for consumers and focused all production for military. Now these lighters are...
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
If you want to show off both your love of Halo 3 as well as your lousy taste in footwear, you can't do much better than Adidas' new Halo shoes. Sporting Halo logos and accents and a seriously ugly design,...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
If you're willing to bite the bullet and drop a big load of cash on a fancy, thin Macbook Air, you'll want the world to know about it. After all, what's the point of spending so much on a flashy...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wait, what happened to wireless gadget charging, period? I'm not sure, but design firm, Frog Design, is already working on a clothing concept that is capable of sustainable charging without the need for batteries or plugging into a wall...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
The Day-for-Night solar dress is made up of 448 white circuit boards that can be swapped out for all kinds of goodies — kinda like Batman's utility belt, but a hell of a lot sexier. The tiles can be solar...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
There's nothing worse than being honked out of bed early in the morning by an obnoxious alarm clock. The Dawn Alarm solves that problem with an array of exceedingly bright LEDs on top that start out as soft as...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Despite the total impracticality of this LED concept watch, I'm kind of in love with it. Sure, sliding the band open to reveal the time would get annoying after a while, and the thing looks like it'd break without much...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Those who spin turntables for a living will dig this FludWatch that looks just like a Technics 1200 turntable, a fave of DJs the world over. While we wish the turntable itself would spin on the watch face, alas,...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Your whole life you've felt like you don't really belong. You've escaped your troubles in video games, always wishing you could somehow transport yourself inside of them. Mario and the Princess, they wouldn't make fun of you! You'd have friends,...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Nothing gets our hearts pumping quite like crazy watches, as you may know, so it's no surprise that we're smitten with the new line of Nooka watches that just dropped. Theses unique, asymmetrical watches tell time with a series of...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
For the uber-nerd who has everything, the LED Lenser may be just what the fashion police ordered keep you safe from ever becoming one of the beautiful people. Essentially, this head-mounted contraption allows you to beam a shaft of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The Manfrotto 797 Modo Pocket camera mount is so compact it'll fit in your pocket, up your sleeve, on a keychain or in you bag, allowing you to lay down some steady photography wherever you like. The Modo Pocket...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
The Noisy Instrument by Jun Murakoshi won't play any beautiful music, but instead uses its distinct shape to produce a unique sound. Taking a page from seashells on the beach, those perpetual-noise machines, all you have to do is...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Voltaic Systems has been in the solar bag business for quite some time, but one of the only prior downsides is the inability to charge a laptop with a backpack's solar panels. The Generator is the latest in Voltaics...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Turn on local Japanese television lately and you're far more likely to catch some guy prancing around in a dress and a wig rather than some sexy Harajuku girl--yes, Japan has cross-dressing fever. Therefore, it should come as no...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
What Air Jordan did for speakers, Dr. Dre may do for headphones when Monster's Beats hit the streets in June for $399. Dr. Dre was joined on stage for the intro of the stylish headphones with Monster founder Noel...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Philips has been making overpriced but Swarovski-encrusted accessories for women for a while now. Today, the company introduced some new colors for its locket/necklace USB-drive and its in-ear headphones: pink and black! Because every woman wants to look like...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
Although the product's official name is the Urban Tool sportHolster, I can't help but draw inspiration from a particular "Seinfeld" episode and nickname this the iPod Bra. But don't let my whimsical nickname turn you off from the tech...
POSTED Friday, January 4, 2008
Pants and shirts using the Warrior Wear Integrated Tourniquet System by Blackhawk Products Group, a supplier of military and law enforcement gear, enable the wearer to automatically cut of blood flow to any wound with one hand. Warrior Wear...
POSTED Wednesday, January 2, 2008
What's the deal with the sport of discus anyway? A glorified Frisbee throwing contest? Are you kidding me? I can throw a Frisbee a solid 100 yard and even a dog can catch it in his mouth. This watch...
POSTED Monday, December 31, 2007
Being stylish and always having to carry around a USB flash drive aren't two traits usually associated with each other. This Olinari Silver Dog Tag wants to think otherwise. This dog tag is loaded with style including the 24-inch...
POSTED Sunday, December 30, 2007
Philipe Starck has been at it for Fossil for some time now, with odd and unique watch designs. His latest, the Palindrom, is no different. The Palindrome watch has a small rectangle that acts as the hour hand with...
POSTED Friday, December 28, 2007
Normally entering your username and password is a tedious affair, but that's only because you're not, er, doing it, with the Password Panties. Although they probably won't keep determined thieves from penetrating this firewall, they do make pressing the...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
It may not be the most stylish watch around, but it can definitely get the job done for the heavily medicated. This watch has two crucial features — the maximum of six daily alarms that can be set, and...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
The life of a Japanese salaryman is so tough that only the bravest/most foolish Western businessmen dare step up to work at a large Japan-based corporation. The latest example of exactly how hardcore Japanese salarymen are comes in the...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
Double Happiness Jeans has an intriguing business plan involving a giant printer, a dress made of meat (images), a sweatshop in Second Life and printable cloth. Actually the meat dress (called the Meat Mini) is just a way to...
POSTED Monday, December 24, 2007
Even though this watch is actually a steampunk-inspired creation — made apparent by the name, Vulcania — I can't help but think it has a futuristic steampunk feel due to the clean metals and design. Designer Fabrice Gonet dreamed...
POSTED Saturday, December 22, 2007
Coffee time at the office may be one of the most aggressive and dangerous times of the day. Back in my corporate-life days I once drove my car through the building because someone had neglected to refill the coffee...
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
Here's a design for people who refuse to accept the tyranny of the shoe. Sure, footwear is often considered one of the great milestones of civilization, but the Disposable Sole boils it down to the basics. It's a sole-shaped...
POSTED Thursday, December 20, 2007
Bandages for the Heart are Band-Aids made from jewelry-grade materials. You probably won't want to use one to staunch just any wound (unless you make a habit of throwing away 18 karat gold) — instead, Bandages for the Heart...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
No offense to those wearing calculator watches — not only are they so 1994, but they are also obsolete now that watches are capable of making calls, helping you sleep and now detecting Wi-Fi networks. This watch includes the...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Digital Veil is an art piece by Soomi Park that combines black and white flash animations with a wearable LCD screen. The wearer's face is visible through the white parts of the animations and obscured by the black...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Outdoor types who are into extreme sports: listen up. You don't have to rely on some wired-up coat that controls your MP3 player when there's a helmet that can do it for you. Hammacher Schlemmer has a winter sports...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
The list of fun and fascinating Japanese keitai (cell phone) trinkets is long, but one curio is raising eyebrows more than usual. With the Yutan Alien Detector you simply have your sci-fi associate place his finger on the device's...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
You know how you will see movies like Minority Report and always wonder when and if the technology used will be really available? Yeah, O'Neill has kind of done that, but backwards with the recently announced Navjacket. This jacket...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
There's nothing like celebrating and embracing a tragedy that cost 1,500 lives on one single day. This Titanic-DNA watch is a limited-edition watch that is constructed and forged from materials and metals from the actual Titanic found at the...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The PHOSPHOR Ana-Digi Watch combines analog hands and an e-ink digital display. Like pretty much every e-ink product out there, the Ana-Digi Watch has a black-and-white two-tone presentation, and allows you to swap between a full screen of radial...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tired of looking like a wuss on your Segway? Then put down your bike helmet and put on the Skull Helmet from Santiago Chopper. Owning anything from a place called Santiago Chopper is guaranteed to add +1 to your...
POSTED Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Here's a good way to make people uncomfortable when you run into them in public: wear a pair of these supremely-creepy barefoot shoes. Looking much too realistic for my level of comfort, they'll give you all the protection that...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
No, this spikey ball isn't a dog toy, nor quirky cubicle flair, but rather a very useful and functional cable organizing device. To use, you insert the earbuds into Tetran's mouth and wrap the excess cables in, out and...
POSTED Monday, December 3, 2007
The unnecessary cellphone accessory market is still booming, which has been made apparent with the Black Hole Phone Bag. This bag does essentially that, it sends your cellphone into a black hole, figuratively, not literally. The bag is manufactured...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
Perhaps sensing that gadget geeks were tiring of being eyeballed thanks to their dead-giveaway solar-powered, device-charging backpacks, Noon Solar has chimed in with a line of stylish and environmentally friendly bags that just might redefine the sustainable-energy accessory category....
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Wishlist Necklace is the creation of the jewelry artist Irina Blok. She works in Shrinky Dink, the plastic sheets from your childhood that you could draw on and then harden in the oven. It's not a glamorous form,...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Japanese inventors never tire of coming up with new ways to feed our gadget lust, but sometimes they go too far. On that note we present to you the Ghetto Japanese Cellphone Holster. Despite the device's vaguely steampunk aesthetic...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
At long last, a View-Master we adults can all sink our eyes into. YelloMosquito, the division of 22Moo that brought us the EVG230, is about to unleash the QingBar EG300, billed as the world's first wireless video eyewear. To...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Casio has been around a long 25 years, and in honor of those years it is bringing back one of the original Casio watches that all of us (yes, you, don't shake your head at me) wore back in...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Bluetrek has been putting its own flair on Bluetooth headsets for quite some time and its latest release is no different. The Sense Bluetooth headset is following the trends of everyone else, by eliminating the need for buttons and...
POSTED Saturday, November 24, 2007
As watches become the new platform for all kinds of devices, they're getting a whole lot smarter. Case in point: the Exmocare watch, clever enough to assess how you feel and then send that info to someone who cares...
POSTED Friday, November 23, 2007
TokyoFlash has released yet another hard to read wristwatch, but what it lacks in time telling clarity it makes up for in pure cool. The Oberon not only has a name that evokes images of an evil, sentient supercomputer,...
POSTED Thursday, November 22, 2007
Is it a prop from the set of Dr. Who? Perhaps a wrist version of H.G. Wells' Time Machine? No, it's a real working steampunk style watch created by none other than Japan's Haruo Suekichi. The watch shown has...
POSTED Tuesday, November 20, 2007
If your optician no longer offers that two-for-one price on glasses, here's the next best thing. For those who crave variety and uniqueness in their eyewear, Switch Glasses let you spin around their lenses 180 degrees. Rotate the temples...
POSTED Monday, November 19, 2007
Life is full of boredom. From being stuck on a train to waiting for the dentist to visiting your in-laws, there are plenty of times where you just wish you had something to distract you. That's why this new...
POSTED Friday, November 16, 2007
If you have a kid that loves Star Wars and doesn't mind getting beat up every now and then, I think I've found the perfect Christmas present for you: the Chewbacca backpack. Yep, this furry little guy will provide...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
Cellphones straps are a unique breed of accessory. People either love or despise these straps that previously has the sole purpose of giving an additional way to hold, carry and decorate a cellphone. This USB Leather Hand Strap from...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
File this one under ingenious devices you've always needed but no one was crazy enough to invent--until now. For all those with chronic sweaty feet resulting in dank shoes accompanied by a less-than-pleasant odor, L.I.D. (Life In Detail) now...
POSTED Wednesday, November 14, 2007
While this mirror helps you try on clothes outside of the dressing room, a new high tech mirror is about to enter stores as your in-fitting room companion. The Magicmirror can identify which item of clothing you're trying on...
POSTED Tuesday, November 13, 2007
We have a few decades before the most eager transhumans get to merge with the robots, but in the meantime there's no harm in pretending. The God Ability LED wristbands allow you to accessorize any outfit with moving LED...
POSTED Saturday, November 10, 2007
Going deaf and blind? That is unfortunate, but there is a solution to both of those problems with the Varibel "hearing glasses" that are being developed by scholars at the Delft University of Technology and Philips. The arms of the...
POSTED Thursday, November 8, 2007
Your watch is an important accessory. It makes a bold statement about you, as much as what you're wearing does. And if you haven't yet ditched your watch entirely, relying on your phone's clock to tell you the time,...
POSTED Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Designer Jaehyung Hong reckons his headphone system will eliminate all of your wire-tangling woes. The headphone wires, spaced from the get-go, feed out of a small plastic lanyard that has all of your controls built-in. A cutout at the...
POSTED Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Oakley is still at it. Despite only having one customer for their Thump line of MP3 sunglasses — the not-so-favorable Dog the Bounty Hunter — the latest in the line of Thump MP3 sunglasses, the Split Thump is now...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
If you're still stuck on Velcro and hate the embarrassing skreeep that sounds a lot like "I don't know how to tie my shoes," Golaces might be the perfect solution. Golaces are a set of elastic bands you string...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
The latest piece of time-telling wrist candy from TokyoFlash is the spectacle known as the Active Reactor. Unfortunately, if frequently keeping up with the exact time is important to you, the Active Reactor watch presents something of a challenge....
POSTED Saturday, November 3, 2007
The problem with mace is that, if you need it in a hurry, it's oftentimes buried at the bottom of a purse or deep in a pocket. When you're in the heat of the moment and you need to...
POSTED Friday, November 2, 2007
We've all heard about shopping for the friend who has everything. I imagine that person has one of these Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knives because, well... just look at it. What you see is one absurdly stuffed Swiss Army...
POSTED Thursday, November 1, 2007
Designed by Veronica Vail, this digital wallet has all of your crucial banking information on it, but it's fingerprint protected. Tomorrow's headlines: rash of muggings leave victims a finger less. The handheld will give you access to your accounts...
POSTED Thursday, November 1, 2007
The "Amazing Chrome Calculator Belt Buckle" is something I imagine the cowboys in Silicon Valley wear as they round up free range robots. It's supposed to help you figure out complex equations on the go. You can flip it...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Personal safety is a serious concern, as technologies like the Sanyo Eneloop bell alarm show. Its design is based off of the Sanyo Eneloop battery which is a rechargeable battery ready to use out of the box. Just pop...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Last year's hot object for Christmas was earmuff headphones. They were quickly followed by Nike's Hatphones, a hat built for running that was so unattractive that it bordered on embarrassing. This year Nike brings some style to the hatphone...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Getting stuck in an avalanche seems like a real bummer. You know, which the whole being crushed and suffocated by thousands of pounds of snow. Seems like a really weak way to go out. That's why the unfortunately-named Life...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
It only took thousands of years for the blanket to finally receive a much needed upgrade. Cavemen used drape themselves with the skins of the animals they hunted for warmth, but now the blanket has taken one step forward...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Few things can be as terrifying for a parent as losing track of your child. Fortunately, technology has a solution that will let you know your kid's location by computer, cell phone, or BlackBerry. We've wondered about privacy implications of...
POSTED Friday, October 26, 2007
While iShoes certainly will push you along at a leisurely 15 miles per hour, you might look a little silly wearing them. iShoes are an invention designed by brothers Ilya and Boris Kaganovich from Minnesota, and work a lot...
POSTED Friday, October 26, 2007
If you're feeling sleepy all day, your tired state might have more to do with when your alarm woke you up than how much sleep you got. That's where Sleeptracker can help, figuring out exactly when you are in...
POSTED Thursday, October 25, 2007
Mace, schmace. Burning of the eyes is nothing compared to a 125 dB alarm going off in your ear and the AlarmWear line of apparel and accessories can accomplish just that. AlarmWear manufactures backpacks, jackets, fanny packs (don't giggle) and...
POSTED Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wrist-worn stopwatches and heart-rate monitors for athletes have been around for a while, but they force you to hold up your wrist, potentially breaking your rhythm at a crucial moment. Now a German company called Rodenstock has developed a...
POSTED Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Heelys, the company that brought you sneakers with wheels, is now stunning the world by releasing sneakers whose soles look like Xbox 360 controllers. Don't everyone run to the store at once now. Although these soles do look a...
POSTED Tuesday, October 23, 2007
We're no stranger to Bluetooth watches around these parts. We've seen their designs progress from the original Tron-style, to a reminiscent of the 1990s calculator watch. Now Sony Ericsson, with the almost nameless help of Fossil, has a Bluetooth...
POSTED Monday, October 22, 2007
Photos by Torin Boyd/Polaris for The New York Times Japanese artist Aya Tsukioka has come up with some unique solutions for Japanese women who wish that they could escape notice by transforming into wallflowers. Her invention is a skirt that...
POSTED Monday, October 22, 2007
We sure see a lot of fancy hats here at SCI FI Tech. That said, this LED Hat is certainly a top candidate for the just announced, entirely unofficial Craziest Geek Hat Yet 2007 Award. It's said to have...
POSTED Friday, October 19, 2007
Don't kid yourself, you've Googled your own name to see what is out there or to check for how many hits you get. Now instead of just telling people that your name get X number of results, you can...
POSTED Sunday, October 14, 2007
Sometimes the trials and tribulations of a pampered life can be tough. These super cool sandals will at least make living that pampered life a little easier. Not much information is known, but it appears that the massaging is...
POSTED Friday, October 12, 2007
The seriously fancy URWERK 201 watch is designed to appeal to the sports car enthusiast in you, looking like something that wouldn't be out of place on the dash of a six-figure roadster. It's even more limited than most...
POSTED Thursday, October 11, 2007
Take the X-Ray Bag out in public, and you'll get stares. Take the X-Ray Bag through airport security, and you'll be lucky to be released without a strip search. Still, if you're of the civil-disobedience ilk, that just might...
POSTED Thursday, October 11, 2007
Zippo knows that global warming is just an old wives' tale and is doing something to prepare for those frosty winter days that are ahead with a high quality, pint sized hand warmer. It uses good old lighter fuel...
POSTED Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Looking for a way to get your girlfriend interested in video games? Halo 3 isn't going to do it, my friend. No, you need something that'll get her immediately interested, and sweet explosions and graphics aren't gonna do it....
POSTED Monday, October 8, 2007
These "stylish" sunglasses have a secret: they're actually a "wearable monitor," able to be hooked up to your iPod or laptop to simulate a 45-inch screen right on your face. You can wear them as normal sunglasses, sure, but...
POSTED Monday, October 8, 2007
Still haven't convinced those around you that you are truly a geek? It's tough to project that image of geekiness, but this Wi-Fi detecting shirt from ThinkGeek is just the kind of apparel that will finally set yourself apart...
POSTED Saturday, October 6, 2007
Sony Ericsson made a cool tech play by announcing some stylish Bluetooth watches a couple of months ago, but ended up fumbling on their release (we're still waiting). In the meantime, a company called nTren appears to have picked...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
We've got another treat for the old schoolers (that's Luddites for you futurists) from the tech Mecca of Akihabara called the Any Phone. Simply put, the Any Phone is an analog telephone receiver and microphone attachment you can plug...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
As electronic devices capable of projecting images get smaller, projectors will be showing up in unusual places—maybe even your wrist. This concept for the Ex-Time projector watch by Designer Rong Yong has numerals on one side of its exceedingly...
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Trolling through the streets of Tokyo's tech Mecca Akihabara this weekend I found a fascinating piece of analog-meets-digital technology called the Zihotch Watch. Produced by the famed weird gadget makers of Japan known as Maywa Denki, the watch won't...
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
We've shown you some hard to read watches in the past, but this Eleeno Lite Radar Watch might require a license to operate. Not to worry, SCI FI Tech has the sharpest readers in the world, so it should...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
One problem with working in a cubicle farm is that single person who will never turn their cell phone to silent. An anonymous gift like a Kam Kam Mobile Alert may finally be able to give that person a...
POSTED Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Like it or not, models just look better in clothes than the rest of us. If you've never been able to realize your own personal modeling fantasies, a booth at Shinjuku's Takashimaya department store in Tokyo, Japan might do...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
Is your urge to be Neo from "The Matrix" films strong enough that the super deluxe Neo Halloween costume just isn't enough? Perhaps you'll soon be able to live out your geeky dreams while lounging around the house in...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
If you've never seen one of the groovy watches Tokyoflash puts out, then chances are you're scratching your head right now. Don't worry about it — we do the same thing. Pictured above is the "Geomesh," and, boy oh...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Remote car starters are so not in anymore. Sure, they were impressive a few years ago when the notion of being able to warm up your car before you got in it was novel, but it's old hat now....
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Frequent breast exams help prevent death from breast cancer, while bras (preferably external) help prevent excess sagging and bouncing. Researchers in the U.K. decided to combine the two (breast screenings and bras, that is) to introduce a "smart bra" for...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tyler Freeman, also known as odbol, is a musician/artist and has designed a pair of drum machine pants. The pants are loaded up with patches and connected to a small, external MIDI controller that produces a different drum noise...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Odd clothes are… fun? Well, if you're a terrible dancer like myself, you've got to find a way to stand out in a crowd. It's been a little while since I put on a dress, but I might just...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
This fancy-pants Card Managing Wallet keeps all of your credit cards safe, protected, and easy to access in a case of metal. Rather than keeping your cards crammed together in the leather folds of your wallet, often with more...
POSTED Friday, September 7, 2007
It is every kid's wildest dream to be able to see things as if they were in The Matrix or Predator. That dream is one step closer to reality (many years after the movies came out, unfortunately) thanks to...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Have you ever been to the mall and seen a kid magically rolling around on their shoes? The Energy Harvesting Derive takes that concept, throws in a little green, some tech knowhow and a desire to emulate the effects...
POSTED Friday, August 31, 2007
Don't confuse this ring for your average cheap knockoff; it includes a pepper spray cartridge capable of doing some significant damage. The pepper spray is 400 times stronger than the average jalapeno. The Stunning ring also includes a safety lock...
POSTED Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Strangely, the Morse Code Watch from Tokyoflash may be the site's easiest watch for deciphering the time. As the name suggests, the watch will beep out the current time in Morse Code through an external speaker. This may be easy...
POSTED Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Your wrist is your TV screen: That's the promise of Epoq's multimedia wristwatch. We haven't personally tried it out, but if you're watching video on such a tiny screen, chances are it's not going to be great. Good thing...
POSTED Friday, August 24, 2007
Let's say it's getting late and little Billy isn't home from school yet. Don't bother calling around to track him down, just have a satellite tell you where he is. Wait, what? Yep, clothing company Trutex is thinking about...
POSTED Thursday, August 23, 2007
Last week the heat index in Japan hit a record high of 106°F and over 60 people in country died as a result of the unprecedented heat wave. In response to the problem Kiribai Chemical Co. has a created an...
POSTED Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Bob Basset is a Ukrainian leather craftsman who's obsessed with dragons. Think that this laser-cleaner backpack would make you look macho? It can't stand up against Basset's leather dragon backpack. Though it would be intimidating on the right guy, you'd...
POSTED Monday, August 13, 2007
Sec, the human-Dalek hybrid from Doctor Who (which, uh, happens to run Fridays at 8 on SCI FI) seems a pretty niche choice for a mask considering the slimy guy appeared in only a couple of episodes. Nonetheless, next to...
POSTED Friday, August 10, 2007
If you missed buying a piece of the Concorde supersonic jetliner when it was auctioned off a few months ago and still want to get your hands on a piece of history, here's your chance to pick up a...
POSTED Thursday, August 9, 2007
This new Timex Ironman does basic watch stuff like tell time, light up, and act as a stopwatch, but it also has another feature that makes it stand out from all other watches: it'll control your iPod. By plugging a...
POSTED Saturday, August 4, 2007
These days most of us leave the house each morning with at least a couple of essential electronic gadgets in tow. The problem is that even with advances in battery technology, many devices don't quite have the stamina to...
POSTED Friday, August 3, 2007
According to Ambient Devices, you'll never get caught in the rain if you have the Ambient Umbrella. The Ambient Umbrella alerts you to upcoming rain by illuminating the umbrella's handle with different lighting patterns that predict the weather. If...
POSTED Friday, July 27, 2007
Sure, glowing watches might not be the latest technological advancement, but I'll bet you're pretty psyched they're around. After all, if you want to know what time it is, it doesn't matter how dark it is, you just want to...
POSTED Thursday, July 26, 2007
Losing the remote control is a lot harder if it's strapped to your wrist. That's the idea behind the "Touch Screen TV/DVD Remote Controller Wristwatch," which is, as you might imagine, a watch that can control your TV and...
POSTED Tuesday, July 24, 2007
What could be better than protecting yourself from unwanted particulates while you exercise, and being able to take out your enemies with blaster fire to boot? In an attempt to help cyclists breathe more easily in an increasingly polluted world,...
POSTED Friday, July 13, 2007
Next time you have a hankerin' to catch some surf, Nixon's Lowdown watch can tell you exactly where to go. Tide information for 200 beaches all over the world is onboard, predicting the best times to tackle those waves....
POSTED Saturday, July 7, 2007
Sometimes, you just need a chair. After you've been walking or standing for a long time, your dogs get tired, and they just need a rest. Unfortunately, a chair isn't something that's all that easy to tote around with...
POSTED Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Today Fossil, in conjunction with Sony Ericsson, announced three new Bluetooth watches. The product line is called the MBW-150, with three watches that let you control your phone via Bluetooth. The three "Editions" are the Music, the Executive and...
POSTED Thursday, June 14, 2007
Think Swatches are minimalist? Check out the M60M wristwatch, designed by Roger Kellenberger. A watch can't get much more austere than not having a face at all. With no hands, the M60M tells time via a colored marker within...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Back in the day, to get past the notorious velvet rope at the front door of the legendary Studio 54, you had to be either a trendy celebrity or som