Raincatch – A Raincoat That Turns Rain into Drinkable Water
Raincatch is a water purification raincoat that turns collected rain water into drinkable water the wearer can enjoy on the go. Let’s just put it this way, wearing Raincatch in a rainy city like London means you’ll probably never be thirsty again. Sure, in some regions of the world rain water is still clean enough […]
Mommy Tummy Suit Lets Men Experience Pregnancy
No matter how many birthing classes they attend or how many baby books they read, men can never truly experience pregnancy, right girls? Wrong! The Mommy Tummy suit simulates the whole nine months of weight gaining, breast enlargement and baby kicking. Showcased at the SIGGRAPH 2011 interactive technology conference, the Mommy Tummy caused quite a […]
Safety Shorts – Radiation-Proof Underwear for Mobile Phone Users
Safety Shorts is a line of radiation-proof underwear developed by a team of young Austrian students, aged 18 to 23, that’s supposed to protect people from infertility and other medical problems caused by radiation from mobile phones and laptops. Carry your phone in your pants’ pocket a lot? Than you’re already at risk, at least […]
Texas Inventor Makes Water Out of Thin Air, Beats Drought
Terry LeBleu of Granite Shoals, Texas, is one of the few people who can honestly say he’s not worried about water restrictions in these times of drought, and that’s because he has the Drought Master, a machine that makes water out of air. The concept of LeBleu’s water-making machine is pretty simple – the Drought […]
The Video Coat – A Wearable LED TV
Inventor David Forbes is the proud owner of the world’s first video coat, a gadget/clothing item that allows him to display videos right on his body. Although it’s not exactly a technological breakthrough, the Video Coat scores points for geekiness and originality. Created for the Burning Man, this wearable LED display is powered by a 12V […]
AutoWed – A Cheap Wedding Vending Machine
One of the most bizarre concepts introduced this year, AutoWed is essentially a wedding vending machine that will get you and your loved one hitched in minutes, for just $1. Sure, an automated wedding machine pretty much takes all the romance out of the whole deal, but with weddings getting more and more expensive every […]
A Giant iPhone 5 Made from Various Fruits and Vegetables
Tired of waiting for the official release of Apple’s iPhone 5, the guys at TopFruit.com decided to create their own version, from fruits and vegetables. It’s rumored Apple will release its next generation iPhone this September, but that was just too long a wait for the guys at TopFruit, who decided to create their own […]
Solar-Powered Bikini Charges Your Gadgets While You Tan
American designer Andrew Schneider has used conductive thread to sew photo-voltaic panels together in a Solar Bikini that allows you to charge your favorite gadgets while getting a nice tan. 30-year-old Schneider says ‘I use 40 individual paper-thin flexible, photo-voltaic panels for each bikini. I sew them together over a normal bikini using soft-conductive thread,’ […]
Kiss Transmission Device Lets You Kiss over Long Distances
This revolutionary kiss transmission device is still under development at the Kajimoto Laboratory, at the University of Electro-Communications, and its creators hope it will soon be able to effectively transmit the feeling of a kiss over long distances. A kiss is really a complex thing, if you think about it, and there are a lot […]
Japanese Scientists Create Creepiest Mobile Phone Ever
A group of Japanese scientists have created a doll-like mobile phone they say is designed to make you feel closer to the person you’re talking to. No, this is not a joke… Japan has been at the forefront of technological research and development for a long time, but some of the things they’ve come up […]
LED Smiles – The Latest in Japanese Fashion
They make people look like they’ve been chewing on glow sticks, but the LED smiles created by designers Motoi Ishibashi and Daito Manabe are the new rage in Japan. Originally created as an experiment, the LED smile is currently used in a commercial for the winter sale of a popular Japanese clothing store, and are […]
New Sega Toylet Lets You Play with Your Pee
The SEGA Corporation has released a wacky toilet prototype, called SEGA Toylet, that lets you play video games with your urine stream. Just when you thought Japanese toilets couldn’t get any weirder, right? Since the conventional gaming industry is getting pretty crowded these days, Japanese video gaming giant decided to try its luck in a […]
Cool Toys Made from Hard Disk Parts
A Ukrainian IT company posted some photos of toys its staff created from various hard disk components, to show off their creativity. Vist officials also added they are very proud of their employees’ ingenuity, but this doesn’t mean they have too much free time on their hands. The toys were created during breaks and in-between […]
Scooterputer – A Computer You Can Actually Ride
Have you ever wished there was an easy way to take your computer everywhere you go? No, I don’t mean laptops, tablets or smartphones, but the old trusty desktop. Stephen Popa, from Portalnd, Oregon USA, has definitely given this idea a lot of thought and came up with this beautiful casemod he called “Scooterputer” – […]
Sol Cinema – The World’s Smallest Solar Powered Theater
Nowadays eco-friendly is definitely the way to go, and green is a hip color, so the Sol Cinema follows the latest trends. It was created by artist Peter O’Connor with the help of some of his colleagues from the British art collective Undercurrents, in a travel trailer from the 1960’s. The Sol Cinema is fully […]