Gizmodo: belt

Blue Screen of Death (On a Belt)

Brian Lam — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:33:41 EDT

I don't know why my belt crashed. I went to the restroom and then zipped up and then shook my hips like Elvis in the mirror...wait, Belt 7 isn't Elvis compatible. That explains everything. [GeekGoneChic via Crunchgear]

Tough Times Belt Puncher: Try the Recession Diet

Sean Fallon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

Taken literally, the idiom "tighten your belt" means it's time to cut back on your strict bacon diet in lean economic times. A recession diet calls for sacrifice—and this belt puncher can help.

The concept, developed by Brooklyn-based SONIC Design, utilizes a 3-disc adjustment mechanism to dial in the user's net income and estimated cost of living. The resulting calculation determines where the next hole in the belt will be punched. In other words, it's a physical representation of how much you need to save—in this case, the grocery bill is an ideal area to target. You could probably stand to lose a few pounds anyway. [Sonic Design via Core77 via Newlaunches]

Kyocera NS01 Cellphone's Trusty Belt Is Easy to Access for You, Robbers

Erica Ho — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:20:00 EST

Hanging electronics from clothes always seem to scream, "please take my things," but the Kyocera NS01 cellphone goes one step further because it's attached to a belt. But that won't save you from a gun.

The phone has a 2.8-inch QVGA screen and comes with a 2-megapixel camera in addition to the integrated belt. It can also function as an E-Wallet. There's no word on pricing or availability, and it seems like its headed for Japan only. The E-Wallet function completely makes sense, and probably makes your financial information to everyone you see on the street. On the bright side, I won't have to see any more unsightly brick phones bulging from the back pocket of jeans. [Akihabara News via Ubergizmo]

MP3 Belt Buckle Activates With Hip Thrusts

Mark Wilson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:11:51 EST

I've always preferred my belt buckles covered in rhinestones, eagles and American flags from various historical eras/political affiliations. But I could tolerate the existence of a circuit board MP3 player belt buckle.

A DIY project consisting of an MP3 decoder, lithium ion battery, accelerometer (for complete gyration response) and some other various circuits and switches, the only components it might be missing are speakers and a decent gold plated mini horseshoe (a series of mistakes you can unmake during your own construction process). Now just to find a decent pair of blinky LED boots to ensure complete cowboy ostracism. [sparkfun via technabob]

Kickbee: Now the World Can Know What Your Fetus is Up To

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST

Corey Menscher, in a fit of fatherly devotion, constructed a device that notifies him when his unborn baby kicks inside the womb. Even better, he's training his kid to post on Twitter right from conception.

The Kickbee is a wearable device made of elastic and a whole mess of sensors and electronics. Piezo sensors detect the baby's movement and transmit electrical charges to an Arduino Mini microcontroller, which in turn transmits the data to a Java application via Bluetooth. This Java app deciphers the meaning of the signals, and posts on Twitter when it determines the baby has kicked.

The actual Twitter posts are somewhere between adorable and hilarious, and I think the sensors might be a little too sensitive:

"Wow I'm being very active! I kicked Mommy 84 times at 03:44AM on Thu, Dec 11!"
12:46 AM Dec 11th from web.

Kudos to Corey for the project! [MAKE]

NES Buckle Guarantees Fun Everywhere, Except Your Groin

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:45:00 EDT

The Nintendo Entertainment System Belt Buckle may be a) a real product, b) a completely stupid, far-fetched contraption, c) a way to cook your genitals or d) all of the above. Just attach it to your belt and be ready to play with it everywhere and/or be kicked by random people on the street. [NESBuckle]

Batman Utility Belt PC is Better Than a Face Full of Acid

Jason Chen — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Made for the Mod Shop's Comic Book Challenge, this Batman Utility Belt PC is, well, it is what it is. There are wires interconnecting the various parts—you can see the power supply's yellow tentacles snaking all throughout the setup—as well as green liquid cooling tubes making sure everything is cool. Cool in the way that this PC is not. We're sorry to hate on this after the creator spent so much effort in building it (especially since we love the Bat), but it's pretty impractical. And dangerous. A much better mod would be to make something Batman-inspired that wouldn't cause a house fire if one of the pieces toppled over. [Modshop]

Calculator Belt Buckle Makes Us Chuckle

Haroon Malik — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:00:00 EDT

How much of a douche nozzle must you be to replace your standard belt buckle with one that doubles up as a calculator? Apparently, a market exists for such persons, as indicated by the Calculator Belt Buckle. Yes, for $10 you can do away with your dignity and simultaneously purchase a chrome calculator/belt buckle. If we did have this monstrosity wedged to our belt regions, we imagine ladies would stop us all the time, asking; "What the hell is that?" Which, coincidently, is the exact same reaction we get when whenever we take our pants off. Shocking. [Forever Geek]

Dealzmodo: 500 Free BeatBuckles on Thursday

Jason Chen — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:30:30 EDT

Nerdyshirts is giving away 500 BeatBuckles on Thursday to a bunch of random customers. For those of you with too much taste to remember, the BeatBuckle is a belt that holds your iPod (previous generation) on your belt, so you can combine the theft-friendly conspicuousness of a belt clip with the "I'm an asshole" of a fannypack. Get one for free! [NerdyShirts - Thanks Harrison!]

Lego Belt: We're Warning You

Charlie White — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:00:00 EST

If you ever, ever want to get laid again, don't wear this $20 belt. Just don't. You've been warned.

Oh, it's for girls? That's different. Never mind. – Charlie White

Geek Couture: The Lego Belt [Uber-Review]

BeatBuckle Keeps Your Hands Free

Charlie White — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:16:51 EDT

Wear that iPod right up front and center with the BeatBuckle, available for nano and the 30GB or 60GB iPod. This clear plastic belt buckle has a dual locking design to keep that iPod safe. Made by the same company that for some reason brought us the pointless NES buckle, this competitor to the silver-rimmed TuneBuckle could actually be useful, making your iPod easier to control than if it's wedged into your pants pocket.

If you have a belt with a replaceable buckle, you can snap in this iPod holder, or the company will be happy to sell you a black belt with a BeatBuckle already attached. Now your hands are free to put around the naked waist of this comely young model. It's $29.95. – Charlie White

Product Page [Beat Buckle]

Tripod Belt

Jason Chen — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:00:05 EDT

This Tripod Belt lets pro and amateur photographers alike keep their tripods close while freeing their hands for the quick action shot. The belt fits over the shoulder or wild-west-six-shooter style. Available now for $8.50. – Jason Chen

Tripod Belt [Brando via Red Ferret]

Vibrotactile Belt - Go North!

Noah R — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:27:24 EDT

Hipster beltbuckles have got nothing on this waist contraption from Feelspace. Strap this electronic compass around your waist and one of those circular green sensors vibrates to tell you which direction is north. The creators describe this using more fancy terminology: "vibrotactile stimulation." Not exactly a fashion statement, but the goal of this research is to "investigate the effects of long-term stimulation with orientation information on humans." It also has some obvious short-term uses, say for the blind, people who run marathons across the Sahara desert and tele-sexual fetishists.

Feelspace [via Information Aesthetics]

Atari Belt Buckle: Insert Your Favorite Joystick Joke Here

gizmogo — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:27:25 EDT

We told you about the NESBuckle a year or so ago, in which we lamented the ruin of a perfectly good NES controller to be used as a belt buckle. But fine, it did look kinda cool, if you're into retro geek chic. However, now NESBuckle has taken it too far: They've expanded their belt buckle line to include perfectly good game controllers from SNES, Genesis, and yes, the Atari (pictured here).

Look at it. It's obscene. Even NESBuckle says it should never have been made into a belt, but they did it anyway just for that reason. Plus imagine the many Atari systems that will go unused because someone took the controller just to make a belt buckle.

However, we still think you should totally get this. If, you know, you want to be ridiculed. Or be a hit with the ladies.

The controller buckle itself costs $50, and a belt and buckle combo costs $65.

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NES Belt Buckle

Atari Buckle [NESBuckle]