Gizmodo: button

Emergency Yodel Button Creates Avalanche of Ridicule

Jack Loftus — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

With the press of a button, your life will surely change for the negative.

Enticing marketing copy seals the deal:

Nothing lifts the spirits like a good yodel, but most of us don’t have the skill to yodel on cue. That’s where the Emergency Yodel Button comes in. Keep this 4″ x 3″ x 5/8″ plastic device with you at all times and when the need arises, press the button to hear the sweet mellifluous warbling of an alpine yodel.

That's certainly correct. I neither have the ability, nor the desire, to emit a skilled yodel on cue. Costs $12.50 and your dignity. FYI: Goes well with this. [Archie McPhee via Red Ferret]

Butt-on is Probably the Most Fondleable Night Lamp Ever

Kit Eaton — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:30:00 EDT

When this concept nightlight popped up in the Giz editor chatroom, I had to grab it (if you'll pardon the pun)... how could anyone resist? Pinch. On. Squeeze. Off. Pinch. On. The whole night could be whiled away with its comforting glow and tactile soft translucent silicon-based rubberyness. Uhhh.... sorry, got carried away there. That'd be assuming you couldn't get your hands on a real bum, anyway. Shame it's just a concept by designer Ashish Chaudhary: I've a feeling it could really crack the night-light market. [Yanko Design]

Condom Dispensing "Don't Panic" Button For Emergencies

Sean Fallon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Everyone loves a good panic button, and what bigger emergency is there than being condomless when you find a woman that actually wants to have sex with you? Relax, this condom dispensing "Don't Panic" button has your back. Well, it would if it actually existed. Unfortunately, it is currently in the concept phase. [Designspotter]

Newman's Cool Man MP3 Player: Pin it to Your Uniform For Extra Flair

Sean Fallon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDT

If you haven't quite reached your flair quota, or you are hopelessly stuck in the 1980's fashion-wise, you will probably love the Cool Man MP3 from Newman. The device features and OLED display, support for MP3 and WMA, a built-in microphone and most importantly, a high-tech safety pin that puts high-tech holes in your shirts and jackets. No word on pricing, but it had better be super cheap. [imp3 (translated) via PMP Today]

Desktop PC Start Button Eliminates Gamer's Crack

Jason Chen — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:25:07 EST

If you thought plumber's crack was bad, imagine a gamer in crawling under his desk to turn on his PC. He'll never have to do that again if he grabs one of these Sharkoon PC Jump Start Buttons, which hook up via USB to his PC and allows him to not only start a computer, but plug in two USB devices and a mic/headphone as well.

The gadget plugs right into your motherboard, which means you'll have to do a bit of internal jiggery, but makes your life easier in the end. The plumber spends most of his days being active (fixing your toilets), where the gamer just sits there. Whose ass would you rather see? We thought so. Available soon for 15 Euros ($22) [Sharkoon]

Solid Alliance USB Stress Button Actually Does Something

Jason Chen — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:30:54 EDT

Unlike the bullshit button or the Staples' Easy Button, this Solid Alliance USB Stress Button actually does something. When hooked up, pressing the button alternates between Explosion, Punch-out, and Worksheet mode. Explosion counts down and makes an explosion on your screen, Punch-out punches a face on screen, and Worksheet brings up a fake Excel doc to pretend like you're working. Sure beats yoga. [Solid Alliance via Tokyo Mango]

Hudson's Yellow Button Press Controller Counts Spasms

Jason Chen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:30:52 EDT

First made in 1987, this Famicom-esque "Shooting Watch" counts how many times you can push a button in 10 seconds. Only 10,000 of these are being made in Japan (the only place they're being made), so if you like to eschew modern graphics for more spastic gaming, a big yellow bus will come by your Japanese house and sell this to you. Man above? 16 pps. [ITmedia via Kotaku]

Bullshit Button

Jason Chen — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:15:47 EDT

Although this bullshit button is quite similar to Staple's Easy Button, and both are actually available for purchase, the bullshit button actually does something useful. See, whenever your buddies make some outlandish claim, just slam on this button and it'll pop out one of five "clever" sayings.

• "(Beep) That was bullshit"
• "(Siren) Bullshit detected, take precautions"
• "Bullshit level defcon 5"
• "Oh, come on now, that ain't even bullshit, that's horseshit"
• "Warning, warning, bullshit alert"

Plus, it's useful whenever you're actually playing the card game. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Find me a gift via i4u - Thanks Ray!]

This is not cool...

Mark Wilson — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:00:42 EST

Those with weak stomachs, look away. Here is the power button on my newish Macbook Pro, which for some reason refuses to sit flush with the case.

Is this travesty happening to anyone else? –Mark Wilson

Intel: "Someone get us a Clapper ASAP."

Mark Wilson — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:00:23 EDT

Last week at a conference in Argentina, Intel's regional general manager Esteban Galuzzi (not assistant to regional general manager) called power buttons on PC's hard to find. When questioned some more, he was all:

"With regards to the button, maybe mine was a wrong expression, but it's one of the characteristics that appear in every market research study, that people ... seek the power button sometimes and they can't find it, or they press it at the wrong time, and shut down the computer when they didn't have to. I am just repeating what the research studies say."

What do you think? – Mark Wilson

[theinquirer]

Self-Destruct Button USB Hub

Jason Chen — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:19:18 EDT

This. Is. Awesome. The Self Destruction Button USB hub comes with four ports in the back for all your USB-connectivity goodness, but the main draw comes from all the stuff on top. There's two flickable switches, a turnable key, and a protected self-destruct button!

Unfortunately, all that happens when you press the button is a "Kill Kill Kill" audio file from your computer. But we're sure some enterprising programmer will make a small app to intercept the signal and do something neater—like wiping out your hard drive.

Preorder now for $62 plus $25 shipping.– Jason Chen

Product Page [GeekStuff4U via Akihabara News via Sci Fi Tech]