You're probably onto me by now. I just wanted an excuse to use the #cans hashtag. But seriously, this is one clever charity involving supermodel Helena Christensen, America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker, Yoko Ono, and some serious designers. All that's missing is a Dalek. [Metropolis Mag]

It's not a novel idea to crush cans to 40% of their volume in order to recycle them, nor is it news that there's a gadget for it. What is of interest about this can crushing gadget is that it's automated and oriented toward households. Check out the video for a peek at the (rather durable looking) inner workings and you won't be surprised that it's great on battery life, too. Unlike my iPhone since a certain update. [Yanko Design]

Some IMPORTANT historical facts:

• Coors spent two years developing the aluminum can.
• Before aluminum cans, the tin can had been in use since the 1800s. It used lead in the seams.
• Tin can beer tasted even worse than canned beer now, as the cans were not easily pre-cleaned, thereby requiring the beer be pasteurized.
• Aluminum cans were the first cans to be feasibly recycled while also lowering shipping costs.
• Coors Light, available in cans, is the preferred beer of resident foodie Wilson Rothman. On his Facebook page alone, he has a collection of eight identical Coors Light gifts.

Happy Birthday, aluminum can. I raise my glass and/or bottle to you. [Rocky Mountain News via Consumerist]

And if the picture doesn't give it away, then I'll just tell you: It's delivered by a bunch of speakers in the headband. Two subwoofers live in the cans, and your fillings will live on the floor after they get shaken from your teeth.

Skeptical, like I was at first? Well, apparently they do the job, says DVICE:

Coupled with subwoofers in the earphones, the result is impressive — during a Call of Duty 4 demo, the sound had some amazing depth with distant artillery booms muddled as they should be, and nearby gunshots crisp and present. There was also a very clear direction in my mind from where each sound came, seemingly more so than I get with the surround-sound headphones I currently use.

I suppose for $300 they better work as advertised. You can try them too, when they launch later this year. [DVICE]

Seriously. Short of the DJ/rave scene these cans might have trouble finding a home. The price isn't too bad at $80 for the Tank model, $50 for the Matador, but I go blind just thinking about them. The Tank includes an extra cable with a microphone for answering calls, so there's that to consider on your way to that abandoned meat packing warehouse on the city limits.

The looks you'll get because you're wearing these for attention are priceless, however. [Aerial7 via Chip Chick via Coolest Gadgets]

Product Page [Via Coolest-Gadgets]

It took Tempra Technology two years since we first wrote about them to find a company to use their self-cooling cans, a little startling considering the average American drinks about 22 gallons of beer annually, but Miller has finally signed on to launch their beers in Tempra's I.C. Cans in mid-2007.

The cans are regular 16 ounce size but only contain 10.5 ounces of liquid, as the rest of the space contains the cooling apparatus: a dessicant that when activated draws the heat from the beverage into a heat sink, causing the drink to lower a minimum of 30F in a remarkable three minutes. We can't imagine the I.C. Can beers will go for the same price as beers in regular ones, but they should sell well nonetheless, even at a premium—we've yet to meet anyone who enjoys lugging coolers around, especially not on hot summer days. Between this and the Guinness Surger, it's a good time to be a beer drinking nerd.

I.C. Cans [Tempra Technology, via New Tech Spy]

Want the ultimate hipster accessory for cruising the Lower East Side or Rittenhouse Square? Check out these bracelets made from old cans. For $80 you can experience the joy of repping a Tab bracelet, showing your dedication to diet soda from the 1970s. Or maybe you're a hipster beer drinker? Elsewares has you covered with a PBR bracelet, showing that not everyone can afford good beer like Guinness, and if you can, there is a Guinness one to show off how rich you are. Want one? Better order it fast. They're in such hot demand they can't be made fast enough, and that means inflation. You DID take ECON 101 back in college didn't you?

Product Page [Elsewares via Boing Boing]