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lighting review

Lightning Review: Electric Socks

In honor of the upcoming Tahoe reader meetup on April 5th at Alpine Meadows, I'm going to be doing end of season reviews of some outdoor gadgetry that's been floating around the cabin. First up, these electric socks originally designed to keep North Atlantic fishermen warm.
The idea: Wool/Poly blend Socks with wiring and thin resistors that run from the D cells mounted in the top of the sock liner to under the ball of the foot. Sweaty feeling, and any activity causes sock droop as the batteries overpower the elastic. Yet, warmish. And $22.

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11:53 PM on Sun Mar 30 2008
By Brian Lam
5,887 views, 18 comments

Latest by marcsiry: I have electric socks that plug into my motorcycle. 12v DC from the electrical system- saves batteries and keeps me warm (along with my electric pants and electric jacket liner and electric gloves). Don't try this on a bike with more »

silly but real gadgets

Korean Guy Announces the Three Best Inventions EVER (or Just the Silliest Ones)


A genius and Ph.D. of Aerospace Engineering who goes by the name of Hoseong Han has popped in our tips line today with what could be The Best Three Inventions of the Year 2007: the "Waist Computer," which also converts your laptop into a hanging tray for cigarette girls; "Folding cloth," to fool everyone with your fake parachute, then hear them laugh while you put it on under the rain; and our new all-time-favorite "Back of the Hand Phone," which defies any description except that it's perfect as an excuse to perform your best "I'm so le tired" pose while you make a call. We can't wait to see your favorite in the poll after the jump. In the meantime, read the descriptions by Hoseong Han himself: More »

9:25 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Jesus Diaz
7,305 views, 15 comments

Latest by Jesus Diaz: @auroragb: that's the whole point. more »

gadgets

Foldable Fabric Oven, For Baking On the Go

Scientists in Taiwan have figured out how to make an oven out of cloth. Here you can see they've heated up a couple of pieces of tasty cheese toast in the thing, and the inventive tinkerers at the Taiwan Textile Research Institute say they've also baked a chicken in this lightweight and foldable oven that's conveniently portable, weighing "just a few hundred grams." There's just one little problem with this idea: You still have to furnish some serious power to make it go, but still, it might be nice to carry an oven around in your laptop bag, whip it out in the hotel room, plug it in and bake some bread on the go. Its inventors say we'll be seeing the oven for sale next year. [Texyt]

9:20 AM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Charlie White
2,142 views, 10 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: @dontforget: That was fast. more »