Gizmodo: fly

ZipHolder Zipper Holder Makes Pantsings Super Difficult

Jason Chen — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:15:00 EDT

If you're anything like us, your zipper always has a hard time staying in the up position. Button fly jeans are a horrible solution, because you end up peeing all over yourself in an emergency. Enter the ZipHolder. It's a little elastic loop that attaches to the top of your zipper and hooks to your button. No more embarrassing exposure incidents during movies, job interviews and jury selection. How could we say no? [Zip Holder via Smart Stuff via Oh Gizmo via New Launches]

Jetpack with a 10 Mile Range Available Soon for $226,000

Adam Frucci — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:00:50 EST

Jetpacks, the invention we've all been waiting to become a reality for as long as we can remember (along with flying cars and teleporters), are pretty much a reality at this point. While a few months ago the only two commercially available jetpacks had paltry flying times of about 30 seconds, Jet Pack International is releasing a new model early next year that'll let potential pilots take to the skies for a generous 19 minutes.

The purchase price of $226,000 comes with an included training course so you don't kill yourself with it within the first few minutes of opening the box, which is probably for the best. You'll be able to travel up to 10 miles between refuels, but you won't be able to just stop by the local gas station with this thing: it runs on jet fuel. But hey, if you paid $226,000 you can afford a few gallons of jet fuel as well. The company hopes to keep bringing that price down as the tech advances, so hopefully by the time I'm 50 these things will cost as much as a Ford Fiesta and I can use it to travel between Manhattan and Brooklyn. [Ubergizmo]

DJs Do Battle Using LeapFrog Fly Fusion Pens

Wilson Rothman — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:21:38 EDT

OK, so maybe it's a friendly battle, but a test of mad skillz nonetheless, one that went down at San Francisco's Shine nightclub not long ago. Every notebook that comes with the $80 LeapFrog Fly Fusion pen has this music-making console on the back, so you too can lay some breaks and beats yourself when it goes on sale next week. Perhaps they'll be even better than these cats—you never know. OK, yes, probably way better. Know what? I think I smell a LeapFrog Fusion Fly Pen DJ Battlemodo a-brewin'. [LeapFrog]

Fly Wheels XPV: Flying Remote Controlled Car

Brian Lam — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:18:59 EDT

This remote controlled car looks like a little Moller Skycar for a reason. It zooms over grass, concrete, and dirt. But at 20MPH, it goes airborne. Whoosh! During flight, the vehicle can reach heights of 20 stories at 30MPH. And the racer only costs 60 bucks (plus $20 for a rechargeable battery that'll last 10 minutes). Like Doc Brown said, "Where we're going, we don't need roads."– Brian Lam

Skycar [Moller]
Fly Wheels XPV [Jakks Pacific]