Gizmodo: gas mask

Gas Mask Kazoos: Death With An Annoying Diddy

Sean Fallon — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:20:00 EST

For no good reason at all, the guys at Rathergood made a series of gas mask kazoos. All they need is one more member to make the scariest barbershop quartet ever assembled.

Here is an extremely annoying video illustrating the process:

Forget barbershop quartet. One more member and they will have the fourth horseman of the apocalypse. [Rathergood via Make via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Darth Vader Gas Mask

Sean Fallon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST

Artists Tristan Eaton and AZK ONE have been invited to join the Vader Project based on their collaborative work on this sweet Darth Vader gas mask.

If you are unfamiliar, the Vader Project is a traveling exhibition that displays artistic reimaginings of the iconic Darth Vader helmet. I have to admit, this work is particularly interesting. Like combining the menacing look of Vader with society's natural fear of disease, war and Armageddon. [Thunderblog via Clutter via Super Punch]

14 Crazy Looking Gas Masks

Sean Fallon — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:20:00 EDT

We have seen a few crazy gas masks in our day, but the 14 collected by OObject really take the cake. How about meeting Armageddon head on wearing a Mickey Mouse gas mask? Or a luxurious Diddo Velema mask perhaps? Oooooh...creepy. [OObject]

Steampunk Soviet Gas Mask Looks Like That Nazi From Hellboy 1

Jason Chen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT

This specially-created one-off steampunk gas mask was made from leather, brass, and a Soviet-era gas mask. What's special about this isn't that it looks incredibly creepy and incredibly cool, it's that it looks kinda similar to that Nazi villain from the first Hellboy movie. Maybe it's just us and our excitement for Hellboy II that we're even thinking of buying this on eBay for $650 to use in our "LARPing". Yeah, that's the ticket. [ebay via Livejournal via Steampunk Workshop via Wired]

Update: It also looks like Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid.

Knitted Gas Mask Helps Cyclists Avoid Cotton-Wool Smog

AddyDugdale — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:00:04 EST

For those who are about to knit, we salute you—especially if you make woolly hat 'n' gas mask combos for your friends to wear on their bike ride to work. Not sure whether it would work in the event of a mustard gas attack, but it works for me. File this alongside the R2-D2 beanie and Darth Vader bonnet and see the full-frontal below.

[Craftster via BoingBoing]

Turn Your Old, Dusty PC Into Ghetto Gas Mask

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:40:32 EDT

Everyone needs a gas mask to go with their tinfoil hat, but the problem is that they tend to cost too damn much. Unless you construct one from scrap parts from your last PC. With a paper bag base, CD case visor and a filter fashioned from a keyboard box, cleaning disk, CPU fan and a WC paper tube, it's probably not going to shield you from Resident Evil or Planet Terror-esque biohazardous tomfoolery, but the listed specs do promise protection from acid rain, your mother-in-law and +10 to haxx0r skills. [Sorgonet via Makezine]

A Gasmask Becomes the Most Terrifying Showerhead Ever

Adam Frucci — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Showers are great and all, but sometimes I wish they could be more terrifying. That's why I like this Gasmask Showerhead. It strikes fear deep into my soul, which is what I look for in a bathroom appliance. It's the details that make it special: the eye-holes hold your soap, and it appears to be coming out of the wall rather than being simply attached to it.

Unsurprisingly, this is a one-time project and isn't available for sale. I guess I'll stick to not peeing myself in fear every time I bathe. Dang. –Adam Frucci

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