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displays

i-Bean Head Mounted Video System Puts a Display on Your Glasses

Haven't you always wanted your Armani shades to have an inbuilt TV display, of 21-inch effective size at 1-meter distance? Well, thank the heavens for the i-Bean, as it will grab onto any of your shades with sucker mounts and do exactly that. Sure, it may weigh you down an extra 10g, and will set you back $385, but think about the geek chic factor. The i-Bean comes equipped with a TV tuner that can operate with either 3 AAA batteries or via AC power, so you can now have Desperate Housewives on the bus, which is no way as cool as it sounds. [Red Ferret]

6:25 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,171 views, 15 comments

Latest by ctfoley: that's a lot of funny stuff in one short little tech article more »

gadgets

Fat Shark Wireless RC Glasses Let You See Through Your Car In First Person

We were too poor to play with RC cars when we were kids, but it seems like it was worth the wait in order for these Fat Shark Wireless RC Glasses to be invented. Strap the glasses on your face and you'll be able to see through the actual head of the RC driver. Better yet, the head can pivot and tilt so you're not always looking straight ahead in front of the car. We only wish it would be adapted for Top Gun 2008, the end result of which would be tons and tons of "pilots" puking on the ground. Video (of the ground model) after the jump. [Hobby Media] More »

12:14 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Jason Chen
14,192 views, 60 comments

Latest by RaepGoblin: Please god tell me I can apply this to an existing RC car. I have nitro racing rcs that I really want to do this with. more »

science

Weight Loss Sunglasses Make Your Food Look Gross so You Won't

If diets have just never worked for you due to your lack of self-control and your love of all things buttery, maybe it's time for some stupider methods of weight loss. Enter the Weight Loss Sunglasses. Yep, these guys are tinted blue, the "least appetizing color of the spectrum," sure to make that ice cream sundae sitting in front of you look downright disgusting. For only $18.75, I don't know how you can say no. [Product Page via Book of Joe]

4:10 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Adam Frucci
7,700 views, 40 comments

Latest by hkicedude: Funny post!!!Blue sunglass makes the food gross. more »

gadgets

Eyes-on With Lumus Minority Report Projection Glasses

The Pitch: Glasses that project a transparent virtual interface directly into your eyes, essentially bringing to life all heads-up user interface designs from every Sci-Fi show ever. More »

7:09 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Jason Chen
10,255 views, 30 comments

Latest by pj737: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Rub it in guys. I'd buy a pair for my hands... if only they had eyes. more »

sci-fi shades

MyVu Crystal & Shades Pay Homage To Sci-Fi Vision

Sci-Fi eyewear lovers are finally getting more options when shopping for new shades with MyVu's release of two new models, Shades and Crystal. Both models are geared toward watching video on the go, with what MyVu describes as "glance-down technology with true situational awareness." With this "glance-down tech" these glasses are even closer to mimicking their Sci-Fi alter-egos, as you might have see on IO9's Gallery of Sci-Fi Vision Systems. We had our own Benny Goldman testing out the new models, and sadly he didn't have many words of praise.

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6:09 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Christopher Mascari
6,636 views, 17 comments

Latest by nurow: ok yes Im a geek, that said. If I could try them for my self first, and could afford them, I would definitely rock these. These would be great for passing the time on the train to school. more »

eyewear

Convertible Glasses Give You Two Styles in One

If you are as blind as I am, you have probably noticed that glasses are outrageously expensive. Naturally, that means that style often takes a back seat to price when picking up frames. The "Switch Glasses" concept by Hyo-Jong Kim aims to change all that with lenses that can be spun around for two distinct looks. More »

6:00 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Sean Fallon
5,315 views, 37 comments

Latest by hedges1968: @SanStarko: No you wouldn't, the ear pieces reverse. Take a pair of glasses, rotate 180 degres around the lens x axis, fold the earpieces back and you have them on the right eyes but upside down. The lens rotation doesn't help more »

wine drinking

Your Nose Knows the Silhouette Wine Glass Works


Winos are going to love the Silhouette, the wine glass that lets you bury your nose in that heady aroma of the vine. After all, a large percentage of the oenophile's pleasure is in the "nose" of the stuff, which means "the smell factor" to the rest of us rotgut drinkers. So go ahead, get your nose right up in there and fully enjoy the wine tasting experience. More »

11:20 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Charlie White
5,754 views, 18 comments

tv addiction

Tiny Glasses TV Turns Japanese Commuters Into Zombies


Taking more than just a few pages from Snow Crash, this Teleglass T3-F eyeglasses add-on does for video what iPods have done for audio—namely, allow you to watch it anywhere. More »

5:40 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By Jason Chen
13,197 views, 24 comments

gadgets

Subtitle-Reading Glasses Make Cinema-Going for the Hard of Hearing Less, um, Hard


Here's something that could be a godsend for the hard of hearing who feel they are not getting their money's worth in the movie theater. A nifty little idea thought up by some clever people at Madrid's Carlos III University for the Spanish Center for Subtitles and Closed Captions, this gadget fixes onto a person's glasses to give them access to subtitles—even in a subtitle-free showing. More »

9:41 AM on Wed Apr 18 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
3,423 views, 14 comments

gadgets

Steampunk Specs Would Make Ben Franklin Proud

, Benjamin Franklin was a lover of all things steampunk, so these spectacles would definitely tickle him pink. They are spring-loaded out the wazoo would definitely give the wearer instant sex appeal. These glasses are the work of deviantart user Y4G3R. –Travis HudsonMechanical spectacles [Via BoingBoing]

4:15 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Travis Hudson
6,612 views, 11 comments

gadgets

Lumus PD-20: I See We're Getting Closer

The Lumus PD-20 aren't quite the Holy Grail of video glasses, but they are a small to mid-sized step in the proper direction. Instead of looking at the actual image source (coming from that box on the frame), wearers view a reflection from the Light-guide Optical Element (LOE) placed in direct eye view. More »

5:45 PM on Sat Mar 24 2007
By Mark Wilson
7,548 views, 6 comments

gadgets

3D Doodle Kit and Glasses (The Red and Blue Kind)

I'm the only Chinese guy I know who can't draw, but maybe you can. And maybe you can put this 3D sketch kit, which includes a pair of glasses and locked red and blue pencils. The 2005 kit just went for sale at the NY/Online MOMA store. Then again for 7 bucks, maybe I should pick one up to turn my scraggly 2D stick figures into stereographic ones.–Brian Lam More »

9:37 PM on Thu Mar 22 2007
By Brian Lam
2,732 views, 10 comments

digital cameras

Crazy Glasses Give You Super-8 Camera Vision

Cory D. at Boing Boing recommends these handmade wood-framed glasses that give you the low-fi perspective of a Super-8 camcorder. The blue and green tinted lenses are fuzzy, to match the old film format's color range, and give it a bit of that vasoline-on-the-lens effect. The fold down steel covers are pinhole'd to mime the aperture's depth of field, or something. It's in a limited edition of one, and one only.–Brian Lam More »

4:58 PM on Tue Feb 13 2007
By Brian Lam
753 views, 3 comments

gadgets

Shocker Glasses Punish Your Drowsiness

Man, I'm tired. I need to start going to bed earlier so I don't feel like I'm about to fall asleep at my keyboard in the morning. What I need are a pair of these Vision Optic MyDo Bururu (what?) glasses. No, not because my vision is poor — 20/15, bitches — but because these glasses are designed to shock you awake when you're nodding off. More »

9:53 AM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By Adam Frucci
235 views, 7 comments

gadgets

First Person Shooter Glasses

Oh yeah, Jack Thompson is going to love these glasses that make it seem like you're in a First Person Shooter all the time. Is it me or is the gun on the wrong side?– Jason Chen More »

7:30 PM on Mon Aug 21 2006
By Jason Chen
641 views, 11 comments

gadgets

Design: Optigami Folding Glasses

This design for a pair of foldable glasses may look a little bulky, but it more than makes up for that in convenience. After you take off the glasses, the lenses fold neatly into the sides, which contract to form a hard case that you can place into your pocket. No more putting your glasses into your shirt pocket only to have them get smashed when some jerkface bumps into you on the street. More »

6:39 PM on Tue Jul 18 2006
By Jason Chen
986 views, 1 comment

gadgets

Glare-proof Glasses From 1932

Anyone who doesn't chuckle at this image ad for glare-proof glasses is dead inside, possibly due to childhood trauma or too much Suddenly Susan reruns. More »

6:16 PM on Sat Jul 8 2006
By Jason Chen
182 views, 4 comments

ipod

22Moo iPod Video Glasses

VGSDUSBLarge.gifMany, you can put iPod in any old press release and it instantly becomes fanboy gold. This set of "VR" glasses creates a screen 6 feet in front of you and potentially makes you sick as a dog. The VG-SD+USB will connect to the UHMP-001 USB host adapter which turns and iPod, not just the video, into a mass storage device. The adapter then plays any video files found on the iPod's hard drive. You can't spell kludge without "you," 22Moo! More »

9:22 AM on Tue Jun 27 2006
By johnb
1,505 views, Comment