Gizmodo: hats

Buy the Hat from Back to the Future: Part II

Mark Wilson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:40:00 EDT

You've seen the shoes and you've scored the jacket. But what about the most garish garment of Marty McFly's 2015 ensemble, his eye-straining, iridescent hat? Yes, now even that masterpiece is for sale.

While actually shipping July 15th, the Marty MacFly 2015 Hat Replica is available for pre-order today for the low, low price of $25. But not only does the hat's rainbow styling give you a taste of fashion to come, its one-size-fits-all design is outfitted with Velcro—the space-age fastening technology that's normally so rare and expensive that only Payless shoe stores can afford to fly in available stock from Jupiter.

Living in the future is the best, isn't it? [Amazon via ChipChick]

Bowler Cap Lampshade Turns Lightbulbs into London's Head Circa 1850

Mark Wilson — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

Perhaps that alien fixture with illuminated lava lamp phallus is not adding that touch of class you'd hoped to the old apartment. Then grab the Jeeves Wooster lampshades instead.

Priced at a steep $640 per pair, you can offset that cost since—and I'm not sure you were quick enough to notice this—the lampshades actually double as hats. I know, I know. Without us, you'd never learn to save money. And you would have never realized that your alien fixture complete with lava lamp phallus could decorate your front porch, just like a ceramic goose. [Hidden Art Shop via bbGadgets]

iCap MP3 Player: Genuine Disruptive Technology At Last

Mark Wilson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:30:00 EST

While headphones are a serious cause of hearing damage, there are alternatives. And one such alternative is the iCap MP3 player—an MP3 player in a baseball cap that never bows to social pressures.

The $100 iCap features two speakers with SRS WOW technology that play music from a MicroSD expandable integrated 1GB MP3 player or FM tuner. And apparently the speakers play quietly enough for just you or a loudly enough small group without damaging your ears in the process.

But for those of you who see the iCap as a simple response to hearing loss, you'd be missing the main point. The iCap is an f-you to the whole fashionable iPod generation. There is nothing (and I mean nothing) in the MP3 player industry that is more hideous than this hat. Just as the original punk rockers donned green hair and piercings to shake up the proletariat, so too can you ruffle the feathers of electronic hipsters everywhere with the iCap.

No, the iCap is not cool and it probably won't start any trends in the fashion or music industries. But it's necessary. And I'm glad it's here. [iCap]

Avi's Yarmulke Version 2.0: Now With Scrolling LEDs

Benny Goldman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:20:00 EDT

The last time we caught up with tech analyst Avi Greengart, he sported a yarmulke emblazoned with crocheted gadgets. Now he's put his money where his ~~mouth~~ keppe is and made his newest yarmulke a gadget itself. It is loaded with LEDs that scroll his name—and presumably messages to the man upstairs, or anything else he can dream up. I have one pressing question: Does he turn it off on Friday night? [Avi Greengart]

Official Indiana Jones Fedora Available Now For Nerds Everywhere

Jason Chen — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:00:00 EDT

The reason that the official Indiana Jones Fedora is available on Think Geek is that only geeks think that they can pull off wearing a fedora in the year 2008. The only fedora you (us) nerds should stick to is Red Hat's version, leaving Indiana Jones' to the still handsome but greying Harrison Ford. If you really do want to pick up your own version for some down-home sexy play, it's $99. Everything's in stock except for X-Large and XX-Large, further proving our point that only overweight nerds will buy and wear this outdoors. [Think Geek]

2CLight Hat: Solar-Powered Handsfree Lighting at Night

Kit Eaton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:40:00 EDT

At first glance at the 2CLight cap you'd think "oh come on... who'd use that?" — but then you'd think about fishermen and other outdoorsy-types who'd benefit from some hands-free lighting, and maybe you'd reconsider. Its flexible solar cell charges a small battery up during the day, and gives out about 2 hours of max-brightness from the twin LEDs in the brim, or 36 hours at low setting. According to the website blurb it's "not a cap with lights," ohoho no: it's a "tightly integrated, highly advanced, microprocessor controlled solar lighting technology" system. Hmm. So, this cap with lights is available in three color schemes for $35. [2CLight via Talk2MyShirt]

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]

Pong Helmet Designed for Idiots, People Who Like Pong

Adam Frucci — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:45:00 EST

If you are retarded and need to wear a helmet around to keep that noggin of yours safe, you might as well make it entertaining for others around you. I guess. I'm not really sure what other uses there are for this except perhaps as a way for construction workers to pass time on their lunch breaks. In any case, this is a hard hat with an LED display on the front that plays Pong and displays messages for some reason. Of course! [Instructables]

Darth Vader Drinks Guinness, Wears a Bonnet

AddyDugdale — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:14:24 EDT

Right now it's a bit hot for one of these, but we salute Lady Linoleum, who made this Darth Vader helmet out of eight Guinness cans and some black wool.
[Monster Crochet via Craftzine]

Head Lite Cap Makes You Look Like an Oncoming Train

Charlie White — Tue, 01 May 2007 10:30:34 EDT

Now you can have a hands-free headlight to light your path instead of cursing the darkness with the Head Lite Cap from Lite and Motion, a new take on the miner's headlight. Instead of that old-fashioned flashlight beam, now there's a super-bright LED positioned at the top of your forehead for hands-free lighting convenience.

Confuse your friends as you walk toward them, surprising them with the fact that you are neither a light at the end of the tunnel nor an oncoming train. Quite a thrill for $24.95, and if you still fall flat on your face even with all that good lighting illuminating your path, there's a Medical Alert tag built in to tell your rescuers what's really wrong with you. – Charlie White

Product Page [First Street, via The Red Ferret Journal]

SkyKap Advisor GPS Golf Cap Whispers Sweet Distances in Your Ear

Charlie White — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:00:00 EST

The SkyKap Advisor is a GPS-enabled golf cap controlled by voice commands. First you plug it into your PC's USB port and download course maps from SkyKap website. Then you wear the cap out on the links, asking it for information about distance to things such as the pin, water hazards and fairway boundaries, and it whispers the info into your ear.

SkyKap Advisor was just introduced, so there's no information on pricing or availability yet. But if this actually works as advertised, it adds a new layer of simplicity to GPS technology on the golf course. It's like wearing your own satellite-enabled caddy on your head. – Charlie White

Product Page [SkyKap, via GPS Gazette]

Nike Hatphones Holds the Nano, Keep Noggin' Toasty

Travis Hudson — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:49:49 EST

Nike has done the unthinkable and invented a word for their latest product. The Nike Hatphones is a cold-weather cap, or beanie, that includes integrated earphones and a pocket that holds the iPod Nano. There is also a mesh area that allows you to control the iPod clickwheel through the cap. The Hatphones cap is available in black, grey, blue or red and will go for a hefty $60. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via iLounge]

Muttering Hat Amplifies the Voices Inside Your Head

Louis Ramirez — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:45:09 EST

Can't get rid of the voices inside of your head? Well, why not make them louder (and look like a mental patient in the process). Created by Kate Hartman, the Muttering Hat is a goofy-looking hat made up of hacked MP3 players, headphones, and microphones. One form of the hat lets you listen to pre-recorded mumblings as you go about your day-to-day tasks. (Cause you know, listening to music is so boring). The other version, puts your inner thoughts on speakerphone, so as you mumble to yourself, anyone near you can strap off one of the hat's giant ear balls and listen in on what you're saying. In other words, you'll never be able to silently judge someone again. And that in itself is reason enough to pass on this hat. – Louis Ramirez

Muttering Hats [via We Make Money Not Art]

Ginity Carbon Fiber Caps

Charlie White — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:46:42 EDT

Now you can wear a piece of Formula One technology on your head with Ginity's baseball cap, whose visor is made of carbon fiber composite (pictured at top). If that's not quite fancy enough for you, get yours with a silver or gold fiber brim.

The rest of the hat is made of microsuede in your choice of colors, giving you an interesting blend of metallic and smooth textures. The carbon fiber cap is 115 ($146), and a silver or gold-brimmed hat is a relative bargain at 99 ($126). – Charlie White

Product Page [Ginity Trading Corporation]

Solar Radio Visor: For Dorktastic Martians Only

Charlie White — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:03:43 EDT

What could be more practical than a Solar AM/FM Radio Visor powered by the sun? It just makes sense: a visor is supposed to keep the sun out of your eyes, and while it's doing so, it sucks up all that solar energy it's blocking from your delicate peepers.

But wait. Wearing a solar-paneled visor with a radio antenna that sticks up out of it makes you look like some sort of extraterrestrial nerd. That might not be the first impression you seek. If you want to really annoy everyone, crank up its internal speaker, all the way to 11. Heck, the visor's makers could've put a fan inside, or at least hidden the antenna. Ruin someone's day, maybe yours, for $26.50. – Charlie White

Solar radio visor plays music, loses you friends [Sci Fi Tech]

iSoundCap: iPod and Cables, Tucked Away Up Top

Charlie White — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:33:16 EDT

Getting fed up with all those wires hanging off your iPod shuffle or nano? Now you can hold that player in a perfectly-sized compartment stitched into the iSoundCap. The hat also has a sleeve that stores all the wires leading to and from that iPod, leaving only your earbuds dangling down to your ears in just the right position.

Looks like the iSoundCap places your iPod in just the right spot, even if you get really sweaty. But if you soak through your hat on a day like those we've had this summer with temperatures well into the 90s, that iPod might get short-circuited. Versions for shuffle or nano are available now for $29.95, with 10% off if you enter the coupon code listed on the company's website. – Charlie White

Product Site [iSoundCap, Inc.]

Scat Hat

Charlie White — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:32:23 EST

Not sure if this is a trend or what, but this guy doesn't seem too happy about wearing this poopy-looking hat. Maybe this scat-hat trend will spread to Wisconsin and beyond, supplanting the cheesehead craze and taking us all to a new level of discourse.

If you'd like to be forever called "shithead," here's a surefire way to get that started. The elastic strap keeps it in place, and it's yours for $22.

Product page [Jlist.com]

iPod Shuffle Beanie

Travis Hudson — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:53:18 EST

As an avid iPod fan and beanie wearer I shall give this product a seal of approval. This acrylic beanie stores the Shuffle and the cords neatly inside. And because the beanie will cover the ears of most wearers, then you will get a barrage of people talking to you without knowing you can't hear them. I love it when that happens. It is available in multiple colors for $22 through Pakatun.

Apple Shuffle Beanie [Gadget Review]

Scary, But Not Fun Scary

johnb — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:41:11 EDT

The Taiko no Tasujin Hat is frightening in a way that it's makers certainly did not intend. Even on Halloween, there's something positively nightmarish about a head enveloped by a giant plushy eye, and the look on this gentleman's face only confirms one's suspicion that that wearing one will make you go quite mad.

Taiko no Tasujin Hat[GameBrink]

Pac-Man Hat - Makes You Chicken Fried!

johnb — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:51:23 EDT

I don't know. This is probably about 20 years old but that picture is a classic. You can buy this hat, which causes your face to get really oily and red, for $39 but I think if you printed out the photo and put it in your wallet and just kind of looked at it every few days you'd get more of a chuckle. Novelty hats never work with the ladies. That's why I stopped wearing that huge Cat in the Hat chapeau emblazoned with "Show Us Your Tits" to church. [Thanks, Jeromy]

Product Page [Gamebrink]