Adam Frucci

Breathe Air Helmet Makes You One Intimidating Cyclist

Apparently, hay fever sufferers make dangerous cyclists, as if they sneeze they oftentimes send themselves careening into ongoing traffic. Solving that problem and also making cyclists look totally badass is this Breathe Air helmet. It’s got a filter over the nose and mouth that’s designed to filter out particles that will cause problems for people…

More and More Campgrounds Getting WiFi

Camping is getting less and less rustic by the day, with most campgrounds now offering Wi-Fi, mostly of the free variety. Kampgounds of America, one of the largest campground companies in the country, offers 379 campsites with Wi-Fi, with 324 of them not charging for the luxury of being able to check your fantasy baseball…

Video of XREP Wireless Taser Shotgun Shocking Some Dude

What do you get when you combine a Taser with a shotgun shell? Something you really, really don’t want to get hit with. The new Taser XREP is a tiny wireless Taser that can be fired from a standard issue 12 gauge, taking down perps from up to 100 feet away. And hey, if you’re…

“Electric Man” Cooks Fish, Cures Rheumatism

This 71-year-old Chinese man goes by “Electric Man” to his friends and neighbors. Why? Because he routinely has 220V of electricity flowing through his body for “exercise.” While he’s charged up, he can do a number of things, such as light lightbulbs and cook a fish in a mere two minutes. He also uses his…

Japanese Windows 3.1 Ad is Scarier Than Running 3.1 in 2007

2007 marks the 15th anniversary of the release of Microsoft Windows 3.1, so it seems like an apt time to look back on some of the somewhat confused marketing from that early era of computing. While operating systems may have changed quite a bit since 1992, the general craziness of Japan has not, as demonstrated…

70-inch All-in-One LCD PC Doesn’t Fill Us With Confidence

You think your 30-inch cinema display is big? Shut up. This GPNC 70-inch LCD PC is big. It’s like an iMac, in that the computer is built into the screen, except it’s way too big to sit anywhere near and probably isn’t built quite as solidly as an iMac. And I’m not saying that just…

Sprint Makes Valiant Attempt to Cash In on File Sharing

In the mad scramble to stay profitable in a world turned upside down, the music industry is getting pretty creative. The newest gimmick: sponsoring the cover art image in digital files. Sprint is paying to slap their logo on digital versions of the rapper Piles’ (who?) debut album. When those songs end up on file-sharing…

Solar Frog Light Proves You’re a Man of the People

If there’s one thing wrong with your lawn, it’s that it’s just too classy. Since when did you get too good for tacky lawn ornaments? You think you’re better than me? Screw you, buddy. You need to prove that you aren’t totally pretentious by getting something like this completely horrible yet somehow amazing solar frog…

Optimus Prime is Refused Service at McDonalds, Shows Mercy to Feeble Humans

Click to viewOur videographer Richard Blakeley and his partner in crime Sarah Meyers caused some trouble using the Optimus Prime helmet at a McDonalds drive-thru this weekend. Apparently it’s against the law to order a fajita as Optimus Prime. Who knew? I guess the manager wasn’t a fanboy, although he looks to fit the part.

Jet Kayak is Fast, Dangerous and Awesome

What happens when you stick an engine in a kayak? You get a really fast kayak, naturally. The dudes on Top Gear raced the jet kayak against a souped-up off-road vehicle in Iceland, on a lake full of giant ice cubes. The result is nothing short of pure, engine-fueled entertainment. Jet Kayak [via Gadget Lab]

The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever

Transformers fever is in full effect, but with all the hype surrounding the new movie it’s good to keep in mind that not all Transformers are as badass as Optimus Prime. In fact, there are a few robots in disguise that are downright useless. I mean, what good would transforming into a cassette deck do…

Navy Looking Into Bomb-Predicting Technology

The Navy isn’t asking for much: they just want to be able to predict where bombs will be as to avoid, you know, getting blown up by them. Is that so much to ask? They’re looking for out-of-the-box thinking and new technologies to help in their quest, and they’ve got a big ol’ barrel of…

HP’s Optimator Ultraportable Gets the FCC Nod

HP’s new ultraportable tablet PC, the Compaq 2710p Optimator, has just been approved by the FCC. The 12.1-incher has a screen that can swivel around and turn the computer into a tablet in addition to being used as a regular old laptop. At 3.6 pounds it’s light enough to tote around with you, and integrated…

Dog Chin Rest Pampers Your Pooch While He Drools All Over Your Leather Upholstery

Doggies love to stick their face out the window of a moving car and catch some breeze, but a car window seems like a pretty uncomfortable place for them to rest their chins. How would you like to rest your chin on a car window while it’s going over bumps and uneven terrain? Not very…

Sweden Turns Confiscated Booze Into Fuel

In Sweden, when they confiscate illicit booze on the border, they don’t drink it or pour it down the drain. No, they turn that hooch into fuel for their vehicles. Between this and the bikini team, Sweden is looking like a pretty sweet place to live. The authorities over there confiscated 185,000 gallons of alcohol…

Bitching About Too Much iPhone Coverage? Listen Up.

We’ve been writing a lot about the iPhone. That’s because it’s a huge launch, the biggest new gadget of the past few years, and people are interested in it. It’s also because tech companies don’t want their announcements to get buried by the iPhone avalanche, so they’re holding off ’til it dies down. I know…

Nike Triax Vapor 300 Watch isn’t Vaporware

This slick watch might look like a computer rendering or a concept design, but it’s an actual product that’s available for purchase now. It’s called the Nike Triax Vapor 300, and it’s a sports watch with a 300-lap chronograph and five-segment interval timer, which would be totally useless for a laptop jockey such as myself.…

A Book Crammed into a Pack of Cigarettes For Some Reason

Do you want to combine the cool, devil-may-care image of the cigarette smoker with the intellectual airs of a bookworm? Do you also want to avoid that pesky cancer that seems to catch up with smokers? Well, the Tankbook seems right up your alley: it’s an entire classic novel crammed into a pack of smokes.…

Sony’s New TVs for the Blind. Wait, What?

Sony’s new Bravia line, in addition to being chock-full of slick 1080p sets, features access to Audio Description (AD) standard. AD is a system that allows the blind to better follow what’s going on onscreen by using a voice to narrate plot points during gaps in dialogue. With most TVs, you need an additional decoder…

Packer doesn’t have the money to pay for an iPhone, and they might not let him in with a sponsor to buy one. Stupid, sweaty Packer!