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Make Those Uranium Jeans Talk

While many young ladies can make blue jeans talk by just walking down the street, others may need technological help, and that’s where Uranium Jeans can spell it out right there across their asses. The scrolling LED text, displayed by an embedded flexible micro screen, can be changed via text messaging from a cellphone, or…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 5

Divita BDM-100s Disc Tower

DVD collecting has become this year’s latest trend. Even if you rarely watch any of the DVDs that you own, it is still important to have them organized. The Divita disc tower will do that, as long as you have the patience to input the titles of all 100 discs into the machine via the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jun 5

CRT Trash Can: Old is New Again

Do you have an old monitor lying around? Fellow Gawker mates at Lifehacker point us to a site which shows us how to turn that old tube into a trash can with a few straightforward instructions, but the project is certainly not for the faint of heart. Remember, you’re dealing with a vacuum tube that…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 5

Pee Goal

As a World Cup mania sweeps everywhere in the world but the good old US of A., you might be hearing shouting from men’s rooms across the world, yelling Goooooooaaaaaaaalllll! The pee goal has a little ball on a string hanging in front of its wee soccer goal, inviting sporting gentlemen to try their hand…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 5

Fizz Cup: For a Root Beer Float Volcano

Summertime is just a couple of weeks away, and if you concentrate you can almost taste the root beer floats. The Fizz Cup is a simple invention that gives you a strange way to enjoy that quintessential summer pastime, billing itself as the first reusable ice cream float cup. It screws onto any soda bottle,…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 5

Just Two More: AC Adapter Splitter

If you have a tangle of cables that looks like a spaghetti bowl under your desk and you’ve used up all of the outlets on your power strip—we know the feeling—this $16 AC adapter splitter will give you two more receptacles. That might be just enough to keep you from needing another power strip. And…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 5

Yamaha’s Crotch Air Bag

File this one under “Why didn’t anybody do this sooner?” Yamaha’s prototype isn’t quite the first motorcycle airbag, but the first motorcycle airbag for your, er, tender nuggets. https://gizmodo.com/motorcycle-airbag-124694 Their advanced safety scooter, designated the ASV-3, has a multi-chambered air bag rigged between your legs, under the seat, to open in the case of a…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 3

How To Build A Touchless Lightswitch

Other than gimmicks like The Clapper, we’ve always had to turn on and off our lights by touching stuff. No longer, my friends, as Ryan from Gogglemarks has made a switch powered by a capacitive sensor. To switch on and off the lights, just make any sudden moves in a close proximity to the sensor.…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 2

Assisted Living Communities Using RFID To Keep Track of Residents

Now here’s a good idea for RFID. Trading privacy for security, seniors have been wearing badges embedded with an RFID tag. The tag constantly relays the location of the residents, which gives them more freedom to walk around since caregivers know exactly where they are at all times. Since many of the people living there…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 2

Philips VoIP433 Windows Live Messenger USB Phone

Not as cool as a wifi phone that lets you use Windows Live Messenger wherever there’s a connection (do any exist yet?), the Philips VoIP433 plugs into your computer via the USB port and allows you to talk over Microsoft’s new Live Messenger VoIP service. By using a phone, instead of speakers and a mic,…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 2

Shredding Scissors

Save electricity by shredding your unwanted bank card applications manually with these Shredding Scissors. Combining the power of five scissors with one blue handle, these make short work of old credit cards and Christmas cards. You could even cut your kid’s hair 5 times as fast. Available from Japan for 2,010 Yen ($17). Snip snip.…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 2

BCD2000 Mix & Scratch DJ/VJ Controller Reviewed (Verdict: Good, Mostly)

What with these kids today carrying around their laptops for DJing, live visuals and VJing, and live laptop music, there’s a surprising dearth of physical controls for playing laptops live. The Behringer BCD2000 B-Control Deejay would seem to cover all the bases on the cheap (US$200 street). For DJs and laptop music, there are 4…

Gadgets Peter Kirn Jun 2

Bio Bench

Not sure if you’re supposed to sit on this until you feel a tickle, but this is a biobench made of recycled cardboard cylinders containing grass seeds. The bench will eventually biodegrade and turn into a big lump of grassy mulch, but until then you can sit on it. Available individually or as a set…

Gadgets John Biggs Jun 2

Cruzin Cooler

Why didn’t we find this sooner? As a person who just had a beer at 9am, this would be perfect! I’d hop on, roll down to the bodega, suit up with a few sixpacks, and head home, all while sitting on my comfortable Cruzin Cooler. This cooler has a gas or electric motor and has…

Gadgets John Biggs Jun 2

Gardening Kits for Children

Since kids nowadays practically live online, it’s time Gizmodo give ’em something they can use in their everyday lives. Well, Junior, step on up and start growing a victory garden with these kits from Asda, a UK partner of Wal-Mart. There’s several items here for your It’s A Small World After All life. There’s a…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jun 2

ADEO Fitness Companion

Summer’s almost here, and as much as we pray that beer bellies will go back in style (when did they go out of it?), the sorry fact is we need to get into shape. With the Adeo Fitness Companion, us geeks can keep from getting bored while running—a definite concern for folks who are used…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 2

Chipper Running on Waste Oil

If Brits can’t get off their duffs to burn off the oil and calories they gain from their chip butties, at least the chipper van can. UK fish and chips joint Sea Cow will be running their van on their own used oil and drive around to multiple music festivals preaching the wonders of biodiesel.…

Gadgets Johnb Jun 2

Sitzfleisch Chair Cushion (That’s “Flesh For Sitting”)

The silicone flesh cushion known as “Sitzfleisch” attempts to give people stuck in office chairs all day long a bit of a respite by mimicking the look and feel of real human flesh, delivering the utmost in comfort. Made out of a silicone polymer, the chair cushion promises to act as an extension of the…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jun 2

Office Trebuchet

Launch yourself into a better position at your place of business by launching assorted office supplies at your boss’ head. This page contains plans for your own mini office trebuchet—that’s kind of like a catapult—and send things a flyin’. The Office supplies trebuchet [Instructables via ScreenHead]

Gadgets John Biggs Jun 2

TRATTI, Wearable Noise-Making Device

Ya’ know the number one problem with kids these days? They aren’t loud and annoying enough. I need constant, high-pitched screaming and noise to be at my personal prime. TRATTI will make this happen. It is a strap-on noise maker, for kids—or adults if you feel so compelled. TRATTI isn’t just a megaphone strapped onto…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jun 2

Make Those Uranium Jeans Talk

Divita BDM-100s Disc Tower

CRT Trash Can: Old is New Again

Pee Goal

Fizz Cup: For a Root Beer Float Volcano

Just Two More: AC Adapter Splitter

Yamaha’s Crotch Air Bag

How To Build A Touchless Lightswitch

Assisted Living Communities Using RFID To Keep Track of Residents

Philips VoIP433 Windows Live Messenger USB Phone

Shredding Scissors

BCD2000 Mix & Scratch DJ/VJ Controller Reviewed (Verdict: Good, Mostly)

Bio Bench

Cruzin Cooler

Gardening Kits for Children

ADEO Fitness Companion

Chipper Running on Waste Oil

Sitzfleisch Chair Cushion (That’s “Flesh For Sitting”)

Office Trebuchet

TRATTI, Wearable Noise-Making Device

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