April 2007

RFID Blocking Passport Billfold

As of October, 2006, the US state department issued rules that dictate all US passports must have embedded RFID tags. The chips are designed to hold biometric data for passport holders, but are not designed to track your movements… Or so they say… You don’t have to be a tin-foil-hat-wearing paranoid to be concerned about [...]

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Sonic Grenade

It is early afternoon. The air conditioning blows a bittersweet breeze across the office. A silence blankets the building. Everyone has just returned or finished their lunches. They are full; they are tired. Your nemesis is even quiet for a change. It is the perfect time for revenge! You sneak up, remove a Sonic Grenade [...]

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Slide-Out Rotating Shelf

Do you ever have issues setting up or modifying your AV setup located in a built-in cabinet or entertainment center? There’s never enough room and my arms aren’t bendy like the Reed Richards character in Fantastic Four so I hate this job. I usually end up pulling the components out, plugging in, then sliding all [...]

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SpeakerCraft TIME Speakers

While other speakers have tweeters that can be angled for a more realistic sound, these motorized speakers can rotate 320-degrees to create the perfect sound stage for the ultimate home theater experience. Whether enjoying your favorite movie by yourself or cheering on your team with your buddies, the speakers will position themselves into the perfect [...]

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SageGlass Venting Skylight

You can electronically tint your skylights offering control of the amount of light and heat entering a room by using SageGlass’ electrochromic technology. The skylight panes are made by coating glass with multiple layers of a thin ceramic film that is less than 1/50th the thickness of a human hair. By applying a low DC [...]

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Help Catalog the Internet – Play a Video Game

Mr. Alex recently wrote up a bit about the latest efforts to effectively and accurately tag images by making use of people’s desire to play games. Think of it as SETI @ Home, but instead you’re playing an online game head to head with some other random person on the Internet where you both try [...]

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Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet Figural Stein

This Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet Stein is perfect for the Star Wars fan or to send the message to your boss that he’s joined the dark side. By simply flipping the top of the Vader bust, your refreshing and thirst quenching beverage is revealed for drinking. What could be better than drinking out of [...]

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Multi-Link TeleVoIP USB Phone

I have a feeling that we could feature a new VoIP phone everyday of the year as these products are being put out by everyone. We chose to link to this phone because, well, it looks kinda cool. This Skype-certified phone allows you to connect to your laptop via a USB port and make free [...]

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Carbon Butterfly Indoor Flyer

Flying within a 12′ x 16′ indoor room, this 3.6 gram remote control airplane has a beautifully constructed delicate airframe along with a carbon-fiber propeller, a Swiss-engineered gearbox and a itty bitty 4mm coreless motor. This gorgeous remote control airplane includes a briefcase and flight simulator software just like the Butterfly Indoor Flyer we featured [...]

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Buck Metro LED Knife

You never know when a good knife will come in handy. Perhaps you’re caught in the middle of an unexpected zombie attack or you’re sitting down to dine on a tasty Porterhouse armed only with a Titanium spork. Either of these scenarios would be considerably improved with the presence of a trusty blade, and we [...]

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