It’s kill or be killed in office warfare so you need every advantage you can get and this USB Wireless Rocket Launcher gives you 15 extra feet from your base station to smite your enemies, er co-workers, down. No longer do you have to worry about an abduction of your Red Swingline Stapler, your special neon-colored dry-erase markers or that last piece of your boss’ birthday cake while this Rocket Launcher’s got your back!
Suggested Price: $44.99
This past week, giant video game publisher Electronic Arts placed a hostile bid of $2 billion to take over fellow publisher Take-Two. Take-Two is the maker of the controversial but mega-selling franchise, Grand Theft Auto. So what does this mean if EA does in fact buy out T2? Well, it’s not as if there won’t be other video game makers, large and small, remaining. There are still literally dozens of them out there.
The gaming industry will continue whether EA and T2 merge or not.
Got something to say? Say it with neon!
Create your own custom neon sign by snapping together 2″x3″ neon letters by buying individual letters to form your own phrase or statement, connect to the power supply and voila! You have a low heat and low power consumption ultra cool sign. Each neon letter is fitted inside a sturdy plastic housing with all electronic components safely tucked away. The letter are ready to power up as soon as they are snapped together and connected to the power supply.
Suggested Price: $29.99
Welcome Tengu, a cute little white plastic brick with a face made of LEDs. Using a tiny microphone in the base sounds are picked up in the rock. Tengu moves his mouth in time like he is lip synching to a song or making fun of your loudmouth boss through copy.
Little Tengu is USB powered, so plug him in and set him near your favorite sound-source and watch Tengu perform like Britney Spears or Ashley Simpson!
Suggested Price: $49.99
Where would we be without Instant Messaging? It lets us stay in contact and chat with friends all over the world (especially delightful during work hours). But sometimes the urge to reach out a shoot someone is unbearable. And that’s where the USB MSN Missile Launcher comes in. Don’t be content with sharing images, jokes, and assorted links with your friends – it’s time to share missiles!
You’ll have your USB MSN Missile Launcher set up within minutes and that’s when the fun begins. For you see, as you chat you and your buddies can control each other’s launcher. And since each USB MSN Missile Launcher has an integrated webcam (which can be used as just a webcam if you haven’t any buddies), you’ll know exactly when you are aimed at your buddy’s head. Then fire away! The only downside is that your buddy can do the same to you! The upside is, you can always retaliate by turning your buddy’s USM MSN Missile Launcher to face the door of his office and peg his boss in the gut when he/she comes to lecture your buddy about using IM for non-work-related matters. Ah the joys of progress . . . and revenge.
Suggested Price: $59.99
There’s nothing new about electronics kits–I had one as a kid from Radio Shack, and I remember sitting over my desk, cutting and stripping wires and hooking up battery clips and the like. My problem was that the kit ended up as an unholy tangle of wires and loose clips and cardboard cutout diagrams after my first attempt to make a project, and the kit seldom survived the first attempt to wire up a telegraph key or flashing light. That’s why I was impressed with Snap Circuits electronics kits when I was looking for an electronics kit for my son. …
Samsung and Electronic Arts have joined hands to create a couple of new 3D PDP (Plasma) TVs that can display 3D images using some software running on a PC and you wearing some special eyewear. No, probably not the 3D glasses that you throw away at the end of a movie!
The 2 models, a 42″ and a 50″ will sell for approximately US$1750 and US$2500 respectively.
I can hear Dr. Evil now, “one billeeeon dollars”. Yup, $1 billion is what the in-game advertising market is expected to be in 2012. In 2007, the number was half that, of which $295 million was spent on in-game ads, versus games that were built around brands (advergames is the term of choice in the industry).
Luckily for the hardcore console or PC gamer, most of that in-game advertising is going to be in Web-based games. Personally, I don’t find in-game advertising in the more ‘serious’ console games to be that intrusive. It’s not as if they stop the game to shove an ad in your face. It’s more of a brand-awareness type of advertising, and well, let’s face it, you just can’t avoid that.
There comes a time in every cube-dweller’s life, when he or she has to take the law into his or her hands. Maybe it’s finding out that stooge from marketing has stolen your last pencil…again! Or perhaps you’re tired of having your office moved repeatedly. Well, it’s time to draw a line in the low pile carpet. “No more,” you’ll cry as you stand your ground. With a Nerf Maverick by your side, you will prevail.
Suggested Price: $9.99
This pocket sized music synthesizer is like nothing we’ve seen before. Rather than using keys or buttons to play musical notes, the Kaossilator features a revolutionary touchpad design. Move your finger from left to right to change the pitch of the note, and up and down to change the sound. But musical sounds are only the beginning, the Kaossilator can also be used like a drum kit with dozens of built in beats and drum sounds.
You would think that all this power at your fingertips might be difficult to wield… but actually we were pretty amazed at how easy it is to make some great sounding music. You’ll almost feel guilty belting out some danceable beats with virtually no effort. The Kasossilator is also a great tool for DJs and allows you to tap your finger to the beat of any existing music, this sets the beats per minute and then you can play along with all your beat loops in sync. You can change the key you play in, or choose from different scales… and you get tons of different arpeggiator patterns.
Suggested Price: $199.99
