Fruit Powered Clock. Just what it says, folks: it’s a clock that you plug into a fruit, so it runs on, like, fruity magic or something. Hey, I wasn’t listening in Physics class, okay?
Fruit not included. Found via The Annals (giggle) of Improbable Research.
Hammacher Schlemmer is practically giving away an iPod DJ Mixing Studio for $39.95. Two mixer discs let you scratch and mix, with effects, rhythms, and other goodies. I don’t see a catch yet. (Found via Engadget.)
P3 International Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Monitor. It’s said that when American revolutionaries ran out of wadding for their muskets, the Rev. James Caldwell came with a bunch of song books containing the hymns of Isaac Watts to use as wadding instead, telling them, “Give ‘em Watts, boys.”
And that’s just what this Electricity Usage Monitor [...]
ReadiVac Mini Computer Vacuum. If you’re like me, you might snack at the computer a lot, spilling pieces of Kavli wafer thins with blue Roquefort cheese between the keys, gumming up the space bar with caviar and bits of fine, sweet, melt-in-your-mouth foie gras, maybe even occasionally spewing Chardonnay at the monitor in LOL [...]
Want to relive the glory days of the early 1980s, with Space Invaders and Asteroids and Breakout and Adventure and Matthew Broderick preventing Global Thermonuclear War by having a tactical super computer play Tic Tac Toe with itself? With the fortunate exception of the latter, check out these offerings from Atari, any of which can [...]
Remember the SD/MMC Card Reader Roundup, from oh so long ago? Well, forget it. That entry is effectively obsolete.
This is a $1 Card Reader. That’s right. One dollar. It handles SD, MMC, MINISD, RSMMC, and MOBILE (whatever that is), and it costs one dollar. One. Dollar. A single greenback. Uno smackeroono. No rebates or any [...]
You know how much I paid for a 1GB SD card just six months ago? I’m not going to tell you. Let’s just say that writing this entry has left me in tears.
OEM 2GB SD Card: $26
Transcend 2GB SD Card: $26.99
Kingston 1GB SD Card: $12.50
(Note: that last card is ONE GB, not two. Don’t come [...]
Philips Keychain Digital Camera for $16.96. 352 x 288 resolution (that’s over one-tenth of a megapixel!), 2MB internal memory, movie mode, self-timer, webcam capability, and is really, really small. Did we mention it can go on a keychain? Just don’t try starting your car with the camera, because, well, you’ll end up with blurry close-up [...]
The GoPro Hero 35mm Wrist-Mounted Camera: perfect for seeing just what it was like for your wrist when you and your skateboard “shredded” that public park handrail right into your family jewels, much to the amusement and consternation of passers-by who were already shaking their heads at your wacky teenage antics. Now get offa [...]