GasCase Diesel And Fuel Bring Gas Station Chic To The Jetset Crowd
Here’s a guaranteed way to get you flagged by airport security: bring along luggage disguised as jerrycans. Infuriating airport personnel is exactly what you’ll do with the GasCase Diesel and GasCase Fuel, two trolley cases that epitomize “gas station chic.”
Okay, I just made up that last phrase. Paired with a service shirt complete with a name patch, though, that’s about the only way I can describe your blue collar fashion aesthetic.
Both bags are made from pickled sheet steel that’s 0.9mm thick, with heavy-duty trolley wheels and an aluminum telescopic handle attached to them. Each case sports 47 x 35 x 16 cm dimensions, painted to a shine in one of seven colors and secured with a butterfly lock. The GasCase Diesel opens to the side with the bag splitting right in the middle like regular travel luggage, while the Fuel opens from the top like a [...]
Place Setting Placemats Are Here To Save The Day
I have no idea what’s supposed to go where on the dining table. As long as the food is on my plate and not anywhere else, I’m set. Of course, that doesn’t inspire much confidence when you’ve got guests you’re trying to impress coming over for dinner. Fortunately, you can practice with the Place Setting Placemats, which draw you an outline of where everything goes when hosting a formal dinner.
You may not care where the dessert fork should sit in relation to the soup spoon. Others could, however. When you’re trying to butter up the boss for a promotion and decide to invite him and the wife over, the least you could do to ensure best results is to cover all bases.
The Place Setting Placemat is a linen napery that measures 65 x 60 cm (L x W). It’s all white with black diagrams [...]
Power Gig Does Rhythm Gaming With Real Guitars
Not a fan of the way Guitar Hero and Rock Band have dumbed down playing music to the level of button mashing? Then you may find Power Gig: Rise of the SixString refreshing, as it delivers a real six-string experience to the music gaming genre.
Announced at the start of the Game Developers Conference earlier today, the novel approach comes courtesy of Seven45 Studio, who develop and publish the game, as well as manufacture their own controller for it. Like other music-based titles in the market, Power Gig allows four player support with voice, guitars, drums and bass. Unlike them, however, the peripheral is a completely playable guitar.
An early version of the game was shown off at the conference, along with the prototype controller. The default mode of the game supposedly plays much like Rock Band and their ilk, where you match notes shown on the screen [...]
Yes, You Can Now Order A Martin Jetpack And Fly It Soon
If you told me fifteen years ago that we still won’t have widely available jetpacks in 2010, I would have cried and then kicked you in the head. Its like telling a little kid that Santa lost his pilot’s license and can’t deliver gifts anymore. . Of course, we’d have jetpacks at WalMart in 2010! Are you crazy?
Fast forward to the second decade of the 21st century and we still don’t have the personal flight system that sci-fi dreams are made of at WalMart. But, at least, we’re coming close with the Martin Jetpack, who are now accepting reservations for the first 500 they’re producing in the coming twelve months.
We first featured this commercial-bound jetpack last year, when they announced that the technology is about to be ready before the end of 2009. Well, it took a little while longer than that. After nine prototypes, [...]
ExiTool Cuts Seatbelts, Breaks Windows And Helps You Find Your Way To Safety
Every year, there are more than six million car accidents in the United States alone. Some are nasty that you have no control over and its just bad luck, karma or what ever you wanna call it. Then there are situations that are scary, need quick thinking and action. You never know when you’ll figure in a crazy one, of course – like jumping off a cliff, diving in the water or sliding on a puddle of oil then knocking a giant lorry over before running into a zombie. Just in case you do, it’s always best to be prepared with the ExiTool, an emergency contraption that can help you get out of crazy tight situations.
Created by custom knife-maker Russ Kommer, the multi-function tool came out of a need to provide a simple implement that will allow motorists to bust their way out of nasty road accidents. [...]
CD Wall Tiles Let You Decorate The Wall With Album Cover Art
We know you’ve got all of Celine Dion’s albums. Even those recorded in foreign languages. Why hide the Celine love when you can show it off with the CD Wall Tile, a wall-mounted CD case that can turn your beloved collection into a guaranteed date killer – unless you’re dating that chick from the Celine Dion Fans Club, of course. If that’s the case, then someone’s getting action tonight…yeehaw.
Since you can get most any music you want off iTunes and other digital sources, people who still buy CDs either love the medium or love the accompanying sleeve art. Either way, there’s no better manner of showing off a collection than hanging the whole thing up a wall for all your guests to enjoy. You don’t only maximize shelf space, you get to decide how you want your walls to look too. Even better, it [...]
Toy Travel Agency: Because Stuffed Bears Enjoy Seeing The World Too
Everyone needs a break. Even non-living things. At least, that’s according to the Toy Travel Agency, who takes your beloved Barbies, GI Joes and Furbys on tour around the City of Prague in the Czech Republic. Uhhh…
Surreal? You bet. Concocted by 22-year old decorator Marek Hlavka, the idea was pitched to a panel of local businessmen for a reality TV show last month. Oddly enough, he managed to get two investors on board (Tomio Okamura and Dana Berova, a former Czech minister of information technology), allowing the unconventional company to finally get its own feet.
To avail of the service, customers can choose a package from the Toy Travel Agency website and, after paying, send the toy to their office in the Czech Republic. The most basic bundle nets you 30 photographs of the toy visiting various locations around Prague, such as Prague Castle, [...]
Opera Pop-Up Camper Makes Outdoor Camping A Genuine Luxury
Yes, it’s really just a pop-up camper. For some reason, though, I’m very keen on the Opera’s official billing as a “mobile designer suite.” Both inside and out, the thing unabashedly screams luxury.
Low and sleek, it looks nothing like the bevy of motor homes you can find campers hauling down RV resorts during the summer. The stretched canvas cover, in fact, looks more like a fancy event tent than bivouacking equipment. Want to indulge in sumptuous sophistication while dirtying it up with nature? This is how you do it – with a camper that appears more comfortable than the last five hotels I’ve slept in (it’s a no contest, by the way, because I’m uber-cheap).
The Opera features a stainless steel mount and full polyester casing, with an 11-feet tall tent cover. Like any good pop-up camper, it’s armed with four aluminum wheels, shock breakers and [...]
Carpuccino, A Coffee-Powered Automobile
If coffee fuels you in the morning, why can’t it do the same with your car? We’ve known about coffee’s potential as a biofuel for a while. Now, somebody’s actually gone ahead and used it in the Carpuccino, an automobile that pulls its juice out of granulated coffee beans.
Created for the British show Bang Goes The Theory, the car will go on display at the Big Bang Science Fair in Manchester, as part of an exhibit to show off modern alternatives to petrol. Not quite the miracle fuel, though, it won’t exactly ease the grind of costly vehicle travel. In fact, it’s being projected to cost as much as 5000% more than regular gasoline to use.
The Carpuccino is a modified 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco, rigged to accept coffee granules as its fuel of choice, just like how God made you (except you prefer your beans in the [...]
If You Can’t Stand Tall, Then Sit Tall With The Brobdingnagian Chair
Who’s the real master of your domain? Doesn’t matter what your wife thinks when you’re the one sitting on the Brobdingnagian Sports Chair, a ridiculously huge folding chair fit for a king.
Tired of tall people always blocking your sight while sitting in the bleachers? Not anymore. With this chair in tow, you’re guaranteed to be the biggest douche guy in the stadium and you don’t even have to look like Kanye West to do it. Sexay.
The Brobdingnagian Sports Chair measures 5.5 feet tall and 5 feet wide, with a massive 9-foot seating area. Made from reinforced powder-coated steel frame and 400-denier rip-stop canvas, it can handle fat asses up to 400lbs and actually has enough space to accommodate two people, so you don’t fell lonely up top all by yourself. Amazingly, the whole thing folds to just 8.5 inches wide for [...]
Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard Puts An All-In-One PC Accessory In Your Hands
Do you really need another keyboard? Probably not. But who can say no to the Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard, a handheld input device that combines standard computing keys (including F1 to F8), a trackpad, game-friendly buttons and a laser pointer?
Yes, I guess you do need a handheld keyboard. Especially one that squeezes in a slew of all-in-one features that will let you control that multimedia PC you’ve hooked up to the HDTV while you’re lounging six feet away on your gold-upholstered beanbag. Plus, it should work wonders when you’re making that very important presentation at the office. Of course, you should cross your fingers and pray that Brando actually found a supplier whose hardware won’t conk out at the most inopportune time too, but I digress.
The Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard is a pocketable peripheral (151 x 59 x 13mm), with a 2.4GHz frequency USB [...]
G-Shock Hyper Color Man Box Watch Is A Colorful Girl Repellent
There’s no Guinness Record for the ugliest watch of the galaxy. If there was, though, I wouldn’t be surprised to find the G-Shock Hyper Color Man Box ranking high on the aspirants’ list.
Clad in a cornucopia of intentionally uncoordinated bright colors, it looks like an 80s fashion accessory dreamed up by Cyndi Lauper, while she was stoned on crack cocaine, singing “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Seriously, though, imagine how good this will look with a mismatched pair of colorful Chuck Taylors? Mmm…just a little? Combined with the full-plastic construction and a barely-readable mess of a dial, it’s definitely not the kind of watch you want to be caught wearing on a first date. Unless you’re dating Cyndi Lauper. And it’s 1984.
Features are standard G-Shock, such as shock resistance, water-resistance up to 65 feet and other rugged capabilities. From what I can gather, it’s women-repellent too, making it an excellent [...]
Lacoste Alligator Lace Gives New Meaning To Logo Shirts
Alligators are the only animals I love more than my retarded dog. In fact, if one ever wandered into the house, I’ll be tempted to feed the mutt to the reptile just to make it stay. So imagine my joy when I saw the new Lacoste and Campagna Brothers collaboration, the Alligator Lace, which creates an entire shirt out of nothing but Lacoste’s embroidered alligator logo. For real.
You know that small, iconic Lacoste emblem that goes into the overpriced French shirts in your preppy friend’s wardrobe? Yep, that’s the one. Well, Fernando and Humberto Campana collated thousands of that and handed them off to a women’s collective, who then sew them together into a fishnet-style shirt. Well, it’s not exactly a fishnet, but you’ll be welcoming the cool breeze with all those uncovered areas.
The Alligator Lace is hand-sewn by the Coopa Roca Women’s Cooperative in Rocinha, Brazil, an organization that [...]
Truckbot Is An Intelligent Robot With A Smartphone Brain
Got an old smartphone? Don’t trade it in and don’t sell it for cheap to anyone who vaguely resembles a mad scientist. If you do, you may be aiding in humanity’s demise against the robot invasion. Proof: the currently dumb, but potentially powerful Truckbot, a robot with a smartphone grey matter.
The brainchild of Tim Heath and Ryan Hickman, the first-generation droid may look like a sloppy patch-up job now. In fact, it looks nothing more than a miniature handcart with a board, some wires and an Android powered HTC G1 strapped to it. All it does is roll around a table too, turning and heading off into specified directions. Now you’re probably asking: “That’s the robot invasion? Even I can pull that off if I ever stopped playing Farmville long enough.” Well, you’re probably right.
Truckbot’s setup actually sounds simple enough that any budding evil genius can get one up and [...]
JakPak Jacket Is A Sleeping Bag, Emergency Shelter And A Tent
When you need to camp for the night while trekking in the woods, having both a tent and a sleeping bag does sound awesome. Carrying them around while you’re climbing rocks or slaving over tough trails, however, doesn’t. With the JakPak, a jacket that can transform into either a sleeping bag or a covered shelter, there’s no need to compromise either way.
A versatile garment for active, outdoor lifestyles, it can turn from an all-weather jacket into a personal sleeping system by simply unzipping and pulling out a few components. Sure that bivy bag looks hell for someone very claustrophobic, but with waterproof and mosquito-proof qualities, it’s a heck of a lot more comfortable than parking your ass on cold earth.
In jacket mode, the JakPak comes with three usable pockets (with matching storm flaps), an integrated hood with visor and a three-season design (spring, summer and fall). It’s made from polyester [...]
Piano Dining Table Can Entertain While You Eat
Do you like to be entertained while you eat? Put a piano in the dining room and pay a local musician to provide the melodies. What, you don’t have the space to fit a piano with the dining table already in the way? Not a problem with the Piano Dining Table, a concept furniture/musical instrument that combines both.
Created by Georg Bohle, it’s actually just an electronic keyboard that you can access from the side of a dining table. Pretty clever. I don’t see where the music is supposed to come out (or the cables for that matter), but it’s probably somewhere sly, like underneath.
With its oak wood construction, the Piano Dining Table should serve as a nice area to share meals with the entire family. Good food goes better with sweet music? Just squeeze in and let Junior play his recital piece from last week. Oh wait, Junior sucks at [...]
