Geek In Me

by Darren Murph via switched.com

Impact gear isn’t exactly the hottest peripheral out there for game consoles, but TN Games is apparently finding plenty of hardcore gamers willing to splurge on its FPS Vest. Now, the outfit is finally getting official with its HTX Helmet, which we first heard about as the year began. Utilizing the company’s 3rd Space technology, it’s designed to be used in conjunction with the 3rd Space Gaming Vest and will enable wearers’ to feel blows to the head when fired upon. We’re talking bullets whizzing by, impacts of shots — the works. If, for some incredibly odd reason, that sounds like your idea of fun, be on the lookout for a 2009 release.





by Darren Murph via engadget.com

There’s something about fire-breathing robots that just gets us giddy, so you can imagine our joy when finding one that gallops, too. The hand-built robot dog — cutely coined LRRY-1 (pronounced Larry, we’ll have you know) — was built almost entirely from unwanted Citroën scraps, and not a single ounce of non-recycled material was used in the final construction. No idea if it’s technically street legal, but we’d love to see a traffic warden try to get this thing back in its cage.





by Joshua Topolsky via engadget.com

What you’re looking at is an actual Wiimote and nunchuk wrapped in high-grade hemp. Modder DHRECK wanted to recontextualize Nintendo’s controller by turning the sterile, white plastic into something much more natural. In his words, “In stark contrast with the original Wii-mote set, what was once sleek, cold, white and hard plastic has now become a slightly fuzzy, natural, warm and textured concoction.” We know what you’re thinking — and the answer appears to be no. If you want to get high while gaming, you’re still going to have to pause.





via uberreview.com

Oh there was a time when all I wanted was a calculator watch. At that awkward time of my life, nothing seemed cooler. With the Databank, Casio has taken it a step further, the watch is no longer limited to simple calculations, it can store 25 pages (of eight letters and 15 numerals). It also comes with a ten year battery, thirteen language display, a calendar that is pre-programmed until 2099 and a few other things that you are likely not to care about.





by Josh Loposer via greendaily.com

Lots of crazy carnivorous proposals have been thrown around over the last year to promote a more climate-friendly form of meat-eating. Just off the top of my head, I can remember reading stories about the benefits of eating: venison, clones, whale blubber, rats, and kangaroo. Those are exactly the reasons why I think this ad from the World Wildlife Fund might be widely misinterpreted.

In case you were confused, the WWF doesn’t officially endorse cannibalism as a means of fighting climate change. Even if they did, I doubt they would put their support behind baby cannibalism — because that’s just messed up — and a baby’s carbon footprint isn’t even very large. I think the idea they’re trying to promote is that naked babies look cute with apples and citrus fruit. Then again, it could be about conserving natural resources too.





by Laura June via engadget.com

Lasonic’s iPod dock masquerading as a ghetto blaster is nothing we haven’t seen before, but the new Limited Edition i931 with Rap-Up branding… well, it’s so “fabulous” we couldn’t resist. Weighing in at about 25 pounds, this behemoth boasts two 12-inch speakers, it docks and charges your iPod, and it’s going to look semi-fly doing it, too. It’s also got an AM/FM tuner, EQs, an alarm clock — you know, the works. This hulking “high performance portable music system” is destined to make you nostalgic for a simpler time of miniscule MP3 players with teensy little earbuds. It’s $189 and available now.