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The Giggle Bug Toddler Tracker

Abby McVay, Oct 23rd 2007 Discuss [0]

For those that lose their children as much as they lose their keys now there is a similar solution. There have been beepers to add to your keys for those times when they seem to wander off all on their own. Why not just attach one of those beepers to your pesky offspring? This Giggle Bug Toddler Tracker is exactly that, a key tracker created for children. Read The Full Story

The Scooter Desk

Abby McVay, Oct 22nd 2007 Discuss [0]

Who says desks have to be stationary? Why not have a desk that you can wheel around at will? This way if you want to sit by a window one day or cower in the dark another you can move your desk to wherever your mood takes you. Read The Full Story

Urban Camouflage to outsmart attackers

Abby McVay, Oct 22nd 2007 Discuss [0]

There are plenty of self-defense things to carry around, like pepper spray or a taser. However, if you're a bit passive those might not work properly for you. Plus there is the risk that the person pursuing you could overpower you and take whatever device you happen to be carrying. Well Aya Tsukioka created just the line to solve that issue. Read The Full Story

Ghost Detector Cellphone Strap

Abby McVay, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

With Halloween just around the corner and numerous scary movies coming out, you need a bit of security to help you sleep at night. This cellphone charm is created to let you know when ghosts are lurking about. Read The Full Story

The Penguin Tea Timer

Abby McVay, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Those who drink tea on a regular basis know what a fine line it is when steeping your tea. Too long its bitter, to short and you aren't going to get much flavor. Unless you set your regular egg timer to go off when its done, its easy to forget about it. Read The Full Story

The zilopop – I’m not sticking that thing in my mouth!

Chris Scott Barr, Oct 17th 2007 Discuss [1]

Few things are embarrassing than bad breath. Half the time you don't know you have it, and most people aren't really going to notice, and when they do, they probably won't be kind enough to let you know. However, when you're in close proximity to someone, they'll no doubt gag if you've got a case of garlic breath. Sure, you could pop a mint and hope it works, but wouldn't it be nice if you had something that's really going to knock out that bad breath? Read The Full Story

The Eatmecrunchy cereal bowl

Abby McVay, Oct 17th 2007 Discuss [1]

Cereal commercials are always advertising that their brand won't go soggy two seconds after you've poured milk over the top of it. With this bowl it wouldn't matter if your favorite cereal is corn flakes, because it'll keep things crunchy for even the slowest eater. Read The Full Story

Vanity Ring – Proudly display how popular Google thinks you are

Chris Scott Barr, Oct 15th 2007 Discuss [0]

When you Google your name, how many results pop up? Personally, I get 1,790,000 hits. That's not really much of a surprise since both my first and middle names are rather common. It's also not a surprise that many of them do in fact have something to do with me, as I'm a tech writer. If I were the kind of person that actually cared about numbers like that, I'd think this fancy ring was pretty cool. Read The Full Story

The Arachni-Labra Chandelier for the Halloween fanatics

Abby McVay, Oct 15th 2007 Discuss [0]

If you love all that is all that is Halloween, then you'll be yearning for some extra cash to snag this thing. Although the chandelier may seem extreme for some there are those that enjoy Halloween no matter what time of the year it is. Whether you're thinking of creating a haunted house to live in or just like to go over the top with you yearly decorations this chandelier is fun either way. Read The Full Story

Easy Chair Ghoul gives friends a heart attack so you can die of laughter

Abby McVay, Oct 8th 2007 Discuss [0]

Every year around Halloween, I always want to spend thousands of dollars on the cool gadgets and turn my house into a haunted one. However, somehow over the years I have missed these ghouls that pop out of different bits of furniture. I must be slipping in my old age, I am all of 22 after all. I can't believe with all of my Halloween browsing that I could have missed these bad boys. This Easy Chair Ghoul has a 6'3” ghoul that pops out of the chair. They also feature one that pops out of a dining table, a tv, a bed, a cabinet, a crib, as well as many many more. Some are skeletons or the girl off of the exorcist, but you get the idea. If I were rich I'd have all kinds of these things laying around. Luckily for my 14 year old sister who likes to stay the night now and then, I'm not. To get the Easy Chair Ghoul it costs $2, 885 and for the most part all of the other models of that type stay right around that price. Easy Chair Ghoul lives under the seat [via newlaunches]

Stanley watch packs a lot of functionality, looks…

James Allan Brady, Oct 5th 2007 Discuss [2]

Well words won’t really describe the level of gaudiness this watch displays, but its not good. It has a watch, calculator, and a telescoping ruler and the whole thing fits on your wrist. Let’s play good idea bad idea, good idea, pack a lot of functionality into a given product making it more valuable. Bad idea, add all that functionality without any regard for appearances. Read The Full Story

The Hamster Pedometer for the devoted pet owner

Abby McVay, Sep 28th 2007 Discuss [0]

Here is yet another gadget to add to the long list of strange gizmos. The pedometer is not the conventional sort, but actually meant to monitor your hamster. Read The Full Story