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The iPosture will make your coffee and clean your catbox!

Posted Nov 16th 2008 at 11:00AM by Annie Scott

Filed under: Product Reviews, Daily Obsession


ZOMG, infomercial score!

This is really kind of cool. The iPosture is a little thing you wear that vibrates when you slouch. The infomercial above gives it a pretty hard sell (why do infomercials always want to give you free pills?), and I'm pretty sure they said it will make your coffee and clean your catbox, but the product actually seems kinda awesome.

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Tags: gadgets, informercials, iposture, posture

Father's Day Gift Guide - Groovy gadgets

Posted Jun 10th 2008 at 9:27AM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Holiday Style, Haute Home, Men


A tie or cuff links can be stylish Father's Day gifts, but Dads really love gadgets, and we love to give them. It's a joy to find that perfectly nifty item that only he can appreciate.

It's easy to tell you hit the gadget jackpot when he can't wait to pull out all the pieces out of box and spreads them across the kitchen table.

Sports, grilling, wine, music and electronic gadgets can all make his face light up. Check out the gallery for some of our favorite gadget suggestions.

Gallery: Dad Gadgets

Solar gadget chargerLapis Jewel World GlobeOregon Scientific Wireless Talking BBQ ThermometerWine wedgesOmega Seamaster Automatic Men's Limited James Bond Edition Watch

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Tags: electronics, fathers-day, fathersday, gadgets, gifts, grills, sports

Summer Wedding Season: Groomsmen deserve love, too

Posted May 26th 2008 at 11:07AM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Haute Home, Vintage and Retro, Men


June is almost here, and that means weddings! Brides, grooms, their assistants and guests can all use some fresh ideas and recommendations. We're here to help.

It's not just the ladies who help out at the wedding who deserve thanks. The guys in your wedding party are the ultimate wingmen, and a groomsmen gift shows your appreciation, in the most manly, dudely way possible.

Traditionally these gifts fall into the personalized drinking-sports-gadget categories. The ideal would be to find a team logo hip flask that has a built in Leatherman, including a flashlight, engraved with the day you pledged your frat. Your While we keep looking for that one, check out seven other cool groomsmen gifts in the gallery.

Gallery: Seven Groovy Groomsmen Gifts

Ballpark Cuff LinksPaul Smith Naked Lady HandkerchiefEngraved Flask Gift SetEngraved Smart Money ClipPersonalized Beer Glasses

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$150 razor lets you shave in the dark

Posted May 6th 2008 at 9:41AM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Men


As Gillette and Schick continue to battle it out, creating razors with increasingly higher blade counts -- until one day we'll have razors that look at the hair, talk to the hair, ask the hair out for coffee, and then get to know its parents before finally hacking it off -- one of them has finally returned to inventing something useful. Kind of. The new Gillette Fusion Chrome Collection Power Razor comes with five blades, "micro-pulses" (read: it vibrates), and has a flashlight.

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Wish your porn-star heels could count stairs? Now they can!

Posted Apr 30th 2008 at 5:41PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Accessories, Shoes

For those times when the world needs to know that you'll exchange sex for money, you can't go wrong with a pair of shockingly-tall, black leather stilettos. But what most hookers don't realize is that you don't have to forgo fitness while you're pacing poorly-lit street corners and schlepping up stair cases to the untidy apartments of lonely pervs.

In fact, you don't even need a separate stair-counter for your working-girl workouts -- all thanks to these new heels from Costume National.

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Tags: costume national, CostumeNational, gadgets, heels, hookers, shoes, stilettos, tech, technology

FreeLoading sunshine

Posted Mar 10th 2008 at 6:48PM by Whit Honea

Filed under: Haute Home, Accessories

How many times have you been using an electronic device only to have the battery die on you? It happens to the best of us, and usually during something really important, like that conference call with your boss and the board or when you're getting the high score on Tetris. It is frustrating, and aside from the example of the conference call, rarely appreciated.

Enter the FreeLoader Solar Charger ($49.95) and with it the solution to your troubles. Hum along with me on this one, here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right. Yes, it is all right. The FreeLoader is a portable, solar-powered battery charger for any number of electronic devices.

From Firebox:

Super sleek and barely bigger than a cell phone, the lightweight aluminium FreeLoader pulls open to reveal two solar panels. Simply charge it by allowing it to soak up some rays. Its internal battery will then power an iPod for up to 18 hours, a mobile phone for up to 44 hours, a PSP for up to 2.5 hours and a PDA for up to 22 hours. That's a lot of juice for such a tiny gizmo. Once the FreeLoader has emptied its charge just power it up again via the sun. You can also charge it via USB if you're near a computer.

Will require access to the Sun (widely available throughout the world).

Gallery: FreeLoader Solar Charger



It's available in silver or pink and even works with the iPhone and iTouch. That's cool, right?

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Tags: battery, beatles, cell phone, charger, firebox, freeloader, gadgets, green, iphone, ipod, pda, solar, usb

Now that's a hot condom dispenser

Posted Feb 14th 2008 at 2:34PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Events: On the Scene



Now this is what I'm talking about. Condoms have finally moved from behind the counter at your local gas station (or tucked away by the "sanitary" products at your local drug store) and into the fashion world where they belong. Because seriously, aren't looking good and having sex supposed to go hand in hand?

These super-sleek new prophylactics are being promoted by New York City in an effort to get its citizens to do a better job protecting the goods -- but what's even cooler, is the design of the condom dispenser. Created by Fuseproject, this nifty-looking wall-hanging wouldn't look all that out of place as modern home decor. However, it was actually designed to be "reminiscent of a condom shape warped into the surface of one's leather wallet," and "helps create an air of openness and acceptance, thus removing the stigma of the condom as something to be ashamed of."

It's so cool looking that you'll want to grab a few condoms even when you aren't getting any.

[via Core77]

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Tags: condoms, design, featured, gadgets, nyc

Your stylist might be hair-spying on you

Posted Nov 27th 2007 at 2:08PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Hair Care

Stylists tend to be chatty people, so before you know it, you're talking about the latest celebrity gossip, your love life, or the black market business you've established selling illegal firearms to South American rebel groups.


But while it might seem OK to share this potentially incriminating information with the man or woman shaping your finely-groomed coiffure, be careful. This new blow dryer/spy camera makes it easy for your stylist to record your tales of nefarious activity, and report to the authorities.

The seemingly innocuous little gadget comes complete with a 3.7mm wide angle lens, a 2.4 GHz receiver, and even a x-ray vision that lets you beam images up to 1500 ft -- making it easy to document your every transgression.

However, it should be fairly easy to tell if the person cutting your hair has a side gig with the CIA -- namely, because they'll be using a hair dryer that doesn't actually dry your hair. That, despite appearances, is the one thing this super-duper spy cam isn't capable of.

[via Shiny Shiny]


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Tags: coiffure, gadgets, hair, hair dryer, HairDryer, spy cam, SpyCam, spying, stylist

Interactive t-shirt sends text messages to strangers

Posted Oct 9th 2007 at 9:37AM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Clothing

ReacteeSure, the t-shirt at right looks cool. Bold graphics, cute design elements, and a reference to Twitter (a trendy new social networking website) -- how geek chic!

Oh, but there's more. The "Reactee" can give anyone who sees you updates on your life. All they have to do is send a text message to the number on your shirt, and they'll get a pre-designated text back from you.

You could use this as a walking billboard for your favorite cause -- like an "Obama For President" shirt that sends people campaign information -- or as a way to promote your band's website while you're busking on street corners. The above example sends your latest Twitter update -- so however you were feeling the last time you used your computer can now be available in real time to anyone you pass on the street.

[via Shiny Shiny]

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Tags: casual wear, CasualWear, gadgets, geek chic, GeekChic, reactee, t-shirts, tees

New moving mannequins show clothes in action

Posted Oct 4th 2007 at 2:40PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Stores We Love

Moving MannequinThe problem with mannequins, as you've undoubtedly discovered, is that even if you're the exact same shape as the plastic person modeling the outfit, you can't see the clothes in action. Seriously, who's going to stand around striking the same pose for hours at a time? You need to see how your new threads will look while you're bustin' a move (preferably before you buy them).

Enter the Moving Mannequin. This dazzling new device can be set to move in a variety of ways, including running, jogging, walking and cycling -- all in super-sexy slow motion. Oh yeah.

So now, assuming you shop in stores than can afford to drop $12,000 for one of these new bad boys, you can get a preview of how you'll look on the go.

[via Gizmodo]

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Tags: gadgets, mannequins, moving mannequin, MovingMannequin

One gig of glitter from Philips and Swarovski

Posted Aug 26th 2007 at 10:31PM by Sarah J. Gim

Filed under: Accessories

philips swarovski active crystals
It's not always easy to find things that are both functional and fashionable. Sure, there are lots of things functional things out there that try to be fashionable, but in the end, they end up looking stupid.

Not so with the USB flash drives from Active Crystals, a line of crystal products from the partnership between Swarvoski (the fashion) and Philips (the function). The USB flash drives come in four different models, two of which look like locks that can be attached to a keychain, and two of which, my favorites, are shaped like hearts and are worn around the neck on a silver cord. All of them feature 1 gig of storage and built-in password protection.

The one shown is called Heart Beat, with half the pendant in silver and the other half encrusted with Swarovski crystals. The other heart pendant is similar, except that the crystal half looks like a giant crystal rather than studded with small ones.

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Tags: gadgets, philips, swarovski, tech, usb

Shirt with fan keep you cool, green, and geeky

Posted Aug 19th 2007 at 3:33PM by Sarah J. Gim

Filed under: Clothing, Style for a Cause

japanese shirt with fan
Feeling the heat?

If so, you might want to look into Japanese Kuchou-fuku's air-conditioned clothes. The shirts and jackets keep the wearer cool with two small fans sewn into the back of each garment. The fans are powered by a pocket-sized rechargeable battery pack.

They aren't the most fashionable thing I've seen, even in any of the 10 different styles and a variety of colors, but they do help the environment because they use about 1/50th the energy of a small air conditioner. If you don't mind that you might look like a human blimp, you can get one of these shirts for 11,000 yen ($96).

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Tags: fans, gadgets, japan, shirts, technology

Lipstick light lets you apply in the dark

Posted Jun 26th 2007 at 12:33PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Accessories, Cosmetics

I'm not sure how often most women find themselves stuck in the dark and desperate to apply some lip gloss, but -- just in case that ever happens -- ModelCo has a new product just for you: the Lip Light.

The only difference between this and normal lip gloss is that there's a small LED light hidden in the lid, so it shines on your lips while you're applying. Novel, sure, but probably not all that useful outside of your favorite dimly-lit nightclub. Even then -- how hard is to find your mouth?

That said, the little light might come in handy for other things, like digging through your purse, or, um ... Ok, so I can't think of anything else you'd use this for. But it's lip gloss -- and it lights up!


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Tags: gadgets, LED lights, LedLights, lip gloss, LipGloss, lipstick

New skirt has a pocket for your iPod

Posted Jun 22nd 2007 at 7:06PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Clothing, Dresses

For years I was a pack rat. Because I didn't like to carry a wallet, my pants pockets were like magnets for random crap -- old receipts, cards, change, whatever. I never understood how women in skirts and dresses were able to manage. If you don't want to lug around a purse, where do you keep all you stuff?

The new iPod miniskirt may be the answer (kind of). It's nothing revolutionary, just a pair of biker shorts underneath the skirt -- but the cool part is, that the shorts have a hidden pocket, designed especially for your iPod, cell phone, or whatever else you can fit in there.

Otherwise, it's a pretty boring skirt. But if you're into the straightforward look, and want access to your tunes without carrying your MP3 player, there's an entire range of iPod-friendly women's apparel that you might want to check out.

The clothing may not be fashion-forward, but It's certainly novel, and great for when you want to be hands-free.

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Tags: dresses, gadgets, ipod, miniskirt, skirts

Solar beach bag can charge your phone

Posted Jun 22nd 2007 at 9:50AM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Handbags, Accessories

About 8 years ago, I clearly remember declaring that I would "never" get a cell phone. "What's the point? I don't need to be contacted at all hours of the day," I defiantly told my friends.

Now, on the rare occasion that I leave my phone at home, I feel naked, lost, and confused. What's worse, is when I leave for an all day trip, and realize that my phone is about to die, and I have no way to charge it. The frustration of trying to make that last minute phone call before the juice runs out, or turning the thing on and off all day while desperately trying to save the battery is immense.

Enter the solar tote. It may look like a suburban mom bag from the 90s, but don't be fooled -- this bad boy is fully-loaded with a high-tech flexible solar panel. Now you can hang out on the beach (or anywhere that sees sunlight), and charge your phone, iPod, or camera -- no problem.

With any luck, you'll never be powerless again.

[via Boing Boing]

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