Yesterday I wrote about the Nerf Wii Blaster. Today, Gearfuse found a Wii remote mod that repackages the controller into a custom made handheld gun. No word on if it works as an actual Wii Blaster, but the linked page has complete details on ‘how to’.
More pics after the ‘leap’
When the iPod became the must have item, folks were getting robbed left and right for them. Well, maybe not left and right, but a few white ear bud adorning, and adoring folks were getting jumped for their 10GB MP3 players (seems so long ago, huh). If you want to deter, in fact have folks scoff in your direction, then just convert an old Sony Walkman like Flickr user Sirljohn did. An ingenious idea, but you’ve gotta switch out the headphones for the oldschool yellow sport ones. What’s next? A Zack Morris case for your iPhone?
Via Gadget Venue via DVice
Playing guitar is hard enough, right? Now imagine trying to play guitar on an iPhone. Pocket Guitar, believe it or not, allows you to strum in up to three types of guitar setups: distortion, acoustic and electric bass. It looks unbelievably cool and intuitive. There are a few YouTube videos floating around. No doubt you’ll have to Jailbreak, but maybe that’ll change with the SDK kit released this month.
Via MobileMag
Video after the ‘more’
The Unity Telephone is essentially a dongle that connects your desktop and cell phone via Bluetooth and cord. Get a call on your cell and it’s transferred to your desktop phone. I know what you’re thinking: how many phones does it work with? According to Redferret, it will work with up to 1,300 phones (not sure if cell and/or corded phone), but I wouldn’t expect it to work with standard home phones. In addition to receiving calls you can share contacts, read text messages and more.
ShakeSMS isn’t the most practical application to install on your Nokia, but it sure does pique and speak to the level of innovation we should see coming from Apple’s SDK coming in February. So how’s it work? Install the Symbian based app/addon. When you receive a ‘text’ you simply shake your phone bringing you to your newly received text message. Note, you must have a Nokia with a built-in accelerometer. Symbianfreak (via MobileMag) makes a valid point: what happens if your jogging or jostle your phone while in your pocket?
I wrote about a ‘floating bed‘ back in July ‘06. It went for a cool $200,000 for a 1/5 scale model. The full scale went for over $1 million. Hoverit Lounger is essentially the same thing, but in an acrylic like lounge chair that you’d fine pool side at the hippest Hollywood hotel pool. It uses opposing magnets and costs a reasonable $11,500. Hoverit plans to release a fully cushioned version in March. The pics don’t really show full flotation but it’s good enough.
More pics here.
These glowing skateboards are the real deal and the ‘patent pending’ proves it. The company that’s blazing the glowing skateboard way is Photon Light Boards. You can buy boards prefitted with LEDs in a variety of setups or rock a custom setup. Prices (without trucks and wheels) range from $95 to $200 - the more expensive and the more complex the setup. Best of all is that all the boards are rechargeable and include a sleekly mounted powerpack and plug. I checked out their video (below) and couldn’t help but noticed the boards looked a little heavy with respect to the height the guys in the video were achieving during olly and ramp jumps - I’m no skateboarder so who am to say.
Are you sick and tired of those vacuum cleaners cell phones that don’t pick up dirt and are just too bulky? Thanks to Bug Labs and their revolutionary ‘modular cell phone’ you’ll now be able to plug and play (some coding might be required) dependent upon: what you’re doing that day, how tight fitting or small your purse is, etc. Wanna integrate Google maps with a GPS enabled camera phone. Just slide the necessary components together, modify a program in Linux to get them to talk and WHAMO, you’ve got the triple macchiato with light cream and a shot of espresso cell phone. Don’t need the camera or GPS? Just remove and slip the basic cell phone into your pocket for a night on the town. What is it? It’s basically a ‘Linux based mobile computer’ with snap on modules. Bug Labs plans to release the first iteration, and 4 modules (GPS, digital camera/videocam, color LCD touch screen and an accelerometer/motion sensor) by the end of 2007 - I’m guessing earliest Q1 since is December 3rd.
Update:Our friends over at “Oh Gizmo” got their hands on some video of the device.
More info here.
Build Your Own Mobile Phone [SpringWise]
(Thanks Ryan)
These guys originally brought us the Beerbelly. If you caught us on Fox New Boston just a year ago then you’d know this. Now they’re bringing us a device the actually enhances one’s figure - the beer belly makes you look fat - all the while providing 25oz or 750ml of concealed liquid. Copy on the site reads “Better than a Boob Job and Cheaper Too! Not to mention the savigns on over priced drinks.” Nope, I didn’t misspell. I think they were just drunk after taking one too many pulls of the ‘wine rack’. This truly does ROUND out there product line - zing! Apparently the device works best with A or B cups. Maybe we’ll see if I can score one and get some chicky in on it.
Available here, ships sometime mid November, comes in two sizes and will cost $29.95
Looking a little closer at the iPhone, I noticed that the headphone jack is not only recessed (big boooos) but isn’t completed sealed. Peer deep into the headphone jack’s hole whilst the screen is illuminated and you’ll notice light peaking through. What does this mean? Well, according to a few forum folks with similar devices (i.e. PDA/MP3), it means dirt and lint in the iPhone’s inner workings, and even worse under the LCD screen. After searching, and trying to deciphers this sites link structure, I’ve tracked down an iPhone serial port plug for about $10 shipped from a company called Protectorz via Radtech. As for the headphone jack I have had to resort to some ‘ghetto ass shit’. We’re talking ‘pencil eraser’ chopped down to fit. I’ll post pics later (pics have now been added), but its a good work around until something is officially developed. Plus its crazy cheap.
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