Swerve.  Stroll.  Swagger.  All of these things will dramatically increase once you get a firm grip of this Hand Grenade Cane.  More than just pimp aesthetic, this cane also becomes an object of blunt force trauma and incision once it’s unsheathed, as it quickly becomes a sword.

Standing at a height of 33.5″ the hand grenade also doubles as a compass once you pull the pin.  I don’t know how many thugs read blogs, but this should sure be worth their hard earned drug money.  On sale now for $30.

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Transporting a bike can often be a precarious scenario. If you don’t mind partially dismantling your bike for travel purposes and have an extra $600 lying around then you might want to check out the Biknd Helium Bike Transportation Bag.

Capable of carrying a 64cm frame Road Bike or a Full-Suspension Mountain Bike, the Biknd Helium also has room for a spare set of wheels for those of you planning off and on road bike trips.  The coolest part of the bag is that the sides inflate after the bag is sealed to ensure that any loose or moving parts stay still to the point of shrink wrapped.

The bag also sits on wheels and has a polyethylene end cap for banging into stuff.  Exceptional design I must say.

Traveling with a bicycle has never been this simple: the Helium is light and easy to carry and its revolutionary inflatable padding offers unrivaled protection. Thanks to its minimal dimensions, it fits easily in the trunk of even the smallest cars (width of 100 cm). Every small detail has been looked into: the Helium bike case has special compartments for an extra wheelset and also for stowing you helmet, shoes and other essentials (pump, spare tubes, etc.)

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At one inch thick, Paper Jamz guitars from Wowwee don’t have any actual strings.  They use an innovative and proprietary that allows you to strum the non-existent strings to produce one of three pre-loaded licensed tracks.  Each of the available 6 guitars will have 3 modes of play:  Perfect Play (just strum along), Rhythm Mode (you control the tempo), and FreeStyle Mode (Just go crazy with the track).

I’m thinking this is going to appeal to the pre-Guitar Hero crowd or a precursor to a child actually learning an instrument.  Launching around July or August, Paper Jamz will be priced at around $25 for each guitar.  Would you buy one of these for your kid?

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The internal iPhone microphone has never been known to exude quality recordings.  With the help of ThinkGeek’s Mini-Mic you can finally produce some accurate and great sounding recordings regardless of what app your using.

Shaped like the end of a boom microphone, the Mini-Mic is a plug-n-play device that uses no battery and promises gains of 25+ dB.  With multi-angle swivel action that applies itself to a multitude of recording scenarios, the Mini-Mic is a great deal for $13!  Available now.

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Ain’t nothing like a hot piece of metal in your pocket to get you through some cold days this winter.  The Zippo Hand Warmer uses a platinum catalyzed glass fibre burner to provide up to 10 times more heat than your average hand warmer.  Capable of burning for 12 hours at a time, the Zippo Hand Warmer uses 12ml of everyday lighter fuel.  Sounds like a great compact solution for those in colder areas suffering poor circulation.

It comes packed with a warming bag for optimal handling and is priced at only $30.  I really like the aesthetic and wouldn’t mind owning one if I lived in a cold weather area.

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A corrupt and crashed hard drive might be more depressing than breaking up with a rich, well spoken super model.  All those important pics and video files (wink), oh and text files will be lost.  And God knows backing up with Time Machine on the mac or any computer is an arduous task.

Enter the Lexar Echo ZE, a tiny and discreet USB flash drive for those with the on the go lifestyle.  It measures a diminutive 20.1 by 15.1 millimeters in size, is compatible with any OS on the market today and is available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities.  Sure, that won’t back up your entire hard drive’s contents, but all the pertinent files will be saved, and it’s small enough that you can always leave it plugged in.  I just wished they had designed it with a daisy chain like input, so you didn’t have to have one of your few (probably 2 or 3) USB drives always occupied.

You can currently pre-order the Lexar Echo ZE at Amazon, which range from $50 to $140.

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That darn DJ equipment can be so back debilitating sometimes.  No problem.  The Pocket Sized MP3 Player Mixing Deck has you covered for your next gig. It works like a standard mixer and even allows you to preview your next track before mixing.  Of course you’ll need two MP3 players for a smooth transition and a headphone jack will let you preview and listen to your work without being interrupted by drunk flusies.

ThinkGeek has it for $25.

[via UberReview]

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The i-Tab is a totally unique and innovative for guitarists of virtually any skill level.  Sitting atop the neck of your guitar like a parrot to the pirate, the i-Tab’s 5-inch color touchscreen feeds you legal tabs, chords, lyrics, and video lessons on the fly.

The i-Tab comes packed with 30 songs and through the USB input you can purchase more to learn at any time.  Using 4Gb’s of internal memory you will also be able to download video lessons, chords, scales, and more.

Included with the i-Tab is a set of headphones, a stylus, a power charger, and a soft carrying pouch.  The i-Tab will go on sale starting in mid-March for the retail price of $200.  Sounds like a quality relationship between musicians and technology.

PRESS RELEASE – FEBRUARY 2010

i-tab, the worlds first dedicated portable guitar tab player now launched

The revolutionary and patented i-tab, for the first time ever, offers guitarists a pocket sized unit that scrolls chords and lyrics in perfect time. The i-tab allows users to download backing tracks and video cover lessons from a massive library of fully legal tabs, tracks and lessons on www.i-tab.com. Once downloaded, the i-tab sits conveniently at the end of your guitar and acts as the ultimate prompt giving you a seamless clear display of chords and lyrics at the tempo of your choice. Now you can take your tab library with you wherever you go and this really will be your best friend on your guitar.

Ideal for players of every level, the i-tab will help you learn songs, remember lyrics whilst storing 100’s of tabs, backing tracks and reels of video. A 4GB memory gives you plenty of room to organise your songs into handy playlists and build your own song library. If you are learning to play you can also download i-tabs free tuition video modules to help you along. Funky video cover lessons will help build your portfolio of cool songs for gigs and parties.

The i-tab unit has a 5” touch screen, in-built speaker and comes with headphones, stylus, USB connector, power charger, soft carry pouch and weighs in at only 0.14kg. The i-tab comes with 30 free song tabs including U2 (Beautiful Day), Oasis (Wonderwall) and The Rolling Stones (Jumping Jack Flash). It also includes TV out leads so you can play synchronized chords, lyrics and backing tracks through the player or through your TV and everyone can sing along!

The i-tab is available to purchase now through www.i-tab.com for £129 (EU€149, US$199). The first units are shipping mid-March and will hit the streets worldwide from early April 2010. The backing tracks and songs (including the chords and lyrics) can be purchased from the website at a price of 25 pence for the tabs and 50 pence for backing tracks.
i-tab, songs at your finger tips

For further information visit www.i-tab.com

ThinkGeek is quite the brain trust indeed.  Coming off the heels of our ScrewPop review is the KeyChain CorkScrew And Bottle Opener From ThinkGeek.  Leaving the screwdriver in favor of a corkscrew, this handy keychain accessory is perfect for the wine enthusiast or “Corkestrator” in your immediate area.

Simple enough, the bottle opener “pops off” to reveal a corkscrew for you to get your thirsty on.  On sale now from ThinkGeek for $12.

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For the hard hat wearing construction worker whose gone through countless stereos and boomboxes due to falling beams and toppling port-o-potties comes the Ryobi Tek4 Allplay Music Player.  Built for the most rugged of job site scenarios the 2GB MP3 player is water, dust, and impact resistant.

Found in home improvement stores across the heartland for $70, the Tek4 has large buttons for use with gloves on, and easily attaches to a work belt or armband.  Battery life should last around 72 hours per charge.  Now all you’ll need is some heavy duty Dewalt speakers.

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What could be best used as an auxiliary tooth brush stashed away in your glove compartment, the OHSO Pocket Toothbrush is also cheap enough to forget about.  Priced at $20, toothpaste is stored at the tip and it is easy to refill and clean.

OHSO was engineered to be the ultimate travel toothbrush. Besides looking good the OHSO is useful and durable. Toothpaste is stored in the handle for safekeeping and the window shows you how much paste is in the chamber. Turn the knob clockwise and paste is dispensed though the rubber nozzle on the bristle head. Tilt down and paste is delivered directly to the bristles.

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I must have completely missed this thing at CES this year.  What is basically a digital picture frame that runs widgets, news has now reached the blogs that the Sony Dash will now be able to run streaming video from a host of websites including Netflix.

What could be a game changer for this device, pricing is set a $200 and it will start shipping in April.  Get your dash and get your swerve on.

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What could possible be the cutest thing you own minus the Hello Kitty toilet seat comes the Toyjector from Princeton.  Not being one of those words that rolls off the tongue, the baby little Toyjector displays images with a resolution of 300 x 224 (QVGA), a contrast ratio of 100:1, and a brightness of 5 Lumens.

Costing just over $180, the portability of this thing is quite robust.  A tripod is included in the price as well as an AC adapter.  GeekStuff4U has the Toyjector expects to ship within 5 to 10 days.

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Looking exactly like it’s been stolen from a top secret laboratory, the Germ Guardian Air Sanitizer will be your apocalyptic antidote for all illness’s airborne.  Effectively killing 99.9% of flu viruses, the Germ Guardian Air Sanitizer.

Great for home or office, the peace of mind you will receive from this germ gadget could be well worth the $150 asking price.

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As the 3-D bombardment begins like humans descending on Na’vi, Acer’s S5200 3D Video Projector should wet your multi-dimensional appetite.  With a 120Hz refresh rate, the S5200 will heave an 81″ image from as close as 3 feet away.

Compatible with LAN control systems, the S5200 also has a: HDMI port, 3,000 ANSI lumens of brightness, a 2,500:1 contrast ratio, native XGA resolution, a 4:3 aspect ratio, and displays 16:9 at 1,600 x 1,200 resolution.  Hook it up to a computer, strap on some 3-D glasses and you’re good to go.

The Acer S5200 3D Video Projector is priced at just over $1,000 and is available now.

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The Wild Planet Spy Video TRAKR is absolutely everything you wanted as a child.  Broadcasting wireless audio and visual feeds from the TRAKR to the remote is simply awesome and you can even hook it up to your PC via USB and program commands into it.  I’m not sure how deep this programming goes but it’s got to make this thing that much better.

What is easily the most notable feature however, is the inclusion of the microphone on the remote and the speaker on the RC drone.  You can broadcast your imminent arrival from afar, or simply sneak up on somebody and scare the hell out of them.

The Wild Planet Spy Video TRAKR will go on sale in October of this year for a retail price of $120.  I gotta try one.

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The iRecord Pro is an all encompassing personal media recorder that literally has all angles covered.  From recording audio and video directly to your PC or Mac to your iPhone or PSP, the iRecord Pro also allows for unattended timed recordings.  The amount of specs on this thing is plain staggering and it should provide everything you need given the scenario.

The iRecord Pro will also charge any connected iPod.  For more information check out the iRecord Pro website and it’s available now for $260.

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Due to release later this month, The Limited Edition Michael Jackson “This Is It” Hard Drive by Samsung is the perfect way to celebrate the legacy of the late great one.  The 500GB hard drive will contain a DRM protected version of the recently released MJ film “This Is It”.  The USB 2.0 hard drive is priced at $123 and is set to ship on February 24th.

Similar to The Beatles USB stick, the S2 Portable HXMU050DA, in which it’s also called, will be received in high regard by any mega fan of the King of Pop.

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And here comes the flood.  Belkin has just announced their first iPad sleeves with prices ranging from $29.99 to $39.99.  They are also bringing a screen protector to the market for $19.99.  All products will be available for spring 2010.

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Yesterday Steve Jobs touted the iPad as being the best way to view mobile video.  While iTunes will quench most people’s thirst for movies and Tv programs, as of now NetFlix streaming will not be available on the iPad.

NetFlix CEO Reed Hastings has said that they are not currently developing an app to view streaming content for the iPad or any other Apple device.  Reed laid mention to the fact that they are still trying to conquer the “large screen” format and want to primarily focus on that for the time being.

What most people might not be aware of is that NetFlix uses Microsoft’s IIS Media Services to stream content through the Silverlight plugin, and has as of recent enabled IIS7 to transcode to an iPhone-compatible stream so you can use it through mobile Safari instead of needing a separate app to do so.

The bottom line is that the technology is there, but so far NetFlix isn’t interested.

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