On Your Body
These Kisai Denshoku watches are gorgeous brushed-metal bodied instruments, available for $236 at Tokyo Flash, were inspired by the neon daylight of Tokyo's Shinjuku district but could have just as easily come from a Cylon Basestar - and you might need a Cylon's ability to read data in flashing red lights to tell the time, but it'd still be worth it.
They work like this: the number of lit bars tells the hour. Pressing a button initiates a three-phase time-telling animation: the bars flash the hour, then flash the number of ten-minute intervals that have elapsed since the hour began, and then flash the number of single-digit minutes that have elapsed since the last ten minute increment.
Yeah.
In other words, a flash of "4, 5, 6" would mean the time is 4:56.
That's something I could get used to, but only if my irises flash Cylon-red in response.
kisai denshoku led watch: how a cylon tells the time [Technabob]
This video is pretty awesome: Touch Bionics, a Scottish company, has developed the i-LIMB prosthetic hand, which allows the wearer to pick up even and manipulate even fragile objects like eggs!
Evan Reynolds, the guy show in the video who lost his left forearm and hand to a car accident, can even write with his new i-LIMB:
Currently the system costs £30,000 (about $41,200 US Dollars.)
Pretty impressive stuff. The days of Star Wars style prosthetics can't be far behind!
Guy Gets Arm Replaced Luke Skywalker Style [Pogpog]
[via: Engadget]
Spy equipment can be really fun to play with, and in many places it can be really illegal. There are tons of different cameras and camcorders you could use if you really want to spy on people, but this one in particular should be taken into consideration just for it's novelty: It's an Obama Camcorder Belt Buckle. Here, I should probably let the Ajoka website explain it in its best English:
Obaba Buckle DVR a handsome black man face have a hidden camera and a micro DVR built in. you can take Hidden Video with Audio with our Obaba Buckle DVR for Spy or Investigation it gives you the ability to perform personal investigation, conduct secret video surveillance or for any ideal covert operation where gathering evidence is important. Ideal for hidden camera use where wireless camera can be detected easily with a wireless camera detector. This Buckle was originally carved in a WOOD but we changed this beautiful master piece of work in aluminium mould, now it looks even better and beautiful fashionable belt buckle. you can wear it as a normal belt on your Jeans yet it can record audio and video of your spy need.
The camera does not come with any on-board storage, but can support SD cards up to 2G. On a full charge, you should be able to get 3 hours of recording time with files compressed to 3G format. You'll only get 15 FPS, but it'll be in full color and sound. My only problem, scratch that, my biggest problem with this is that unless the camera angle is adjustable, you'd have to stand a ways back to get someone on camera, or do a weird pelvic thrust thing. I suppose this could be used for some less sultry things as well, but... just ew.
[via: The Raw Feed]
Wear this thing. Seriously. Just wear it and I garuantee you that someone will beat you down like you were one of the idiots stolling down the street blaring a boom box. Because that's pretty much what this amounts to. Except it's an MP3 player. That you attach to your ballcap. With speakers.
Look, if this looks that cool to you, go ahead and hand me the $119.95 asking price. I'm sure I can hire someone to beat the living crap out of your for cheaper than that. It'll be fun, I promise!
I'd list the specs and what not, but really, I'm just not that apt to get anyone even thinking they might be interested in an MP3 player that attaches to the bill of your baseball cap that we all wear oh, so often, and blares music (or whatever you call that noise) to everyone near you.
CES 2009: The Other iCap--an MP3 Player for Your Head [Gearlog]
Are you looking for a new watch? Maybe you're looking for a phone too? Quite possibly you're looking for a big hunk of electronics to wear on your wrist too? Well, golly-gee, LG might have the gadget for you!
Straight from the floors of CES 2009 comes LG's GD910, then touch-screen, PMP, watch-phone. Now you can store your MP3's and photos on your watch, and look awkard talking to your wrist! What could possibly be wrong with this?
This does look kind of cool, to be honest. Assuming this has Bluetooth support for calls, I'd be all about it. However, as I live in the US, I may not be able to see this cool gadget for awhile, as there are currently no US carriers announced to support it. But I want it. So I may be calling on one of our European readers to snag it and ship it over!
CES 2009: LG Watch Phone Might Come To USA [Gearlog]
Even though it's not a jewel embedded in the hand, there's something about BHO's wireless antistatic wristband that's reminiscent of Logan's Run.
Most antistatic wrist guards are bothersome because they're ugly and being tethered to the floor by an electrostatic ground wire has, for some odd reason, not caught on as the sexily responsible trend it aught to have become.
BHO's $11 solution avoids the ground wire with a simple screw and resistor, eliminating static without being under house arrest. Instead, you'll just look like you're under house arrest. Problem solved!
[Product Page via Uberreview]
Wristawches are so passe. I mean, come on, everyone laready has one, and unless it's a Movado, they just look tacky. Or geeky. Which I suppose the Geeky ones aren't that bad, if they're packed full of cool things to do, or can be used by super spies. Preferrably both. Kinda like this Thanko MP4/camcorder.
The newly announced Thanko watch supports MP4 video format, as well as MP3, WMV, WPA and JPEG files, and can shoot video in 352x288. Which isn't really fantastic or anything, but still good enough to catch Dr. No in the act... or something.
If you are a nut about wearing a bulky, 1.8 inch watch, or enjoy recording the guy in the next urinal over (sick!), or think watching videos on your wrist would rock, this might just be the watch for you. Sadly, no release date or cost is set yet.
Thanko's New MP4 Watch puts a camera on your wrist [Coolest Gadgets]
There's only 10 types of people: those who get this shirt and those who don't.
ThinkGeek has this awesome shirt on sale for a mere $9.99.
I'm sure there's a geek on your shopping list that would love this shirt (I know I'm fighting automatic buy impulse.)
Gadget get!
There's no place like 127.0.0.1 [ThinkGeek]
So you've picked up that hot guy you've been eyeing all night, and there's a tent big enough to fit a whole troop of boy scouts underneath in your pants.
But how do you know if that tent pole's hard enough? Gadgets to the rescue! FastSize's EQM (that's Erection Quality Monitor fyi) allows you to pull a pocket size gadget out, press your throbbing member against its censor, and the EQM will give you a colour coded signal that corresponds to a chart that's way more fun than homeland security's threat level chart.
Seriously, "penetration possible with help of hand"? That's gold right there.
(Side note: this is the debut of the "penis" and "erection" tags here on Homotron. Yay!)
EQM - Erectile Quality Monitor [FastSize]
[via: BBG]
Lawmakers in Indonesia's Papua province are about to pass a bylaw requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be tagged with RFID chips to track their whereabouts and behaviour.
John Manangsang, one of the lawmakers backing the new measure, explained the tags:
It's a simple technology. A signal from the microchip will track their movements and this will be received by monitoring authorities.
If a patient with HIV/AIDS was found to have infected a healthy person, there would be a penalty.
What. the. fuck.
Nevermind the lack of condoms.
Nevermind the HIV/AIDS education that your government has failed to provide.
Nevermind the rampant promiscuity in your population, exacerbated by local rituals where some Papuan tribes swap partners.
No, punishing those who are victims of disease is totally the best way to handle this. This is straight out of the Nazi playbook, only updated with 21st century technology.
I'm seething with rage at the ignorance of these lawmakers, and Indonesia is definitely off my travel plans.
Indonesia's Papua plans to tag AIDS sufferers [Reuters]
The Prada II. It's a beautifully designed phone aimed squarely at the unabashedly wealthy market. And me of course. No, I'm not wealthy, but I will have a Prada phone, in particular if it comes with this bluetooth wristwatch as promised!
The wristwatch, which actually looks pretty slick, is designed to integrate perfectly with your phone. No need to pull the phone out of your pocket to check text messages, see who's calling, or even just to tell time, it's all served up to your watch. While a bit over the top, that does sound kind of cool to me, and makes me want to go out and get one.
It's not completely clear whether or not this will come free with the Prada II phone or sold separately. Hell, it's not even clear when the phone will come out, or whether there will be a special pre-order line for us queens that can't without our labels (if not, there will be a riot, I promise that!). If the Prada II has piqued your interest, this may yet be another few hundred dollars you'll need to spend to fully accessorize your flashy gadget.
Product Page [Prada]
[via: Gizmodo]
We've all been there. Things are getting hot and sweaty, you've been making out and you're about to burst with passion, and you quickly reach for a condom.
And the condom package refuses to open. You try to smooth this roadblock over, but the mood has already been broken. The room is already less hot than before.
Pronto Condoms to the rescue! Stock a few of these puppies in your room and you can be protected in mere seconds:
Unfortunately, Pronto Condoms are only available in South Africa for now. Hopefully they extend their product across the pond!
Product Page [Pronto Condoms]
And girls who like girls who like fembots!
Gadget of the Week
3D iPhone glasses. Why?
Links
The Homotron Store
- Help support Homotron by purchasing your items through our store!
All rights reserved © 2007-2008 FAD Media, Inc.
