Category: GADGETS

Make Your Eyes Literally Shine With The LED Eyelashes

Artist Soomi Park created LED Eyelashes that literally light up your eyes with tiny LED lights wired to headphones containing a battery and tilt sensor. While not available to buy, this wild concept piece seems destined for club nights and Halloween costumes rather than everyday wear.

Chain Condoms: Protection For Your Drivetrain

This heavy nylon cover wraps around your bicycle's drivetrain to keep grease and grime off your car during transport. Designed by a professional cyclist, it fits most bikes including mountain bikes and triple chain rings, using a simple hook-and-loop closure for quick installation.

Livestrong LS9.9IC Exercise Bike Lets You Train Like Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong's training bike comes home. The Livestrong LS9.9IC indoor cycle boasts heavy-duty construction, a 40-pound flywheel with Kevlar belt drive, adjustable saddle and handlebars, plus heart-rate monitoring. Designed for serious cyclists who want pro-level training indoors, with proceeds supporting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Rex, A Robotic Beast Of Burden

Israel Aerospace Industries built Rex, a six-wheeled robotic mule designed for military use. The voice-commanded robot can haul over 400 pounds of gear, follow a lead soldier autonomously, and run for 72 hours without refueling.

Entourage Edge Combines E-Reader With An Android UMPC

The Entourage Edge featured dual screens in a clamshell form factor: a 9.7-inch e-ink display paired with a 10.1-inch Android touchscreen. Both panels were touch-sensitive and could fold 360 degrees, offering e-reader functionality alongside basic computing with Wi-Fi, 3G, and multimedia support.

Powermat Makes Wireless Charging A Reality, Now In Stores

Powermat brought wireless charging to retail with a thin platform that could charge up to three devices simultaneously. Each gadget needed a special receiver sleeve to draw power inductively from the mat, offering cord-free convenience at the same speed as traditional chargers.

Scubacraft, A Sea-Diving Speedboat

This ambitious watercraft prototype aimed to blend luxury speedboat styling with submarine capabilities, racing at 50 mph on the surface before diving 100 feet underwater using electric thrusters. Though deposits were accepted starting at £100,000, the Scubacraft never moved beyond its 2009 Pinewood Studios testing phase.

Spooklight Puts Turn And Brake Signals On Your Bicycle

Spooklight brings car-style turn signals and brake lights to any standard bicycle. The wireless system uses a handlebar-mounted touch control and an accelerometer-equipped rear lamp that automatically illuminates when you slow down. Both units quick-release for USB charging and add just 90g to your ride.

WikiReader Puts Wikipedia In Your Pocket

The WikiReader was a single-purpose handheld that stored 3 million Wikipedia articles on an SD card, featuring a monochrome touchscreen, AAA batteries lasting a year, and full offline browsing. At $99, it offered portable encyclopedia access without internet connectivity.

Dyson Air Multiplier Fan Blows Air, Will Blow Your Mind

The Dyson Air Multiplier Fan defies logic: it's a ring around a hole, yet it blows air like a champ. By pulling air through its base and amplifying it 15 times through an annular aperture, this bladeless wonder pushes 118 gallons per minute—quietly, safely, and stylishly—for $300–$330.

Eigenharp Alpha Makes Your Electronic Musical Instruments Look Dated

The Eigenharp Alpha is a wild electronic instrument that combines piano, woodwind, and percussion functions into one upright rig. With 120 multi-function keys, breath control, percussion pads, and limitless sounds, this $5,800 professional tool lets musicians play, loop, sequence, and layer—all from a single futuristic device.

Bottle Your Own Perfume With The Missisippi Distiller

This Barcelona-made distilling machine extracts scented oils from plant leaves so you can bottle your own original fragrances. With its copper tubes, borosilicate glass components, and walnut base, the Missisippi Distiller looks like something from a mad scientist's lab and works like a professional perfumery tool.

Robovie-PC Is A 15-Inch Robot With An Embedded PC

Meet the Robovie-PC: a 15-inch humanoid robot with a full netbook PC embedded in its trunk. Created by Vstone and ATR, this 4.8-lb machine boasts 20 degrees of programmable freedom, gyro sensors, accelerometer, VGA-out, and Wi-Fi. No external computer needed—just plug in a monitor and code.

Flask Playing Cards Enables Two Of Your Favorite Vices

This stainless steel flask marries two classic vices in one pocket-size package. The 4×3-inch container holds your favorite liquor while a built-in compartment stores a full deck of cards, making it perfect for impromptu poker games or Magic The Gathering sessions.

Emergency Flares Without The Burn – The Lite Flare

Forget burning through incendiary flares every roadside emergency. The Lite Flare runs 400 hours on two AA batteries, replacing over 700 traditional flares. Its high-impact polycarbonate housing survives being run over, while ultra-bright LEDs flash 54 times per minute with one-mile visibility. Sets of three run $33.

The Bedazzler: A Dizzying DIY, Non-Lethal Weapon

This Arduino-based DIY device replicates Homeland Security's million-dollar Dazzler weapon on a budget. For $250, builders get plans to construct a handheld LED flasher that induces temporary dizziness and nausea—or just makes really weird party lights.