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Brodmann Blades Turns The Ping Pong Paddle Into A Glove

Brodmann Blades reimagine the ping pong paddle as a glove that straps onto your hand. The manufacturer claims the ergonomic design delivers better ball control, more spin, and a stronger backhand. Each set includes two paddles, four balls, wristbands, and a carrying case.

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.

Pop-Up Slippers Are Brilliant, But Horrid-Looking

These Japanese-designed slippers fold completely flat when unhooked, slipping into laptop bags or tight luggage spaces. A single foam slab with clever cuts creates functional footwear via a simple stud closure, though the orange and green designs are admittedly horrid-looking.

Finger Hinge Eliminates Crushed Fingers At The Door

This innovative door hinge eliminates the dangerous gap between door and jamb where fingers get crushed. The Finger Hinge uses rotating mesh segments that keep the space filled during opening, rotating 90 degrees both ways and even supporting electronic automation for commercial or home use.

Fixed Shoes – Bicycle Shoes That Look Good With A Suit And Tie

Quoc Pham's Fixed Shoe solves the cyclist's office dilemma with hand-made footwear that looks formal enough for a suit but features a stiff rubber sole and reinforced lacing for effective pedaling. Available in five colorways, these leather cycling dress shoes retail for £90 and bridge the gap between performance and professional style.

The Royal Cart: A $55,000 Mini-Hummer Golf Cart

Bad Ass Golf Carts created The Royal Cart, a one-off custom golf cart disguised as a shrunken Hummer H3. This $55,000 beast features 35mph speed, five TVs, a massive sound system with dual 12-inch woofers, club lighting, and remote-controlled everything for a private island client.

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.

Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made, Turned Into A Book

Stanley Kubrick's legendary unfilmed Napoleon project lives on in a stunning ten-volume collector's edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies at $700 each, this TASCHEN set archives two years of pre-production work including over 15,000 location photographs, 17,000 historical slides, costume studies, and Kubrick's own correspondence about the abandoned masterpiece.

Undercap Puts A Brief On Your Head… No, The Real Head

This novelty headwear is shaped exactly like tighty-whities but sized for your skull. The Undercap is a 95% cotton, 5% spandex brief that sits under hats, wigs, or ski caps to keep them dry and comfortable—or you can wear it solo as a hilariously odd statement piece for under twelve bucks.

Solé Power Tile Makes Your Solar Roof Look Good

The Solé Power Tile brings solar energy to your roof without the eyesore. Designed to look like traditional dark blue clay tiles, these flexible panels generate power while maintaining your home's curb appeal and neighborhood association approval.

Xbox And Wii Gaming Towers Look More Like Gaming Shrines Than Shelves

These vertical gaming towers are designed to look like the consoles they store. The Xbox Generations Gaming Tower holds a 360 console, 16 games, four controllers, and a guitar peripheral. The Wii Aspect Gaming Tower offers similar storage configured for Nintendo's system. Both are made from recyclable plastic resin and ship unassembled for $59.99.

Giant Puppets Tower Over Germany In The Berlin Reunion

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, Royal De Luxe staged an extraordinary open-air performance featuring two giant marionette puppets navigating the city's streets. Up to 1.5 million spectators watched Big Giant and Little Giantess reunite after being separated by metaphorical monsters.

Anti-H1N1 Suit Keeps You Dapper While Repelling The Virus

Haruyama Trading developed business suits coated with titanium dioxide that purportedly break down and eliminate H1N1 virus upon contact. The suits look like standard office wear, retain protection after washing, and launched in Japan during the swine flu outbreak at $580 each.