By Andrew Liszewski They say necessity is the mother of invention, but who s the father?... Well that would be Will of course, because where there s a will, there s a way... Or it could also be this guy, who created an automatic baby walker using a cheap stroller, a not-so-cheap battery powered electric drill and a little ingenuity... The front wheels are permanently fused at an angle so the stroller just goes in circles, but it s apparently enough to put his son to sleep, even with the drill s electric motor running right next to his head... … View Post »

By Andrew Liszewski In its continued efforts to set itself apart from the hundreds of other watchmakers that feature the Swiss brand stamp, Romain Jerome has once again come up with a watch that s less about the design, and more about what goes into its construction... While their Titanic DNA line used pieces of steel and coal from the famous shipwreck, their new Moon Dust-DNA collection is made of steel from the Apollo 11 rocket, fibers from a spacesuit worn aboard the International Space Station and dust from a moon rock that was collected during our first visit... The company plans to make just 1,969 of the watches, to commemorate the year Buzz and Neil took their first historic steps on the moon, but for the rest of us, the watch is probably the closest we ll ever get to being there... [ theage.com.au - Watchmaker uses spare parts from space ] VIA [ Born Rich ]... … View Post »

By Andrew Liszewski Most solar-powered devices aren t that aesthetically pleasing, but this simple Solar Clock manages to maintain a clean design even with its fairly large solar cell located front and center... The clock can be mounted on the wall in a vertical or horizontal position, or you can swap out the overhanging hands with an included shorter set and simply place it on a table or desk instead... It s available from SUCK UK for about $38, but appears to be out of stock until sometime later in the month... … View Post »

By Evan Ackerman It s not too often that an innovative alarm clock comes along (I said innovative, not gimmicky), but when it does, you can be sure it s worth paying serious attention to... Not only does it look nice, with a big bright backlit display and a stylish base, but it s completely voice activated... You can then verbally ask it what time it is, to turn the alarm on or off, toggle the backlight, check the temperature, set the time, or a bunch of other things... Seriously, there s no need to get out of bed or even move your arms ever again, but if you need the exercise, it looks like there are some old-fashioned buttons in the back to program it the hard way... The greatest thing is, of course, the ability to turn the alarm off without opening your eyes, but it doesn t seem like Moshi is likely to respond to profanity... Somewhat surprisingly, the Moshi IVR clock costs only $50, available on the Moshi website, where you can also see and hear a demo of the voice activated functions of the clock while listening to soothing background music... … View Post »

This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net I love Black Friday... There s really nothing like staying up all night, standing in line while it s freezing outside... … View Post »

By Luke Anderson Have you ever tried hanging a bike on a ceiling hook in your garage?... This cool little device has a giant button that you press with the tire of the bike... … View Post »

By Evan Ackerman This cube timer is a really simple, straightforward little device: just rotate the cube so that the time you want is facing up, set it down, and an alarm will go off after that amount of time has passed... The unfortunate thing about keeping track of time, though, is that you re often having to deal with inconvenient numbers that aren t 5, 15, 30, or 60 (and for the record, I m pretty sure that s leaving the sixth side undefined)... What if I want 10 minutes?... … View Post »

By Andrew Liszewski Hallowe en s just around the corner and quite frankly there s nothing more horrifying to me than old-timey medical instruments... So instead of watching any of those lame horror movies on TV (except for Shaun Of The Dead) I suggest spending a couple of hours poking through the British Columbia Medical Association s Medical Museum which is now online for your gawking pleasure... The site is broken down into various sections, and while I still haven t had the courage to look at the Dentistry page, some of the others aren t so bad... For instance, the device pictured above is an aspirating set that dates back to the year 1900 and was used by Dr. R. Eden Walker G.P... Now I m sure in another 100 years Andrew MK-IV will be hyper-blogging the same thing about the medical instruments we use today, but that doesn t make the antique tools in this collection any less unsettling... … View Post »

By Jonathan Kimak We ve seen beer gadgets before... But beer cannons that can shoot a beer into your hand from across the room will look like the stuff of amateurs when compared to this... A beer pouring machine made of Lego blocks... And what s more is that the device is controlled by an iPhone... A message is sent to the iPhone and the machine pours you a brew... There are already robot bartenders that can do the job faster and pour a nicer beer, but this device appeals to the geek-heart within me... … View Post »