Plugging this device into any powered USB port should repel most flying insects according to manufacturer. This technology has not, however, received much commercial success… We wonder why…
It shouldn’t be a surprise that this gadget was ‘invented’ in Japan, the mother land of weird gadgets.
The Nice Cup Bra can be removed and unrolled to create a 1.5m-long putting mat. When the user sinks a putt into one of the cups, a built-in speaker pumps out a congratulatory “Nice shot!”.
The problem with all alarm clocks that try to wake you gentle by using light that gets brighter is that none of them work!
Example from the seventies
More recent alarm clock that failed
The ‘old’ Philips Wake-up Light always woke me like a regular alarm clock: instantly. Another problem was that the buttons used to set the (alarm &) time made a lot of noise, so you’d wake your already deeply asleep partner.
The new Philips Wake-up Light looks promising: slick design and is has an iPhone dock for the heavy sleepers. Furthermore it comes with 20 brightness settings.
September 19, 2008 at 4:56 pm · Filed under Lifestyle, Sound
The Gorenje Group came up with a brilliant designed fridge. But mind this: the fridge part of this gadget is an extra. Confused? It gets worse: the gadget we’re talking about is an iPod docking station… a docking station with build-in fridge.
It’s worthless as a docking station of course, but the design is beautiful, smooth, slick… I want one!