Weird Stuff

The bad thing about technology is when some of it breaks, it breaks in a big way. Having huge oil tankers sink in oceans, for example, is never a good way to co-exist with nature. The good thing about technology is that it’s developing so fast that when a problem is discovered, there are thirty different futuristic solutions for it.

Which is where the OSP comes in. What is the OSP? The OSP is a robot that cleans up oil spills. It’s like a Roomba that eats black gold.

Cyber Goggles Record Life, Find Keys

Have you ever forgotten where you left your glasses and then realized how hard it was to find your glasses without being able to see? And then you end up spending half your day searching in every nook and cranny, even ones that don’t make any sense (maybe they’re under this plate!) until you give in, buy a new pair, and find the old pair shortly after?

Well, kiss those days goodbye with the University of Tokyo’s newest invention — the “cyber goggles.”

Green Cell Battery Could Charge All Phones

As our world slowly fills up with undestructable cell phone batteries, designers Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alex Williams of RBW have a simple but brilliant idea to clean up at least some of the pollution that’s turning our planet into a waste heap for the future.

What’s the idea? A safe, ecofriendly cell phone battery and charger that can be used for all models, across all companies.

How, you wonder, has no one thought of it? Probably because we hate nature.

Smart Target’s Kiddo Kidkeeper Keeps Kids On Leash

Ever dream of keeping your kid on a virtual leash? Well, dream no more. Smart Target’s Kiddo Kidkeeper Proximity alarm ensures that not only will your child never ever have the sweet taste of freedom, but that, if they will, you will be immediately alerted so you can bring them back into their cell. Where, undoubtedly, they belong.

Also, for a limited time only, the Kidkeeper Proximity will also shock your child into submission if he leaves the “protected” zone that you have made for them. Are you sold yet?

Tunnel of Truth Concept Would Replace Airport Security, Probably Cause Cancer

One of the best ways to protect our airports, according to Transportation Security Laboratory Director Susan Hallowell, is by creating a “Tunnel of Truth” that would scan our bodies and our minds of ill goods and thoughts. And while the thought thing is probably not true, the eerily named Tunnel of Truth is — and its Susan Hallowell’s creepy brain child.

They don’t call her the Transportation Security Laboratory Director for nothing.

Chris Owens’ Glass Phone Slides, Does Little Else

What would you say to a phone that has no real features but looks like a ringing glass angel? We say we’ll take it.

In the style of the slick, name-brand phones like the LD Prada, the Samsung Armani and the Apple SexyDial, designer Chris Owens has made one of the slickest phones around by combining our love for glass, things that slide, and illumination.

Are you sold?

Rinspeed sQuba Drives Underwater

Ever been driving on the road in your hot, Corvette-like car and thought, “God, if only I could plunge this baby into the ocean.” Well, Swiss design company Rinspeed shares your desire — and is attempting to make a new, submersible convertible called the sQuba.

That’s right, convertible. As in, no roof. As in, while you may dive into the ocean and drive with the fishes, you’ll also probably drown.

But still, those first few minutes will be a blast.

GadgetTrak Protects Valuable Gadgets

The only thing more fun than having your own nifty gadget is having someone else’s nifty gadget that you stole days before — because, hey, it’s cheaper. Unfortunately, GadgetTheft recovery service is stepping up efforts to protect users from the rising number of gadget thieves with a software called GadgetTrak — which, besides being useful and making you feel a little bit like a detective, is also free.

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