Sit back, watch the video, and prepare to be AMAZED.

I don’t even have to say anything, it is what it says. Yeah but you know me, I’ll say something anyway (my blog, mine!). This is a Pekee Robot modified by a bunch of engineering students to be controlled purely using NDS technology. Six ways to control it:

The D-pad, touchscreen, motion sensors, stylus strokes, a target mode modeled after Super Mario 64 DS, and voice commands via the mic.

Whew.

The pros: You + your DS + this amazing idea = world domination. That and enough bragging rights to erase all your sad childhood memories. Spycam? Maybe.

The cons: It’s homebrew, you can’t have it.

Technorati tags: ds, nintendo, homebrew, remote, robot, controller, nds

One word: Terminatrix.

But yeah I’ll shower you with more words anyway, coz that’s how I do.

They’re called the Stereo Stilettos, designed by a certain Jacob Mathew (that’s not a typo), for Mathew Audio. His love for music and tacky shoes have brought us this hit-or-miss contraption. As you may have guessed, the shoes are speakers. The leather purse? That’s actually a subwoofer. Not bad.

The pros: I’m guessing this has good sound since the designer claims to have a passion for music. It’s definitely gonna be unique, too. Blah blah boring pros.

The cons: In my opinion, the beauty of it is lost when you put each shoe on either end of your PC. Also, be careful if you’re giving this as a gift or placing it near other people’s shoes and purses, the confusion might cost you. Or it would make for a good prank (hey might be a pro after all…).

I’m kidding.

Technorati tags: shoes, stilettos, speakers, jacob mathew, purse, leather

This is actually a piece of artwork designed by Chris Dimino, as part of a group exhibit for the School of Visual Arts. Apparently he used actual typewriter iron and plastic, melted to make this waffle maker.

The pros: You can practice your typing skills every morning before breakfast. You’ll have waffle batter stuck under your fingernails after one “quick brown fox”, but it all adds up to one special breakfast experience. Mmhmmm. And look, the syrup will actually pool into the “keys”, and that’s just genius!

The cons: You’ll enjoy using this too much that in less than a month, you’ll be twice your current weight, albeit a great typist.

Technorati tags: keyboard, waffle maker, breakfast

Okay for this particular gadget, I ticked 3 categories. I’m really caught somewhere in between being impressed, confused, and just plain weirded out.

First of all, when I read the name, it really did confuse me. I thought it was a cooler, like… a cooler. Like a mini storage to keep your necktie’s cold. But why would you need cold neckties? Then I thought it was some sort of Engrish wordplay to say that it will make any dull old necktie… well, cool. You know, happening.

But then I actually saw it. The gadget in question.

If you really want to be weirded out, look at these next pictures —

I have no idea what he’s supposedly saying, but I certainly hope it’s not as fruity as it looks. Though I doubt it. Now, I’m guessing you pretty much get the idea behind this gadget, so let’s move this along.

The pros: On a hot day, you can wear this and it’ll cool from the inside of your shirt (I think). It seems like this thing really works, well if you haven’t already noticed from the expression on his face.

The cons: They didn’t really try to make this thing even remotely stylish. So when you wear this, you become cool and utterly uncool at the same time. Also, it’s USB-powered (…) so you basically have to be near a USB port to use this. That would be… in the office… where there’s… air-conditioning. Hmm.

Technorati tags: usb, fan, cooler, necktie, weird gadget, japan

Ooooh sparkly. I’ve created a new category and called it “Good Ideas” for those gadgets that are still surprising and unique, but are too well, nice for me to say a lot of sarcastic remarks about.

Okay so I’ll try not to make this too boring. Eherm. These boxes use 4-8 LEDs and run on 3 AAA batteries each. The lights morph into 4 colors — red, green, white and blue. The largest box is 17cm², and the smallest one is 7.5cm². I wonder how heavy these things are.

The pros: You can hope your friend or loved one judges gifts by their boxes. You can even get away with intentionally giving them crappy gifts if you’re lazy to think of good ones. Well, you’d suck but this box could make up for that. This could also distract your guests from the chicken you left too long in the oven. Oh look sarcasm.

The cons: You’d probably have to give crappy gifts since the set costs 39.95 USD already. But hey in the spirit of giving, better not concentrate on that little detail.

Technorati tags: gift box, light, color, gadget, christmas