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Walking Chair tests your dedication to laziness,extravagance

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 25, 2008 · 2339 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Anyone can go into Office Depot and pick up a rolling desk seat for fifty bucks, but it takes a truly lazy individual to shell out almost $22,000 for a chair that very slowly "walks" you into proper working position. Source: http://www.engadget.com

Video of the yeast-and-sugar powered generator in action

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 25, 2008 · 2544 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Remember that yeast-and-sugar-powered generator Dr. Cedrick Ngalande of Malawi a while back? Ol' Ced's back with a video of the system in action -- and an explanation of how it works, to boot. Just as most of you guessed, the system is powered by the yeast / sugar mix giving off CO2, leading to a pressure imbalance…

Nokia files virtual keyboard patent

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 24, 2008 · 2937 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

Nokia, you've done it again. As usual, the Finnish mobile phone kingpin has produced the kind of innovation and "wow" that we've come to expect with its latest patent request: a virtual keyboard. That's right, until now we've had to suffer the indignation of using a physical keyboard, vainly hoping that one day a…

Samsung Silencio vacuum looks like that Master Chief guy

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 22, 2008 · 3976 reads · ★★★★☆ (6 votes)

It takes a lot to differentiate a given vacuum cleaner in today's high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, so kudos to Samsung for attempting to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model shaped like a popular Xbox character. The Silencio SC9540 packs in all the high-end features you'd expect from a TV manufacturer…

Keepin' it real fake, part CVII:Is it an iPhone, or a scale?

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 22, 2008 · 3645 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

There's something kind of odd going on here that elevates this one beyond your common variety WTF and into the hall of fame of ill-advised fakery. What we have here is a pocket-sized scale, with a cover that makes it look exactly like an iPhone -- until you look a bit closer and see that somebody did a rework of the…

MacBook Air gets a quick little pre-unboxing in Japan

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 22, 2008 · 1903 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Can't wait for that MacBook Air to arrive in two to three weeks? (Please let it be two.) Some folks over in Tokyo got a chance to unbox the thing from its official box, and slide it into a couple envelopes for dramatic effect. Looks like classic Apple packaging, and classic Apple hype. Two tastes that taste great…

Meizu M8 hits Chinese patent office, top of the irony meter

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 22, 2008 · 2322 reads · ★★★☆☆ (1 votes)

Given the Meizu M8's not-so-faint resemblance to another semi-famous handheld, you'd think trying to get a patent on the design would be fairly fruitless -- but it looks like the company's giving it a shot anyway. Source: http://www.engadget.com

Turn your iPhone into a guitar

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 21, 2008 · 2065 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

The software uses the multi-touch interface to create a touch-sensitive fretboard. Programmer and iPhone fan Shinya Kasatani has finally produced what may be the killer app the iPhone has been crying out for: a virtual guitar . The software uses the multi-touch interface to create a touch-sensitive fretboard. Source:…

The JerkStopper keeps your power cord in place

WTF · Author Stuyo · January 21, 2008 · 2272 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

You. Yes, you. Someone knows your darkest fears, your deepest regrets, your most painful memories... and they know they're all related to your power cord being yanked violently out of your laptop. Source: http://www.engadget.com

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