Yes, it’s the summer time! So, what better gadget to get in the summer than the Solar Clock! I’m sure that fancy clock/watch you have is nice and all, but does it have a solar panel? Yeah, I didn’t think so. What happens when your watch’s battery runs out? How much does it cost to replace the battery? What happens during a power outage? Do you like having to reset the time? With the Solar Clock, no more worries! As long as you have sunshine, you can tell the time…assuming you can read a clock without tick marks.

The Solar Clock is eco-friendly and has a minimalistic design that (sorta) gives it an elegant look. It will pretty much fit in any decor (from your big fancy office to your small-ass dorm). It’s even wall-mountable. The clock is equipped with a rechargeable battery, which is recharged by the solar panel during the day to provide power during the night. For £24.99 (approx. $40 USD) the Solar Clock could be yours via Gadgetshop. Sure it’s expensive, but think how green you’ll be…right?!

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Solar Clock

Get ready to toss out your old pizza cutter! From Fred comes the Pizza Boss 3000, which is a pizza cutter that looks like a power saw. It sports a stainless steel blade and a removable plastic shield for easily cleaning. It’s also dishwasher safe. Not much else to say, except it puts a new twist to the plain-old pizza cutters.

You can get one at Amazon for $15. Too bad it doesn’t come with power saw sound effects…

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Pizza Boss 3000: Power-saw your pizza

Strapped for cash these days? Want to look rich? Well, now you can with the “Loaded! Wallet“. The wallet looks like a wad of $100 bills folded, so you can impress your friends and family by simply letting it “peek” out your back pocket. But that all won’t matter, since you’re broke. You probably won’t be able to afford the Loaded! Wallet.

But, if you happen to have (or beg for) $19.99 USD, you can pick one up at Amazon. The Loaded! Wallet features a satin lining to hold your “real” money and credit cards. The outside is printed to look like the real $100 bill — in full color! Just don’t ruin the illusion by opening the wallet in front of them or encountering a situation where you’ll have to pay for something.

If you like the Loaded! Wallet, check out the Dinero Tri-fold Tyvek Wallet. It’s not as flashy, but it still got the same “money” theme.

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Loaded! Wallet: look deceptively rich

What happens when you take three Japanese kids and trick them into thinking a zombie is about to eat them? Well, the kids will kick its ass! The setup: a Japanese TV show hired an actor to play as the zombie. To add to the realism, they also got the the entire neighborhood onto the prank by having them run down the street yelling “Zombie!”. Hilarity then ensues. Watch the kids mount their offensive after the jump.

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Via: 3Yen

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Japanese Kids vs. Zombie

Want to get drunk by smelling beer? Now you can with these beer-scented candles. The candles have the look of beer (including the foam) and the supposed “smell of a cold one”. For under $17 USD at Amazon, you get 70 hours of burn time and since the candle is infused with concentrated beer aroma, your house (or room) will reek of drunkenness each and every time you light it. What’s there not to like?

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Via: Coolbuzz

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Beer-scented candles: smell the drunkenness

We all love potato chips. But, no one likes the fat and grease that comes with them. Enter the Microwave Potato Chip Maker — a kit that allows you to create your own potato chips without the need for any oil. It’s healthy and we all like that, right? Simply slice up a potato using the included slicer, season the slices to taste, place them onto the rack, and microwave. The result: crispy and fresh potato chips that are low in fat and calories. Check out the video of Petozzi demonstrating the Microwave Potato Chip Maker after the jump.

The Microwave Potato Chip Maker comes with a slicer, a bowl/container, a cutter pusher, and a rack. Available at Amazon for $17 USD.

I wonder how they taste?

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Via: CraziestGadgets and Petozzi [Youtube.com]

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Microwave Potato Chip Maker

The Motoman SDA10 (aka the Okonomiyaki Robot), created by Osaka-based robot makers Toyo Riki Company, is capable of receiving verbal orders to make traditional Japanese flour-based pancakes, called Okonomiyaki. Showcased at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo, the robot measures 4.5 feet tall and weighs about 480 pounds. The Motoman SDA10 sports 15 motorized joints giving its two arms/hands the dexterity it needs to pour the batter onto a grill and flip the pancakes with a spatula. Watch the videos to see the Motoman in action.

To highlight the Motoman SDA10’s dexterity, watch it assemble a disposable camera:

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Via: Mail Online and Pink Tentacle

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The Motoman SDA10: makes pancakes

Not feeling secure with that deadbolt lock on your front door? Check out the Numlock Handle. Designed by Jaeseok Han, the Numlock Handle features a number-combination lock that prevents “unauthorized” access to a room (or building). The door handle does not turn unless the correct four-number combination is entered. Good luck opening the door in an emergency.

Secure? Probably not (brute force, anyone?). But, the coolest feature of the Numlock Handle is its ability to automatically lock itself by shuffling the numbers after each successful door entry. Plus, you can easily change the combination and even replace (or supplement) the numbers for braille. So, what happens when you forget the combination? No idea. Hopefully, if the Numlock Handle ever enters into production, there will be a master key to unlock the handle in emergency situations .

Just make sure no one is looking over your shoulders as you enter the combination.

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Via: Yanko Design

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Numlock Handle: door handle with combination lock

Who says you can’t play with your food. Check out this Japanese Sony Playstation Bento (obento) box. Not much more really to say than…damn, I’m hungry. I’ll let the picture say the rest. Want more interesting Bento boxes? Enjoy some cute ones after the break.

If you liked the Bento boxes, check out the Katamari Damacy cakes. Hungry yet?

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Via: Rico & Coco and mariahee [YouTube]

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Sony Playstation Japanese Bento

Don’t you just hate it when you leave your flash drive with sensitive data at your friend’s house? Do you wish your flash drive had a ’self-erase’ mode? No worries. Fujitsu has developed the Secure USB Memory Drive that works just like any ordinary flash drive, but this one will automatically erase itself after a preset amount of time. The Secure USB Memory Drive also has a feature called, “File Redirect”, which can block access to the file contents (or erase itself) if it is connected to an unauthorized computer.

The Fujitsu Secure USB Memory Drive is equipped with a processor and its own battery. More detailed explanation of the drive’s features is as follows:

Secure USB memory device prototype

The new and unique USB memory device prototype contains a processor and battery. After a fixed period of time, if the USB memory device is plugged into an unauthorized PC, the data can automatically be erased or the USB memory device can be rendered unusable. For example, the USB memory device can be set up with a policy whereby the data will be automatically deleted after 24 hours, or it will be deleted if the USB memory is plugged into an unregistered computer even once. By storing and carrying data on a USB memory device that allows for this type of security setting, in the event that the USB memory device is lost, the data stored on it will be automatically deleted and thus enable strict security.

File redirect technology

Together with the self-erasing USB memory device, installing the file redirect software on a PC can be used to restrict the copying of data from the USB memory device, forcing it to reside only on the USB memory itself and a specific company server. This can also be used to prohibit confidential data from being sent as an e-mail attachment or from being printed. Since confidential data is prohibited from being written to the hard disk drive of the PC, it prevents data from being stored on PCs or USB memories and later transferred to file-sharing networks, whether by accident or intentionally.

The Secure USB Memory Drive is still only a prototype. Fujitsu expects to have a commercial version to be available soon after development testing is complete.

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Via: Register Hardware

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Fujitsu Secure USB Memory Drive

Designed by Duck Young Kong (awesome name!), the Lunar Baby Thermometer concept eliminates the need for you to stick a thermometer in your child’s arm pit, mouth, or ass to get a temperature reading when the kid is sick. Instead, the Lunar Baby Thermometer is specially designed to fit between your index and middle finger and allows you to easily take a child’s temperature by simply touching it against the forehead.

Touching a child’s forehead to check whether or not the child is sick is a natural thing to do. Mothers do it all the time; hence, Duck Young Kong’s inspiration for the Lunar Baby Thermometer concept. The concept specifies that the thermometer will sport a LED screen to output the temperature reading and a flashing LED to signal that the temperature scan is complete.

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Via: Tuvie

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Lunar Baby Thermometer

Time for a little Sunday humor! Remember those Pac-Man college pranks back a year ago or so? Well, French prankster, Remi Gaillard, the guy responsible for the Real Life Mario Kart video, is at it again! This time, it’s Pac-Man and he’s taking it to a whole new level…out in public.

Gaillard’s version is certainly in a different league then the “lame” college Pac-Man pranks of running through a class or library. Of course, Gaillard’s pranks always involves potentially pissing off the public — which can be funny, depending on how you look at it. He did deserve the golf club to the back of the thigh. You don’t mess with the golfers! Though, I feel really bad for the innocent Strawberry.

Via: Kotaku

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Real Life Pac-Man

For the car nuts, check out these coasters in the shape of disk brakes. With red calipers, the rotors are slotted and cross drilled…well, sorta. For ~$42 USD via Imaginaire, they come in a set of six.

It would have been awesome if the coasters were actual metal and drilled, but then if it had holes they wouldn’t be coasters…

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Via: Nerd Approved

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Disk Brake Rotor Coasters

Check out the Rubik’s Cube salt shaker and pepper grinder. Each of the Rubik’s Cube is made around a durable ceramic mill and only the top layer moves (to grind the pepper). The best part is that you won’t need to solve either of the cubes to use them.

You can get the Rubik’s Cube Salt and Pepper Mills via Amazon for $18 USD.

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Via: Coolbuzz

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Rubik’s Cube Salt and Pepper Mills

I know this isn’t tech or gadget related, but this one caught my eye for its creativity. Designed by Michiel Schuurman and Berber Soepboer are the “Color-In” and “Assembly” Dress. The Color-In Dress is a dress featuring a black and white pattern fabric that allows you to use colored markers to ‘paint’ the dress. It’s like a coloring book that you can wear. The Assembly-Dress, on the other hand, is a set of three dresses that can be taken apart or combined using a button system. You can literally mix-and-match different parts of each dress to form your desired outfit. Pictures after the jump.

Both dresses do not appear to be for sale.

Color-In Dress:

Assembly-Dress:

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Via: Made You Look

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Color-In Dress and Assembly-Dress