Almost every day something new and geeky finds its way to an Etsy store and often it’s difficult to keep up with all new awesome items on Etsy – or we think they’re cool but just not cool enough. This time though, user SceeneShoes caught my attention with a serious of handmade bras aimed at old-skool gamers and 8bit nostalgics. SceeneShoes has more 8bit items in store for Mario and Pokémon fans. Read more »
Oh, the things people do to be different. Take this guy, for example. He went ahead and created one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, and I highly doubt that anyone anywhere will ever own one of these shirts other than him. Why? Probably because it’s not machine washable, but things with a chipset rarely are. Anyways, here’s how it works: The gentleman who designed this shirt – Chris Bell with the help of his wife Madeleine – uses an Android phone for his main source of communications. That connects to the t-shirt via a bluetooth dongle on the face, which then connects to an Lilypad Arduino. That in turn Read more »
At my last job, one of the IT guys used to wear these jeans with rhinestones and patterns imprinted on them. We joked a lot about his “bedazzled” jeans and his preference to wear sandals with everything, so seeing the picture above made me think of him. That, and debate whether or not this is a marketable product. The concept is simple: make a pair of jeans that works for the gadget friendly geek. Just like that, WTFJeans was born. For example, there’s a pocket built for the iPhone of iPod Touch, which makes it easy and simple to remove from your front pocket. That same pocket is lined with Read more »
If your significant other is a PA or home audio/cinema nut, then you could do worse than buy them this audio-visual tee-shirt from Threadless. On the back of the shirt we have all the standard connectors you could want, from the (nearly) bygone SCART and S-VIDEO through to HDMI and digital inputs/outputs. On the front, simply a standby button and a phones jack. Sadly, this is just a printed shirt, with no working or moving parts (other than the human body wearing it, of course). I’m surprised it doesn’t come in an iPod version. $18. Tee (Via) Read more »
You’ve seen clothing with iPod controls built-in, right? This tee shirt takes the concept a little further. Attached to the front is a drum kit printed on a touch-sensitive pad, and when you press various parts of it, an appropriate sound is played. There’s an embedded speaker (as you’d expect) and it’s all driven from four triple-A batteries. Apparently the top volume setting is really loud — what a great way to annoy everyone around you. Now, you do have to go through a slightly more complicated process when you want to wash it (that’s no excuse not to wash it) but it’s surely worth it for the fun of Read more »
At first I wondered why these two pieces of clothing had to be conceptual, but I guess if you actually wanted to sell them legitimately you’d need the permission of Namco/Midway and Alexey Pajitnov. Read more »
What are you going to go to your next fancy dress party as? Historical or film characters are obvious choices. Game characters are the de facto standard for a budding geek, but actual toys surely take things a step further. Read more »
Firstly let me say that, as a Brit, the first mental image I had upon reading about “keyboard pants” wasn’t the best, but once I saw a picture it all became clear. That still doesn’t mean I fully understand why anyone would want a QWERTY keyboard – a pink, flexible, half-functional silicone keyboard – split across their lap, unless they want to do a spot of text editing on their PDA via it while on the move or… well, perhaps it’s an invitation for strangers to touch you in a slightly inappropriate way. Read more »
Found these while surfing around eBay today. I wear cufflinks about once a year, if that (and I already have a nice blue marble-effect pair) but if I wanted to wear something that, literally, symbolizes email and Twitter, I could do worse than this pair of @ links. Read more »
