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Cheap phone modelled on Coca-Cola cup


Apparently there’s something to be said for making your gadgets less desirable to thieves. This usually involves not waving your shiny new cellphone around and shouting in it, but it can also include disguising them so they look like crap.

Take this landline phone modelled on a takeout Coca-Cola cup. Yes, really. In fact, it’s a [...]

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Parrot’s forthcoming AR.Drone is an amazing use of the iPhone as a remote control for a model airplane, but if you can’t wait that long or have just 99c to invest in some silliness, take a look at iPhone Pilot
First, buy and download the app, then go to the website and pick up one or [...]

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The honest scammer: all you have to do is ask

You know, there’s really no excuse for being ripped off on the Internet. If you want to know if a deal is dodgy, all you have to do is ask.
Now, granted, it helps if you know what you might be up against. You can’t just come right out and say “Are you a criminal?” or [...]

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You know we’re approaching Christmas when the silly gift ideas start appearing. Not that there’s anything particularly Christmassy about these ventriloquist pens, but be honest — when else are you likely to buy (or be given) something like this.
(If you think this is the best gift ever, you need to read our 12 tips for [...]

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This must be the cheapest iPhone case available — you can pick up a pack of ten recession cases for just $7.99.

If you’ve maxed out buying the iPhone 3G S and a heap of other gadgets, and have barely any money left to protect them, then the recession case claims to be the answer.

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This is an absolute must-see patent from Sony. Not only is the concept great but the drawing is absolutely priceless.
First, the concept: Sony thinks it can improve your game playing experience if it knows when you smile or laugh at something on screen.
It will do this by tracking bodily gestures and sounds via a camera [...]

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Bing recommends… Google!

Ever since it’s launch Bing has been labelled ‘decision engine’ by Microsoft. And go figure what Bing’s recommendation is when you want to search the web… indeed, GOOGLE!

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Redneck limousine: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

For poor DIY fans. And those who don’t like genuinely geeky cars.
Show off your pics of your selfmade glam cars in the comments. We promise you that we will won’t mock you!

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Hello Kitty Star Trooper. Whiskey Tango Foxcon

The list of abominations continues: first the not so masculin Gundam, then the fluorescent AT-AT walker and now we got a Hello Kitty pink Star Trooper as seen at Comic Con. Hello Kitty may be cool, if you;’re a girl and want to feel 7 for the rest of your life, but this is another [...]

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Fluorescent CMYK AT-ST

Ok, we already had the metrosexual Gundam here at FG. As if this pink destroyer wasn’t disturbing enough yet, some other brainiac seems to have been really stoned when he created this AT-ST. I don’t know what you have to be on when coming up with a CMYK AT-ST but it must be some really [...]

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Social Media watches

Yo dawg, I heard you liek social media! Well now you can show off your addiction with these social media watches.

Only $18.

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Brand Keyboard

This one goes straight to the Dept. of WTF. Designer Ignacio Pilotto created a brand keyboard, where every letter/key is replaced by the logo of an international brand. Cool touch, when looking hard enough and trying to find something positive to say about this massive sell-out, are the extra fuction-hotkeys. Example: [www] + [f] = [...]

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The… ahum… Sh*t Box

This one doesn’t need much of commentary. It made me laugh though. $25.

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After the sexy girls cleaning your iPhone screen we can announce you another useless application, game, for the iPhone: iBacon [iTunes link].
There’s not much to say about the game other than that it allows you to show off your bacon baking skills on your iPhone. And it’ll rip you off for $1.19. Dept. of Uselessness [...]

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Sky develops upside-down TV remote control

British satellite broadcaster Sky is ready to welcome Australian friends to the UK with the introduction of an upside-down remote control.

Ahh, I’ve never grown tired of the notion that everyone who lives in Australia stands on their head because it’s on the other side of the world from Britain (not exactly, of course).

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When things couldn’t get crazier anymore and we have given up posting about all the stupid thumb drive sticks the market has seen lately, things always seem to get worse. Take this new dress presented by tennis star Maria Sharpova.
It lights up to incoming phone calls! WTF!?!?

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