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The crack between my car seat and the armrest is like a Bermuda Triangle for cellphones and loose change. The Drop Stop is a flexible wedge that attaches to your seat belt catch in order to fill the gap. It’s one of those brilliant, no-brainer ideas that will probably make a fortune. I mean, it’s either this or get tighter pants—and my boys need to breathe.
Want to recycle your batteries but you’re not sure how? Well, this battery-shaped recycling tin doesn’t answer that question, but it does something almost as good—it puts that problem off until later. In the meantime, your drawers will stay just a little bit tidier. According to the product page, the tin comes in two parts to accommodate batteries large and small—but you could use it to store just about anything that will fit.
Mattel’s first ever folding Hot Wheels are set to hit stores in August, and by the looks of things, they are going to be a definite must-have. “Steath Rides” as they have been dubbed, can be folded into a compact form that’s similar to a credit card in size and about as thick as an average cellphone. At the push of a button, the flat car will transform into a remote controlled vehicle.
With a release date of January 30, this handmade Ezison 100 will allow you to transform your iPhone into an electric guitar (of sorts). The details are sketchy, especially since I couldn’t access the product page, but apparently this thing works by placing your iPhone in the housing and plugging it into the built in speaker using the headphone jack. Then you can load up a guitar app and uncool your surroundings with air guitar style rock.
Whenever I used to write things down in notebooks, I would always position the pad diagonally—especially when I was writing in cramped quarters. I say “used to” because it’s been a long time since, you know, I actually wrote something down. I have a cellphone that handles that for me nowadays. Still, this is a great concept from designer Matt Brown.
These Kewpie doll cellphone strap decorations serve no purpose, but will strike the perfect cute/badass balance and give you a pretty good idea of what it would look like if the characters from “Love Is…” decided to open a biker bar.
Product Page: (￥1,500 or about $16 via Tokyomango)
Man, the Chinese army doesn’t stand a chance if their battlefield communications consist of 10-foot tall cellphones. However, on a small scale, it does make for an interesting cellphone holder.
Product Page ($5)
Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of January 11th-17th, 2010:
Giant Inflatable D20: The D&D nerd’s beach ball.
Magnetic, Floating LED Display: Puts your beer on a pedestal.
Creepsicles / Evil Icecream / Ice Clown: This ice cream is made with pure sugar…and evil.
Resin Bathing Couple Cellphone/Gadget Holder: A bathtub threesome between two matches and your cellphone.
1.0″ LCD Guitar Shaped Car MP3 Player FM Transmitter: Let a guitar bring music to your car.
I say “matches” but, actually, I’m not sure what those things are. All I know is that they have drawn a bath and have plenty of room left for sexy time with your cellphone or MP3 player.
As promised, here is the sequel to yesterday’s installment of Nerd Approved’s Stupidest Products of 2009. This section concludes the series with categories like Household, Booze, Things That Could Kill You, Alarm Clocks, Lego, USB, Toys and Micellany. Have a great new year!
