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I wish had one of these a few years back!

The Office Prankster consists of a black oval shaped speaker that makes various sounds, like farts, burps, faked orgasms, flies, whistles, and that weird modem-connection noise. You can even record your own sounds.

The calculator is the remote control.

You hide the speaker underneath someone’s desk, and gather up your co-workers to partake in the fun.

This would be great for a boy to hide in his sister’s bedroom, and make mom and dad get the wrong impression!

Originally from Strange New Products on November 4, 2005, 11:45pm

Sometimes innovation doesn’t come from the product itself, but in the way it’s being marketed,

Rx Identifying Straps appear to be plain old strips of Velcro, but positioned as identification markers for pill bottles. This way, you can use blue for your pills, green for your wife’s, red, for grandma’s, etc.

Health Enterprises, Inc., who came up with this idea, describes the product using the words, “innovative” and “resuable”. If anything, it’s a testament to the many uses of Velcro. I suppose the company will sell lots of them.

$2.49 per package.

Originally from Strange New Products on October 28, 2005, 1:38pm

Come December, rich folk will be able to purchase, Bang & Olufsen’s Beolab 4 loudspeaker. The Beolab 4 loudspeaker features a built-in amplifier and B&O’s proprietary acoustic technologies. $1,200 a pair.

via Gizmodo

Originally from Ployer on November 4, 2005, 10:25am

Bang & Olufsen’s Beo4 audio system will be available in December for $2,750. The sleek Beo4 is a CD player, FM radio and has an SD slot. The Beo4 is the first audio system of its kind to be able to record music from a radio or CD to the SD without a computer.

DAB is an addon

via Gizmodo

Originally from Ployer on November 4, 2005, 10:28am

By David Ponce

Making protective cases for all the gadgets out there is a good business to be in. And if you ask me, no one does a better job than Vaja, with their custom handcrafted leather models.

And, they’ve just (well, 4 days ago that is) announced the release of the I-Volution Leather Suit for the Motorola Razr V3. If you go to Vajachoice, you can get to customize the look of it, giving you more color combinations that you can throw a stick at.

It’s $70.

Originally by dponce80 from OhGizmo! on November 7, 2005, 3:05am

By Josh Ray
Vinyl is far from dead, kiddies. The Continuum Caliburn turntable system is the last word in spinning wax and, priced from $90k to $112k, is another product for rap superstars only. But don’t even mention scratching lest you sound like a fool: the Caliburn is only about achieving God’s-own sonic nirvana.

For those who don’t know, LPs give the audio Who’s-Your-Daddy to CDs and in the audioholic world, squeezing the best sound from the record comes down to vibration control. This is where the Continuum takes off the gloves, in part due to its 80lb magnesium allow platter.

For more on electron gyroscopes, vacuum pressurized oil and other NASA-approved technologies in the Caliburn, check out SonicFlare.com. You could, of course, also check out the manufacturer’s website

Originally by Josh Ray from OhGizmo! on November 7, 2005, 3:20am

By David Ponce

Extravagance for extravagance’s sake. Isn’t that like an American saying, or something? Well, it should be, and it’s weird that it’s not actually some dude from the USA making this next item. It’s The World’s Most Expensive Cellphone.

Austrian marketing manager-turned master craftsman, Peter Aloisson is in the business of pimping cellphones, by encrusting them with various jewels and expensive and shiny things. He makes about three a year and usually sells them for about $30,000 each. Except it seems, now, he’s gotten an order from a German manufacturer for a phone that will cost in excess of $1million.

It will feature solid gold parts with an exterior covered with 2,590 natural blue diamonds, some of the rarest jewels on Earth

And again, I say… why not?

More at CNN. Story VIA Textually.

Originally by dponce80 from OhGizmo! on November 8, 2005, 2:59am

By David Ponce

Holy jumping Jehosphat! This headset rocks! Do away with the cords, and the radio signals altogether by getting the $50 mTUNE-N cordless stereo headset, specifically designed for the iPod nano. Simply insert the player into the specially designed slot and listen away.

Sure, you don’t actually see what’s playing, and yeah, switching songs might be a pain (though, apparently, they’re thought about giving you access to the clickwheel). Plus, you’ll probably look like a bit of a douche… but well, man, look at the thing! It folds, doesn’t need batteries (pulls juice from the player?) and well.. yeah, that’s it.

Check it out right here. Story VIA Techie Diva.

Originally by dponce80 from OhGizmo! on November 8, 2005, 3:20am

Samsung Korea has launched the SCH-V700 with horizontal display. The phone can be used anywhere in Korea it also has PMP (Portable Media Player). PMP itself is just a fancy term to describe a media player. It has 200 MB internal memory and comes with a 256 MB RS- MMC card. The QVGA display is of 320 x 240 pixels in size. The outer display is a circular LCD. Movies can be downloaded on the phone directly from service providers and viewed on the big screen via TV out. It has a 2 Megapixel camera with LED Flash, File viewer and Mobile printing. It is available in Korea for 600,000 KRW ($ 580).

Originally from New Launches on October 25, 2005, 4:51am

Paper facemasks are typically worn in hazardous working conditions where a large amount of dust particles, bacteria or contaminants are present in the ambient air. However, people with breathing difficulties, such as asthma, struggle to suck air through the paper mask while exhaled air tends to leak past the edges of the mask along the user’s face. This idea is a battery-powered filtrating facemask that has an extended chamber in front of the nose and mouth of the user in which a dual filtration system is housed. The dual filtration system utilizes electronic ionisation and static electricity to neutralize germs and remove air borne particles, such as pollen, from inhaled air.

The periphery of the facemask body contains an elastic seal to form a close fit over the bridge of the nose and side of the user’s face. The system is driven by a pocket sized control unit, which is clipped to the user’s belt. The control unit can also be connected to the electric mains as an alternative power source while the batteries are being recharged. Via - IOL

Originally from New Launches on October 25, 2005, 5:32am