Gadgets & Gear

I’ve always thought that climbing mountains such as K2 or Mount Everest would be extremely cool but there are a few things keeping me from going there. Things such as mountain climbing skills, lack of interest in learning the trade, and I absolutely hate cold weather. Just the thought of it is very cool, but other than that, I’m just fine where I am.

But if I could climb “Mount Everest” in hot summer weather, I would be all for it. This is where the Inflatable Climbing Iceberg comes into play. This may not be exactly the same as the real thing but it’s good enough for me. The inflatable mountain is made of commercial grade 28oz PVC fabric and just happens to be material that is to be used in the summer time only and not meant for cold temperatures.

Earlier this year Sony showed us the sweet looking Silver PlayStation 3 Slim, now they’ve introduced two more colorful version of the ever popular PS3.  The two new colors are bright red and blue, officially called Scarlet Red and Splash Blue 320 GB PS3 Slim Consoles.

Just like the silver version, these colorful PS3’s have no added features other than bright colors (with a matching controller), but they do look quite good compared to the plain looking black PS3 slim.  The colorful PS3’s will go on sale in Japan on November 17, 2011 and will have a price of ¥29,980 (approximately $392 US at today’s exchange rate).

As the use of portable data devices continues to increase, chances of people losing their USB Drives is also increasing. After all, the devices these days are tiny and it’s very easy to lose sight of your USB device. You may not have extremely important or sensitive data on your USB Drive but there are plenty of other people out there that do. For those people, the Crypteks USB Drive is the perfect device for them.

The Crypteks USB Drive is dressed up in a very sleek and stylish cylinder shaped package that provides both physical security as well as digital security. In terms of physical security, the device is protected with a five ring combination lock; each ring contains 26 letters and one symbol for a grand total of 14,348,907 possible combinations. A person trying to “break the code” will

With the sad state of the US economy and over 1.3 million home foreclosures, this affordable “house” that can fit in your pocket is probably not a bad idea just in case you need an emergency shelter. Hopefully none of our readers have to go through such a terrible experience.

The pocket-sized portable “house” is the creation of Martin Azura, a Barcelona based designer, whose work focuses on being minimalistic and environmentally friendly. The so-called “house” is basically a large balloon that can fit in your pocket and be used as a shelter in case you can’t make it home and decide to sleep outdoors or something like that.

Details of the Honda UNI-CUB were recently released and the device is the latest in the company’s range of battery powered ‘personal mobility’ gadgets. I don’t know about you guys but all I can think about is Wall-E after seeing the pictures.

The technology in Honda UNI-CUB is borrowed and improved from the Honda U3-X which was first released in 2009 as a personal mobility unicycle. Through extensive testing, the UNI-CUB features a number of improvements over the U3-X starting with a more comfortable seating arrangement.

It’s tough posting something related to both weapons and The Dark Knight Rises at this point in time, but with respect and remorse for the terrible events in Colorado, I’m posting these home made Batarangs for a couple of reasons. One: they’re awesome, and two: instead of spending way too much money on crappy licensed shit, they were made in a open access workshop, which is one of the coolest ideas I’ve ever heard of. If you’re a weekend warrior, a tool enthusiast, or an unfinished man looking to bang on scrap metal and drink while shooting the shit with other like minded fellows, you’ll probably think it’s pretty cool too.