Tablet Pedestal For The Toilet

It's time for you to face the truth that the new toilet pastime is no longer books or magazines anymore, at least the paper ones, it's now phone and/or tablet time. I don't have to tell you that your tablet, worth hundreds of dollars, is different from your copy of Miniature Donkey Talk magazine. So don't treat them the same.

Give your valuable device the security it deserves with it's own pedestal. You never know when a case of 'back splash' is going to happen, and if that water is cold enough or you are not prepared you may drop it causing damage. While you may not tell a soul what really happened you'll know it was that ill-advised stop at the new Mexican place on the way home.

The CTA Digital Pedestal Stand For iPad (2/3/4 gen) can stand up to 32 inches tall with it's 10 inch flexible metal goose neck which rests on a 7.5 inch diameter base, and it all weighs in at 7.25 pounds. Of course the feature that makes it scream bathroom use is the toilet paper roll holder (which will come in handy unless you use an empty faygo bottle turned into a bidet).

You can grab one of these for $38.26 (at the time of writing) at Advance Electronic.

Toilet Tablet Tool [Coolest Gadgets]

Check Out These Boss Lamps

When you think about it most lamps have not changed in about a billion years and they are only good for one thing, providing light. I think it's about time for lamps to go on a journey to find themselves and evolve (because that's how evolution works). There are others out there that not only think the same thing, but are taking action!

A Canadian electrician has put his knowledge to use in making lamps made out of scraps and leftovers, which make them LOOK awesome, but he has also made them function awesome. The lamp bases can have outlets, USB, and light switches all enclosed in great looking wall outlet boxes. How useful is that?!

You can get your own lamp at the Boss Lamps Etsy store. The lamps currently listed are from $68.50 to $95. They also have a Twitter and Facebook page.


Light Your Space and Be Unique [Coolest Gadgets]

Clean Your Butt With A Bottle Bidet

Do you think that wiping with toilet paper is for cavemen and that a bidet much more civilised. Well, if you live in the U.S. have a good time trying to find a bathroom with a bidet in it, and public restrooms? Forget about it.

So what can you do?

Polaroid Comes Out With A Mobile Photo Printer With iOS Support

Do you find yourself in the position of needing to still have physical photos but don't really want to take the time with those photo printing kiosks that you have to travel to. Maybe you don't want to buy an entire printer just for that feature either.

Polaroid may have just solved a problem for you especially if you happen to be a photographer who likes iOS devices.

Motion Activated Ammunition Dispenser

There are a lot of products that are meant for one purpose but can be used for many other purposes. It's all a matter of figuring out how to use a product in your own unique way. Speaking of a unique use for a product here is an ammo dispenser activated by motion:



Of course the machine wasn't made for dispensing ammo, but was marketed as a candy dispenser instead. That was until the blogger North got his hands on it. He gets a 9 out of 10 for imagination, but I hope something doesn't jam up and unload a round.

Ammunition Dispenser [North via Technabob]

360 Degree Fan

Soon the time of messing with fans will be upon us. You know when you have to take like five college courses to figure out where to place a fan so it'll blow on you, but not too much. Or figure out how to bank the air off another wall to you. Maybe fans are just designed shitty.

Here's something new a 360 degree desktop fan. instead of just blowing in one direction it blows in all of them. It might not work like a normal fan, but I'm sure it'll work fine.

Although there is something about this fan that might not work for you. You see how it's retro styled and fancy looking? Well, that has made the price quite substantial.

You can get the Fanimation Fargo Desktop Fan from Amazon for $288.08.

Welp, time to study my fan physics.

Fargo 360 Degree Desktop Fan [Green Head via OhGizmo!]

One Trip Grip Grocery Bag Holder

If you've ever had to carry heavy plastic grocery bags for a distance then you know they can be murder on your hands, but besides having a cart at the ready to take your stuff home there is nothing you can do. OR IS THERE!?

This little piece of 'oh god why didn't I think of that!' genius gadgetry is the 'One Trip Grip Grocery Bag Holder'. Instead of your hand taking the brunt of the plastic garrote known as a heavy grocery bag this handy plastic loop will take the punishment and you carry the loop with ease. Plus without the torture you can carry a lot more in less trips.

The grips carry up to 50 lb. and are available from Infmetry for only $5!

One Trip Grip Grocery Bag Holder Will Save Your Fingers [OhGizmo!]

Retro Styled Clock Radio And Phone

All these super future styled gadgets are great and all, but sometimes it's nice to go into the style archive and kick it old school one in awhile. No, I'm not talking 90s or even 80s -- I'm talking 50s. Look! This will do nicely.

This US Basic AM/FM clock radio and phone features an analogue clock and a phone with a faux rotary touch tone dialling all wrapped up in (what I'm assuming is) a faux Bakelite finish. A great package for a bedside table or desk.

You can get this unit from Amazon for $49.99.

US Basic AM/FM Retro Clock Radio Phone [Geek Alerts]

Notebook Case Lets Your iPad 2 Cosplay

There is a large group of people that want to make their iPads in to laptops that just confound me. I get that it's the best of both worlds, but why not pick one. It'll be a question for the ages I guess, but this case may help me understand.

Here is the iPad Notebook Case For iPad 2. While some may be bummed that it isn't for the 'New iPad' some speculate that it might fit. As you can see this case/Bluetooth keyboard makes the iPad look a lot like a Macbook Air which Apple cultists fans should like.

Another big selling point is that the case/keyboard contains a 4000mAH Li-on battery to charge the iPad or an iPhone. So that makes this a case/Bluetooth keyboard/charger. That's a lot of crap that you can take out of your bag.

The iPad Notebook Case is available from Fancy for $88.

NoteBookCase for iPad 2: iPad Air [Technabob]

Chick-A-Dee Smoke Alarm

If you can't stand having the plastic hockey puck commonly referred to as a smoke alarm you now have a slightly more visually appealing choice of smoke detection -- a bird. This is no ordinary bird though.

The Chick-A-Dee is a nice looking smoke alarm that indeed looks like a bird and even makes a bird like noise at the "first sign of a threat" then kicks into a 85 decibel alarm when smoke is detected. The bird sits on a branch which serves as a ceiling mount. It really rides the line of weird and neat, but if it actually works it's all good.

You can get your own Chick-A-Dee in white with a white or black mount from Generate for $79.00. Hey, looks don't come "cheep". That was awful.

Chick-a-Dee Bird Shaped Smoke Detector [Craziest Gadgets]

A Homemade Auto Loader Copies That Floppy For You

In the grand scheme of things I really haven't been a computer owner for all that long and as such never had a storage medium go obsolete on me. I've never had to look at a box of floppy discs and think "what's on these and how am I going to get the information off without wasting my life?". That's a question Ozzy Dweller had to ask himself, and he answered it with a vengeance!

Instead of taking the time to copy the floppies by hand he engineered a device to do it for him. Whether the time making the device was shorter than the time it would have taken to convert the floppies is irrelevant -- just because. Now watch the machine in action:



He talks more about the machine on his blog (which you should read).

Homemade Autoloader Archives Collection of 5,000 Floppy Disks [Tested]

TAT7 iPhone Scuba Case

More and more people are getting serious about iPhone photography because as the camera in the iPhone gets better the less people need a dedicated camera. These people don't want to be left out though which is why there are products coming out to help these people take better pictures -- or pictures in more places.

That brings us to the TAT7 iPhone Scuba Case that, yes, allows you to take your iPhone under water to snag some pictures. The case will go down 100 feet with the buttons granting you access to a few features (like the camera).

The case is available on the TAT7 website for $84.95 -- well it would be, as of writing it is out of stock.

TAT7 case keeps your iPhone camera clicking underwater [Gizmag via Coolest Gadgets]

Help Kickstart A Bamboo Bluetooth Keyboard

With more and more people shifting from laptops and netbooks toward iPads and other tablet computers there will be an increased need for more Bluetooth keyboards to make typing easier than tapping on the devices screen. Which brings us a new problem.

If everybody is using iPads and Bluetooth keyboards in the Starbucks how you you set yourself apart from the rest of the sheeple. Well, these people figured it out and it's up to you to help.



While their personalities may resemble the very bamboo they use for the keyboards I'll admit that the iZen is not a terrible little gadget. Sure the keyboard will be used by Apple cultists to boost their street cred at the café, but it's still an earth friendly product which is good -- if they're to be trusted.

If you'd like to help Kickstart this project head to their page to help them hit their $18,000 goal before April 17, 2012.