Japan is known for its technology prowess and also the quirkiness it brings along with it. Take this for instance – the Japanese couple you see above is the first couple in Japan (in fact, in the world) to get married in front of a robot priest. The i-Fairy robot is used in museums […]
Blackberry Visor gives you privacy and chuckle to others
Not as crazy as the privacy scarf but it still is. If you’re paranoid about someone in the train or in the office peeping in your Blackberry, this Visor could come to your rescue. Priced at measly $8.95, the accessory will help to block the other person to view the screen. Company claims the […]
Guy with a 2GB USB prosthetic finger
Shall we term it as the epitome of geekiness? Jerry Jalava, a software developer from Finland amputate one of his fingers because of a motorbike accident and had to replace the lost finger with a prosthetic one. However, the difference between a regular prosthetic finger replacement and his is the integrated 2GB USB flash […]
Yoga expert resorts to Google Chrome for his Yoga camp
Attracting techies to attend a Yoga session is not that easy. You need an equally creative tech line to please them. Even Yoga expert Baba Ramdev had to take Google’s support to make a billboard ad somewhere in Gurgaon for his Yoga camp. Pranayama [Via Labnol]
Japanese Shrine blesses gadgets
Here is an example of how weird this world is. From outside, The Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo looks like another Japanese temple. But the real picture unveils as you visit the temple. The devotees coming to the temple bring their gadgets, computers, laptops to seek blessings from the priest to protect their beloved […]
Prisoners hid phones in their bodies, surgery needed to remove them
The prisoners in Camp Jail, Pakistan are having a bad time. Not because of the time they are spending in jail but because of phones stuck in the wrong places. Officers apparently found out that 37 prisoners carried phones in the prison and concealed them in their bodies. Officers managed to remove it from […]
Split Keyboard reveals laptop’s second screen
I was gazing at the picture of this laptop and asked myself “Who will buy this?”. There’s a market for anything and everything said an entrepreneur sitting beside me. And I have to agree with him because the split keyboard laptop will also find takers if companies or atleast some company adopt the new […]
Nail shaped USB flash drive
Weird looking USB flash drives are not new. And we have another one sharing the place for ‘USB world is weird’. It’s a flash drive disguised as a 9-inch nail driven through the USB port. Agreed it’s a different shape altogether but paying 29.5 Euros for a 1GB flash drive seems senseless. Product Page […]
New space for advertising: Under your armpits!
Deodorant manufacturer Right Guard wanted a novel solution to market their product and they came out with Pitvertising. The actual theme of this Pitvertising is that the ads are displayed on the LCD which is placed in the shirt below the person’s armpits. Rightfully a novel solution but may not be a successful one. […]