Finally a controller only the great Andre the Giant could comfortably handle. Inspired directly by Kyle Downes’ NES coffee table, Matt LaBoone worked all summer on this impressively gigantic SNES controller. I can’t imagine having a group of friends sitting around this thing each contributing their part to one button as they mash away while playing Street Fighter 2.
Personally, I have no issue with other people using my coffee mug. It increases the chance of me picking up a wicked case of cooties and girls love cooties. Seems Israeli designer Efrat Gommeh has other plans. His Lock Cup is a basic coffee mug with a hole in it. A plug for the hole with a keyring is included so you can carry around the plug on you. This ensures that the only person drinking liquids out of that damn cup is going to be the owner, period. It’s a novel concept and would most likely sell like wildfire if released commercially. Now if only we could apply the same idea to the toilet…
Now this is just a longshot but I think that designer Dale Mathis might be into cars. I mean I’m no expert but I would imagine that a coffee table full of car parts and metal would appeal to the automobile enthusiast. The gears move in continuity together as you sit on your couch, eyes gazing down upon pound after pound of metal.
At $21,000, it’s a cool table and all but expensive as shit. I could see this table at a Ferrari dealership or an upper-scale custom motorcycle shop. Ryan’s living room? Not so much.
The next time your girlfriend refuses to cook you breakfast, grab her by the throat, choke slam her like Hulk Hogan and tell her, “Go ahead, make my coffee.” She’ll roll her eyes and kick you in the nuts as you pretend to act like Clint did in “Dirty Harry”. Though you might not possess the same charisma as Mr. Eastwood, you can still feel like a trigger-happy badass with the Gun Mug.
Though it won’t help you carry out revenge, it’ll hold a hot, delicious cup of coffee. Made from porcelain and available in black or white finishes, the Gun Mug is a steal at $16. Ten bucks says some idiot finds out about this cup and tries to rob a bank with it.
Five pieces of wood stuck together yet divided by a fissure and you call it the “stink tree?” This outlandish hippie coffee table was designed by Dylan Gold who says, “Don’t spill your drink.” My response? Don’t construct a table with a fucking crack in it. It would be like a chalkboard with a gap in the center which can’t be written on.
In other words, it’s useless. Unless of course you’re so in love with trees that you would buy a coffee table with a tree-shaped hole right in the center. The ’60s are over, alright? Jerry died and it’s time for your bath.
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A genius design that is based on the basics of temperature. The Hot Mug is your standard coffee-carrier with a sleek black finish and the words “COLD” printed on the side. Pour a cup of brew and next thing you know, the words “HOT” have appeared and your mug is whiter than an NYU Law party.
Simple design, big bold words for added safety. We like. Score one for $32 and stand out at the office. Good luck buying it on this abortion of a website, though.
What is surely the result of brainstorming under the influence of far too much caffeine, coffee addict Tim Hirzel presents his hacked Rancilio Silvia espresso machine. With the help of an Arduino micro-controller, Hirzel has managed to allow the espresso machine to be controlled by the Wii Nunchuk controller.
The Silvia espresso machine, which now features an integrated calendar, sleep timer, wake-up alarm, and temperature regulation, can all be remotely controlled using the Wii peripheral. Hit the jump for a video demonstration. (more…)
Going to Starbucks every morning for your daily caffeine enema can get to be a hassle if you live in a busy area. Yeah, sure, there are Starbucks’ all over the place, but that doesn’t mean one of the cafes isn’t more clogged then another. With the help of JavaBot, coffee shops might have an extra set of hands gears around to help with the heavy lifting.
No, it doesn’t write Java coding (although that would be pretty cool as a night job) but what JavaBot does do is serve a mean cup of coffee or tea as fast, or even faster, as your local Starbucks. And it does it consistently. The JavaBot is built with 13 glass tube-shaped bins for the beans, 6 hold green beans, the other 7 hold roasted beans, each with a scale to let employees know when the tubes need refilling. (more…)
Caffeine addicts have a rough time when they don’t get their daily intravenous coffee injection. Some people might display signs of extreme fatigue, irritability, grumpiness, and we’ve even seen a glint of homicidal tendencies in the eyes of those coffee fiends. They just need it, anyway they can.
The Handpresso is a portable espresso maker, supposedly able to whip up a caffeine laden beverage, even without the aid of electricity. All you need is your favorite espresso mix and some hot water (hopefully you can find some water somewhere, we know, it’s a rare commodity). — Andrew Dobrow
I take my coffee like I take my woman. Bitter, with a dash of hazelnut and a pair of work boots to the testes. The Drink Selector Mug offers interchangeable rotating bands which clearly states which drink contents you are currently interested in.
And while it can’t deliver a brute face bashing or scare you into saving the environment, it will make sure that your drink is served correctly. If my slave were to mess up my drink with this mug, I think I might have to do something drastic. Like start paying him or something. And that just can’t happen. — Andrew Dobrow
