The IceOrb is one of the finest ice-related inventions on the planet. Fill up the outer mold with water then put the inner mold in and freeze it. Remove and presto: 21 oddly-shaped ice cubes. At $16, it’s totally not worth it but don’t let me hold you back. You can pick up one of those Lamborgini lighters while you’re at it.
Sure, RPGing was definitely not the intention of these Giant Foam Cheese Dice (obviously the point was to attract aging gold digger women in casinos), but seriously, how could you not at least wonder what it would be like to play a little DnD with these bad boys? The only problem is that giant dice with only 6 sides is not acceptable. Give us some more options to work with!
Each of the bouncy Foam Dice measures 16″ by 16″ (which makes them perfect cubes for those not hip to the cooler parts of Geometry.) I’d totally even use these dice as pillows or chairs if there weren’t a warning on the product page announcing that the dice are, in fact, hollow, so sans the furnishing idea. A set of dice will cost you $89. — Andrew Dobrow
If the Lego Diamond Ring wasn’t enough “ice” to cool your Lego-themed gadget jets, then the Lego Ice Tray will be sure to drop your temperature. The tray produces 10 Lego cubes with each load and makes your beverages absurdly geeky.
Sadly for us, they are not yet available in the U.S. *whimper* But maybe we’ll have one of our Asian friends pick one up for us because they sure as hell leave more of an impression than your average ice tray. — Andrew Dobrow
Somethings we’ll never understand, but we learn to accept them as certainties. What is our geeky obsession with cool clocks and watches? We don’t have an answer for that question, but we do have incentive for you to join our excitement. The Four Cubes Clock is a snazzy tabletop timepiece consisting of…well, four cubes that display the time, two designated for the hour and two for the minutes.
The cubes are connected through a wire that allows the cubes to be switched up regularly, which would make for a pretty funny practical joke to play on the owner. The clock is powered by 3 AA batteries. At first, people would look at it and be all like “why does my good friend have random number cubes sitting on his desk?”. And then, common sense will strike and they’ll feel moronic. All that’s left to do is give yourself a pat on the back for your genius design habits.
Some really cool things can be done with Photoshop. Most people really don’t want to spend the money to purchase a plug-in to do something that you can supposedly do yourself. But dammit if it isn’t a whole lot easier. The Panos Cube effect from PanosFX allows Photoshop users to add pictures onto a cool looking cube graphic in 18 different varieties. 9 effects for the one picture option and 9 effects for the three picture option.
The only needed tool to create these gorgeous cubes is Photoshop CS or higher, and Adobe Reader for reading the manual. Of course, this effect can technically be done if you were to do it your self, but who wants to spend hours on someting that can take a few seconds? For $9.99 you can create cubism in a jiffy. — Andrew Dobrow
Product Page [PanosFX]
These damn Rubik’s cubes might be damn near impossible if you’re not an obsessive kid with a super high memory, but some very cool products and projects get created through this 80’s puzzle wonder. This Illuminated Cube displays 27 different patterns of multicolored lights, which light up to the pattern of the music you are listening to, via internal speakers.
The cube measures in at 110 mm all around (it is a cube after all) and weighs 150g. The lights and speakers fun off of 3 AAA batteries, which come included in the set. While these aren’t typically “professional” gear, they could be a nice start for any budding DJ or light show specialist. Or really just a neat little desktop gadget.
Its internal speaker is a 125mW x 2 channel 3.5mm audio producer which can’t produce that strong of a sound, but the flashing lights make up for it. These cubes are not for audiophiles so do not be surprised if you are unsatisfied with the sound. But if you likey blinking lights (no, likey is not a typo. It’s our attempt at cuteness) then check it out, available now for $51.54. — Andrew Dobrow
Product Page [GeekStuff4U, via I4U News]
