The big buzz this week at the Roboexotica event in San Francisco are robots that mix drinks. Specifically, a robot dubbed “Chapek” is capable of making a small variety of mixed drinks: gin and orange juice (laid back), a gin martini, a vodka martini and a screwdriver. Hilarity ensued during a press run when Chapek spills a screwdriver all over ...

Try singing the title of this post to the tune of Styx’s “Come Sail Away” and I think you’ll find yourself mildly amused. Regardless, it seems for some reason, a random Japanese manufacturer feels that putting a piece of string around a ZipLock bag constitutes use as a waterproof case for your PSP. Would you buy this? Would you seriously ...

A little more than a year ago we brought you the Ultimate Smokers’ Phone, a device which was made to look like a Chinese-brand of cigarettes’ pack, and even held real cigarettes. This time around, we’ve found a adaptation of the device which is much more Americana, featuring the design of the well-known Marlboro brand. The Dual-band Marlboro phone features ...

Landline phones are so 1992. And if we had a choice between a cigarette-themed mobile phone or a similar landline device, we’d no doubt choose the mobile version. This particular landline phones attempts to disguise itself as a pack of Camel Filters. The $49 touchtone landline phone doesn’t even allow the luxury of actually holding cigarettes, but it could be ...

If you’re a smoker, you know that smoking outside in the winter is a very unpleasant experience. If you smoke gloveless, your hands feel like they are freezing over. If you smoke with gloves, your hands are warm, but holding the cigarette becomes an obstacle. These Smoking Mittens make polluting your lungs an easier experience. Unless you’re using one of those ...

If you’ve ever played around with one of those online “death calculators”, you know that knowing your own death date isn’t exactly a stress reliever. Not knowing when you’re gonna go is even more nerve wracking. A recent patent reveals this idea for a Life Expectancy Timepiece, which is surely the insurance company’s dream. Relying on the same actuarial tables ...

Our girlfriends and mothers nag us enough. “What are you doing to yourself? You should see how your lungs look!” And now our cellphones could be joining the nagging bandwagon. FixNixer is a phone app which is designed to aid smokers to break the habit. Though we don’t know how much good it will do if you have a phone ...

I remember when Smokey the Bear was all over TV, screaming at me and threataning to eat me if I started a forest fire. Of course, not using those exact words, but we all knew the truth. The Fire Extinguisher Lighter brings the best of fire fighting and fire starting together into one pleasant hybrid. The lighter doesn’t have any ...

Okay, we admit talking about clothes hangers isn’t exactly a thrilling talking point, but this is no normal hanger. Listen to me, I’m starting to sound like a 60 year-old woman. Using ion technology, this hanger can remove unpleasant scents, even cigarette smoke, using a soft, non-harsh method. When the hanger isn’t in smell-o-matic mode, it can be folded down ...

After seeing the cigarette phone and the detachable retro phone, this Porsche cellphone could be even more sensational. First off it’s shaped like a Porsche (kind of), flip it over and it’s a cellphone! There’s a Porsche logo up there and we have no idea if the random Chinese company had any sense of copyrights in mind, but who cares? ...