The Worst Products of CES 2010 214
loose electron submitted a (sigh) slideshow page documenting 10 of the worst products from CES this year. Includes a baseball hat with a TV in the brim, vibrating earbuds, an Android powered microwave, and what appears to be the next generation of Teddy Ruxpin.
Krave (Score:4, Funny)
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I actually saw a kiosk for "electronic cigarettes" at a local mall last week. Definitely a WTF moment.
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Yeah that's what I thought it was for, I seem to remember hearing that part of the reason its hard to quit is because in addition to the nicotine there's also the habit and comfort of actually hold a cigarette.
Back in the day they had candy cigarettes and people would switch to them to help them quit smoking they would just hold them and pretend they were smoking.
Re:Krave (Score:5, Funny)
What? In Utah we were told candy cigarettes were a gateway drug! Had to drive to Evanston, WY to get them.
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Haha, welcome from the land of zion (or the Zion Curtain to some)
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I don't know if these [nicorette.ca] are marketed in the US.
Same idea, not electronic. No mist to pretend like it's smoke, but you do get the nicotine when you inhale from it. It lets you work through the addiction by at least getting the nicotine without all of the other stuff. It's a pretty close analog to the
Re:Krave (Score:4, Insightful)
They're only real purpose is to provide a way to "smoke" when you can't light up a cigarette.
That's exactly their purpose - so, for example, nicotine addicts can get a hit of their legal drug in an airplane's washroom. (I'm a nonsmoker.)
Fuck e-cigs
No one has religion like a convert :)
Re:Krave (Score:4, Informative)
I know a number of long time smokers that have switched to the e-cigs. Hopefully nothing but nicotine (hey the juice comes from China- so who knows), no second hand issues, doesn't smell, can smoke in restaurants, on long flights, in the car, etc. The biggest problem is that people might not die as quickly AND stop paying the exorbitant sin taxes on tobacco.
I really don't understand what the 'Krave' was doing on that list...
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For those of us who do not smoke, at first glance the "Krave" looks amazingly stupid. Add the hot chick in the ad and it looks like a pathetic marketing attempt to sell a lame product.
However, after thinking about it for a few moments, the point becomes clearer... it's an attempt to sell a nicotine delivery system that provides the nicotine that a smoker craves (hence the trademarkable name "Krave") without the dangerous second-hand smoke and the obnoxious smell that bother other non-smokers.
They're finding
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For those of us who do not smoke, at first glance the "Krave" looks amazingly stupid. Add the hot chick in the ad and it looks like a pathetic marketing attempt to sell a lame product.
I hear they are going to start selling them right after the Extenze Infomercials on late night TV ... I mean, what a better time to want a eCig.
Re:Krave (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Krave (Score:5, Informative)
The only issue is, in my opinion, it's not really a stop smoking aid, it's really a smoking replacement. And you have to make sure you keep your batteries charged - a dead battery will lead right back to a cigarette.
I also switched to electronic cigarette only, from a 11-year pack+/day habit, and haven't had an analog cigarette to date (over 8 months). I definitely agree with the idea that it's a smoking replacement instead of stop smoking aid, but until there's evidence of long-term risk I'll treat my nicotine habit like my caffeine habit - sure, it'd be better not to be addicted, but I'm not really all that woorried about it.
I found the battery issue frustrating, and so ended up finding a cheap source directly from China for additional batteries (thus avoiding the insane U.S. distributor/retailer markup). A couple months ago, though, I bought a couple of the USB pass-through devices (that pull power directly from a USB port - no battery). Since I'm sitting at a computer the majority of the day I found this much more convenient (after I got used to have a cord coming off the end of my cigarette) now that I never have to worry about constantly recharging/replacing batteries.
I still have a handful of batteries that use for when I'm away from a computer (out at bars/parties/shopping/etc), but the pass-through device has definitely simplified my nicotine habit. And for the model I use (with a disposable cartridge/atomizer) is only about $20.
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"Analog cigarette" - now that's a phrase!
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it's an attempt to sell a nicotine delivery system that provides the nicotine that a smoker craves (hence the trademarkable name "Krave") without the dangerous second-hand smoke and the obnoxious smell that bother other non-smokers.
That's the thing that gets me about fake cigarettes - who says there's no second-hand danger? It doesn't smell obnoxious - but people in the same room will still be breathing the same stuff...
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No, they don't. Normal cigarettes only have about 2% of nicotine (which is the stuff that hooks people), the most dangerous parts are the tar (itself composed of many chemicals), benzene and benzo(a)pyrene, which in turn create multiple components in gas form, like carbon monoxide, ammonia, dimethylnitrosamine, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide and acrolein.
The e-cigs only contain nicotine and little else (water vapor, usually), so they're _much_ safer to use, for the first and second hand smokers.
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It doesn't smell obnoxious - but people in the same room will still be breathing the same stuff...
No they won't. The guy smoking will be breathing in atomized nicotine and water vapor. Everyone else will be breathing in whatever you exhale after your lungs have absorbed the nicotine. Not exactly "the same stuff". You're not just saturating the air with nicotine, the point is to make sure that the person smoking absorbs the nicotine rather than exhaling it.
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Ryanair tried to sell me an electronic cigarette last time I flew with them. They've been available (according to Wikipedia) since 2006 in Europe.
Perhaps the article is complaining that this one is disposable (with its battery etc), whereas the ones you can buy now are refillable? I think you buy replacement cartridges for them.
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I bought mine at vapor kings [vaporkings.com], if anyone else wants to try it.
The "juice" can be 0 nicotine, by the way, and can be made at home using either propylene glycol, or good old vegetable glycerine.
Re:Krave (Score:5, Informative)
I know a number of long time smokers that have switched to the e-cigs. Hopefully nothing but nicotine (hey the juice comes from China- so who knows), no second hand issues, doesn't smell, can smoke in restaurants, on long flights, in the car, etc. The biggest problem is that people might not die as quickly AND stop paying the exorbitant sin taxes on tobacco.
I really don't understand what the 'Krave' was doing on that list...
Not all of the liquid comes from China any more, there has been a huge influx of 100% USA made liquid in to the market over the past few months, and the consumers are gladly paying the slightly higher prices for it (myself included). More people are also shelling out the money to have their liquid tested which is a big step forward, and there are groups of users coming together to fund actual research in to the safety of using these devices vs. smoking (something that's common sense to most of us, but tell that to the FDA)
Yes, most all of the hardware still comes from China, but that's even starting to change as the ex-smoker geeks start getting their hands on these things.. there are huge sections on some of the PV (personal vaporizer, a term a lot of us prefer over e-cigarette) forums dedicated to building your own custom battery box so you can go days without having to charge it (and get to solder! win/win!), even some people who have reverse-engineered the atomizers and now build their own, how to mix your own liquid with supplies from US-based labs, etc.
The only big problem (besides the FDA and anti-smoking groups trying to shut us down) is the people trying to make a quick buck off of these things - the fancy brands like Krave, the sales kiosk in the mall (not all of them, but the ones who are just run by a salesman and not someone who actually understands and cares about what he/she's doing), the ones making health claims without proof to back it up, trying to sell to minors, ripping people off.. it makes the rest of us look bad. Every news article I see about these things says that a starter kit is "about $100-$150", when in reality they're about $30 or $40. And we know they're not healthy, they're just better than what we were doing before. Personally I got all of the health benefits normally associated with quitting within about four days of switching to my PV - increased lung capacity, no coughing, increased stamina, no stink, etc. I can use the thing in my house, or at my desk at work, and nobody even knows I'm doing it as there's no smell, and the vapor dissipates within seconds.
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personally I got all of the health benefits normally associated with quitting within about four days of switching to my PV - increased lung capacity, no coughing, increased stamina, no stink, etc.
Actually since you are still inhaling nicotine your cilia will still be paralyzed which means that your lung's self-cleaning system will not be functioning. You have eliminated all of the nasty gasses and particulate that smoking adds to the nicotine, but the root cause of the problem is the nicotine. All other gunk that you breath will still stay in your lungs (including very hazardous things like silica, asbestos, pm10.) So you have gotten some of the health benefits normally associated with quitting,
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I realized I should have put this kind of stuff in my original post.
The FDA seized imports from two companies (Smoking Everywhere and NJOY, two of the aforementioned overpriced ones) who in turn sued the FDA. That case is still pending, but no shipments are currently being held up and every vendor I deal with has no problems getting shipments in other than normal customs delays.
First off, a couple of forums, in order of preference (and sorry if I fail at linking, but this is probably my second comment on /
Re:Krave (Score:5, Funny)
One look at that advertisement and I'm craving something other than an electronic cigarette.
Hmm. Do you need to borrow my vibrating earbuds?
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I'm not even positive that is a real advertisement or it's one of the "worst products" they're showcasing for their article.
In any event, I must cry foul on calling the iType a "worst product". Maybe not for everyone, but I kinda want one of these for my iPod Touch. On personal trips now I don't even carry my laptop (as typically what I use it for is doing things like pulling up Mapquest directions or Yahoo Yellow Pages to find a nearby Chinese place, which the iPod does just fine). This would certainly
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Also, the keyboard is very large and cumbersome, so any gain in portability by carrying an iPhone/iPod touch is lost because you still need to lug around the keyboard attachment in your backpack..
Synthetic Snot (Score:5, Insightful)
That product, if done right (anti-bacterial stuff in the goo to get the keys actually clean, right consistency to not leave bits between keys) would actually be pretty useful in some environments.
For those who didn't RTFA, it's a keyboard cleaner via goo like substance that you push on and pull off and it takes the ick with it.
Dishwasher Safe Keyboards (Score:3, Interesting)
I'd rather see dishwasher safe keyboards than yet another cleaning thing for computers.
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You can submerge any electronic device in water as long as it has no power and completely dries out before it receives power again. The problem with a laptop is the motherboard battery which you can't remove without taking the case apart. But if you are taking the case apart, might as well just remove the keyboard parts and wash those.
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I thought you could wash just about any keyboard in the dishwasher as long as you let it dry out completely afterwards.
Stupid article overall (Score:5, Insightful)
Many of the choices just seem to be because the idea is new or somehow "weird" to the author (the parent's synthetic snot example, the bidet example by another poster) or something that the author doesn't personally have a use for (the e-cigarette) or just something that has a target audience which doesn't include himself as a member ($200 Blackberry Presenter that enables users, presumably mainly businessmen, to plug their BBs wirelessly into projectors but doesn't actually project itself - do you expect a good projector inside a tiny box like that for just $200?!).
Anyway, there are more examples. Probably over half of the products in that article are actually quite viable and/or unique/innovative ideas. Some of them may not be implemented too well, but could still prove to be a launching pad for other good products (imagine an fold-up full-size keyboard for the iPhone that could work in any text field). This author is trying to be disparaging for the sake of being disparaging. Nothing wrong with many of the products he listed.
Re:Stupid article overall (Score:4, Insightful)
Hmm, you must be new to the Huffington Post. I don't even need to read the article to come to that conclusion, only the URL. :)
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All I need to read is "Huff" and I know it's full of hot air. :)
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imagine an fold-up full-size keyboard for the iPhone that could work in any text field
You mean, like the fold-up (almost) full-size keyboard [palminfocenter.com] for Palm OS devices that worked in any text field but sold almost nothing?
If you want a device with a keyboard, you get a device with a keyboard. Any external keyboard will add so much weight (and size) in your pocket that it's useless, and you end up never using it.
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Although I mostly agree with you, there's one product that makes NO sense and simply exists to make money off of gullible parents: the Prenatal education system.
The makers of the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System claim that their device, which emits a sounds similar to the mom's heartbeat [...]
So here we have a device that emits a sound similar to the mom's heartbeat for a baby which is in the womb... in the mom... close to her actual heart.
That's like listening to a song on a radio while wearing headphones which belt out the same song but not synched to the one on the radio.
The only way this makes sense is if the mom is dead or a zombie.
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Most of the products seemed like decent products. The iPhone Guitar did look kinda crappy though, something that you would get kicked out of a nerd convention for being to nerdy. But the rest of them he didn't seem to like them just because they were silly or dealt with taboo topics.
1. I am not a smoker but if I was and it was part of my identity I would want something that at least makes me look like I am smoking. It isn't a bad idea and can probably help stop smoking as it gives more of the visuals th
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Maybe the description didn't cover all it's features, but what i read said it played womblike sounds like a mother's heartbeat.
WTF? why does someone in the womb need a womb simulator? There's already a heartbeat in there.
Maybe it's for undead mothers or something.
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8. Android Microwave... Why not... They have computer in them anyways just something with a little more juice. Heck you can program how long you need to cook your dishes vs. risking the preprogrammed ones.
Want to cook spaghetti? There's an app for that!
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Except that they tested it, and it did nothing at all. (Damn, where is the video, when you need it!)
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For those of you who missed the Fabulous Fifties, this goo is reminiscient of a product we had back then called wallpaper cleaner. It was essentially a big handful of dark green goop that was supposed to smell fresh and piney but actually smelled more like sawdust. The idea was to smush it against a stain on your wallpaper then refold the ball so as to mix the stain into the rest of the goop; removing the green stain that replaced the original was up to your ingenuity. AFAIK, the only good it did was to h
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I have some of this (or an identical competitor), and it works just fine.
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Vibrating earbuds... (Score:4, Funny)
Advertising? (Score:2, Insightful)
I have one. (Score:2, Insightful)
the HuffingtonPost fucking slide show that had that stupid fucking login on every goddamn page!
Oh. When I saw the microwave with Android it reminded me of something. Why is it that kitchen appliances have to have a fucking chip in them?!? Toasters to coffee makers! WTF! I was staying at a friends house and they had this incredibly expensive electronic coffee maker. It has all these lights, LEDs, LCD displays, an incredible assortment of UI crap. I looked at it and was horribly confused. My friend just said,
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It would, of course, have to have a built in grinder, a way to keep the unground beans reasonably fresh, and a way of drawing and possibly filtering the water (so you don't get stale, flat water). Most importantly, it would have to be easy to keep clean. And, of course, the coffee should finish brewing as you walk in the door, regardless of whether your commute was expeditious, or unreasonably delayed.
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There are advances in technology that make your demands feasible if not completely possible given the money. A gas detector could be used to
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I'm mostly mocking the prospect of having ground coffee sit in a basket all weekend.
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I stick to a french press with hand grinder. Easy to clean--dishwasher for the maker and uncooked rice for the grinder, hard to break-- except for the carafe, and that could be made from a different glass. It's very time consuming though, and not at all automatic.
A matter of opinion (Score:5, Insightful)
I think the reviewer compiler just has issues with bidets. The Japanese have had robotic bidets for some time now. Chalk it up to "weird Japan" if you must. The android powered microwave is flawed because it's in a microwave, not in a stove. I love to cook, but there are occasions when I want, or need to consult my computer-- email, recipes, perhaps a podcast. But I don't want to get spattering spaghetti sauce on my electronics. A computer, built for the kitchen environment would be valuable.
It's finally time for the Honeywell 316! (Score:5, Interesting)
A computer, built for the kitchen environment would be valuable.
...and here it is [wikipedia.org]!
I think the terminal can also be used as an island. It looks like it's got room for use as a cutting board or for rolling out pastry too! What more could you ask for?
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A computer, built for the kitchen environment would be valuable.
Just do what I do, use an old laptop. It doesn't matter if the battery is shot since it will likely be plugged in all the time and you don't worry as much about getting it dirty because at least it's being used instead of rotting in a landfill.
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I see no justification for that microwave or stove with Android or any other computer non-sense except as an excuse to charge more for the item. It's amazing how just adding a few dollars of electronics boosts the retail price of an item by hundreds. And people scoop'em up!
Not to mention makes them more prone to failure and more difficult/expensive to repair.
Just try buying a stove with 100% electro-mechanical controls and any features at all (self clean, convection, etc).
Don't get me wrong, I live and breath electronics, but adding them to a perfectly functional object doesn't always improve that object.
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Funny, the instructions I always get are much easier: open package, place in pre heated oven (350 degrees) for 5 minutes, remove, enjoy.
You must be doing something wrong.
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A toilet/bidet that analyses the physiological state of the user and sends an appropriate tweet to the user's significant other....
The cigarette isn't for tobacco. (Score:3, Insightful)
The cigarette isn't for tobacco. "Vaporizer". hint. hint.
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Also, this isn't really a new product. In fact, it looks identical to the E-Cig products. I know quite a few people who use them and they love them. If you just want to smoke, they offer that option virtually anywhere. No one can really complain about second-hand smoke; there is no smoke. One of my friends even fires his up in restaurants after a meal.
If you want to quit smoking, they offer a pack with diminishing levels of nicotine. You can overcome the physical dependence on the drug while still kee
omg the phone broke... (Score:2)
just because it broke doesn't mean it's not rugged or useful.
the best part of TFA:
a BBC reporter was caught live, on tape, accidentally breaking the 'unbreakable' phone
live, on tape?
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You've never heard of broadcasting something live AND recording it to tape at the same time? (Thus providing proof to what would otherwise be a one-time broadcast)
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It is a given that all professional live broadcasts are recorded by some means.
How often do you hear a news anchor saying "We are live, and on tape, down here at scene of an accident..."?
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It is a given that all professional live broadcasts are recorded by some means.
How often do you hear a news anchor saying "We are live, and on tape, down here at scene of an accident..."?
I don't recall ever hearing a news anchor say that...
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Actually, my objection is to the term "caught", as if he was doing something wrong. The only thing he did wrong was to apologize for breaking it. I would have pointed to the phone and done my best Nelson impression: "Ha-Ha!"
I do agree, however, that the phone isn't useless just because multiple direct hits of a pointy metal object to the LCD protection barrier eventually made it break. I'd still choose one of these over my Blackberry Curve and a protective zip-loc baggie to accompany me on my next kayak
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Yeah, I saw that video earlier. That phone looks easily rugged enough to withstand anything that might happen to it in a day to day environment except actually dropping into heavy machinery. Repeated hard impacts to the weakest surface from a single point managed to damage the screen - good grief, most phones I've gone near would have snapped like a twig on the first impact!
Cigarettes and earbuds (Score:2)
Vibrating earbuds: I didn't try the insertable version, but I used to have a Panasonic walkman with large headphones that did just that. I quickly got addicted to them; without them even the same music sounded somewhat "fl
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All earbuds vibrate. It's called "sound"
True. But apparently what they're going for here is augmenting the normal sound output of the earphones with a lower-frequency, tactile vibration. I guess to simulate a rattling bass speaker or something?
Sick of the 'culture of fail.' (Score:2)
A lot of these are pretty good ideas. I would love if my appliances were net enabled. Android on a microwave? Thats perfect. Maybe I can see how much power its used that month or, heaven forbid, it friggin talk to NTP so it can set its own time. Sorry naysayers but this is great.
The buzzing earbuds? I tried a demo of these about three or four years ago. Its an old idea. I actually like them. Its a gimmick, but the suggested retail price was only a few dollars more than Apple's bottom of the barrel qualit
Re:Sick of the 'culture of fail.' (Score:4, Insightful)
Why does a microwave need to know the time in the first place?
Not to say they don't exist, but I have yet to meet anyone on the planet who has ever used the "Start cooking at 18:00" feature of any cooking appliance more than once.
Re:Sick of the 'culture of fail.' (Score:4, Insightful)
My confusion is around why LG couldn't spare a tiny capacitor to let the microwave remember its time throughout a half second power outage. This is in one of their supposedly high-end microwaves. They did apparently think it was worth spending extra on the the me-too blue interior.
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My microwave is my main clock that I check in my kitchen. Why bother with a wall clock when the microwave is sitting right here?
And while I don't look atit as often as the microwave for just general time checking (because the display is much, much smaller), my coffee maker has a clock and I certainly use it for automatic turn on (typically I am in a hurry in the morning so it's nice to get up, take a shower, and have the coffee already ready).
The stove also has a clock on it - which is new for me as I just
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It already has a clock and its the main clock of my kitchen and pretty much my place. Dont put a clock in if you dont offer some kind of autoset option. Id rather them not put one in if they cant give me NTP.
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Not to say they don't exist, but I have yet to meet anyone on the planet who has ever used the "Start cooking at 18:00" feature of any cooking appliance more than once.
I use it for bread. You can stick the loaf in the oven for its final rise and it will start baking automatically.
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Teddy Ruxbin? Kids love technology like this. A net enabled doll that could tell stories downloaded from the interent or created from parents sounds like the next xmas hot toy.
Already been done - though the item in the article was just an iPod dock built into a cuddly toy, something more akin to what you describe was on the UK version of Dragon's Den a couple of years back. ISTR it was backed by Peter Jones.
OT: Worst website (Score:3, Insightful)
I like how huffingtonpost.com's article consists of 99% widgets & advertising and 1% actual content. I actually had to scrounge around the page to find the content. If your content is buried in non-content, it's time to redesign your site.
Vibrating "earplugs" (Score:5, Funny)
I don't think those vibrating "earplugs" are really meant to go in your ears.
Seriously, try putting an inexpensive pair of earbuds up your rectum (use a lubricant). Then, if you play the second Pavement album at full volume, while watching The Wizard of Oz, you will achieve states of Tantric ecstasy. You have to start them at exactly the same time. Then, just as Dorothy is about to meet the Tin Man, yank out the earbuds as fast as you can.
Warning: Be sure to lock the door to your office before doing this. Having a co-worker walk in could cause some uncomfortable feelings in the workplace.
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Warning: Be sure to lock the door to your office before doing this. Having a co-worker walk in could cause some uncomfortable feelings in the workplace.
What if you have a cubicle?
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iPhone keyboard (Score:2)
Also, I had assumed when I first saw the picture of the iMini pet things that the problem was they looked a little... excited.
Is that an iPod in your dock or are you just happy to see me?
Way off the mark on e-cigarettes (Score:5, Insightful)
A guy I work with bought one of these...not the same brand, but pretty much same deal. I've tried the e-cigarette and if they were more easily available, I probably would have bought one by now. It actually tastes pretty much like a cigarette, and once one gets accustomed to it, I see it as a direct replacement.
The guy I know who has one...smokes in wal-mart, restaurants, in public, etc. Granted, he's going to catch flak for it from the countless busybody-douchebags in this world that just cannot stand seeing someone else enjoying themselves, but its not banned anywhere. It doesn't burn anything and produces no smell.
This product deserves an A +.
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busybody-douchebags
Yeah, but at least we don't *look* like douchebags with a little penis sticking out of out mouths. Puff away, smoky.
This comment reminds me of that anti-smoking commercial where the message was, basically, "smoking is dumb, because smacking the end of a pack of cigarettes looks vaguely similar to this chimpanzee doing the same thing"...
"It looks dumb" is not at all high on the list of reasons why I don't appreciate people smoking in public.
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Well, since smacking the pack of cigarettes does nothing ("packing the tobacco" is an urban legend), you could just smoke without doing that and those truth.com people would be fine with that... right?
Phubby (Score:3, Insightful)
The Phubby isn't that bad. There are times where you don't want your phone in your pocket, such as when exercising. I mean, iPods already have armband holders, this just looks like a generic one for your phone. I could see wanting something like this for my phone, moreso than a hat that can hold my phone in the brim. And it certainly relates to consumer electronics, so I think CES is as good a place as any to debut it.
The name, though, is certainly unfortunate...
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It should have been spring-loaded, though.. That's the first thing that came into my mind when I saw that. I'd love one of those ;).
As Seen On TV product synergy (Score:3, Informative)
That hat's great, but it really needs a Visorganizer [theonion.com] stuck on it.
Android Powered Microwave Chime (Score:3, Funny)
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1) Insert popcorn
2) Push popcorn button
3) wait
4) When popcorn is ready instead of a chime you'll get:
DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!! DROID!!!
Only if you can program the replacement chime :)
But then you'd have to pay royalties to Lucasfilm...
Pregnant Zombie Nuns (Score:2, Funny)
"The makers of the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System claim that their device, which emits a sounds similar to the mom's heartbeat..." Really? Wouldnt the mother's heartbeat imitate their heartbeat much better than this pointless instrument? Maybe they are marketing this towards the pregnant zombie demographic who would clearly have no heartbeat and thus need this product..
Android Microwave is a GREAT product (Score:2)
I completely disagree with the Android microwave being on this list. I wish ANY of my appliances had a usable/customizable interface. Putting Android on my appliances would be a progressive first step into improving my appliances!
This is seriously one of my largest pet-peeves in life. Why do we give washer/dryers/ovens etc. a pass when it comes to usability? Why are most microwaves and ranges counter-intuitive?
Finally, wouldn't this sort of open design decrease production costs? Without the need for an emb
Cyber Clean (Score:4, Insightful)
I bought some Cyber Clean from Thinkgeek a while back and it's awesome. Works just as described on my phone, keyboard, etc. These retards picking it as one of the worst products have obviously never tried it.
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I was about to say something similar, albeit, perhaps less derisively. I haven't tried Cyber Clean, but it seems like a great product. If it's at ThinkGeek, I'll have to throw it in with my next order of energy drinks.
Teddy Ruxbin was before its time (Score:3, Funny)
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Came here to say this. :-) But both demonstrate the need for IPv6 -- controlling your appliances remotely. That TV dinner you have to cook on 50% power for four minutes, then on high for two? Do it from your phone without ever getting up from the couch!
wireless enabled apppliances good idea (Score:2)