This is it : the first Gadgetbox of the residuum of your life . I mean , technically , so is last week ’s . And next week ’s . But , like most mortals , we must abide locked in the nowadays by the spacial / secular ties that bind us . Until , that is , someone put a time political machine into a DeLorean , telephone set booth , police call box seat , or adorable Japanese human being . Anyday now .
But until then , there are still roughly nineteen shopping day before Christmas . So this week , here ’s our first survival of potential gift from the halls of gadgetry and gizmoetry ( rime with “ poesy ” ) . Take your choice of a tool that shed some light on the field of study , a shirt that will make you the most pop mortal in the Edwin Herbert Land of the eccentric person , or a remote control car that pays for itself . Heck , take them all !
Screwdriver has LED, but lacks vodka, orange juice
Tools are the hallmark of any true gadget - lover . Technology is only as unspoilt as your ability to take it apart andmake it better . The trouble is that manufacturers do n’t often make it as loose as you ’d like to take things aside : sometimes it ’s even hard to see where the fuck is . That ’s just one place that theSpot - On # 1 screwdrivercomes in handy . This bland baksheesh 1/4 ” screwdriver features a farseeing - life lead built into its steer . Just press the switch on the hold and countenance there be light ! All for just $ 25 .
It would be kind of overnice if the smirch - On had tips that you could tack in and out — what if I want to use to it with a Phillips - headspring , or Torx , or heck , an Allen or Robertson screw ? ( let a type of screw nominate after you is apparently the second most desired award in the US , right after the Congressional Medal of Honor ) . Then I ’m back to holding a flashlight in one hand and a screwdriver in the other . Unacceptable!Ooh , and they should plausibly make it ratchet down as well . And magnetic .
Then again , I suppose if I wanted one screwdriver to prevail them all I ’d belike just go with the transonic version and be done with it .
[ hat wind : Dan Frakes ]
Call me when it does WEP
mind up , kids . Back when I was a wee lad , shirts were just for wearing . They kept us warm in the winter and in the summer preclude us from searing our flesh barbecue - style . gross and utter utility . But then came along a blank out wiz , a man — hold it , a woman is far too impertinent come up with this — who said : “ ca n’t a shirtdo more ? ”
Yes , Virginia . Yes it can . And thus was born theWi - Fi Detector Shirt from Think Geek . Sure , its front - put on animated display will show you the current military capability of a find Wi - Fi mesh ( 802.11b or 802.11g — sorry ‘ n ’ buff ) , but we know what the specs you require to see , so do n’t worry : it is indeed100 % cotton . The display is even removable , so you could toss the shirt in the washing automobile , or avoidgetting erroneously tag as a terrorist . And it ’ll run for hours on a pair of AAA battery in a concealed air hole — presuming , of course , that you could afford a pair of AAA batteries after bear $ 30 for a t - shirt .
But really , it ’s way of life cooler and more utile than just putting a clock on your shirt . I bet you dollars to big gargantuan pin grass that Flavor Flav wish he ’d thought of this first .
Driving for hidden treasure
I know I ’ve been down on intersection before , but really only when it does n’t make signified . Whatever vivid mind devisedthe combination of a distant ascendance machine and a metal detector , I tell you : that beau deserves a screw key out after him . I mean , consider about it : who wants to spend all their sentence sweeping some uncanny looking gadget back and forth over the earth , looking like your in high spirits school janitor buffing the base ? Nobody . Nobody wants that .
Designed by folks at the London Science Museum , the RC Metal - Detect - Car is a futurist - looking offroad vehicle that swash its own metal sensor . Drive it around and it ’ll alarm you if it passes over anything metal . Test it out with the include curing of replica gold coin ( it ’ll train you well for all thecompletely useless itemsyou’ll notice with your metal detector ) . And when that gets boring , you could always use the remote dominance car to teach your kid about drive . See , it ’s aneducationaltoy .
This modern of wonder applied science will cost you just $ 83 , but if you manage to get even one real doubloon , it could easily give for itself . Let ’s be blunt , though : you might happen the quarter that overlook out of your scoop last week , but that ’s probably about it . In my neighborhood , anyway . We ’re kind of poor on pirate pillage . More ’s the pity . Arrr .
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That ’s this week in contrivance - stravaganza . We ’re back next Wednesday with another installment of this holiday time of year Gadgetbox .
