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10 Stress Busting Gadgets That Help You Unwind From a Long Week at Work
Posted by Sean Fallon at 6:00 AM on July 19, 2008
Feeling a little stressed out? Good thing it's Friday--the weekend should offer ample opportunity to unwind. Unfortunately, some of you may be have so much going on that a couple of days off may not do the job. Not to worry, there are plenty of gadgets out there that can help you recover from the stress that a long week at work, a pile of unpaid bills, constant nagging about your "drinking problem" and a mysterious rash can cause.
Stress Toys: Did you know that there are squeezable stress toys for just about any difficult situation? Here are some examples:
I Have a Drinking Problem: The Guinness Stress Pint will help you kick that habit. Available for US$4.95. [Guinness]
I'm Sexually Frustrated: Grab a handful of Stressticles squeezable testi-balls and save money on a prostitute. Available for around US$10. [Gobaz]
The Copy Machine at Work Sucks: If you can't go "Office Space" on it with a bat, squeezing this copy machine stress toy may be the next best thing. Available for US$2.99. [Kleargear]
I Ate a Wheel of Cheese Yesterday and Now I'm Constipated: No problem. Take this toilet stress toy into the bathroom with you and let it work its magic. Available for US$1.99. [Office Playground]
A Luxurious Spa Treatment: Perhaps simple stress toys are not enough. What you need to relax is a little time in the spa.
The Wellness Skull: Designed by Dutch artist Atlier Van Lieshout, the Wellness Skull features a small bath in the neck and a sauna in the head. When it is working, steam pours out of the eye sockets. I'm not sure if it is up for sale, but it would definitely be a unique way to unwind. [Project Page]
The Red Diamond Bathtub: What does US$47,200 buy you in a bathtub these days? Well, the Red Diamond comes with two retractable waterproof HDTVs, wireless controls via a built-in GSM module, massage functions, a Swarovski crystal-lined champagne holder and a frame made of solid gold. [Red Diamond via Link]
The Energy Cocoon Balance Bathtub: This spa features an infrared sauna, steam sauna, aromatherapy and light therapy functions, hydromassage, airbubble massage and a hand shower in an extremely compact design. [NeoQi via BornRich]
"Massage": Note the quotation marks. When all else fails, you can always turn to products like these to "release" a little "tension."
Fist-Shaped Back Massager: Uh...what? It looks like a cartoon-fist. Ooooh...that's just wrong. Available for US$6.88. [Spilsbury]
Massage Pants: The manufacturer claims that these pants have multiple massage modes and an automatic temperature control. What are you supposed to be massaging? Why can you get it only in bulk? Are they assuming you will be planning some sort of kinky massage pants party? [Trade Key]
Human Touch Massage Chairs: These chairs were seen leaving a now-defunct Sharper Image store. Human Touch eh? What are these chairs touching me with exactly? [Link]
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k3n85
Posted 6:39 AM 19/7/08
Looks a little falic for me
k3n85
CaptEO2000
Posted 6:31 AM 19/7/08
Come on Giz! You make a list of 10 Stress relieving gadgets and it doesn't include the Volcano Vaporizer???
CaptEO2000
DisposableInterloper
Posted 6:29 AM 19/7/08
Stress toys are bad for you. I'm dead serious. They don't do much to relieve stress (unless you go batshit and hammer them with your fist while screaming, but that's neither here nor there), and they can well aggravate repetitive motion stress injuries.
DisposableInterloper
Mr.DuckSauce
Posted 6:27 AM 19/7/08
Most of these items are sexual tension relief, even that squeeze toy can be used to relieve sexual tension. Only way to make a regular toy to a adult toy, Location, Location, Location.
Mr.DuckSauce
Scott
Posted 6:25 AM 19/7/08
Damn! I'd hit it!
Scott
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 6:25 AM 19/7/08
@nutbastard: May the stressticels would help with that.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
talkingsandwich
Posted 6:24 AM 19/7/08
my stress reliever bakes me things as well as steals my pillow...
talkingsandwich
bpapa9013
Posted 6:13 AM 19/7/08
@Hectorvex: My previous comment was at you Hector...
bpapa9013
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 6:13 AM 19/7/08
The Energy Cocoon Balance Bathtub looks like a really big bed pan.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
nutbastard
Posted 6:13 AM 19/7/08
So squeeze toys, baths, and massage stuff.
The only drinking problem I have is occasionally it goes down the wrong pipe.
nutbastard
bpapa9013
Posted 6:13 AM 19/7/08
How did you know what I was planning for this evening?!?!
bpapa9013
fogel1492
Posted 6:11 AM 19/7/08
I saw one of those 'Human Touch Massage Chairs' over at Naughty Nancy's last week. Girls love 'em.
fogel1492
Mayor McRib
Posted 6:11 AM 19/7/08
That human touch massage chair looks goo---, wait it's shaped like a, not relaxing at all!
Can we just consider alcohol a liquid gadget and just end all of this?
Mayor McRib
ddaq89
Posted 6:11 AM 19/7/08
That chair. Yikes!
ddaq89
Hectorvex
Posted 6:04 AM 19/7/08
It wasn't funny until the last one. I'm not sitting in that chair.
Give me a bong and dedicated time on the 360 and I'm all good.
Hectorvex
BongoFury
Posted 7:07 AM 19/7/08
The Wellness Skull = just in time for Halloween! Get on my front yard now!
The Red Bathtub = pimpalicious!
The Fist-Shaped Back Massager = donkeypunch from Mickey Mouse
BongoFury
nincompoop
Posted 7:06 AM 19/7/08
A swift one off the wrist always seems to do it for me.
nincompoop
Ubik2501
Posted 7:04 AM 19/7/08
@Mayor McRib: You can always get into homebrewing. That comes with plenty of cool gadgets.
Ubik2501
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 7:04 AM 19/7/08
After etching away at my soul reviewing "work done" reports, I've been watching banned Bugs Bunny cartoons on my iPod with the Optiplex keeping it charged. Stress relieved, and I'm amused.
No cock-a-squat chairs for me.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
propertius
Posted 6:57 AM 19/7/08
As far as the pants go - whatever problem they're intended to solve, a low-tech solution has already been found.
I'd bet all the smaller items can be found in corner stores around here already. Or a bit of dumpster diving may turn them up.
propertius
Aoi
Posted 6:52 AM 19/7/08
So using those items for inspiration I've devised my weekend plan.
1) Get some beer.
2) Kick some guy in the "Stressticles"
3) Photocopy a picture of my butt.
4) Use the bathroom because all that beer will go right through me
5) Kill someone
6) Take a bath to clean off the blood
7) Watch some woman use the fist shaped "Back Massager" while wearing one of the many vibrating, climate controlled pairs of paints I will have after buying them in bulk
8) This is were the Human Touching comes in
Thanks for the great ideas giz.
Aoi
SpeneyG
Posted 6:46 AM 19/7/08
Isn't that the point of Grand Theft Auto? Come home after a long day to mow down some people with a car?
SpeneyG
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 7:16 AM 19/7/08
@BongoFury:
It's missing a few more, urm, attachments.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
vladicabg
Posted 10:33 AM 19/7/08
1.beer
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vladicabg
MrBlahBlah
Posted 2:36 PM 19/7/08
I think you left this off:
MrBlahBlah
GadgetPlay
Posted 2:22 PM 19/7/08
@BongoFury: You're one of my favorite albums.
GadgetPlay
FinalValgas
Posted 3:19 PM 19/7/08
am I weird or something for thinking that Human Touch chair was actually an anatomical picture of the structure of a human penis?
FinalValgas
jayhawk11
Posted 4:54 PM 19/7/08
@FinalValgas: Um...yeah. I can't see a penis in that picture anywhere.
Unless, of course, you're talking about the giant picture of the human penis on the box. In which case you wouldn't be weird. You would be considered awake.
jayhawk11
FinalValgas
Posted 12:49 PM 20/7/08
@jayhawk11:
I thought so.
FinalValgas