belts
Science
Study: Mobile Phone Holsters May Reduce Bone Density
3:20AM Adam Frucci | If you carry your phone on your belt, here’s some bad news for you: according to Turkish researchers, you may be at risk for reduced hip bone density. More »
Cameras
Spider Belt Holster Lugs DSLRs, Dad Style
6:45PM John Herrman | That camera looks a little precarious, and I’m not sure how much I want to depend on my pants to hold something up, but I can see how a DSLR belt holster might be useful. More »
Design
Tough Times Belt Puncher: Try the Recession Diet
2:00AM Sean Fallon | Taken literally, the idiom “tighten you belt” means it’s time to cut back on your strict bacon diet in lean economic times. A recession diet calls for sacrifice—and this belt puncher can help. More »
Music
MP3 Belt Buckle Activates With Hip Thrusts
12:11AM Mark Wilson | I’ve always preferred my belt buckles covered in rhinestones, eagles and American flags from various historical eras/political affiliations. But I could tolerate the existence of a circuit board MP3 player belt buckle. More »
Gadgets
MP3-Playing, Photo Frame Skull Belt Buckle is Gothic Gadget Wrongness
7:52PM Kit Eaton | Sadly this doesn’t have “I am become death, the bringer of MP3s” inscribed upon it—it’d chime nicely with the ohmygod tackiness of the Digital Skull Belt Buckle. It’s in fact so terrible it’s wonderful: A metal belt-buckle in the shape of a skull with interchangeable modules in a cutout in the forehead. One’s a cheesy flashing LED light panel, the other’s a 1GB MP3 and video media-player that can also be a digital photoframe and comes with headphones. Passers-by will see your headphone cable disappearing apparently into your nether regions, but maybe you’ll see that as a plus. There’s no pricing info, but it’s out “soon” gothic gadget fans. [Chinavision via BBG] More »
Games
NES Buckle Guarantees Fun Everywhere, Except Your Groin
12:45AM Jesus Diaz | The Nintendo Entertainment System Belt Buckle may be a) a real product, b) a completely stupid, far-fetched contraption, c) a way to cook your genitals or d) all of the above. Just attach it to your belt and be ready to play with it everywhere and/or be kicked by random people on the street. [NESBuckle] More »
Gadgets
Buckle-less Belt Goes Against All T’s Principles
8:54PM Addy Dugdale | Yeah, me again. I got into the Gizmodo office using a trebuchet Hannibal and I constructed from a drainpipe, a coupla ball bearings, some old tyre rubber that I ripped with my bare hands and a buckle-less belt. Now this ain’t no infomercial brought to you on the QVCQVT shopping channel, but I am Mr T and I approve this message. When I first heard about the Buckle-less belt, I thought, “What the hell is a buckle-less belt? Is it like a zipless fuck? More »
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