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Gadgets
3-in-1 Cigarette Lighter, Air Purifier and Perfume Sprayer
12:20PM Andi Wang | Marketed as a “healthy smoking machine,” this 3-in-1 gadget lights up your cigarettes then automatically “purifies” all the nasty smoke around you, all the while spraying the air with your favourite perfume. More »
Gadgets
USB Cigarettes
8:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | We’ve seen electronic cigarettes before, but not one that charges via USB. More »
Gadgets
1:44PM Nick Broughall | Is there no end to the stupidity the Government can commit in the name of “protecting the children”? It’s bad enough that we have to become the world’s laughing stock with attempts to filter the internet, but now technology that helps smokers kick the habit without harming non-smokers is outlawed because it might seem cool to kids. More »
E-Cigarettes Are Banned In Australia?
1:44PM Nick Broughall | Is there no end to the stupidity the Government can commit in the name of “protecting the children”? It’s bad enough that we have to become the world’s laughing stock with attempts to filter the internet, but now technology that helps smokers kick the habit without harming non-smokers is outlawed because it might seem cool to kids. More »
Random Stuff
Japanese Healthy Cigarettes Does Nothing for Kicking the Habit
1:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | A Japanese company, Sosu, has recently revealed “healthy cigarettes,” a rechargeable battery-powered device that emits flavoured steam, complete with glowing LED lights. Unfortunately these cigarettes won’t actually help with those nicotine–you know, the addictive part–cravings. More »
Gadgets
Turn an Old iPod Into a Cigarette Holder to Look Cool, Get Cancer
6:20AM Adam Frucci | If you have an old, dead iPod kicking around and are also looking for a way to disguise your disgusting cigarette addiction, here’s a nice way to kill two birds with one stone: hide your cigarettes in your iPod! It’s a pretty straightforward operation, involving getting rid of the guts in your iPod and then filling said iPod with cigarettes. A better DIY project? Quit smoking. Just saying. [Current via ShinyShiny] More »
Gadgets
Cigarette Umbrella Keeps Tobacco Torch Dry
1:15AM Mark Wilson | If there were only a market for such intricate and fantastical smoking devices, maybe even I could become a Marlboro man. Who knew my smoking habits would so closely mirror those of English clowns from the 1930s? [Modern Mechanix via boingboing] More »
Gadgets
Having Trouble Buying Cigs, Babyface? Here’s the Solution
9:05PM Gizmodo US Edition | Psst. Remember those face-recognition vending machines that sell cigarettes in Japan, but only if you’re old enough? Well, underage fag-fans of Japan, here’s how to get your hands on a packet of cancer sticks if you’re still young enough to remember the main working function of the breast. More »
Gadgets
Hands-On with the Indoor-Approved Super Smoker
4:30AM Adam Frucci | Zara from Shiny Shiny got her hands on the Super Smoker, an electronic fake cigarette that allows you to smoke your filthy cancer sticks indoors due to the fact that it emits a harmless vapour. It uses replacable cartridges that come in a variety of nicotine levels, and while I’m sure it’ll keep you from getting the shakes if you’re a serious smoker, I doubt that it provides the smooth, satisfying flavour of a real cigarette. And for US$140 plus more for the cartridges, maybe it’d be cheaper to just go outside with a real cigarette. Or, you know, quit. If only smoking didn’t make you look so cool! Remember that, kids. Oh wait…[Product Page via ShinyShiny] More »
Weapons
Resistance Isn’t Futile: Explosive Edible Flour, Cigarette Guns and Other WWII OSS Tricks
4:20AM Wilson Rothman | To kick off our CIA gadget series, I’m starting with something from the beginning, well, before the beginning: covert weaponry sent to resistance fighters behind enemy lines during WWII. They thought of all kinds of disruptive technologies, including exploding edible flour, cigarette-shaped single-use guns and other discrete but explodey gadgets. More »
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