Geek Out

Candle That Doubles As Ashtray Makes Smoking Less Stinky

Smoking is terrible, we all know that. But it’s terribly addictive and… disgustingly stinky. Your fingers reek, your clothes are tainted and the air, oh the air. This candle ashtray tries to make it a wee less smelly.


May 25, 2011
Geek Out

‘Human Ashtray’ Kills A World Record 70 Cigs On His Tongue

A man with a gravely voice and a cigarette addiction is an unlikely dude to spread the anti-smoking gospel. But stuntman Ritchie Magic – a smoker of 40 years – put out 70 cigarettes on his tongue, for fame and health.


May 11, 2011
Gadgets

‘My E-Cigarette Is Vibrating – There’s A Failed Smoker Nearby’

I’m sorry, but if you’re going to smoke e-cigarettes, maybe you should just get back onto the hard stuff, or go cold turkey. You look bloody stupid. If you want to look stupid together though, be my guest.


May 5, 2011
Science

Can Nanotech Filters Make Cigarettes Less Bad?

Smoking cigarettes is a pretty disgusting habit and pretty bad for you. The smoke, the smell, the higher chance of lung cancer – not good stuff. But it’s addictive and clears people’s mind! So, how can scientists make it less bad for us? Titanate nanotubes.


April 4, 2011
Gadgets

"Dude, This Synth Music Is Killing Me Tonight!"

Ziggybox from Christian Losert on Vimeo.

Meet the Ziggybox. By way of a few strategically-placed cigarettes, cigarette boxes and some sensors, it creates music that totally slays the people who listen to it.


March 17, 2011
Software

Quit Smoking By Smashing Virtual Cigarette Butts On Your iPhone

Are you trying to quit smoking? Do you like fiddling around with your phone? Perfect! Nicot, a $6 iOS app developed from a study by the Canada Research Chair in Clinical Cyberpsychology and the University of Quebec in Outaouais, charges smokers to crush virtual cigarettes in hopes that it will help them vanquish real ones too.


February 1, 2011
Science

Worried You’ll Never Quit Smoking? A Brain Scan Can Tell Whether Or Not That’s True

Similar to the way an MRI brain scan can determine whether or not you’ll be good at video games, it can also tell you how successful you’ll be in your attempt to escape the death grip of big tobacco.


April 10, 2009
Gadgets

3-in-1 Cigarette Lighter, Air Purifier and Perfume Sprayer

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.


March 28, 2009
Gadgets

USB Cigarettes

We’ve seen electronic cigarettes before, but not one that charges via USB.


January 19, 2009
Gadgets

E-Cigarettes Are Banned In Australia?

Gizmodo AU

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.