These pixel drink coasters are made of paper and come in 50-unit packages for US$8. Nothing special there until you notice that they have different shapes, which are not actually made at the factory: The coasters come in a single sheet, folded in 50 segments that you can cut in any way you want using the one-centimeter-long square perforations that divide each segment into 110 pixels. The results are beautiful, including an obligatory Space Invaders theme.
Hey dudebro, looking to take a bro-dtrip but afraid you’ll make the ultimate braux-pas: not bringing enough beer and having a totally whack sound system? Chill out man, Party-A-Cargo’s got your back with its tow hitch mounted kegerator. The Party-A-Cargo Ultimate can store up to 160 glasses of beer and contains a jockey box with two 15cm by 22cm speakers and a 25cm subwoofer.
It’s possibly container-seal design month here at Giz, but we’ve found a winner in the Snap Capp. It’s a cheap and cheerful plastic gizmo that pops onto a standard drinks can, and turns it into a resealable bottle, with a lid, to stop your refreshments going flat. Simplicity itself, and it’s reusable too. Available now, in a variety of colours, packs of three for around US$10. [Coolest Gadgets via Oh Gizmo]
Designed by Greek geeks-at-heart Supermandolini, these floppy coasters are cute things to stick beneath your drinks. Measuring 3.5″ square, a set of six will cost you US$41 and make you wish you were still licking your brother at Asteroids all over again. [SuperMandolini]
Playboy is the new Disney Krusty the Clown – they’ll put their logo on pretty much anything in the hopes of making a buck. The latest? Playboy Energy Drinks.
I’m sure there’s a link the marketing department over at the Playboy mansion will be working on between the drink and sex with hot women. Perhaps they’ll try and convince people it’s like a liquid Viagra. Maybe they’ll make an ad where Hugh acts all tired, with dozens of bunnies hanging off him, wanting his shrivelled old body to embrace their silicon-filled ones in an orgy of wrinkles and implants. And he’ll be like, “No, I’m too tired, and too old,” and then one of them will bring him one of these energy drinks, and then they’ll fade to black and when they fade back up, all the women are satisfied and Hugh’s smiling. Or dead. Does it matter?
This has to be the best thing in fast food convenience since the freakin’ straw: A cup that holds your chicken nuggets AND your soda. Nuggets on top, soda on bottom—hand to nugget, straw to face. AT THE SAME TIME. Amazing.
Taking into account that WoW has over 100.4 gazillion subscribers at last count, we surmise that a drink based on mana potions in the game should sell incredibly well. It’s hard to tell how this thing will taste without actually drinking and subsequently puking it up, but it’s supposed to give you 5-8 hours of uninterrupted “jitter-free energy”.
Like being drunk but hate drinking? Well, why drink? At the GAT FOG exhibition that took place way back in 2004 (we just found out about it, OK?), there was a contraption set up in a big room that pumped out Gin and Tonic fog. Yes, seriously. This insanely dangerous sounding experience was “art,” apparently. Would inhaling gin fog get you drunk? Would inhaling tonic fog give you lung cancer? Would you leave completely sticky and smelling like a hobo? I’m not sure, and I don’t think I want to find out. [Marti Guixe via NotCot]
When we’ve got enough money to get what looks like a 1500 sqft living room/home theatre area, we’re going to load one wall up with a MisuraEmme wall system. Not because it classes up the place in a way that cardboard boxes just do not, but because it combines a sliding flat-screen TV with a self-contained home theatre unit with a bar. Did we mention that it’s classy? Because the rest of your home could be an S&M dungeon, but as long as you’ve got this to greet houseguests when they first enter, you’ll still be able to get on the cover of Drunken TV Monthly. [Trendir]
