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Smile! No, Seriously, Smile Or I’ll Jam A Spike Into Your Skull

Adam Frucci — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:20:00 +0000

This is the Happiness Hat. It detects whether or not you’re smiling. If you aren’t, it jabs you in the back of the head with a metal spike. Nothing makes people happier than sharp skull pain!

The whole thing is a project by interactive artist and designer Lauren McCarthy, designed to train you towards “Improved Social Interacting”. On the one hand, it seems like something out of a dystopian nightmare. On the other, you have such a pretty mouth when you smile! Why not show it off? [Lauren McCarthy via Core77]

Warning: Ponytail Cap

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

No no no no no. NO! I’m not looking! I’m not looking! You don’t exist! I said I’m noooot looking! NOT. LOOKING. OK, I’m looking. Good God. [This You Never Knew Existed via Presurfer via Likecool]

Buy The Hat From Back To The Future: Part II

Mark Wilson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:40:00 +0000

You’ve seen the shoes and you’ve scored the jacket. But what about the most garish garment of Marty McFly’s 2015 ensemble, his eye-straining, iridescent hat? Yes, now even that masterpiece is for sale.

While actually shipping July 15th, the Marty MacFly 2015 Hat Replica is available for pre-order today for the low, low price of $US25. But not only does the hat’s rainbow styling give you a taste of fashion to come, its one-size-fits-all design is outfitted with Velcro—the space-age fastening technology that’s normally so rare and expensive that only Payless shoe stores can afford to fly in available stock from Jupiter.

Living in the future is the best, isn’t it? [Amazon via ChipChick]

Sap Cap Packs a Blackjack Into a Black Hat

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:00:00 +0000

The Sap Cap isn’t just a logo-less baseball cap. It’s also a blackjack, one of those weighted leather weapons private eyes used to get socked with all the time back in the 1940s.

The bill is meant to be held like a handle, and the crown of the cap is heavily weighted, in case you want to bust some skulls but don’t have any pocket space for a normal blackjack. It’s not really clear what’s actually providing the weight; apparently it’s a “unique material that is 110% the density of lead and will not rust,” which is thoughtful, because a rusty baseball cap is a dead giveaway that something weird is going on. [Product Page via Fashionably Geek]

Disco Ball Hat Makes the Top of Your Head a Party Zone

Adam Frucci — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:20:00 +0000

HELLO, LADIES. [Urban Trend via Fashionably Geek]

Bowler Cap Lampshade Turns Lightbulbs into London’s Head Circa 1850

Mark Wilson — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Perhaps that alien fixture with illuminated lava lamp phallus is not adding that touch of class you’d hoped to the old apartment. Then grab the Jeeves Wooster lampshades instead.

Priced at a steep $US640 per pair, you can offset that cost since—and I’m not sure you were quick enough to notice this—the lampshades actually double as hats. I know, I know. Without us, you’d never learn to save money. And you would have never realised that your alien fixture complete with lava lamp phallus could decorate your front porch, just like a ceramic goose. [Hidden Art Shop via bbGadgets]

iCap MP3 Player: Genuine Disruptive Technology At Last

Mark Wilson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:30:00 +0000

While headphones are a serious cause of hearing damage, there are alternatives. And one such alternative is the iCap MP3 player—an MP3 player in a baseball cap that never bows to social pressures.

The $US100 iCap features two speakers with SRS WOW technology that play music from a MicroSD expandable integrated 1GB MP3 player or FM tuner. And apparently the speakers play quietly enough for just you or a loudly enough small group without damaging your ears in the process.

But for those of you who see the iCap as a simple response to hearing loss, you’d be missing the main point. The iCap is an f-you to the whole fashionable iPod generation. There is nothing (and I mean nothing) in the MP3 player industry that is more hideous than this hat. Just as the original punk rockers donned green hair and piercings to shake up the proletariat, so too can you ruffle the feathers of electronic hipsters everywhere with the iCap.

No, the iCap is not cool and it probably won’t start any trends in the fashion or music industries. But it’s necessary. And I’m glad it’s here. [iCap]

Avi’s Yarmulke Version 2.0: Now With Scrolling LEDs

Benny Goldman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:20:00 +0000

The last time we caught up with tech analyst Avi Greengart, he sported a yarmulke emblazoned with crocheted gadgets. Now he’s put his money where his ~~mouth~~ keppe is and made his newest yarmulke a gadget itself. It is loaded with LEDs that scroll his name—and presumably messages to the man upstairs, or anything else he can dream up. I have one pressing question: Does he turn it off on Friday night? [Avi Greengart]

A Baseball Hat That Can Read Your Mind

Adam Frucci — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:40:47 +0000

While this might look like an ordinary baseball hat, a closer look reveals that it has a bunch of electronics jammed into the back and a wire connecting it behind the ear of the wearer. That’s your first tip-off that this hat will do more than shield your eyes from the sun and give you hat head. It’s a hat that can actually read the EEG signals from your brain, able to tell when you’re too sleepy to drive or, with a bit more work, allow you to do things like turn the TV on and off. It’s much like other EEG readers that claim to allow you to control things with your brain, but this one is wireless and portable. [Pink Tentacle]

Official Indiana Jones Fedora Available Now For Nerds Everywhere

Jason Chen — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:00:00 +0000

The reason that the official Indiana Jones Fedora is available on Think Geek is that only geeks think that they can pull off wearing a fedora in the year 2008. The only fedora you (us) nerds should stick to is Red Hat’s version, leaving Indiana Jones’ to the still handsome but greying Harrison Ford. If you really do want to pick up your own version for some down-home sexy play, it’s US$99. Everything’s in stock except for X-Large and XX-Large, further proving our point that only overweight nerds will buy and wear this outdoors. [Think Geek]