pools
Gadgets
10 Water Gadgets For The Hot And Pool-less
6:00AM Sean Fallon | No beach? No problem. No pool? No problem. These 10 gadgets will still help you beat the heat in your own backyard. More »
Toys
Dubiously Named Inflatable ‘Speed’ Boat Navigates Pools At Blistering 3.2KPH
5:00AM Jack Loftus | Let me save you $US100 with a tip. The wind, old as time and completely free, will push your kid around the pool on a rubber raft faster than this inflatable speedboat. More »
Peripherals
Aqua Sounder Floating Speakerball Makes For a Rough Game of Pool Dodgeball
7:40AM Sean Fallon | It won’t be long before summer is here, so prepare yourself for some poolside partying with the Aqua Sounders wireless speaker and mood lighting ball. More »
Toys
Star Wars Pool Inflatables Impress Princess Leia (Bikini Version)
1:30AM Mark Wilson | Your Stormtrooper getup works great for conventions with A/C, but what do you do in the dead of summer? That plastic doesn’t breathe. Luckily, Jakks Pacific is releasing a large line of Star Wars inflatables. More »
Design
Swimming Pool Isolation Helmet Telephone Concept Is the Worst Idea Since Unsliced Bread
2:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Here’s another for the “solutions to problems that don’t exist” file: how to make phone calls in a swimming pool while looking like a cross between an alien and an idiot. More »
Design
Freshwest Takes the Concept of a Pool Table Literally
7:50AM Sean Fallon | Kudos to the design team at the UK-based firm Freshwest for putting a fresh, humourous spin on the concept of what a pool table should be. What they have developed is actually a coffee table constructed out of 50mm acrylic that reflects and refracts light “in such a way that it resembled the depth and hue of an actual swimming [pool].” It even features a miniature diving board on one end to complete the effect. Unfortunately, there is no word on whether this will ever become available to the public. Seems like too good of an idea to remain in the prototype stage if you ask me. More »
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