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Design
Stake Chair Makes My Delicate Parts Quiver in Terror
1:10AM Adam Frucci | The Judas Cradle was a popular form of torture in the middle ages, involving slowly lowering some poor, naked bastard onto a pyramid. Now you can bring that fun home with you in stool form! More »
Entertainment
Bush Airport Sets Up Karaoke Booths, Makes Travelling a Bigger Nightmare
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Have a flight heading into George Bush airport in Houston? You might want to make some adjustments now that management has set up karaoke booths to entertain (?) weary travellers. More »
Toys
Shocking Thumbwars Literally Shocks Your Thumbs in War
11:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Calling all masochists who are growing weary of Chinese Roshambo! Shocking Thumbwars, a 3-in-1 party game, is a game where you avoid getting shocked—literally—by beating your opponents in 3 different challenges: 50/50, where the first person to reach 50 (by button mashing) is safe from a shock; Rebound, which is like Ping-Pong except with LED lights instead of a ball; and Endurance, which we like to call “Jackass” because this game’s winner is determined by which idiot can hold onto the device longer as it continuously delivers increasingly intense shocks. Shocking Thumbwars can be purchased for about $US30, or if you want to electrocute yourself for free, just stick a fork into a socket. (Please don’t really do that. Thanks!) [Firebox via ChipChick] More »
Gadgets
Calamente Fork Good For Twirling Spaghetti, Unspeakable Torture
10:01PM John Herrman | In the pursuit of a great idea, inventors can sometimes lose sight of the big picture. I don’t doubt that the Calamente Noodle fork is fantastic at spinning up a nice, big fork full of pasta, but I also don’t doubt that before the end of a meal with this medieval war museum display piece I would have at least three gruesome lip piercings that I hadn’t really planned for. I’ll stick with a fork and spoon for now. Or my hands. Or, honestly, anything but this. [Trends in Japan via BBG] More »
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