Two hard-drive platters combined with a rivet gun make for a handy, Swiss Army–style wallet. Just use something else to pay for your next dinner and a movie date.
These Atari wallets are half awesome, half impractical. I mean, they’re retro cool and all, but who wants to sit on a plastic cartridge? [NilesZ]
The Gadget: The Australian designed Dosh Wallet – in particular, the Atlantis 6-card model.
We’re not going to spend all day explaining why this dot matrix wallet is the best thing we’ve ever seen. If you don’t know, then you are without joy in your life. And there’s simply nothing we can do about it. However, as for its downsides, we’re pretty sure there’s not room for both your Visa and Diner’s Club cards inside. So you’ll have pare down a bit. Oh, and unlike other cult-y homemade-looking geek paraphernalia, this wallet is actually for sale for US$17. [fredflare via UberReview]
Fact: guns from the future belong on your person. And this ray gun wallet is the best way to score pocketable space weapons for at least the next decade years or so. Handmade by sandwiching the geek chic design along with Japanese newspaper clippings between vinyl, the wallet won’t look like a laser-firing galactic dildo, but holding one in public may scare your friends and significant others all the same. Then again, you aren’t trying to look “cool” cool, which is why you’re thinking about laying down $13 for this wallet. [etsy via superpunch]
It’s not just that this wallet features Pi to 3,000 digits. It’s the dot matrix printer finish that really gives it that nerd quality finish. Because it’s all about that attention to detail. I’m sure I’d be tempted to try ripping the feed holes off, but thankfully it is made of Tyvek so it is tear resistant. [Dynomighty Design via Nerd Approved]
Be James Bondian in your payment method with the Card Managing Wallet — a shiny metal “wallet” that holds your cards in handy, ejectable slots. Especially great if you have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the wallet comes in two different sizes — a 6-card holder for $39.99 and a 12-card holder for $59.99. Useful in theory, sure — but what if I have two Visas? And, more importantly, where exactly does my cash go? [UberReview via UberGizmo]
Woven industrial-grade stainless steel is the material used for this Stewart/Stand-designed wallet, meaning your moolah and credit cards get grade-A protection from rain, sweat – and even identity thieves looking to get their hands on your RFID information.
