Most of the time, riding a motorcycle makes you look awesome. The exception to this rule? Riding around on the CAT 1 Über-bike, a motorcycle designed by Lee J. Rowland that has you riding around on the back of a gigantic fiberglass jaguar. I’m sure it’s an amazing bike, what with its 1200cc Buell 97 S3 Thunderbolt engine and custom air intakes and exhaust system, but come on: you’d look like a total jackass on this thing. And for $US567,000 (!!), I’d better look like James f’ing Dean when I hit the road. [Lee J. Rowland via Book of Joe]
While I understand why people would want their GPS navigators to give them directions in the voice of KITT or Mr. T, I have no idea who in their right mind would want Kim Cattrall (the old one) from Sex in the City telling them where to go whenever they drive. Not only will her voice remind you of that horrible show every time you need to make a turn, but it’ll throw in annoying non sequiturs like “This is the city, darling. Anything goes” or “Don’t touch my Manolos” at random times for added irritation. Why, oh god can anyone tell me why? Hit the jump for the full release, if you must.
Remember the two-foot-tall Lego Vestas Windmill? It’s huge and awesome. Well, if you want one, there are currently two available on eBay. That’s the good news! The bad news is that the starting bids are a bananas US$1,000 and US$1,700. For a Lego set. I know Lego sets are cool and everything, but no Lego set is that cool. Someone please explain to me why these are running at such ludicrous prices, because I don’t understand. [eBay; Thanks GitEmSteveDave!]
Here’s an idea: people gesticulating wildly with their hands-free headsets already look crazy–why not capitalise on our nation’s love of all things crazy and cute by putting a mobile phone inside of an, oh, i don’t know, a teddy bear! So went a recent design meeting at Japanese firm Willcom apparently, who was showing their US$500 Kuma (bear) Phone concept at the recent Good Design Expo in Tokyo. Kuma takes an embedded SIM card and has assignable speed dial points on each paw, which you dial by squeezing. And of course, to accept and hang up calls, you squeeze its arse. Of course. [Trends in Japan]
Well, here’s something you don’t expect to see in the listing for a house on a real estate website: a toilet equipped with a pedal-powered contraption that drags toilet paper across your filthy bits, allowing you to wipe hands free. And, one assumes, leaving a train of vile used TP behind your toilet.
This is a backpack that doubles as a birdcage. You can carry your bird around with you. On your back. In the birdcage backpack. TGIF, am I right, guys?? [Designboom via Coolest Gadgets]
“Hello?” “Hi.” “Who is this?” “Mum, it’s your son.” “Oh…I thought this was going to be a joke or something.” [sourcingmap via Crunchgear]
For US$20, the Bulbcap will cover an otherwise naked light bulb. We worry about diseases and babies as much as the next guy, but this is just absurd. [Molla Space via BLTD]
Look at PC World‘s just-released Best Tech of 2008 list. Yes, it’s May, the fifth month of 2008. The hot, bleeding edge tech that made the list? The New York Times website! YouTube! Windows XP!
Best, worst or most hilarious iPhone skin ever? VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete Windows Vista skin for the iPhone with over 90 icons, wallpapers, a dock, sound effects and everything else Vista like the Sidebar and Start menu. I’m not sure why anyone would do this to their iPhone, but be warned, since it’s not on Installer yet (soon), the process ain’t exactly painless, requiring Jailbreak, SSH access and SummerBoard. Full instructions at the link—send us pictures if you’re ballsy enough to do this. It’s not so we can laugh at you, honest.
[Modmyifone via Just Another iPhone Blog via Technabob]
