Top 10 Weirdest Gadgets

There are some weird people out there, with some even weirder ideas. You’ve got to wonder what gap in the market these people think they’re filling. Anyway, without further ado, the top ten weirdest gadgets.

10. Solar Powered Cooling Pith

Solar panels run a little fan at the front of the hat to keep your head cool. This looks like a prototype made in someone’s shed; seems they decided to bypass the design stage and just stuck a couple of bits of plastic on an old helmet. Probably keeps your head lovely and cool but would you wear it?

You can get one from Hammacher Schlemmer for a reasonable $49.95

9. Rat Race Clock

One for all those ‘crazy’ people in offices. They’ll amuse themselves for hours with the Rat Race Clock. They can sit and watch the mechanical rat run on the treadmill moving the clock hands and giggle to themselves.

It’s $24.99 from ComputerGear (although thankfully at the time of writing it’s unavailable).

8. The SafeType keyboard

May be genius. But it looks ridiculous and utterly unusable. Supposedly helps you position your arms and hands better than a normal keyboard, but could you really train yourself to use that? A review I saw for this included a little advice which I can only assume is an understatement:

“… if you have a low tolerance for frustration…then your best bet is to stay flat.”
yahoo review

a tempting $295.00 from SafeType

7. Foot Mouse

I’ve always thought getting your feet to interact with a computer in some way would be a very good idea, but I’m not sure this is the realization of that dream. One pedal controls your mouse movements while the other is for the clicks. What do you do with your mouse hand? That’s your business.

A shocking $315.99 from footmouse

6. Barbie

This Barbie doll is a standard USB drive – but you have to rip her head off to use it. Brilliant.

Not sure now much it is, but you can find more details here

5. BriefSafe

I’ve got a sneaky suspicion that this might be a genius invention. These fake pants have secret little Velcro compartments where you can hide all your valuables. The flaw in the idea is unless you live in a student house, one pair of shit-stained undies are going to stand out a mile. So you’d have to have a few decoy pairs lying around, which doesn’t really bear thinking about.

Available now for just $9 (each I assume) from Shomer.



4. Portable Ghost Detector

Finally, proof of the existence of ghosts is here. This great little device will tell you if a ghost is near. After that, you appear to be on your own.

Start ghostbusting here from only $18

3. Headlight LCD Combo

A DVD player in your car headlights. For whom? Who’s going to watch? I can only assume it’s for when you go on a picnic, you can gather the family together and go and sit in the car park and watch a film. Or is it for other drivers in traffic jams? Surely a joke that’s spiralled out of control.

Prices start at an intimidating (and insane) $900 from screenlights

2. Flowbee

This product allows you to achieve a “refreshing vacuum haircut”. It doesn’t suck the hair out, but sucks it up the nozzle to cut. The makers claim it cuts your hair “precisely”, which seems a little hopefully.

You can get your flowbee for $59.95

1. The Eye Massager

And so to number one. The weirdest gadget of all. I love this one. I assume you’re supposed to stick these little v-signs in your eyes and then switch it on. Looks like you could blind yourself with one of these - I’d get it quick before the law-suits start.

They seem to come from Sundayo but I can’t find a price

Hope you enjoyed these oddities.