Author: Adam Frucci

These headphones play music, sure, but they can also bleach your teeth. Just stretch your mouth open with the included cheek retractor, turn the light on and get ready to scare the shit out of everyone. [BeamingWhite via ChipChick] More »

The stories coming out of Chinese gadget manufacturer Foxconn keep getting worse. Now, there’s a video clip floating around the Chinese internet that shows a group of guards getting physical with some workers. Updated More »










China – Foxconn – Suicide – Asia – Apple

Want to own the Batpod, Batman’s motorcycle from The Dark Knight? Well, this one-of-a-kind working 1:1 replica of it could be yours for a mere $100,000 or best offer. Warning: you will definitely kill yourself trying to ride it. More »










Dark Knight – Batman – Art – Motorcycle – Television

One of the fathers of modern acoustics and founder of speaker/microphone manufacturer Sennheiser, Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser died on Monday. He was 98 years old. More »










Business – Technology – Business Services – Electronics – Company

There will never be anything quite like the mix tape. For better or worse, it really changed the way people listened to music. So it’s sort of bittersweet to see Sony releasing its final cassette-playing boom box ever. More »










Boombox – Business – Audio – Sony – Music

How’s this for a crazy astral event: an absolutely gigantic star about 90 times the size of our sun has been shot out of its birthplace and is currently rocketing across space at 250,000 miles per hour. Hot damn! More »

The Rowing Machine for Wii is a cheap-looking rowing machine that has a spot for a Wiimote in the handlebars. It should make playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 next to impossible. More »

Here’s some good news: the newly-updated MacBooks can now send both video and audio out via Mini DisplayPort, which is good news for people who hook their laptops up to a TV via HDMI. This is something that the current crop of MacBook Pros and iMacs can already do, so it’s all about bringing the cheapest member of the family up to par with the rest of Apple’s computer lines. [MacRumors] More »

That new A-Team movie looks kind of horrible, right? But hey, that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy some fancy online promotional games! Because driving the A-Team van around Google Earth actually looks pretty sweet. More »

Sure, the ghost special effects somehow have gotten worse in the last 20 years, but it’s pretty much impossible to not be charmed by the Ghostbusters returning to the New York Public Library. [Improv Everywhere] More »

I really wanted to like the Ploom. It’s a slick little portable vaporizer, something that’s easy to toss in a bag and carry around with you. Unfortunately, having used it, I have no interest in ever using it again. More »










Video Games – Games – Platform – Super Mario Sunshine – Mario Games

Japan’s looming population crisis combines lots of old people with not many workers. Many of the potential nurses to tend to said old people happen to be from neighboring Asian countries. Not so fast! What about robots?! More »










Robotics – Japan – Robot – Companies – History

This gadget has it all: it’s a light-blocking face mask, plays nature sounds, plugs into any audio player and comes in a variety of colors. And for only $16, you can afford one for every room in your house. [Brando] More »

Sure, with prices ranging from $199 to $349, these are pretty expensive iPhone stands. But what else would go so well with her elephant figurine collection? [CalypsoCrystal via CrunchGear] More »

The World Health Organization studied almost 13,000 cellphone users over the course of 10 years to determine whether or not there’s a link between cellphones and cancer. Their results? Inconclusive! More »










Cancer – Health – Conditions and Diseases – World Health Organization – Mobile phone

A hacked game lets you play the original Super Mario Bros with any number of old-school video game characters. But this idea could be taken so much further! Let’s combine games across consoles and eras, shall we? More »

I put it to you: great watch, or greatest watch? [Vintage Ads via Copyranter] More »

This is “elastic water,” a substance researchers have created in Japan that’s 95% water yet retains a jelly-like texture that’s perfect for sticking tissues together. More »

What happens when you take an iPhone up in an F16 fighter jet for a few dog fights, bringing it up to speeds of 9Gs? The pixels start to melt off the screen. Badass. [Flickr, Thanks, Jason!] More »

Do you have $366 left in your iPad fund? Want to buy a case for it covered in the iconic LV logo in order to show that you spent $366 on an iPad case? Here you go. [GQ via BornRich] More »