{"id":40418,"date":"2009-11-12T03:59:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T08:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=123816"},"modified":"2009-11-12T03:59:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T08:59:34","slug":"thanko%e2%80%99s-usb-powered-dinosaur-foot-shaped-slipper-keeps-your-feet-warm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/40418","title":{"rendered":"Thanko\u2019s USB powered, Dinosaur foot-shaped slipper keeps your feet warm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-123818\" title=\"thanko_dinosaur\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/thanko_dinosaur-620x384.png\" alt=\"thanko_dinosaur\" width=\"620\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK, now the USB gadget craze gets <em>really<\/em> silly. Tokyo-based crap USB accessory maker Thanko has been selling USB-powered slippers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2008\/12\/09\/thanko-sells-usb-powered-and-teddy-bear-shaped-gloves\/\">gloves<\/a> that are supposed to keep you warm in the past, but the new model, <a href=\"http:\/\/thanko.jp\/product\/hot_dinosaur_slippers\/\">Dinosaur foot-shaped slipper(s)<\/a> [JP] (of all things), is probably the silliest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-123819\" title=\"thanko_dinosaur_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/thanko_dinosaur_2-620x394.png\" alt=\"thanko_dinosaur_2\" width=\"620\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The thing isn&#8217;t only suitable for your feet, but can apparently serve as a warm bed for your pets, too (as Thanko shows in their official promo pics &#8211; see below). There&#8217;s a heater placed in the slipper, which is powered by USB, meaning the thing is even more useless without a PC in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-123820\" title=\"thanko_dinosaur_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/thanko_dinosaur_3-620x459.png\" alt=\"thanko_dinosaur_3\" width=\"620\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanko is selling the Dinosaur foot slipper in their Japanese online store now. If you live outside Japan, head over to Geek Stuff 4 U and get them for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekstuff4u.com\/thanko-usb-dinosaur-warmer-slipper.html\">$31.64 plus shipping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/fSH4hxWJVMIn0Tp-6-dgrHe5poc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/fSH4hxWJVMIn0Tp-6-dgrHe5poc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/fSH4hxWJVMIn0Tp-6-dgrHe5poc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/fSH4hxWJVMIn0Tp-6-dgrHe5poc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=IciNeMpgqgQ:DCTxxdqGE7Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=IciNeMpgqgQ:DCTxxdqGE7Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=IciNeMpgqgQ:DCTxxdqGE7Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=IciNeMpgqgQ:DCTxxdqGE7Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=IciNeMpgqgQ:DCTxxdqGE7Y:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, now the USB gadget craze gets really silly. Tokyo-based crap USB accessory maker Thanko has been selling USB-powered slippers and gloves that are supposed to keep you warm in the past, but the new model, Dinosaur foot-shaped slipper(s) [JP] (of all things), is probably the silliest. The thing isn&#8217;t only suitable for your feet, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}