Don't know if I can beat the ol' Recto Rotor, but I'll give it my best...
Reef, the stellar sandal company that brought you the bottle opener-equipped Mick Fanning Sandals, is stepping up its game with the Reef Dram Sandal ($45). Not content to simply open alcoholic beverages, the Dram includes a polyurethane encapsulated flask in the heel, good for smuggling liquor into pretty much any event you can think of. Plus they're from Reef, so they're probably pretty comfortable — but after drinking all the Beam you've hidden in the heels, we doubt that will even be an issue.
Who hasn’t sat in front of a monitor for 4-5hrs and not worked up a small case of “swamp-back.” You know what I’m talking about, the way the chair back manages to suffocate your lower back creating the aforementioned “swamp-back.” Here’s your life saver, this shirt has two fans on either side blowing fresh air into your lower back. Features a switch to adjust the speed from “swamp thing” to “slightly humid.” Of course you can’t ALWAYS be in front of your computer so it can be ran of AA batteries, or a convenient cigarette lighter in your car. Not sure where to locate this item, but Mr. Kouzi Ichigaya of Japan can help you out.
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Finger Drums!
Judging by the amount of infuriating tip-tapping that goes on in most offices, virtually everyone tries to replicate the percussive pandemonium touted by the likes of Tommy Lee and Keith Moon at some point during the day.
Trouble is you probably do it on your desk, your lap and your boss's bald head. (Or is that just us?). The point is we all fancy ourselves as the next Dave Grohl, even if we've got the rhythmic ability of a drunken raccoon.
But now, thanks to Finger Drums, you can bash seven bells out of a drumkit whenever you want without having to buy an old van and hire a pair of roadies. That's because this ingenious little desktop set up is designed to be played with your fingers.
Measuring only 6¾" across (what, did you think we'd hired a giant for the photo?) touch-sensitive Finger Drums allow you to tap out drum solos, and record and play back your very own beats. Simply tip-tap the drums and cymbals with your fingers and the kit responds with various realistic sounds. You can even pretend you're an expert skinbasher by playing air-drums to the preloaded demo.
Okay, so the actual sounds (amplified via a speaker in the bass drum) aren't quite up there with the bombastic sonics synonymous with John Bonham et al, but they're better than your poor old Formica desk. Indeed you may even be inspired to smash this battery-operated gizmo to bits and kick it into the baying crowd (okay, the IT department) before smashing up the office, getting off with the cleaning lady and chucking a few TVs out the window. If you want.
Consisting of a snare drum, bass drum with working pedal, two tom toms and a cymbal, this highly Ringo-esque kit really is an ideal desktop companion/stress reliever/addictive timewaster. In fact, it's almost as versatile as Phil Collins. Ka-boom-chi!
$1 Million Magnetic Floating Bed
A young Dutch architect has created a floating bed which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million).
Janjaap Ruijssenaars took inspiration for the bed — a sleek black platform, which took six years to develop and can double as a dining table or a plinth — from the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 cult film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
“No matter where you live all architecture is dictated by gravity. I wondered whether you could make an object, a building or a piece of furniture where this is not the case — where another power actually dictates the image,” Ruijssenaars said.
Magnets built into the floor and into the bed itself repel each other, pushing the bed up into the air. Thin steel cables tether the bed in place.
“It is not comfortable at the moment,” admits Ruijssenaars, adding it needs cushions and bedclothes before use.
Although people with piercings should have no problem sleeping on the bed, Ruijssenaars advises them against entering the magnetic field between the bed and the floor.