There are some really great gadgets out there, but there are some really stupid ones, too. You may have seen some of them, i.e. Beer-on-a-Stick: What if you drink too much beer? It's hard enough to hold the beer, let alone hold a stick that holds the beer. Or how about Underwear for Two? Four leg holes and one waistband. Huh? Maybe it’s for his-and-hers potato races or something.
Those unique gadgets notwithstanding, here are five other really stupid gadgets. One quick note: You will have to check out the slideshow to see how stupid they really look.
1: “As Seen On TV Hat".
Yes, that’s what it’s really called. It is a hat with a long (long) brim; at the end of the brim is a pocket for your iPhone so that you can watch videos without having to use your hands. The pocket doesn’t have enough room for an iPhone. Enough said.
2: Remote Wrangler.
Ever lose your remote? Every lose seventeen of your remotes? Well, you never will again, thanks to the Remote Wrangler. With a small piece of Velcro, you can attach your remote to the headband of a headpiece that goes around your head and down under your chin…Ah, you have to see the slideshow; I can’t even begin to explain what it looks like. And you don’t have to leave it at one remote; you can attach your cell phone, your garage remote, your video controller, your iPod, you car (kidding about the car), all to the headband part of the headpiece. You’ll be kind of a walking-media-headband person. But here’s the best part: A remote controlled temporal massager is built into the headpiece. There’s a joke in there somewhere…
3: Private Laptop Viewer
This one’s a humdinger. Picture a head-to-toe sweater for E. T. that leaves nothing but his face and his little hands exposed. You put your face in the open face part (the sweater part goes over your head), your hands in the little sleeves part, and you put your laptop in the very bottom of where his feet would be and watch anything you want to in the privacy of your own sweater – I mean Viewer. Okay, that one was pretty hard to describe (and probably even harder for you to understand). Go take a look at the slide show. Sigh.
4: Swiss Army Mouse.
Finally! A way to file your nails, open a bottle of wine, and tweeze your eyebrows, all without leaving your computer! Just watch out for the bottom blade. Seriously.
5: Gangster CD Stereo Sneakers.
Maybe this isn’t so stupid. When we listen to our CDs, we don’t need to use our regular CD players or the CD drives in our computer, we just put the CD in the drive in our shoe. That’s right; it’s a shoe with a CD drive and speakers. Takes skipping to a whole other level, don’t you think?
There you go: Five really stupid gadgets. Ah, well, at least they’re fun to look at.
Lori Cline, Phoenix Gadgets Examiner.
Questions or comments? Email Lori at contactlorilei@gmail.com
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