I'm sure that this Solar Bra from Japanese company Triumph is aimed towards the true environmentalist.  The bra is made from organic cotton and solar cells. A combination only an off the grid lover can appreciate.

The bra also has an LED panel on the front to spell out the wearer's thoughts thus cutting down on noise pollution.  Well, maybe not the later but there really is an LED display on the front of the bra. 

The light up display would seem most appropriate for truly outrageous celebrities (or celebrity wannabes) who want to make sure the paparazzi spell their names right.  Like what's his or her name that just got voted off American Idol.

Amazing what passes for fashion these days. Or not.  It is just too fascinating to look away from.  Kind of like a train wreck.

The nubrella is touted as being rain, hail, snow and wind proof.  The shape is apparently "aerodynamic" which helps keep strong wind from being a problem.  Because the front of this aerodynamic bubble is clear, you can see where you are going at all times.  Paying attention, however, is not guaranteed.

Of course, in order to take advantage of the nubrella, it requires you to wear it.  It encases you in your own little bubble like the "soundproof" bubble used on the old Get Smart television series.  The video shows a street full of what can only be described as bubbleheads.  Although walking into people with an umbrella can be embarrassing, this looks like a new way of playing "bumper bodies".  I'm not sure what happens when the street gets truly crowded and people are nubrella to nubrella.

The most advertised feature is that it is hands free.  The nubrella comes with shoulder straps and a handle that can be set to hold the nubrella away from the body so that you can continue all of those important cell phone calls with ease while carrying your other belongings carefree.  It does not however dial your numbers for you or hold your briefcase for you.

The nubrella is obviously only for one person.  More than likely duo nubrellas will be designed for use by couples or maybe even family size nubrellas.  Well OK different heights would probably make either of these impossible.  Just visualize for a moment an entire nubrellaed family walking down the street; mom, dad, and several little ones all encased in their own bubbles.  Or picture couples walking hand in hand, nubrellaed in their separate casings while their lower sleeves and hands get soaked. 

A better umbrella?  Maybe, if you don't mind looking like a bad sci fi epic escapee.  There are certain situations that the nubrella will never be able to handle - Parents needing to hold small children, couples wanting to share one umbrella for closeness, chivalry in sharing an umbrella with a stranger in need, or emulating Gene Kelly's Singing in the Rain dance.

The Robometer has a Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) sensor that is worn on two fingers.  The GSR senses the wearers mood from tense to happy.  A voice recognition system is also included in the system to monitor speech patterns.  The whole gizmo uses Bluetooth technology to communicate with its various parts. 

Should the Robometer detect that you are tense or down in the dumps, it will talk to you.  This little gadget will remind you of things that make you happy, presumably preprogrammed.  This little happy meter is supposed to change your mood by giving you "happy" feedback. 

Not sure where this little gadget would fit in the field of Biofeedback but maybe a nearby University would like to give it a go for research purposes?  Anybody?

When his gas bill reached $700, Brent Hatch decided that something had to change. Since he and his wife have 7 children, it was not easy to find a vehicle that would carry the entire family. Brent found a eight seater bicycle for $2000 from a beach front bicycle rental agency. He expected the rest of the family to pitch in on the pedaling. No one did.

So he went looking for a way to turn his eight seater bike into an eight seater powered…something. He started out by adding a small electric engine, but it would not power the bike long enough for Mr. Hatch to finish his errands. So he attached three solar panels to the top of the bike and using parts bought on the Internet, created his own solar powered engine. The bike/car, whatever, can be pedaled or powered. The engine is controlled by the "driver's" thumb and the vehicle can now travel the hills of Pasadena, California with relative ease.

The multiple passenger vehicle wouldn't win any races. It might possibly be one of the few vehicles caught by the neighborhood dog, but it does allow the Hatch's to drop off and pick up their children at nearby schools, run short errands and turn the heads of passers by.

If you know someone who would wear these pants designed by Erik De Nijs, they urgently need to be disconnected from their computer at least once a day and taken outside in a public place. Just like plants, geeks need fresh air and sunshine (or at least exposure to the fact that weather changes) in order to continue to function on anything vaguely resembling a normal basis. Of course, it is debatable if anyone wearing these pants would be capable of normal function.

Most hard core geeks are noted for being fashion impaired, but even they draw the line somewhere. (It's usually when the pants stand up by themselves. No, wait that's college students)  There is also the hope, slim though it may be, that any geek who would wear these pants might have their fashion sense improved by exposure to the outside world. You know a little like osmosis.

If you see someone wearing these pants, or if you have the urge to purchase a pair yourself, seek help. This may require major intervention by a fashion consultant and a therapist.

Clearly the idea of "the two shall be as one" concept is just a bit over done.  The rings can literally be connected since one ring has a female CAT 5 connected embedded in the ring and the other ring has the male connector embedded.  Actually walking around with your wedding rings joined could prove problematic but then this wedding set doesn't look like it was created for people with much common sense, hence geeks.  The female ring comes with a choice of four colors - turquoise, white, orange or black.  I'm not sure if color choice would make a statement here but black might not bode well for the loving couple, unless they are Goth geeks.

The rings are versatile and may appeal to same sex geeks looking for ceremony rings.  Then the happy female couple can choose to have matching imbedded colors or different colors.  The male rings only come in your basic clear connector.

Should these rings be perfect for your Wedding day they may be purchased here.

This unwieldy behemoth, known as the Urinal Elephant, has arrived in Japan to the delight of bathroom custodians everywhere.  Rather than deal with the unsavory job of cleaning urinals, this big blue elephant will do it for you.  Simply back the elephant up to the urinal, and turn on the power.  Voila, all nastiness is gone.

So far these mammoth cleaners are only available in Japan, but I'm sure that if we asked nicely, Japan would a few to take care of the public urinals the world over.  Of course they haven't come up with a pink elephant yet that will take care of the other restroom facilities.  I guess something's just require manual labor.  Oh if only Rosie the robot from the Jetsons was here to handle the rest of the bathroom chores with her usual wit.

Actually these elephants are so cute you might mistake it for some kind of children's bathroom learning facility.  Of course with toddlers, maybe backing big blue up and turning on the power for a quick wash wouldn't be such a bad idea.

  Solid Alliance came up with this beef lovers Ipod cover.  But what can you say of a company that came up with a USB Squid?  Anyway, this special "beef" cover comes complete with faux fat marbling and is packaged as if it came from the meat department of your local grocery store. 

What will they come up with next?  A zucchini cover or vegetarians?  Or better yet, a salmon cover in memory of the depleted fish.  Since they have a usb squid, this would not be too far out of the realm of imagination.

Having had a dog that delighted in chewing through a cell phone, and several other gadgets, encouraging him with a faux meat cover on my Ipod is not even in consideration for this years top 10 stupid mistakes to make.  My cats might even take to chewing on it and that would just be too much to bear.

Well, Samsung Telecommunications America conducted their own poll on the issue.  What they found was similar to the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) method.  Three hundred teenagers 13-19 and five hundred parents of teenagers 13-19 were asked if they would rather vote by text message on their mobile phones or go to the polls.  61% of all participants 18 and older said they would seriously consider voting by text message and 80% of participants 13-17 said they would definitely vote by text message rather than go to the polls. 

The other remarkable aspect of this poll, besides the fact it was conducted, was that the majority opinion about text voting was across political lines.  "More than half of all Democrats, Republicans and Independents surveyed say that if allowed, they’d text in their Presidential vote."  It's hard to figure out if it is a good or bad sign that the majority of Americans would rather vote by text than by regular voting booth ballot.

If vote by text was allowed, the major problems would be teaching non parents of teenagers how to text, and making sure every registered voter had 1.) a cell phone, 2.) they have a plan that allows texting and 3.) they know who is running.

Well a team of European scientists came to South Bald Peak, New Mexico to do just that - create lighting with lasers.  No they are not looking to become superheros, but to test out their sophisticated pulse laser machines.  Apparently there are reasons for creating lighting besides burning down your enemies evil empire.  For instance, creating lightening allows engineers to test the durability of airplanes and power lines during these events.  There are other uses as well, studying the mechanisms underlying lightning strikes and other as yet undiscovered projects.

The lasers were able to create "plasma filaments" that created electricity just like Ben Franklin did all those years ago.  Unfortunately, the scientists were unable to create plasma filaments that touched the ground, limiting the usefulness of the current technology.

However, Jerome Kasperian, of the University of Lyon in France, and his colleagues intend to ramp up their mega super laser by a factor 10.  Then they will go back to shooting storm clouds with laser pulses to create lighting that hopefully will reach the ground.

Sigh, nothing superhero like here except they will be making our planes and power lines safer so that we all can live in "better world."