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Metallicat

Apparently, cats do land on their feet. Sometimes. "Baby" has also apparently fallen on her back, but she's proven to be quite a resilient kitty. But does she have a life counter?
[link via boingboing]

Ghost Detector USB Thumb Drive

Insert all the Ghost Buster jokes now! (don't cross the datastreams!!!!) says John Champlin regarding a new USB Thumb Drive that claims to be able to detect ghosts as well as store mp3s and documents.

The device may beep as often as once an hour in a place that's haunted but might fall silent in other spots, Saito said. He wouldn't elaborate on how it works.

"This detects invisible phenomena and so the system is confidential," he said. "This is not a game. This is a measuring device."

If you're like me, you can't have too many stupid USB devices, but at 19,800 yen (US$185), I think I'll pass, especially as this ghost-fighting-machine only holds 512 Megabytes. I'll buy one when it's actually able to catch ghosts, not just beep at me.

[ Link via John Champlin. Thanks John! ]

Cyborg Ninja Jesus

I'm not sure if I should be concerned or relieved...

[ via del ]

Scream Bag - Foolish Wearable Computing

ScreamBody is the first of the series of Wearable Body Organs. ScreamBody is a portable space for screaming. When a user needs to scream but is in anynumber of situations where it is just not permitted, ScreamBody silences the user’s screams so they may feel free to vocalize without fear of environmental retaliation, and at the same time records the scream for later release where, when, and how the user chooses.

Feel free to vocalize without fear of environmental retaliation? Instead you'll just have people wondering why you're sticking your face into a device that looks like a giant set of blue balls. I can't imagine what else that guy on the right is thinking.

I had no idea what category to put this one under, so I created a new one, "Stupid".

[ Link via del ]