Our editors have compiled a list of seven strange gadgets / concepts you probably never knew about. Which ones are your favorites? Continue reading for the list.
RSStroom Reader
With this gadget you’ll be able to print the latest RSS headlines directly on to rolls of toilet paper. It also features Wi-Fi Connectivity, USB 2.0, and RSS 2.0/Atom compatibility. This reader interacts with your toilet bowl “biometrically” which basically means when you sit down this thing will weigh you. Depending on your weight, it’ll deliver you a customized news feed. [Source]
Eyeball Robot
Created by ATR/Systec Akazawa, the strange Muu Socia 3.0 eyeball robot “interacts using voice recognition, speech and even face recognition”.
The CYBER CYCLOPS is designed, ugly enough, to serve as an ice-breaker between doctors and patients. It freaks out if you put your hand in front of its eyeball
[via TheRawFeed]
Bird-shaped Game Controller
Yes, that’s actually a video game controller and not some horror movie prop It’s quite surprising that someone put in all that work to create a custom controller for “Death Crimson”, a game that scored only 1.0909/10. This monstrosity has a built-in Saturn console and light gun at the tip. [Source 1 – 2]
Blind Camera
At first glance, this device may look like a standard camera, but in reality it “doesn’t have any optical parts.” Video after the jump. Basically, “the camera memorizes only the time of the picture and immediately searches the net for other photos that have been taken in the same moment.”
Essentially, it is a camera that only takes photos that were created by someone who pressed a button somewhere else at that very time as its own button was pressed
[Source]