Hasta La Gadget!

Klipsch has announced the availability of custom grilles for the Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air soundbar. These customized grilles are available for a limited time price of $24.99 each with free shipping in the United States. You can provide a 300 DPI JPEG or TIF image file for Klipsch to create a customized, magnetic grille for the soundbar. The Klipsch G-17 Air streams high-quality audio directly from any iPod, iPhone, or iPad. The Klipsch G-17 Air also provides a USB input for direct digital connection and charging of most 30-pin Apple devices. Additionally, there is a 3.5mm analog input for any MP3 player. The Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air is priced at $499.99 a pop. [Engadget]

If your family eats a lot of fiber, you too can have a rebel fleet with a complete armada of X-Wing fighters made out of toilet paper tubes. This squadron’s company motto is “Wipe your butt, then wipe out the Empire.” “Do your duty for the fleet.” Okay, enough bathroom humor.

This is a cool project to turn your discarded toilet paper tubes into something useful and geeky. I didn’t come across any instructions, but if you just look at the images at homemademagic you can see how easy it is to create your own X-Wing. In addition to the T.P. rolls, you’ll probably need some paper towel tubes, cardboard and tape as well.

The X-Wing pilot shirt is of course required if you are going to be flying these things in both hands and making X-Wing noises. Even though many of us will look like Jek Porkins doing it. Okay guys, start using up more T.P. and make yourself a rebel fighter now!

[via Obvious Winner]

Bottle rockets are usually made in the likeness of rocket ships. The RPG-7′s ammo on the other hand, while still made of a bottle, imitates a different kind of rocket: the weaponized kind.

Made by Japanese company Maruda, the RPG-7 PET Bottle Launcher is meant to be used only with 1.5L soda bottles that have been filled with water. To give you an idea of its potency, when shot at a 35º angle the toy can launch a bottle filled with 0.6L of water up to a distance of 35m (approx. 115ft). That’s a vague idea, so here’s a more concrete one:

The point is, don’t aim this at people or there will be blood.

Maruda also says that there is a significant recoil when firing the launcher, which I guess adds realism but could also add accidents.

Currently it seems like the launcher is available only in Japan, but there are ways around that. Maruda is selling the RPG-7 for ¥28, 350 (~$361 USD). You can also order individual parts on Maruda’s website, including a cone warhead for the bottle.

[via Nerd Approved]

Who hasn’t dropped their iPhone at least once? While I’m almost paranoid about keeping mine safe, I’ve dropped it on occasion, from modest heights, especially when I’m tired. Thankfully, Scosche’s new case will protect your iPhone from most everyday falls.

The Scosche RAILKase is a rugged case for your iPhone 4/4S, with an aircraft-grade aluminum rail that will keep the sides of your phone free from scratches. The soft silicone interior is designed to absorb any impact in case of an accidental drop. You can mix and match the side rails with either black or white silicone skins to match your phone.

The RAILKase is available from Scosche for $59.99 (USD), and is available in black, red, pink, blue or silver.

[via Ubergizmo]

As someone who has eyes that get irritated easily, I can definitely appreciate a good design for the classic eye dropper. Even though I use eye drops on a regular basis, I still find myself blinking uncontrollably as I squeeze the drop over my eyeball.

Designer Ilmo Ahn is probably well-aware of this, which is why he came up with the Easy Eye Drops dispenser. It’s basically an eye dropper that comes with a mechanism that’ll help keep your eyes open when you prop it against your eye.

The container has a pair of soft, eye-safe silicone flaps at the end, which hold your eyelids open while you drip in the droplets. When not in use, the silicone flaps are stowed inside the container, and never need to be touched by hands.

That means you don’t have to hold your eyelids open anymore when you’re getting ready to use the eye dropper on them. The Easy Eye Drops is a 2012 IDEA Awards entry.

[via Yanko Design]