Hasta La Gadget!

You’ve probably run into the old problem of where to keep your spare slice of pizza, or that half-eaten sandwich when you are out and about. You can’t put them into your pocket because that’s just nasty. You don’t want a sandwich full of lint! Well, one girl has solved the problem with a Ziploc jacket.

This Ziploc Jacket keeps all of your food items in plain view and keeps it all fresh. You are basically a walking food cart when wearing this thing. And it’s stylish too.

Want a mohair look? Just fill up all the pockets and let things get moldy! In the mood for red? Fill it up with tomato sauce! Damn. This thing is versatile.

[via Obvious Winner]

A young man named Kenneth Guglielmino is one step closer to living in a 90s sitcom. He hacked together a suit jacket that emits cliché audience reactions at the push of a button.

Kenneth packed an Arduino, an Adafruit Wave Shield and a small speaker into a suit jacket. I’m not sure what he used as a controller or if he made one from scratch, just that he can change samples and switch between sound banks using different buttons. The sound effects he installed include a booing sound, an awwww sound, an air horn and of course the ol’ canned laughter.

Great job, Kenneth. Now you just have to invent robot co-stars that embody various stereotypes and you’re all set!

[via Adafruit]

So, you think that you have it all down pat when it comes to attending conventions and the like? Well, wearing the right kind of jacket could help make your life a whole lot easier, and just in case you were wondering which company is capable of coming up with a geek-friendly jacket, look no further than Scottevest, who has come up with their fair share of wonders in the past, in addition to their most recent addition – the $149.99 Tropiformer jacket.

The Tropiformer jacket is a tech- and travel-focused garment which would make life a whole lot easier, especially when you have a plethora of gadgets and gear to tote around. It will arrive in four different colors to suit most geeks’ taste, while boasting 22 integrated pockets which were specially designed to distribute the weight of an entire convention’s worth of necessaries equally, leaving you with far less sore shoulders and forearms at the end of the day. Not only that, the Tropiformer jacket will come with magnetically attached sleeves so that it can be transformed from jacket to vest in mere seconds. To see a dedicated tablet pocket thrown into the mix is certainly encouraging, too.

[ Tropiformer jacket caters for all your gadget needs copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Sure, we may have internet in the skies and refrigerators with Evernote integration, but here’s one thing that science can’t do: deliver a trouble-free heated jacket. A few years after Ardica hung up the dream due to a battery recall, Columbia is doing likewise. The sportswear company has issued a recall for seven Omni-Heat electric jacket models, citing a manufacturing defect in the heated inner wrist cuff. There have been two non-injury incidents reported (Canada, UK), but no injuries. According to the company’s own statement on the matter, a “small number of the 2012 Columbia heated jackets may contain a heated inner wrist cuff component with a manufacturing flaw that may cause an electrical short to occur, giving rise to a potential burn risk.” This is all in addition to a separate recall in early January specific to a small number of batteries, (part number 054978-001) that — according to Columbia — “may have been included with a small number of electric jackets may overheat and result in a fire hazard.”

If you’ll recall, the Circuit Breaker was actually one of our favorite gadgets of 2011, but curiously, we never could pinpoint when and where these were set to go on sale. We were independently contacted by a company that claimed Columbia was using its technology in breach of contract, but never could verify if that was the reason sales seemed to be on hiatus. [Update: Columbia affirmed to us that said claims are “unfounded” and “had no impact the delivery of its Fall 2011 Omni-Heat Electric products.”] Evidently, a few hundred of these finally made their way into the warm embrace of consumers, but considering that “Refund” looks to be the only remedy here, we sort of doubt a second generation will emerge. It’s important to note, however, that Columbia’s non-electric Omni-Heat offerings aren’t included in the recall — and, for the record, that stuff does a stellar job of keeping one warm without any whiz-bang circuitry. Hit up the links below if you’re thinking of sending yours back.

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Source: CPSC, Columbia

It’s that time of the year again, when the cold winds begin to blow and it won’t be long before the snow begins to fall. It’s time to bring the thick, woolly winter coats out and bury the cardigans under the closet where they’ll be until summer rolls around once more.

Jackets come in all shapes, forms, and sizes. They also come in utterly ridiculous designs (that they’re almost good?), such as the Ai Riders on the Storm hooded nylon jackets from LUISAVIAROMA.

As its name suggests, it’s a nylon, hooded jacket. But nowhere in its name does it make any mention of the weirdest creepiest strangest niftiest feature ever to grace a jacket: the integrated goggles. While I admit they’ll come in handy during a snow storm, this jacket will also probably scare the living daylights out of people who might see you wearing it.

Especially if it’s fully zipped.

Selling for between $424 and $492(USD), they’re pretty expensive for my taste, too. If for some reason you want to wear one, you can get the men’s version here and the women’s version here.

[via Oh Gizmo!]