Hasta La Gadget!

Even if you don’t like trains as much as this guy… or even this guy… you still might like to collect railroad swag. Here’s something you probably don’t have in your collection already – USB hubs shaped like tiny trains.

Sprire’s SP-K480 and SP-S480 trains replicate old school and modern trains, but in this case the windows have been replaced with USB ports.

The train cars can even be separated slightly (though not completely detached), and when not in use, the USB cable can be tucked underneath the train’s tiny engine.

Oh, and the best thing… They come with LED Righting…

No, I didn’t make that up. Alas, they’re only available in Korea at present, but if you’re willing to brave the language barrier, you might be able to pick them up at the Early Adopter Shop for 11,000 KRW (~$10 USD) each.

Remember when planking went viral and your social networks just exploded with pictures of people lying flat on their faces in all sorts of weird locations? Planking isn’t so hot anymore nowadays, although there’s a new photo meme that’s taking its place. It’s called Vadering, and it’s just as crazy but tons more ghastly in a geeky sort of way.

I think you can tell what it’s inspired from based on the name alone. “Vadering” is basically a meme where people do Darth Vader’s infamous force choke on others. Because no human has the powers that Darth Vader possesses, we must all resort to Photoshop to actually perform this powerful Force chokehold.

Here’s a video clip featuring more people Vadering around:

[via Mashable & Nerdcore via Laughing Squid]

After you’re done devouring your planetary chocolates, all that remains are meteorites. At least that’s how I think the guys at L’eclat chocolates came up with these chocolate meteorite candies.

Each of these candies is made to look like a specific meteorite, such as the Henbury, the Orgueil or the Pallsovka. They even have one called the Tatahouine, named after the meteorite that fell in the Tunisian desert that served as the set for Tatooine in Star Wars. Instead of tasting like burnt up space rocks, these come in flavors like white chocolate with grapefruit and earl grey tea, and bitter chocolate with hazelnut praline.

A set of eight meteorite chocolates sells for ¥3000 (~$30 USD) in Japan, but check with White Rabbit Express for a quote to get them shipped stateside.

Zombie fans, check out these fun Zombie head ice cream cups and beer mugs. The ice cream cups allow you to eat their cool chilled brains instead of them eating ours.

While the ice cream bowls are shallow so you can see the ice cream brains sticking out. The beer mugs look pretty awesome too, with hatchets and pistols and stuff stabbed through their heads, doubling as handles.

Any zombie fan would love to have these in their kitchen and display them proudly.

If you like them, you can help fund the project. A pledge of £15 (~$23 USD) will get you a single zombie ice cream cup or mug. And for those of you who prefer Cthulhu to zombies, you can go for the Lovecraftian version for £20 (~$31 USD). The project is already well on its way to reaching its £15,000 (~$23,000 USD) goal and still has 18 days to go.

[via Geeks Are Sexy]

If you’re in the market for a new device to help keep your iPhone or other smartphone charged up and ready to use, the MonkeyOh is a cute and offbeat way to do this. The device looks like a monkey with a USB port in his mouth. It has little feet and hands that secure smartphones of varying sizes and holds them near your outlet.

You can also wrap the excess charge cord that comes with your smartphone around the base of the holder near the outlet. The flexible monkey arms are designed to secure iPhones and other devices with or without cases. One of the best things about this smartphone holder and charger is that it sticks the phone out from the outlet far enough that you can use the second outlet for other needs. MonkeyOh also works as a phone stand in either landscape or portrait modes.

The MonkeyOh does require the use of the new generation small Apple power adapter. You can charge other smartphones as long as you have the Apple power adapter by simply plugging in your USB charging cable. MonkeyOh is on Kickstarter right now seeking the funds to come to market. A pledge of $15(USD) by April 18th will get you one of the first MonkeyOhs, with estimated shipping this July.