Hasta La Gadget!

How many folks text while walking around, so much so that you have somehow managed to get used to your “radar” system, that you are able to avoid other people while finding your way to your destination in the midst of replying text messages and WhatsApp hoots? Of course, some of you out there might have read about this particular nursing student in Shenzen, China, who walked into a crowded elevator, and at the floor of her destination, she walked out while transfixed on her handset – only to have the elevator malfunction ala the first Resident Evil movie, where her neck was broken as the elevator doors closed and the entire carriage moved downwards, to the horror of the rest of the folks in the same elevator. Enter the $19.99 Brolly Texting Umbrella that will not prevent such mishaps from happening, but at the very least it frees up one hand to perhaps avoid the elevator doors from jamming if you are thrown into such a scenario.

The Brolly Texting Umbrella comes with a soft and rubbery finger-grip handle, ensuring you need not hold onto your umbrella at all. Your fingers will be able to loop through, as they keep it in place, and you are then able to compose a reply via a text message. This ensures you always have a firm grip on your expensive gadgets while staying dry.

[ Brolly Texting Umbrella copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Do you love all things remote control? Yes sir, toys that can be controlled remotely are always a joy to behold, as these tend to give you a certain sense of “god-like” feeling, at least until the batteries run out, anyways. Well, Thinkgeek might have something that would cater for folks who prefer things that fly in the air instead of roving on the ground on some sort of wheels – by offering the $99.99 Avitron V2.0 R/C Flying Bird.

The Avitron V2.0 R/C Flying Bird goes one up on its predecessor by coming with additional feathers, and to ensure that this bionic bird is capable of taking to the skies, it will come in an extremely lightweight design, achieving the balance to be light enough to take off, while ensuring it is heavy enough not to spiral out of control at the slightest gust of wind. This half-bird, half-plane toy will boast of features such as adjustable speed, where low-speed functionality allows a dedicated pilot to create a realistic looking bird in flight. Made out of durable EPP body and CFRP wing ribs, the remote control itself requires as many batteries as the old school Sega Game Gear (half a dozen), and it takes 12 minutes to charge up that results in 8 minutes worth of flight time.

[ Avitron V2.0 R/C Flying Bird copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Here’s a board game that teaches you language and chemistry at the same time. It’s called Elemensus. It plays a lot like Scrabble, except you use symbols of the elements instead of just letters to form words. Plus the game board looks much cooler, because it has an image of the Orion constellation on it.

I know what you’re thinking: the element symbols can’t spell every word. To get around that, the tiles in Elemensus are reversible. One side has an element’s symbol, name and atomic number. The other side has what the game calls Dark Matter. These are letters that are not covered by the periodic table, like A, E, M etc.

You’re free to flip a tile and use Dark Matter letters any time, but there’s a penalty. Scores are computed using the total of the atomic numbers in the word you form, but Dark Matter tiles have negative atomic numbers, which means their values get deducted from your score whenever you use them.

You can buy Elemensus from ThinkGeek for $40 (USD). Folks in the UK can get it from Art Meets Matter for £24.95. No cheating!

I think it is pretty safe to say that there is nothing quite like a piping hot meal awaiting you at the end of a long, hard day at the office. Of course, when the weather outside is super cold (and wet, assuming it rains in your area frequently), the hot meal becomes all the more desirable. The thing is, some of us do pack our lunch at home and bring it to work, but by the time lunch time rolls around, our lunch is extremely cold and bland to the taste, requiring us to pop it into a microwave oven for a couple of minutes to heat it up. Enter the $39.99 Magnetic Thermopot, which is said to be a more “grown-up” version of the thermos.

The Magnetic Thermopot has a seal that borders on the magical, especially since it is capable of keeping things hot as well as cold, depending on the food that you place inside, for up to 5 hours to boot. The folks behind the Magnetic Thermopot have decided to endearingly call it a food flask, as it sports a vacuum sealed cork lid which is guaranteed to keep your food hot (or cold), while being accompanied by a stainless steel spoon which is attached to the side for that added bit of convenience. Capable of holding up to 17 fluid ounces, those who tend to eat on the go would find the Magnetic Thermopot a decent addition to their collection of dining apparatus.

[ Magnetic Thermopot copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Between Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, which playboy millionaire would you prefer to be? Of course, you don’t see Batman duking it out with demigods and the like, but if Batman could still beat Superman in a punch out, what makes you think that the world’s greatest detective is not able to defeat whatever legions of hell or extra terrestrials that intend to invade earth? Thing is, Iron Man is so much cooler as he zips around the air and has so much more destructive power than Batman’s cape and cowl get up. The coolest thing about Iron Man’s suit would be the arc reactor that powers the entire shebang, and if you ever wanted to play the role of Tony Stark without his suit on, then this $29.99 Tony Stark Light-Up LED Iron Man 3 Shirt would be the ideal piece of clothing for you.

Specially modeled after the arc reactor in Iron Man 3, it might not be able to prevent shrapnel from reaching your heart, but it might help melt the heart of a geek loving girl whom you have had a crush on all the while. The thing is, you might want to remember to remove the electronics and trio of AAA batteries from the shirt before you send it for washing, otherwise it is going to short circuit, unlike the real deal that Tony Stark has. Hey, what do you expect, and just how far do you think 30 bucks is going to stretch these days?

[ Tony Stark Light-Up LED Iron Man 3 Shirt copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]