I just completed several days of testing the Lightercase, a gadget billed as the “World’s First Ever” protective smartphone case with a built-in no flame/fuel cigarette lighter and LED flashlight. The product only exists in a prototype stage, with an IndieGoGo campaign aiming at receiving enough funding to start production in time for the holidays. […]
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A Social Media Meltdown For Amy’s Baking Company Bakery
The lights in the theater lower, the projector speeds up, and the screen alights. –Cue trailer– In a world of terror, anguish, oppressors, and trolls, one bakery will stand up and defend honor and truth: AMY’S BAKING COMPANY BAKERY BOUTIQUE & BISTRO! She is “WONDER WOMAN… A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND A GREAT […]
Send A Haiku To Mars
Later this year, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is scheduled to launch on an exploratory and scientific mission for NASA, with support by the University of Colorado Boulder. As part of the spacecraft’s mission, it will act as the first spacecraft to focus primarily on the state of the upper atmosphere, the […]
Budweiser Wants You To Be Facebook Friends With Everyone
Budweiser Brazil has launched a new product called The Buddy Cup, which allows you to automatically become Facebook friends with other Buddy Cup holders with a simple toast. This cup, created by the ad group Agência Africa, has only made an appearance in the South American country, but will likely expand out to other countries […]
Durex Fundawear Lets You Feel Something Besides Yourself
Long-distance relationships aren’t easy. Besides the emotional hardship and psychologically taxing times, there’s the basic physical component that couples sorely miss out on. Sure, there are late night phone calls, which have been replaced by FaceTime and Skype for virtual sexy times, but that’s a poor substitute for the real physical touch of another person. […]
Smart Foam Furniture Assembles Itself
Those frustrating hours spent assembling a snorglesborg or jvarslk from Ikea may start coming to a close thanks to a Belgian designer and engineer who has been working on smart foam technology that unfolds itself into stylish furniture. Referred to as Memories of the Future, Carl de Smet has created a type of self-building furniture […]
Romance Pants Help You Seduce Your Partner With Tech
Opening with the appropriately cheesy 70s-style porn music, Team Instructables introduces the world to its creation of Romance Pants. At the mere tug of the zipper, these pants lower the room’s lighting and increase the volume on the music player to a chosen soundtrack to help create a more enticing atmosphere for the activity hopefully […]
Domino’s Pizza + Singing Anime Character = Hypnotically Awkward Video
Normally, we at Techcitement blanch at the thought of publicizing a company’s obvious attempt at viral-video marketing, but sometimes the stars align to make the perfect mix of humor, marketing, and startled disbelief. Such is the case with this beautifully odd video from the best terrible pizza franchise in your town, Domino’s Pizza. Now I […]
Oh God, This Robot Can Fling Cinderblocks At You
A little under a year ago, Techcitement published a list of murderous robots, partially because the Powers That Be here wanted to protect the future of humanity from the mechanical hordes. People mostly laughed at the aforementioned list. Robotic research think tank Boston Dynamics, who we previously described as a “nightmare factory”, have upgraded its […]
You’re Done Watching Alone: The Internet Cat Video Film Festival Is Here
August 30, 2012 marks a momentous day in the history of online cat videos. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is coaxing fans of feline YouTube capers out from behind their computer screens and out into the open. More specifically, these cat video lovers can stalk out into Open Field, the Walker’s big, green lawn […]