Twenty-five years of unhealthily heavy computer use have seen to my being exceptionally short-sighted, so much so that without glasses or lenses, I would struggle to make out the digits on a nearby clock. My solution to this has been to keep my cellphone within reach, but the idea of this sheet/clock has me hoping that one day I may no longer need to. Think about it, a clock incorporated into a mattress that would let you feel the time.

How does it work? The sheet has a special pocket that holds the clock, which is largely constructed of silicone. The heavy lifting comes via slats of EPS “(electroactive polymer, used for artificial muscles).” When zapped with electricity the relevant slats expand to show the time.

[Yanko via CG, Unpluggd]

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I am all for geeky fashion and accessories, but I have to say that these Lego sunglasses are probably one step too many the wrong way. Sure, you might like Lego (I know I do), but do you really need Lego eyewear? If you are interested in buying your own, you will have to live in France.
[Visioninvisible via Craziest Gadgets]

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There are plenty of concepts that don’t quite have the mustard required to go into commercial production; of them there are a few that are bizarre enough to give a reader a good chuckle. The Stix Eyeware glasses chopsticks fall clearly into this category. The arms of the glasses conceal a pair of chopsticks that can be taken out for eating, pinning hair back, or whatever use you can think of putting a thin stick of wood to.

For some reason I find the thought of using eating implements in my hair mildly disgusting, but not nearly as gross as hair accessories going in my food. If you ask me, this product is wrong on multiple levels. [Coroloft via Yanko Design via DVICE]

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There is nothing worse than waking up bleary eyed without your glasses and not being able to read the time. I sleep with my cellphone next to my bed; so nine times out of ten it is not an issue, but there are plenty of times that I misplace my cellphone and that I would absolutely kill for a clock that I can read without my glasses (even if I have to get up close to do so). The Lexon Jet Clocks look like they might do the job. They have a large readable face and display all of the vital information; though we could do without year, even if it is the year Zz.

Theo Williams has designed a mighty fine clock and we hope that it makes its way over to you in the States and over to me here in Japan before too much time has passed.

Price: About $45

Sources: Boing Boing, Technabob

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Video glasses are a type of technology that has never really taken off, because the technologies that are required have never really melded all that well. This latest product, the Qingbar GP300, from Yellow Mosquito, makes a damned fine attempt, but if you ask me, is a little off course.  Sure it will give you a 50″ screen for a fraction of the cost and a lot less material than a beastly LCD or Plasma display, but it stops short of greatness because of some engineering shortcomings.

The trouble is, they have tried to pack everything into the glasses, including an earphone jack. Rather than do that, why not offload some of the hardware onto a remote unit. If you are going to have wires dangling off this thing, why not eliminate some more of the weight from the glasses and supply these functions via the base unit. Power, sound and memory access and USB could all be supplied from the base unit. The nose plates look uncomfortable. They would have done better to opt for a single piece bridge. Think interchangeable rather than adjustable. (more…)

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