Foosball "live"!

Talk about an electrifying way to up the Foosball stakes. You gotta hand it to designer Elia Marinucci for livening the table game by adding magnets, audio commentary and, yes sirree, electric shocks! On either end of the Foosball table is a button which activates magnets along the field changing the ball's path.

Further challenges include corner pinball bumpers to knock the ball around like a regular pinball machine, and KICK IT! shock towers which generate an electric pulse if you manage to kick your ball hard across the "field". How this is administered isn't clear, as it's still a work-in-progress, while the site's content is somewhat lost in translation. Needless to say, avoid this if you are preggies or wearing a pacemaker. If the shock treatment doesn't knock you over, the excitement might.
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Boombox backpack: All-around bad idea

If this boombox-backpack concept ever makes it to production, the designer deserves to be shot. And if people actually wear them while cranked up full-blast, they probably will be.

Speakers built into messenger bags, backpacks, and even bowling bags are nothing new, but usually they're designed with at least a modicum of human decency in mind. But the Reppo II backpack pulls out all the stops, with a pair of full-range speakers and an amplifier just to make sure everyone hears you whether they want to or not. Maybe those stun phones we mentioned earlier aren't such a bad idea after all.

Via Crave CNET

Virtual GT Personal Racing Simulator

Va-va-vroom. This will make any NASCAR fanboy or racing game enthusaist one very happy camper. Considering the extent to which some gamers we know have decked out their game system, this oughta bring them that much closer to speed racing nirvana. For powering the Virtual GT Personal Racing Simulator is a high-performance gaming computer, preloaded with a library of race simulation software.

To complete the experience, there's a built-in loudspeaker system, four vibration transducers for greater realism, a form-fitting MasterCraft racing seat to make you feel like you're strapped into the real thang, a force-feedback steering wheel, electronic controls, plus a variety of monitor options to choose from.

When you consider what the actual hot wheels will set you back by, this comes cheap, too. Like, oh, a mere US$17,000 to US$22,500, change aside. Double that, and you and a buddy can burn tarmac and tire together. Even better, turn off the room lights, and you'll be as close as you can get to a Formula One night racing setting. Trophy girls not included.

Via Uncrate

Look, smell and listen your way to relaxation

We've come across many devices aimed at helping people relax. Some of them make use of soothing sounds, some employ a combination of LED lights, while others are based on aromatherapy concepts. The LTK2000 Therapy Station, however, aims to soothe all three senses by incorporating a series of relaxing sounds, LED lights and herbal smells. Talk about trying to be everything. That's not all. The Therapy Station also comes with a built-in anion generator, which is said to help purify the surrounding air.

As with other relaxation devices, we remain skeptical about how useful something like this can be, not to mention how effective. But if you are curious to find out for yourself, the LTK2000 Therapy Station is retailing for about 378,000 won (US$391) and is currently on sale only in Korea.

Via Gizmodo
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A must-have for the would-be Robin Hood

It's not a Nerf blaster by a long shot, but this crossbow may provide a slightly more realistic experience than the Zapper if you're really into that sort of thing.

In this toy weapon's quiver is an arrow with a plastic ball on the end instead of an actual tip, which may disappoint the most avid fans of the free Wii game Link's Crossbow Training, though its laser sight should please the more maniacal among them. Not to mention that its US$28 is more expensive than the Zapper, which comes bundled with the crossbow game, according to Technabob. But maybe if they're lucky, the next version will come out with night-vision goggles.

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