The Swedish FIGHTER battery

Tasteful black and red. We used to like black and red.



"Here is the brilliantly marketed 'Fighter' battery, from Sweden - the only Swedish battery with a catch phrase - 'A technical knockout' (ho-ho)."



"I have enclosed a photo of battery with suitably Swedish backgrounds - in the snow and mixed in with my firewood (I know that you are a firewood enthusiast too)."



"The last picture is quite edgy because battery displays his warning about not putting him in the fire, "Aldrig i öppen eld", whilst reclining amongst things that will definitely go on the fire. Regards" - Mr Paul.

Gadgets with FACES #117: A speed camera packing heat

FREEZE! Slow down to less than 30mph or PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE, you BMW-driving mo-fo!



Found somewhere on Amazon by a man who pretends to be called "John" on the internet. This, we suspect, is going to be considered the best of the lot when we eventually give up and look back on our lives with a sense of shame.

CHAIRS with BODIES #1

Look out, little girl! The leather-skinned monster is going to get you!



Then the woman on the left is going to put that green thing in you somewhere. It's going to be a bad day. You'll wish you'd stopped complaining about having a headache and just gone to school as normal.

Bags with FACES #9: The Coldpack Antifreeze Vaccine Backpack

Wearing a hat. Has a Hitler moustache. The blue straps hanging down the back could be hair, making this a girl. A girl in need of a lip-waxing.



And she'd need to lose three stone before you'd even think about bringing her home or trying to grope her on the night bus.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Dr Frank Soltis, Vision Solutions Technology advisory board member

Suit expertly selected to match salt & pepper moustache. Edgy urban setting makes us believe Vision Solutions Technology is a forward-thinking company. No tie - fun workplace. Very expensive watch - great pay. Where do we sign up?!



This is what we want to look like when we're older. Although we already have less hair than the follicle-rich Dr Frank.

Facebook's recommended evening of FUN!

Here's what Facebook advised us to do at approximately 10.45pm last night. It is an uncannily accurate portrait of a standard evening.



1. Do a bit of gaming.
2. Browse for porn.
3. Think of something to sell on eBay to pay for a prostitute.

Sony Ericsson C903 and LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY!

Quick, do something cute!



Careful. The local teenagers all piss on that statue.



OK, now point it at me. No, the other way round. Now press the button. No, the other button. RIGHT, JUST GIVE IT BACK AND I'LL TAKE ANOTHER ONE OF YOU. JESUS CHRIST THIS IS THE WORST HOLIDAY EVER.



Here's one of the phone. Sony Ericsson has decided this precise shade of red is called Glamour Red.



Here's a BONUS lifestyle photo of a woman looking at the Sony Ericsson W995. It is clearly captivating.

ACTUAL PANTS spotted in LG Xcanvas LCD shoot!

Definite pants action!



Here, allow us to DIGITALLY ENHANCE the area in question.



Seems like she's wearing something orange and frilly. Or maybe orange and frilly is just what that bit of a woman looks like?

OMNI-MAN 3000 removes robot suit to reveal true form

Underneath the black plastic suit? Humble office worker Ian Wilkinson!



No wonder he was always running out of meetings.

Woman struggling to comprehend nature of thing without letting it show on her face

The poor thing. If you asked her to explain what that is and how it works her lovely little head would EXPLODE.



Taken from a well-worth-browsing amateur holding gallery over here. Found by a reader who pretends to be called "Colin" for the purposes of anonymity.

Q-Connect Super Alkaline Battery

A man who expects us to believe his real name is "Sebastian" sent us the following. He's put in a lot of effort considering this is one of the most boring batteries we've seen in a long time. Imagine what Seb could do with a ROBOT HEAVY DUTY.

OPENING PREAMBLE:
"Today I took two photos of our no-name-office-supply-batteries. I choose the AAA-Kind, 'cause it is totally under-featured at the moment. Although I really wanted to take some nice shots, the light in our cubicle-office was too shitty and thus I can only deliver slightly blurred pictures. Think of it as battery porn – with the soft edges as a censoring-thing."



"The first pic is on the edge of my cubicle. I even found a pound (wee! That rhymes!) for a size comparison. Well, anybody knows how big an AAA is but it felt more complete this way."



"The second pic shows the battery in the caring hands (feet, actually) of my trusty Nohohon. He smiles, cause he is solar-powered! Battery-brand is Q-Connect and the packaging comes not with seven, not with eight but with nine languages printed on it. Obviously it's very important not to charge them and to connect them properly. EXIF data and ridiculous resolution of the pictures are of course delivered. All the best" - Sebastian.

EXIF DATA
Nikon D50.

Gadgets with FACES #116: A 'worm' that probes radioactive pipes

Could also be a close-up of a robotic penis.



"I got into work at 940, made a cup of tea, sat down and immediately started browsing the internet, and what do I see on the BBC Scotland news web page? A horrified looking 'robotic worm' being forced to wriggle through radioactive pipes. It is treatment like this that will make them rise up and overthrow us. And it is treatment like this that will make them right to do so" - Barry.

A VERY INTERESTING "PS"
"PS: I have to use work email at work due to Gmail being blocked - don't hold it against me I work for an investment bank. I'm a miserable back office IT drone in Glasgow, not a richly compensated multi-millionaire in London, like that guy who is going out with Big Suse from Peep Show or whatever. Just the sort of person you would expect to read your website really. One of the gang in fact."

*SHAKES HEAD IN DISBELIEF*

The sad part is, she KNOWS what she's doing and doesn't care about being photographed in the act.



Shameless. Disgraceful. Needs the hose turning on her. And the pliers.

DIY self-charging solar batteries

A reader who claims to go by the ludicrous pretend fantasy internet name of "Michael" found this superb bit of cutting-edge battery research, where a student has bent some solar panels around batteries creating...

THE BATTERY THAT CHARGES ITSELF!



Just when we've given up on mankind, a youth looks up from Facebook for long enough to make us think everything's all going to be OK. There will still be some people capable of working and paying enough tax to fund our pension 30 years from now.

JUMPING EXECUTIVES: A whole bunch of Belgian CEOs

Companies "around Ghent" have, for some reason, decided to let some wacky photographer take zany photos of their money men.

(Presumably) Belgian reader "Arend" has supplied some captions. Which certainly lessens our workload today.



"Man with a vision. Removed his tie clip to capture the sense of speed and zero G in his outfit. Commits to the jump. Probably doesn't wear a moustache because it would make people think he is God."



"Worked his way up by not having a life. Clearly watched The Karate Kid too many times and therefore thinks this stance is cool. Stupid mistake not to wear a tie."



"Shirt does not match suit at all. Perhaps the person on who Mr Burns from The Simpsons is based on. Company struck hard by the financial crisis, can no longer laugh or afford shiny shoes. Perhaps shirt matches suit perfectly, I don't know, we should as a woman (EDITOR'S NOTE: ?)."



"Trying to connect with young people by doing what they think is cool. Sadly, Eminem dance impressions just aren't cool any more or ever were. Cannot match the divine shine of #1 and his shoes" - Arend.

Gadgets with FACES #115: A two-way Kenwood vacuum cleaner

It is good to see our readers have their electrical items regularly tested. We don't need to lose any in accidents.



"A Kenwood 1400W vacuum cleaner. I don't know if this has appeared on Idiot Toys before, and frankly I can't be bothered to check your archives. What the Kenwood has over (some) other gadgets is that it contains two entirely different faces, depending on which way up you look at it. The picture I've sent features the cheeky, slightly evil face with the big forehead and eyebrows. But, cunningly inverted, it becomes a depressed face with a big chin. Multiple-Personality-Tastic."



"No doubt you'll check the EXIF data anyway, but it was taken with an Olympus FE-190. Not bad at photographing gadgets, surprisingly good at fireworks, but rubbish for people since nothing this side of a heavy Photoshop session can remove the horrific Red-Eye it puts on EVERYONE YOU PHOTOGRAPH" - Steve.

SCARS with FACES #1: On what appears to be a woman's shoulder

We weren't going to use this, until further examination of the photo revealed what appears to be a woman's bra.



"FAO Idiot Toys - Smiley Face Dept. Dear Messers Toys, I have a friend who had a recent broken arm operation and the scar when the arm is abducted gives a smiley face. It's not specifically a gadget/toy per se but there is a piece of metal plate attached to the Humerus bone. If the bench is thin on material/updates then give this a go, some might find it abstract. Yours faithfully" - JS.

Just a YouTube video

There are no RULES. So this is not against the rules.



This is why it pays off to practise dancing to Bon Jovi in your house.

Wanted: Dead or Fully Charged - ROBOT EXTRA HEAVY DUTY

This reader made an error. He SAW these batteries in a toilet air freshener machine in a toilet in Taiwan, was NEAR these batteries, and could have STOLEN these batteries and taken them home for better cataloguing under laboratory conditions.

He didn't. For future reference, there's TEN POUNDS in it for anyone who can get us a pair of ROBOT EXTRA HEAVY DUTY batteries in either slimline AA or chunky D format.



"After the unfortunate deportation incident in Thailand, I no longer take my FujiFilm S100FS into the toilets so you'll have to put up with my camera phone's attempt. It clearly lacks a macro function and it's bordering on lacking a colour option too yet it seems to think that it's good enough to excrete 1200 x 1600 photos."



"These were resized, sharpened, and the saturation was increased. A prize if you can work out which manipulation tool I used" - Russell, London.

"PS: No actual prize will actually be given."

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Miserable farmers. They're thinking "I hope that bloody dog isn't worrying my sheep" and fretting about all the outstanding paperwork from the EU.



Cheer up, guys! It could be worse. You could be on the internet all day. Yes, it sounds easy, but by 5.30pm you just want to start crying and go to bed. At least you get to go outside whenever you like and occasionally see trees and grass, plus there's air to breathe that isn't 80% humidity from other people's sweat.

EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES: Ivo Nelson, Chairman, Encore Health Resources

Quick! Someone put a MacBook on granddad's lap so we can justify how much we spent on updating the company's IT infrastructure and getting the fastest possible broadband last year. Make sure he holds it the right way up.



The lady is Dana Sellers, the Chief Executive Officer of Encore Health Resources. She has a nice grey streak. Imagine how evil she'd look doing an ANGRY FACE.



"I was really sad to hear that Idiot Toys thinks that no one likes EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES. To show my appreciation I've made a widescreen (1360 x 768) wallpaper of Lynn B Fuller, ideal for use on media PCs and HDTVs" - Kenny.

Tandberg launches BUSINESS EXTREME

Never before has so much BUSINESS been conducted in one room. If you need to do BUSINESS, Tandberg has the BUSINESS SOLUTION for YOU!

Be careful, though - you need a special permit from the council to conduct so much business in one place. The static build-up from all the power-suits can be a fire hazard.



So much BUSINESS. Business all over the place. It takes Microsoft 18 months to conduct this much business - Tandberg's got it all done in an afternoon.



We would like to see #1 conducting business with #4 while #3 looks on and conducts business with herself.



Thanks, Tandberg. Your Photo Gallery is full of 100% solid gold. The scenes are evocative. The resolutions impeccable. The file sizes unnecessarily huge.



The models are also more than adequate, too. Not particularly representative of the sorts of wizened, horrible, dried-up MONSTERS that inhabit the mid-level of office management, though. This is fantasy business.



Brilliant photo. Has a gadget with a face AND a vague approximation of Lucy Liu. May your sales exceed their targets for a record 12 consecutive quarters on the back of this superb work, Tandberg.

Make her Valentine's Day with a Dell Outlet Inspiron

Dell has had the great idea of putting PINK and SOME FLOWERS around a picture of an Inspiron, in the hope that she might like a reconditioned tower PC as a gift if it's got pink on the advert.



If you are going to buy her a PC, it might as well be a Dell Outlet Inspiron. Lowest available configuration. She'll never know.

POSSIBLE NEW NICHE: Humorous food photographs

Here's a thing the whole internet - and by that we mean people like your mum now she's got Facebook - could enjoy. Funny foreign foods. Surely no one else has ever had the idea of doing a site about funny foreign foods?



Much as we like ironically laughing at lifestyle photography, it just doesn't have mainstream appeal. We will not get rich from pointing out Sony Ericsson's odd insistence on making its models wear rollerblades. Also, no one else (by this we mean no one outside of this room we're all metaphorically standing in the corners of not looking at each other in) seems to like EXECUTIVE MOUSTACHES. We are in creative CRISIS.



"No hidden faces, no odd batteries, just weird imported snack food. Actually, these don't taste that bad. But I guess if you're drinking booze or coffee you'll have to find something else to nosh on" - Anonymous [1].



We need an idea that's going to be the new Cake Wrecks. Something for the common man to email to his common sister and therefore generate 1,000,000 page impressions in an evening. Funny food might do it.

She LOVES HIM because of his Sony Ericsson AB900 Bluetooth Car Speakerphone

These photos are terrible. The ratio of people to product is way out of synch.



It's all PEOPLE and no PRODUCT. The poor product is the thing up there beside the rearview mirror.



We would like to see her in our rearview mirror. Wearing a big strap-on cock. And a false beard.

Rock your car with the new wireless car speakerphone from Sony Ericsson

Transform your car into your very own wireless jukebox with the AB900. The Bluetooth(tm) Car Speakerphone allows you to play your favourite tracks loud and proud while you safely make and receive calls.

February 10, 2009 - Bored and stuck in traffic? Not anymore thanks to the AB900! Stream your favourite songs from your mobile phone to the AB900 and it will broadcast them loud and clear over your car audio system. Thanks to the RDS feature you'll never have to search for the right frequency in order to stream your favourite tunes through your car speakers.

The AB-900 offers a complete car experience to keep you safe and focussed when you're on the road with a convenient call-handling display, easy access to your five favourite numbers and voicemail at just the touch of a button. Hands-free calling has never been easier or safer thanks to the AB900. Your music will simply pause when you take an incoming call and resume when your call ends. And with 26 hours of talk time and an amazing 40 days of standby time, you won't find yourself continually hunting for the charger to be connected.

The AB900 will help you stay connected wherever you are - no installation required! And it can easily be switched between vehicles - just strap this ultra-portable car speakerphone onto your sun visor. It can even be used in the office for conference calls or at home for hands-free chatting.

Jacob Sten, Head of the accessories division at Sony Ericsson, said: "In line with increasing legislation around the world preventing the use of phones in the car environment, Sony Ericsson offers a range of easy-to-install car speaker phones that facilitate a complete in-car experience when driving and talking. The AB-900 is perfect for consumers who are on the road often and want to optimise their time in the car, staying safe as they stay in touch or enjoying their music whenever and wherever the road takes them."

Sony Ericsson continues to leverage the company's Bluetooth(tm) expertise to ensure the full compatibility of a large selection of phones and applications. The extensive portfolio of in-car accessories includes hands-free devices that allow users to communicate conveniently and safely when driving.

Sony Ericsson W395 and LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY!

Hands up who wants to see an 8.3MB 4857 x 2892 photograph of some HAPPY PEOPLE made EVEN HAPPIER because their friend made the correct choice of mobile telecommunications tool?



This one is entitled "Man showing phone". It tells the story of a man and his battle to get a free upgrade. He did eventually get a free upgrade, but it was only to a new Sony Ericsson handset. So the story has a sad ending.



It is COOL because it is NEAR A SKATEBOARD. If you like skateboarding you should eBay your "deck" and get into something else. Glue and industrial solvents, perhaps.

EXIF DATA:
Photos taken with a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III. Perhaps it was powered by Sony rechargeable batteries?

The reassuring INDUSTRIAL DESIGN of the WERKER

Look at this lovely battery. It would appear to have been designed by the council. To hand out for free to poor people so they can keep their fire alarms working. Beautiful.

This photo was, incredibly, taken with a Nokia N95. All credit to the taker. Super work, given the quality of the tool.



"I got these 'Werker' batteries with a laser power meter. Despite the spelling I think they are American rather than German. From the logo it looks that although the worker has to walk with crutches he still has to provide power to the uncaring corporate entity 'Ascent BatterySupply LLC.'

"I hope you like the way I got the reflection of one battery in the shiny surface of the other. This must be how porn photographers practise getting the glistening right. I imagine. Perhaps you shouldn't mention my full name" - Ian.

Gadgets with FACES #114: Some sort of stereo

Apparently, Daryl here owns a T-Mobile G1. We'd doubt that. We doubt any man who lives in a house with woodchip on the wall can afford the monthly contractual obligations that come with owning a G1.

Perhaps Samsung or NEC made a G1 in the late 1990s and that's what he means?



"This thing sits grinning at me every time I walk past it on our landing and I eventually snapped it with my G1" - DarlyB.

BATTERY WORLD TOUR UPDATE: Mr KEXP Fan hits India!

Glode-trotting reader "KEXP Fan", who submitted a frankly rubbish picture of some Walgreen's, then a marginally better one of the amazing Pow(R)Fuel, has finally HIT GOLD.

He's also got a better camera or at least worked out how to use his old one properly, as his latest shots are SUPERB.



"I think I have a IT first - battery pictures including indigenous wildlife. Wish me luck!" - KEXP Fan.



Good luck! Although you've already found some awesome batteries and taken some good photos AND successfully managed to send the photos in using the decaying local infrastructure, so that kind of ends our involvement.



But still. Good luck. Good luck with the next flight. Hope you get some sexy stewardesses and they don't run out of the chicken meal option by the time they get to your seat. We wonder where he's off to next?

Gadgets with FACES #113: The underneath of Wii Fit

There IS something interesting about Wii!



"Look what I found lurking under our office Wii Fit (yeah, I know how obnoxious that sounds). Turns out Nintendo have been using this happy chap to drive more sales" - David.

EXIF VOYEURISM
Nikon D80. We need to start categorising readers by how good their cameras are.

*Jingle* Promotional image of the Weeeeek

It's for carpets! An interior design company has had the AMAZING idea of promoting a red carpet by linking it to Valentine's Day, as if you're so desperate to pull you'd even re-carpet your flat if it meant getting a girl to consent to coming in and lying down.



Here's is the Your Floors list of ways to impress your date this Valentine's Day. One of them is to do with carpeting. It sticks out from the rest.

SNUGGLE UP THIS VALENTINE'S DAY with expert advice from yourfloors.co.uk

'Red Hot' Stainaway Shaggy carpet

The most romantic day of the year is almost upon us and many of us will be thinking about doing something special for our loved one. However, with money in short supply during the recession, a candlelit supper for two at an exclusive restaurant may not be an option this year.

Laura Cohen, Interiors Specialist at www.yourfloors.co.uk believes you can create a romantic setting for Valentine's Day in the comfort of your own home and on a tight budget. Just follow her top five tips below and you and your partner will be seeing hearts before your eyes.

1. Have a tidy up - you won't be able to relax if you're sitting amongst clutter, so put away anything that shouldn't be out on display.

2. Comfort is key - sensuous fabrics and textures are great for getting you in the mood for love, so make sure there are plenty of cushions scattered around the room for you and your partner to lounge on. Also, there's nothing nicer than sinking your bare toes into a plush rug, which has the added bonus of bringing warmth into the room. Try the luscious Orkney rug (from £35 including VAT and delivery) from www.yourfloors.co.uk for ultimate cosiness. Of course, the colour of romance is red and there's nothing sexier than sitting with your loved one on a flame coloured shaggy carpet. Take a look at the delectable 'Red Hot' Stainaway Shaggy carpet (from £25.72 per sq metre including VAT and delivery) from www.yourfloors.co.uk and see if it ignites the passion in your relationship!

3. Dim the lights - if you want to raise passion levels, lower the lighting. This is easy to achieve with dimmer switches, but if you don't have those then try putting on some lamps in the corner of the room rather than the main light. Alternatively, candles create an amorous atmosphere, but you must remember to blow them out before you're swept up in the moment!

4. Luscious love songs - it's important to indulge all your senses and music plays a key part in setting the scene for your romantic evening in. If love songs aren't your thing, then try some gentle jazz or tender classical tracks.

5. The way to a man's heart - and a woman's for that matter is with food. If you don't want to go to the trouble of cooking a meal then why not prepare a platter of delicious delicacies such as smoked salmon, strawberries and chocolates. Take them through to the living room and enjoy the Valentine's Day fare whilst sipping champagne sitting on the rug or sumptuous and sexy carpet in front of the fire.

The perfect Valentine's Day needn't cost the earth. With a little thought and a few modifications to the home, you and your partner could enjoy a wonderfully romantic evening without having to step out of the front door.

Things we JUST LIKE THE LOOK OF and don't care if they're relevant or not: RIMULA X

Spotted by long-running reader/contributor/email pest "Deejay", who is now grown up and has become an official video game developer making this here game.

He resized the image himself to 500 pixels, so was probably hoping we'd put it on UKR rather than wasting it here - or he just didn't want us seeing his EXIF data and knowing about his camera.



"It's a LUBRICANT. Called RIMULA-X. As in, RIMula. Rims. And rimming. But with added X! First spotted by my good self in a diesel generator warehouse about 8 years ago" - Deejay.

The world's most minimal battery?

Got these from a man called "Neil". He offered no explanation as to the maker, discovery method, place purchased or make/model of the device they were found within - simply the photos.



He also didn't explain the reason for going outside. Although we're very glad he did. If this series of photos was serialised and made into a film, it would be the most TERRIFYING film ever!



Neil didn't even bother boasting about his camera - a Pentax K100D Super. He should get in touch with our other reader "Mash440" who also has a Pentax K100D Super AND likes to photograph batteries and send the pictures in to web sites! They could have a discussion about the merits of the camera in the comments section right here. Then arrange to meet for beers. And maybe go to a club.



Then one of them would drink too much, be sick on one of the chairs, have to get a taxi home and wake up having lost their wallet and phone. Don't be friends. It always ends badly.

Unknown guitar woman photos that magically appeared

These have been sitting in a folder on the desktop for a few months. Not sure how they got there or why they got there. It looks like that 'Asian Porn Virus' has been placing folders full of Asian porn on our computer again. Bloody Asian Porn Virus.

Every time we think we've got rid of it, and have deleted all the Asian porn at the tearful, knife-wielding request of Mrs Idiot Toys, a new folder of Asian porn pops up in another place on the computer soon after.



It's probably a new type of guitar that got launched in Japan.



From Yamaha. It doesn't ring a bell. Does anyone remember emailing in photos of a woman in SEX SHOES and a Yamaha guitar?



If someone did email them in - THANK YOU.



Perhaps the top of that ladder was supposed to be a Gadgets with FACES? It could be eyes and a moustache. We'll never know.

Round-faced woman blurred out by photographer

Probably for the best.



Bite through three of the ampoules and the sweet chemical hit makes her football-head desirable.

Gadgets with FACES #113: The Pizza Pro

He's so happy because he gets to COME ALIVE and eat all the crusts after everyone's finished and gone to sleep.



Sent in by "Henry" which you might want to imagine is short for Henrietta, but probably isn't. Don't thank him too much, as all he did was see it on Engadget.

Static non-powered objects with FACES #26: Another hand towel thing

Not as ugly as the Dyson, plus there's a sad whiff of manufactured face about this photo, but still. You've just had an update full of flesh, so here's the inevitable crushing comedown.



"Here's a hand dryer/paper towel dispenser from an office bathroom that looks like it's puking your paper towels out. The great thing is the sensor for the hot air dryer (where the red LED is) is triggered by you putting paper towels into the bin below, so you can use both at once even if you didn't want to" - P.

Bra woman Katie Green and Sony Bravia XL1 SEXY PHOTOGRAPHY!

Well done, Sony. More of this. Less of this. You're inching your way toward respectability.



The ironic message here is that poor Katie was apparently axed from being a (the) Wonderbra model for being "too fat", ie, her body isn't the same at a 13-year-old male gymnast.



The Sony Bravia XL1 is thin. This is a clever juxtaposition. You can see how these people's minds work.



She's going to get finger marks on the corners of the screen holding it like that. She'd better clean them off and leave it how it was when she found it, or there will be TROUBLE to do with HER BOTTOM.

EXIF DATA
Taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark III. You can't trust the recording of important world events like this to a Sony camera.

Static non-powered objects with FACES #24: A bin in the car park of the Burlington Lane business park off the A4

This photo was submitted upside-down. We put it the right way up again, assuming it was an error. If you can't see it, have a go at it upside-down.



"It's in the car park of the Burlington Lane business park off the A4. It always reminds me of this fellow from the league of gentlemen..." - David.



Top picture taken on an iPhone, as you might be able to tell by the purple fringing and ocular granulation.

Gadgets with FACES #112: A diagram illustrating an anode vacuum tube rectifier

Deliriously happy bespectacled mad German scientist with moustache (top) poking wires into the eyes and mouth of a sad test subject. It gets better the longer you look at it, which is rare for a picture on the internet.



"Here is an electrical diagram with a very sad face who might be vomiting. Maybe you'll find use for it. It came from here" - Aaron.

BAD NEWS: "Pow(R)Fuel" has been trademarked

Pow(R)Fuel! Imagine the meeting when they came up with that beauty. Everyone must've been so pleased with themselves. Every person around the table contributed a little idea, then all the ideas got rolled into one DISASTER of a name.



"Hope this new shot redeems my crappy HTC Dash photo. Here's some decent batteries I spotted on my travel through Dubai. I'm headed next to India, where I'm bound to find some rare batteries" - KEXP Fan.

EXIF DATA
Taken with a Sony DSC-H10.

Gadgets with FACES #111: Cap'n Lamp

Rare full-bodied gadget, although his hands are MASSIVELY OUT OF PROPORTION to his arms, head and body. Unless he's just carrying some lampshades home from Ikea. They seemed smaller and lighter at the checkout.



"Not only does this fellow have a face... he has a whole body and lamp hands! I discovered him whilst looking for fun mid century things to spend money on. He lives in Seattle and I want to bring him home. Don't you think he'd make a great buddy?" - Erica.

*Jingle* Promotional image of the Weeeeek

It's the Isolite Dryfield Illuminator, which combines lighting and retraction AND suction in one handy unit!



And has been successfully doing so since 2005. Imagine the gallons of saliva it has collected from that poor lady alone. There's a barrel full round the back.



It's a 'big ask' to make this thing look glamorous.

Isolite Dryfield Illuminator Wins "Townie Choice" Award for the Fourth Straight Year

Hot Product is Fueling Company's Growth; 2009 Brings New Facility and Expanded Staffing

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the fourth year in a row, Isolite Systems took home a coveted "Townie Choice" Award from Dentaltown magazine for its unique dental product — the Isolite dryfield illuminator.

The Isolite dryfield illuminator is an innovative dental tool that combines the functions of light, suction and retraction into a single device solving many of the frustrations that dental professionals deal with on a daily basis.

Isolite Systems is using the momentum of this and other recent product accolades to grow its business in a time when many businesses are contracting. This year, the company will be adding additional staff and moving into a new facility in Santa Barbara that will encompass new offices, expanded manufacturing and assembly capabilities, and a warehouse.

"We launched our original Isolite through the Dentaltown web community, and if it wasn't for the 'Townies', we’d never be where we are today," said Sandi Hirsch, General Manager of Isolite Systems. "We owe the ‘Townies’ a debt of gratitude."

Hirsch added that because the Isolite increases dental operatory productivity by 20 - 30%, its popularity is leading to increased business and company growth.