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Star Wars Stormtrooper Bluetooth Speaker Lets You Rock Your Tiny Corner of the Death Star

By on July 15, 2015 in audio, bluetooth, gadgets, general geekery, gifts, star wars

stroop1Star Wars fans can get their geek audio on via the Force with this small, yet powerful Bluetooth speaker that takes the form of a Stormtrooper’s head mask. The 5-watt speaker has a chargeable lithium battery inside and comes with a USB charging cord.

The trooper comes with an indicator light as well.

The Ewoks on Endor are still harvesting the masks off the defeated stormtroopers – but they are due for release by October – just in time for Chanukah and Christmas gifts for your favorite fanboy or fangirl.

He may be a little short for a Stormtrooper, but he makes it easy to listen to your tunes or podcasts with far more umph than the speakers built-in to your smartphone.

You can pre-order these babies from The Fowndry. You can follow The Fowndry on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and Tumblr.

Metperial Pocket Tool Does Everything But the Dishes

By on July 14, 2015 in gadgets, general geekery, gifts, kickstarter, shiny metal objects, tools

tool1Designer Denis Stewart has designed and executed a beautiful multitool that uses both Imperial and Metric measurements for tightening some of the most commonly used sizes of small nuts and screws. He’s launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance the mass production of the tool so geeks like you and me can have one of these relatively inexpensively.

This very small tool packs a strong punch. Literally. You can use it as a punch, you can break a window to escape your crashed car and use the same tool to cut your seatbelt if you’re trapped. It cuts wire, strips wire, scribes into metal, chisels into wood and loosens and tightens just about anything on a bicycle and wants to be the survivalist tool you carry everywhere. You’ve got to see the video below to see just a smidgen of what this baby can do.

The metperial survivalist tool would make a pretty nifty Chanukah or Christmas gift for your favorite geek.

The metperial survivalist tool would make a pretty nifty Chanukah or Christmas gift for your favorite geek.

This is not Stewart’s first rodeo. He previously successfully funded a much simpler multitool. This multitool has a similar form factor, but it’s a lot more robust and feature packed.

Shockingly, Stewart doesn’t have a website or any social media – but his previous Kickstarter shows a lot of comments from people who received the finished product as promised.