Gadgets: Back to School

Friday, 27 August 2010 13:09

The transition from summer to class is a chart-topping bummer, but these gadgets are sure to transform the back-to-school horror show into one of excitement and glee, with the usual side of futile.

By By Jennette Holzworth

Clocky The Mobile Alarm Clock: Because the average alarm clock can be stifled with the push of a button, you might missed your favorite professor lecture on the wingspan of the North American lady bug. But with Clocky, the mobile alarm clock on wheels, you’ll be flying out of bed when his horn sounds because he rolls off the night stand and hides once you hit the snooze button, buzzing the whole time, until you find him and shut him off. Good morning, Sunshine. $55

Calculator Belt Buckle: Style and function combine in the “hippest” back-to-school fashion fad since the Aabacus. The Calculator Belt Buckle is the chrome accessory you can’t be without this fall because it helps you solve complex math problems while offering the sophisticated style that is the leather belt. Long division never looked so cool. $15

Drumstick Pencils: Get the pencils that could have made Ringo Starr pursue higher education over teen heart-throb status. Drumstick Pencils, cleverly named for their half-pencil, half-drumstick makeup, let you burst out into impromptu drumming solo without having to put down your writing utensil. $8

Anti-Theft Lunch Bags: In these tough economic times, brown-bagging it to campus is one of the best ways to keep the party fund in tact. However, stealing someone else’s brown bag is also a popular cash-saving method. Protect your sandwich with the Anti-tTheft Lunch Bags, a food cloaking device that makes your fresh delicacy look spoiled with green mold splotches printed on both sides. $10

Backpack Shield: Book safety is at the forefront of our minds this fall, and one concerned parent took it upon himself to ensure that no book would ever face destruction by knife or gunshot wounds…at least while it is in the Backpack Shield. Made from Kevlar 10-times the strength of steel, the this shield offers protection for books and humans alike in the event of a campus attack. $155

Porta-Pizza Oven: As if there wasn’t enough to juggle in your early-morning routine, scientists (and mom) are telling you breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But what more could you fit in, when you’re already fixing your hair and getting dressed while behind the wheel? The answer is pizza, a breakfast casserole or other bake-able entrée that will re-heat or cook while you drive! The 12-volt Porta-Pizza Oven plugs into your cigarette lighter to give you that meal-on-the-go to kick your day off fresh. $36

Honorable Mention - Concept Gadget: Eyelid Stickers: If there was ever a no-risk, failure-free method of evading suspicion while sleeping through yet another lecture, the Eyelid Stickers are it. Simply stick the abnormally white, giant eye replicas to the top of your eyelids and master sleeping in a fully upright position while staring at the lecturer and you’re home free. Oh, and hope he doesn’t realize you went three hours without blinking.