Earlier I posted about the problem America seems to have  with allowing pointless inventions to gain popularity. In other countries, these near-useless items or Chindogu as the Japanese call them, are just for the friends and family of those who make them. Here however, we’ve turned them into a get rich quick scheme.

I present for your inspection, the Marmot IGlove Liner

The IGlove’s purpose is to allow easy navigation of the Ipod scrol wheel

without having to remove ones gloves in the dead of winter.

The key is a special polymer attached to the thumb and forefinger of each hand that allows for uninterrupted contact with the scroll wheel.

You really have to hand it to them.

These people found a problem in nothing, then made a soution to it.

When will it end?

Autobons and Decepticons

Alliance and the Horde

Mac’s and PC’s.

Like it or not, there will always be some faction seeking to rise above another.

However, and I can’t be all fire and brimstone when it comes to the culture, they’re doing great this time of year and the launch of the Iphone

and the Ipod Touch has quite a bit of people clamoring for one.

The next thing they have in mind appears to be a re-envisioning of the Apple Newton.

According to patent photos filed by Apple, it looks to be a touch enabled tablet computer. A new and interesting design, I think we all would like to see how this technology turns out.