Monday, April 1, 2013

Ikea makes fun of its flat-pack reputation with the GRSSAX, a foldable flat-pack lawn mower that showed up on Ikea UKs Facebook page. Light, foldable and easy to store, perfect for saving space in small gardens! reads the description.

At least two major airlines got in on the pranking action. Virgin Atlantic featured a blog post from Richard Branson that introduces the worlds first glass-bottomed plane. That idea should go over well with people who have a fear of flying. Delta came up with an idea that is both funny and practical: double-decker armrests to give passengers plenty of elbow room.

Toshiba goes way, way over the top with the Shibasphere, a motion-detection gaming system for the whole mily. While the specs are good (12-core 3.5GHz processors), the imaginary games that go with it are even better. A mily travel game requires you to remove your shoes for a TSA search while Pet the Dog gives you an imaginary pooch to scritch, much to the chagrin of your real dog.

April Fools is a big day for conceptual technology products. Big tech companies get to let their hair down and come up with gadgets that would earn them ridicule and criticism if they were introduced on any day other than April 1.

From a Play-Doh 3D printer to speakers for hamsters, tech companies pull out the taApril Fools gadgets Youll wish some of these were realll tales in honor of April Fools 2013.

Double armrests on planes is a great idea. The canned Chestburster also sounds like a winner. Which of these ke April Fools products would you most like to see become reality?

Look, Mom, I can print my own Play-Doh people.

Mobile ads can talk back to you,new york asian escort model Aereos streaming TV service could be new friends, and Google is king of the clowns on April Fools Day.

We have some real doozies for 2013 when it comes to prank tech gear. ThinkGeek, as usual, has an entire lineup of weird and wonderful items. Theres a Play-Doh 3D printer that forms figures out of the mous squishy clay-like material. If you enjoyed listening to Banes garbled and growly speech during The Dark Knight Rises, youll want your very own pair of Bane Mask Walkie Talkies. Other fictional products from the geek retailer include an Aliens Chestburster-in-a-Can, a Creeper Body Pillow, Gadgets and an Eye of Sauron desk lamp.

Amanda KooserFreelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNETs Crave blog. When not wallowing in weird gadgets and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Sonys Animalia product line finds the tech behemoth moving into uncharted territory: pet entertainment devices. In this imaginary April Fools world, Sony offers speakers for hamsters, headphones for cats, and a video entertainment system for dogs.

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