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20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!

Summary: With these 20 awesome gadgets and products, you'll be geared up for whatever the office environment throws at you; be it issues of comfort, office warfare, or otherwise!

By Stephen Chapman | June 19, 2011 -- 11:19 GMT (04:19 PDT)

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The Annoy-a-tron is a revolutionary step in all that is awesome for the office prankster. Equipped with a magnet for top-secret placement on anything metal, the Annoy-a-tron plays a small set of extremely annoying sounds that are sure to confuse (your victims) and amuse (yourself, naturally). You can select just one of any of the five sounds, or set the switch to randomly play any sound. The genius of this device is that it plays sounds at totally random time intervals, so it's damn-near impossible to find if hidden in the right place! The advantage of the 2.0 over the original is the addition of a couple of sounds and a volume control. If you're serious about pranking someone, set this thing up and see how long they can take it. It may take a while for them to inquire about it outside the comfort of in their own head, but everyone eventually cracks. Everyone. >=)

Where to buy: ThinkGeek for $12.99 + S&H

Topics: Microsoft, Hardware

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RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!

LOL @ fruit tablets

nicholas22
20 June, 2011 05:36

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  @nicholas22 Those things are seriously awesome. lol.
  
  StephenChapman
  20 June, 2011 06:34
  
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  - RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!
    
    @StephenChapman I had read an article about these berries, IRRC "miraculin" and how a company tried to sell them decades ago when the FDA suddenly re-classified the berries such that they needed many expensive tests. The whole project collapsed.
    
    I didn't know these things had made it to market, but I'm looking forward to trying some. This one item might have just made the the article worth the time! Thanks!
    
    bmgoodman
    21 June, 2011 11:00
    
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  - RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!
    
    @bmgoodman Hey, thanks for checking out the gallery! That's neat that you read about those berries in that context. I've known about them via ThinkGeek for a year or two now, but I *never* see or hear of them mentioned anywhere. Let me know how they work for you! :D
    
    -Stephen
    
    StephenChapman
    21 June, 2011 11:24
    
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  - RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!
    
    @StephenChapman Cool stuff !
    
    termopane
    20 October, 2011 05:44
    
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    1 November, 2011 23:27
    
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  - RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!
    
    @StephenChapman Lol this is ridiculously funny Fruit tablets.
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    maurisource
    5 November, 2011 12:37
    
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  - RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!
    
    @StephenChapman Cool
    
    condens
    11 November, 2011 06:19
    
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  @nicholas22 Wasn't there an episode of Monk or CSI where someone was murdered using this stuff... the killer gave them a little of this and then put Drano in their cocktail (which they couldn't taste)?
  
  sleepyfool
  29 June, 2011 13:54
  
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    6 November, 2011 00:25
    
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  4 November, 2011 22:05
  
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Beware flying ink

I used to twirl my pens a lot. One slung ink all over me, which broke me of the habit (though it was momentarily refreshing).

JimboNobody
20 June, 2011 08:31

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  @JimboNobody Oh man, hahaha. Thanks for the heads-up!
  
  That reminds me of something that happened to my grandfather a long time ago. He used to shake bottles of stuff. No matter what was in a bottle, he would shake it up. Well, one morning, he was heading to work and took a bottle of shoe polish with him. Walking from the door to the car, he started shaking the bottle for no good reason and it ended up bursting open all over him. He was a firefighter and it just went all over his uniform. lol. I imagine it may have been momentarily refreshing for him as well. =)
  
  -Stephen
  
  StephenChapman
  21 June, 2011 09:06
  
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  maurisource
  5 November, 2011 12:39
  
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RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!

@Phantom Keystroker....

It really needs to come with rounded edges so it won't cause you too much pain when the person you're pranking takes the damn thing and jams it up your @$$.

boothby
20 June, 2011 09:45

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  @boothby If you *really* wanted to see someone get mad at you for something like that, look up the BSODomizer (Google it). That thing's even more devious.
  
  StephenChapman
  21 June, 2011 09:10
  
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RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!

@Sonic Grenade...note the properly rounded edges!

boothby
20 June, 2011 09:46

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RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!

Very cool. Some of the gadgets are really excellent. I wish there was some way to email the list for future reference.

abc123a
20 June, 2011 12:29

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  @abc123a Yeah, that gallery template here is a work-in-progress. For the time being, you could either copy the link and just email it to yourself, or add the link to your favorites. Hope to get some sharing avenues tied in with the galleries soon. Thanks for viewing! =)
  
  StephenChapman
  21 June, 2011 09:03
  
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RE: 20 of the coolest gadgets and must-haves for your office!

Love the abusive stamps...handy both in and out of the office!

arobinson.neal@...
20 June, 2011 12:57

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