Posted 06.27.2006 at 5:29 pm
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You’re walking down the street, and you know something isn’t right. People keep giving you that look. Is your fly unzipped? Hilarious “Kick me” sign taped to your back? Perhaps people are just staring at your brand-new video belt buckle.
Yes, that’s right. No longer is the giant brass Texas-shaped clasp the pinnacle of belt-closure fashion. Now we have the EgoKast—a belt-mounted video player that displays music clips, slideshows of photographs or ripped DVDs on a 3.5-inch screen mounted right above your crotch. The wearer of the EgoKast (“Disclaimer: This gets more attention than some people can handle,” warns the device’s Web site) can load video, music and photographs via the built-in SD-card slot. If you're feeling a bit more modest, unclip it and use it as a standard portable music and video player.
I personally can’t imagine someone walking down the street with a color LCD screen on their belt buckle broadcasting highlights from the recent family vacation to SeaWorld. But rocking a waist-mounted 50 Cent video in the club? That just might work. —Carla Thomas
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Go Carla!!
Carla, I'm so proud of you. This marks the beginning of something GREAT, and I wish you the best! Keep It Up!
damn shame overt avariciousness at its finest! we assemble our greatest minds to put LCD's on belts and make the i-pod even smaller but can't achieve world peace! Priorities, but hell, they makin that money! mad props Carla, though! H-U...!
A great idea but I wonder what use would this gadget have, except the shock value that it'll generate. Imagine people pointing towards your crotch and laughing...
People will do whatever is stupid to get attention. If you can invent the next absurd trend, you'll be rich.