Trends Slideshow: Father's Day Geek Guide
By Tony Kontzer | Posted 06-10-2010VIDEO GLASSES: The Vuzix Wrap 310
projects your iPhone andiPod videos onto a virtual 55-inch screen. If that's not geek chic, what is?
ONLINE SECURITY: Netsecure Technologiesâ Smart Swipe encrypted credit cardreader
will convert even the most hardenede-commerce skeptics.
STAR WARS COOKIE CUTTERS
Becauseany truly geeky dad loves Darth Vader and Yoda, even more so if they happento be cookies.
WIRELESS SCALE
Any bathroom scale that can automatically Tweet a person'sweight, as the Withings body scaledoes, is a must for any socialmedia-crazy dad.
RFID BLOCKER
With many countries' passports now embedded with RFID chips,dad will appreciate the ability to ward off the bad guys with anRFID-blocking billfold.
UNDERWATER FOOTAGE OF THE KIDS
They might look dorky, but dads equippedwith Liquid Image's video maskcan catchjunior's first strokes from inside the pool.
DO-IT-YOURSELF PONG
Why buy an electronic table tennis game when you canbuild it? Think Geek's Classic Video Table Tenniswill force dad to putthat soldering iron to work!
STAR IDENTIFIER
For the budding astronomer, The Celestron Skyscout PersonalPlanetariumidentifies any celestial body you point at, and helps find them, too.
E-READER
Let's face it—any list of potential geeky father's day gifts thatdoesn't include the iPad, or at least Amazon's Kindle, would raise seriousquestions.
