Recently on Boing Boing Gadgets

DC1M4.jpgRecently on Boing Boing Gadgets we saw suits made from recycled bottles; heard that Apple is toying with solar power; and felt the MacBook Air cut to the bone. Rob wondered who would like a text-based portable gaming console; Joel tinkled on Yamaha's Disklavier IV WiFi Piano; and John, when he wasn't microwaving cellphones, pondered the creation of a floating libertarian utopia. As for reviews, there wasn't much to hear from Koss' new Sparkplug headphones.

Last week, we invited Mrs. Buttermer to take her teacher's red pen to the worst "top 10 worst things" Diggbait list of all time. Today, however, all we want to know is this: what the hell is this strange knob that we found in Rob's back yard?