In October, we showed you the chair that looks like a car. Now we present the opposite – the drivable couch.

The brainchild of Demotte, IL pair ‘Ferg and Super G’, the Armchair Cruiser is a couch that comes equipped with either an electric or gasoline engine, some form of steering lever and are available with such accessories as coolers, nitrous kits and stereos.

The craftsmanship and engineering seem quite impressive, as the guys themselves will tell you:

This is not a chair strapped to a lawnmower frame or something goofy like that. Each frame is hand made, purpose built, from prime raw stock and the finest materials.

And never fear, the cruisers can be custom made – the orange is just for demonstration.

Armchair Cruisers [via Coolest Gadgets]

We apologise if we seem obsessed with Japanese beer gadgets, but the story of the roaring Godzilla drink dispenser was too good to ignore.

And that’s about all there is to this story. The Japanese have made a minature Godzilla with space for a beverage can which, when tipped forward, roars and pours.

The only Japanese beer we can think of that’s readily available in a can is Sapporo Premium Draft, and we wonder whether Godzilla has a delicate enough touch to handle it’s tall, curvy, stylized 22-ounce form. If not, the trauma of dropping one of those expensive silver tins on the ground could be enough to have you stomping down the streets of Tokyo, kicking down every damn building you see.

Spotted in Shibuya: Godzilla Drink Dispenser [Tokyo Mango via Gizmodo]

Highlighting that the green revolution is well underway, the Lacoste polo (probably the last thing you’d expect to find in the closet of tie-dyed conservationists of decades past) has had a sustainability makeover.

UK eco-designer Tom Dixon was enlisted by the France-based activewear label to create two limited edition polos. One is a tragic 90s-throwback ‘techno’ redesign, which we’ll politely ignore.

The other, however, known as the eco polo has been made from organic cotton and indigo dyes and will be sold (in a few hand-picked boutiques) in distinctive egg-carton packaging.

Environmentally minded and devoted Lacoste aficionados, we’re glad to see classic fashions finding love in the eyes of modern sensisbilities. One think irks us, however…

In order to reinforce the handmade quality of the polo, Tom also challenged the constistency of the classic LACOSTE polo shirt by adding new stitching and rougher edges to the sleeves and hems for that ‘distressed’ feel normally achieved only through many years of use.

Buying a brand new, sustainably-produced polo with a fatigued look defeats the purpose. Why not just take an even more eco-friendly route and hit your local thrift/opportunity store for a pre-worn Crocodile. It’ll come with that treasured ‘distressed’ look, is available in far more colors, and not restricted to a handful of fashion mecccas.

Tom Dixon pour Lacoste [via Tree Hugger]

After my typically Australian time off, which consisted of driving about 7600 miles around the country on all manner of mad capers, The Sporting Life is back for 2007.