Every year manufacturers unleash a string of innovative office gadgets. While several of these have stood the test of time there are many gadgets that are all but outlawed the moment they are introduced into the workplace.

Herein, you will discover the top 5 most absurd and strangest office gadgets of all.

Strange Office Gadget #1: The Office Pod

The Office Pod is one of the most elaborate office gadget ever conceived. This is an actual pod that looks like a sauna. You can fit your desk and chair inside, along with basic office shelves and a filing cabinet. Once you close the door to your pod you will have blocked out all outside noise. You can control the temperature of your pod as well as the lighting. Additionally, you can cause all the glass to become a two-way mirror so no one can see inside your office pod when you decide to take a short nap. These office pods are the same size as cubicles, but allow you to control your entire cubicle experience.

Strange Office Gadget #2: USB Rocket Launcher

The USB Rocket Launcher is an awesome office gadget, which is not recommended for use in strict offices! Simply plug this device into an empty USB port and you will now control a mini-rocket launcher with the click of your mouse. The soft and light weight rockets will launch the moment you hit the FIRE button. You can have wars with co-workers or simply annoy that person in the office you love to harass.

Strange Office Gadget #3: The Head Spa

The Head Spa looks like a football helmet that you place on your head while you are working. The head spa uses aroma therapy and massaging to gently stimulate all parts of your head while you work. This device is suppose to produce a more relaxing work environment and is suppose to promote a work ethic. It stimulates the hair follicles and relaxes the entire head for your chosen time limit. However, many people become so relaxed that they don’t want to work. Instead, they’d rather mix the head spa up with the Office Pod and take a nice nap.

Strange Office Gadget #4: The iPod Tie

This unique tie is designed to hide and conceal an iPod. It even comes with a  transparent ear-piece which you connect into your iPod where the headphones are generally connected. This tie conceals the headphones and the iPod, so that you can secretly listen to music while you work. Just be sure you don’t use both ear pieces and miss an important phone call or your boss’s nagging voice.

Strange Office Gadget #5: USB Aroma Therapy

Plug the USB Aroma Therapy device into your computer and then enjoy an eight hour work day of the most fragrant and inviting smells known to mankind. You can choose the scents you want to have present, or you can have the machine choose them for you. Comes with backup scent cartridges and uses no more electricity than what you are already using when your computer is turned on.

It is common knowledge that the addition of plants to the workplace can improve the quality of air in the office tremendously. Numerous scientific studies conducted by NASA and other independent agencies have indicated that plants are crucial to ridding indoor locations of harmful toxins that are in the air. Plants have the ability to take polluted air and to recycle it into fresh and clean air.

Workplaces that added plants into their working environment have reported numerous health benefits and improvements in the work ethic of their employees. When an office is free of toxins, workers feel more energetic and are less prone to sickness while working. This clean air can also motivate employees to work harder and more efficiently.

Proper Plant Placement In The Office

When it comes to adding plants into the workplace the office layout must be taken into consideration. This can be done by taking a simple visual tour of the office or by referring to blueprints or by creating your own office diagram. There are several things that will need to note about the layout of your office in order to properly match up plants with the perfect locations wherein they can successfully clean your offices air.

Common sense dictates that you should first take note of where all windows and sources of natural light originate from. According to the variety of plants that you introduce into your office, you will discover that many plants need to be placed in locations that have natural light in order to thrive. Therefore, having full knowledge of these “natural light” areas is vitally important.

Secondly, you will need to take note of where all heating and air-conditioning vents are located. When matching up plants with suitable locations in your office you will want to be sure not to place a plant by any of these vents. An overexposure to excessive heat or cold air can actually kill a plant or render it useless in cleaning the air of pollutants.

In the same regard you will want to take notice of where all electrical appliances are located in your office. It is best not to match up plants with locations in your office that are close to machines that may generate a lot of heat. For example, placing a plant next to a copying machine is not the wisest decision. These machines produce heat and can cause a plant to wilt and become dehydrated.

Thirdly, you will need to take note of those areas that are subjected to continuous environmental. This includes areas where a door may be opened and closed resulting in harsh or rapid changes in temperature. Putting a plant near the door of the office can result in poor health for the plant, especially if the seasons drastically change in your country of origin.

Once you have made note of all of these office layout quirks you will be able to easily play plant matchmaker and be able to position plants in areas where they will thrive and be successful at eliminating toxins from your work environment.