In A.E. Van Vogt's classic science fiction novel "Slan", the eponymous race of beings are telepaths with prehensile tendrils on their heads. But having many flexible tendrils on your head would be useful for purposes other than telepathy.
My Nifty Slan-Cap is a hat covered in many short, flexible lengths of wire, or "tendrils". Whenever I have to carry something small—a pencil, a ping pong ball, some spare change—I stick it on my head and wrap some tendrils around it, and my hands are free for other activities.-- DrWorm, Jul 19 2010 Illustration http://picasaweb.go...5495659405498730994This could be you. [DrWorm, Jul 19 2010] Pah!-- DrWorm, Jul 19 2010 + cute (my dad used his hair like that!)-- xandram, Jul 19 2010 That explains a lot ...-- 8th of 7, Jul 19 2010 Australians have been doing something similar with hats to transport corks for years.-- shudderprose, Jul 19 2010 how lovely - need a place for my lippy & gorillapod.-- po, Jul 19 2010 A simple subdermal magnetic implant would fulfill many of these functions.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 19 2010 For people who have put a pencil behind one ear, a cigarette behind the other, then needed a place for the multimeter probe. [+]-- mouseposture, Jul 19 2010 random, halfbakery