Archive for October 2011
Cookup Solar Barbecue: Like Cooking With Your Satellite Dish
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Have plenty of sunlight and money to spare? Check out the Cookup, a neat-looking solar grill from French company ID Cook. As you may have guessed, instead of using traditional fuel like coal or gas, the Cookup concentrates the power of the sun to heat food up to 200°C. The… |
October 7th, 2011
Mario Question Mark Block Cap Might Make You an Uppercut Magnet
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An awesome cap featuring an embroidery of the iconic question mark block from Super Mario Bros…. Wear it and be weary of your gamer friends’ jokes about punching your head to make coins or power-ups come out. |
October 7th, 2011
Cell Mate Boris Carries the Burden of Your MP3 Player or Smartphone on His Back
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The first time I laid my eyes on Cell Mate Boris, I was immediately reminded of something my Philosophy teacher discussed back in University: Sisyphus. I can’t remember what it was that he did, but I’m sure it was something big and bad, because he was punished by the gods… |
October 7th, 2011
LEGO Star Wars Death Star Landing Bay Diorama Made from Over 30,000 Bricks
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Jay Hoff is a teacher from Florida, and he recently combined his love of LEGOs and Star Wars… in a monstrous 30,000-brick wonder. He chose to recreate the Death Star’s landing bay, which is impossible to forget because that’s where the Emperor landed and was met with his honor guard. |
October 7th, 2011
Workerman MacHook Offers Easy Headphone Storage
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If you’re like me, you probably already hang your headphones from your monitor when you’re not using them. I broke my nice headphones a while ago, so I’m not too worried about the ones that I’m using now. The Workerman MacHook lets you hang yours safely, but with a bit… |
October 7th, 2011
Super Mario Land 3D Trailer and Screenshots, Lets-a-go
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Here’s what Mario fans have been waiting for. Nintendo has released a TON of Super Mario Land 3D… screenshots and character renders for your enjoyment. I’m not a real big fan of the 3DS myself, but I have to say, this title makes me want to buy one just to |
October 7th, 2011
Panasonic Shampoo Robot is Like a Car Wash for Your Head
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Panasonic’s new Shampoo robot, recently shown off at CEATEC 2011, has hairdressing salons scared. Okay, not really. They don’t have anything to fear from this thing just yet. Although it looks like it might feel like a good massage (until it peels your scalp clean off when it becomes self-aware),… |
October 7th, 2011
Don’t Waste Your Breath, Because You Can Use It to Charge Up Your Gadgets
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a device that can generate electricity from human breathing. Jmengel’s nifty little device that can generate charges via continuous breathing serves as a bit of a preview to this device that researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have now developed.… |
October 7th, 2011
PR2 Robot Fetches Sandwiches, Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Well Spent
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We’ve seen the PR2 robot do all sorts of amazing and whimsical things over the years. This time, PR2 has been trained to do something we could all use from time-to-time – fetching sandwiches. There are certainly many times that I’m just too busy or lazy to get up from… |
October 6th, 2011
Subsidized Amazon Kindle Owners Can Shed Ads – for a Price
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I knew the second that Amazon unveiled the new Kindles that are $30 to $40 less than the regular unit in exchange for viewing ads that I would never want the cheaper version. $30 to $40 is barely a discount to permanently put up with annoying ads on something you… |
October 6th, 2011
