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Super-Brella Chair Is the Only Folding Chair You’ll Ever Need

Super-Brella Chair

There’s a time to squander away precious moments setting up your folding chair and umbrella and there’s a time to spend more of it in leisure by unfolding the chair and popping the umbrella open in several quick, easy motions.
The first is when you decide to go with your…

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June 17th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Solar Powered Bikini: Soak Up the Sun, Get a Tan, Use the Energy To Charge Your Gadgets

When the sun comes out, it’s time to play. At least, that’s what we’ve all been singing about ever since we were wee little children with Rain, Rain, Go Away. …
I love to hit the beach when the weather’s perfect and it’s just the right kind of sunny. You know,

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June 13th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Emily the Robot Lifeguard: Baywatch 2.0

emily robot lifeguard

A sonar-equipped remote-controlled buoy called EMILY (EMergency Integrated Lifesaving lanYard) might someday replace human lifeguards. For now, EMILYs are being used only in Zuma Beach in Malibu, California, but they’ll be watching over 25 more beaches by December.…

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June 27th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Focal Aquatune Lets Your iPod Go for a Swim

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How many times have you said to yourself – Self… Why is it that I can’t take my iPod in the swimming pool with me? Well this new waterproof sound system from Japan’s Focal is the answer to your inner prayers.

The new AquaTune Nano 4G provides a durable waterproof…

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February 10th, 2009 by: Technabob

Winter’s Coming, Vacation at Your Desk

Changeable Motion Picture

I’ve always thought it would be fun to cover a wall in my office with a mural of a tropical sunset, since the likelihood of an actual beach vacation seems less and less likely with my busy work schedule these days. Now, I’ve discovered that I don’t have to be…

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November 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob

Nixon Lodown LCD Watch: the Tide is High

Nixon Lodown LCD Tide Watch

This high-tech watch from Nixon is perfect for surfers or anyone else who frequents the land of sun and sand. Their Lodown digital watch offers its wearer tidal data for 200 beaches around the world for the next 15 years.

It’s got a backlit grey-on-black LCD screen that uses a…

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July 6th, 2007 by: Technabob

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