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microfiber clothing could power your gadgets for free

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Micro-Fiber Power Generator

If you’ve ever walked along a carpet in the wintertime, you know all about how you can generate electrical shocks without ever plugging in to an outlet. Now it looks like your body movements could be harnessed to provide electricity for your mobile electronics. Imagine a shirt or a pair of pants which can automatically convert the energy from walking around into power for your gadgets…

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February 14th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

kirlian images: electricity meets photography

strange and wonderful

Kirlian Photography

No, these striking images weren’t made using Photoshop trickery. They were actually taken using a unique process which involves placing photographic paper onto an object, placing them both on a high-voltage plate, then cranking up the juice…

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January 25th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

fake gadgets deliver shocking consequences

gadgets | just plain fun

Shocking Gadgets

These may look like your typical cheap schlock shop knock-offs of popular gadgets, but they’re much more devious than that. You see, while they may bear a slight resemblance to a certain portable gaming system, media player and a dime-store pocket laser, they’re actually practical jokes that deliver a nasty shock…

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December 30th, 2007 5 comments stumble it! author: technabob

shocking car remote zaps bad valet parkers

gadgets | just plain fun

Shock Car Remote Gag

If you’ve got a really cruel streak, here’s a new prank for your arsenal of practical jokes. This may look like an ordinary car keychain remote, but it won’t actually open any vehicle. Instead, it lets out a tiny jolt of electricity when your unsuspecting victim presses the wrong button…

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December 16th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

pioneer music tap: home audio system cuts the cords

home entertainment

Pioneer Music Tap Powerline Audio

Pioneer Japan is showing off this new music system that can send audio signals to remote speakers around your house. Rather than using more modern wireless technologies like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, Pioneer opted to use power line signal transmission, to reduce the likelihood of over-the-air interference, and to simplify configuration…

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February 28th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

this car protected by half a million volts of electricity

strange and wonderful

Tesla Eye of Sauron Car Alarm

This theft prevention device is sure to scare off even the most hardened criminal. The custom-built Tesla coil emits a massive purple electrical field around the owners car, making thieves think twice before even looking at this car…

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February 18th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

water + electricity = light?

design | strange and wonderful

WET Lamp by Scott J. Franklin

Somehow the idea of placing electrodes into a water-filled orb to seems like a bad idea. However, artist Scott J. Franklin has designed a series of glass lighting fixtures that do just that.

The WET Lamp from NON Design is a glass orb with a 10-watt xenon light bulb in the center, then filled with water. You gently place a thin silver rod into the H2O, and the bulb illuminates…

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October 8th, 2006 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

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