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ecofan bamboo cooling stands: cool your laptop with wood

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Does your laptop get hotter than Hades and overheat all the time? I know there are plenty of laptop cooling solutions out there, but how many of them actually look decent?

Macally’s wooden ECOFAN and ECOFANPRO stands keep your laptop nice and cool, and look good doing it . Each stand has a built-in USB…

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November 4th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design technology

dyson fan multiplies air, costs

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Unless the blades of your electric fan are quite dirty – mine are, need to clean them – I don’t think you’ll feel that the air coming from the fan is “choppy”. You’ll still feel that steady stream of air right? Dyson disagrees, so it invented a bladeless fan that uses technology found in turbochargers…

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October 14th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design strange + wonderful technology

coolit pc casemod gives me the chills

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I’m pretty sure that this custom-built PC won’t ever overheat. That’s not just because it looks like a frosty block of snow and ice. It’s actually decked out with a completely over-the-top cooling system that keeps the interior of the computer at arctic temperatures.

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October 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design hacks + mods technology

handmade sensu fan usb drive: pure japanese style device

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At least that’s what Geek Stuff 4 U is calling this traditional folding fan with a 16 GB flash drive embedded in one of its ribs. Or is it a USB drive with a fan attached to it?

It’s probably something that ninjas and spies use to carry – or steal – data. Yes that’s…

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September 1st, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design gadgets

solar cap fan: don’t know if it’s enough to keep you cool, but it definitely won’t make you look hot

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The weather here’s been very erratic in the past few years; we don’t get a lot of rain during the rainy season, and it rains quite a lot during the dry season. The only thing that I can be sure of is the unforgiving assault of heat and humidity, day in and day out. Which…

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August 31st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful

left 4 dead first aid kits, for the hardest of the hardcore fans

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“First aid here!” And by here, I potentially mean in your house, stashed somewhere convenient for grabbing in the event of zombie apocalypse.

Left 4 Dead fans are pretty industrious, but replica first aid kits is definitely on the more creative end of the crafty spectrum. At the Etsy storefront 16 bits of Fashion Fury, sindeegee…

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August 26th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys geek art + craft video games

remote controlled spider climbs walls, ceilings

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If I saw this giant creepy spider scurrying across my ceiling in the middle of the night, I’d be on the phone to Orkin faster than you can say “spiderpig”.

Now you too can freak the hell out of your significant other with this oversize remote-controlled spider with glowing LED eyeballs. No Boundaries’ infrared R/C…

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August 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun

big ass fans: ’nuff said

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No, I’m not going to talk about sizable fans for your butt. Although I’d like to see what an ass fan would look like, what I’ll be sharing with you today are fans that are just plain huge. Just big ass fans, called Big Ass Fans, from the company Big Ass Fans.

While your run…

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May 27th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets just plain fun strange + wonderful technology

century 3-in-1 usb dock almost turns your netbook into a laptop

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While it can’t do anything about your netbook’s tiny screen and weak processor, Century’s 3-in-1 USB dock does add 2 USB ports and a Panasonic DVD/CD burner combo drive, as well as a couple of extra features that laptops don’t have.

The dock also has an internal 2.5″ SATA connector for extra HDD/SSD storage, as…

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May 11th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets

batman cooling fan defies expectations. in a bad way.

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Upon hearing the words “Batman Cooling Fan”, what pops into your mind? A laptop cooling fan with the Dark Knight’s logo on it? Perhaps a fan shaped like a Batarang? Or do you imagine a white, 4 in. tall figure wearing a black Green Hornet mask and a black fedora, with a bloody Batman logo…

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May 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets just plain fun mobile tech

giant computer fans: not cool (unless your name is macgyver)

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Cooling and proper ventilation is an important aspect of building computers, especially for gamers or hobbyists who want to get the most out of their machines by overclocking processors and…doing other stuff that I don’t really understand. There are tons of sophisticated cooling solutions for computers, but what if you don’t have the money to…

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April 22nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing hacks + mods strange + wonderful

led message mouse with fan: for cool hands, luke

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Does your mouse hand get all sweaty from all that scrolling, clicking and dragging? Nope, mine doesn’t either. But if you are suffering from sweaty palms, you might want to check out this clever mouse from Japan.

Not only does the LED Message Mouse keep your mouse hand nice and cool thanks to a built-in…

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April 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful technology

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