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K-TOR Power Box Charger: Pedal to the Metal… or Whatever Your Gadget Is Made of

k-tor power box pedal powered generator

Hand-powered generators are pretty common nowadays, but this is the first foot-powered model that I’ve seen. Developed by K-TOR, the Power Box has a two-bladed socket, so you can charge or power almost any device while working up a sweat. Lance Armstrong can probably charge his phone in 5 seconds…

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February 6th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Don’t Waste Your Breath, Because You Can Use It to Charge Up Your Gadgets

Breath Charger

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.…

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October 7th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Today is Just Another Day. for a Meme.

now on itunes

Apple’s hyperbolic marketing strategy works most of the time, but I’m sure even Apple fanatics will admit that the Beatles’ iTunes release pre-announcement was too much. Remember that claim? “Today is just another day. That you’ll never forget.”… And we didn’t, because it’s the day Apple made it clear that

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November 27th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Darpa Gives New Meaning to “Brown Out” With Poop Reactor Idea

The Holiday Turd

I went to college and know firsthand that methane will burn. I once knew a dude that burnt the hairs off his scrotum after a particularly noxious one was lit and flared up unexpectedly. Apparently, DARPA and the U.S. military are looking at a new use for poo. That is,…

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April 2nd, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Create Your Own Profanity

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If run-of-the-mill, every day profanity just isn’t good enough for you–maybe you’re the type who yells KRAF!… when you stub a toe–then you just might be the target market for the Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine, which will merrily generate random four-letter words for you at the rate of one per

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December 20th, 2008 by: Alisha K.

Roll Your Own Xbox 360 Achievements

Acheivement

Having trouble unlocking those oh-so-pesky achievements on your Xbox 360 games? Now you can generate your own custom achievements with this fun achievement generator web application.

The guys over at Technology-Ninja put together this tool that lets you make any silly achievement badge you’d like. With some real Xbox 360…

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January 29th, 2007 by: Technabob

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