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Do you like to pick up your food with chopsticks? Me too. Heck, if I could eat soup and the milk at the bottom of my cereal bowl with them, I would. Sure, they’re’ probably not as efficient as forks, but they’re a lot more fun for exercising your manual…
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February 12th, 2012 by: Technabob
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I know a lot of guys who wished they could grow beards but couldn’t, because it just wasn’t in their genes. Back in my immature old days, I used to prank them and draw on goatees and beards with a Sharpie whenever I caught them sleeping on their desks (for…
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February 7th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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Another First World problem solved! Kohei Matsumura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Masahiko Inami, and Takeo Igarashi of the Japan Science and Technology Agency have invented a pair of earphones with ear buds that can detect if they are on the left or right ear and switch the audio channel if needed. In…
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February 7th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias
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Everyday, at around one in the afternoon, I begin to yawn excessively and get extremely sleepy like clockwork. Blame it on the warm temperature here or on the fact that I just had an incredibly filling lunch, but this huge wave of sleepiness just hits me at the same time,…
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February 4th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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Nobody wants to get old and be stuck with a sagging chin. I know I don’t, but I’m also not willing to go under the knife when the time comes to have younger, un-saggy skin. With that in mind, the Rhythm Slim Chin Exerciser was born.…
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February 3rd, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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The Japanese do come up with some strange technology. The Chocolate Q-Pot Phone, which was designed by Tadaaki Wakamatsu and NTT DoCoMo, is going to be released in Japan as a special Valentine’s Day smartphone. Does that mean you’ll only use it on that particular day? Nope, the Q-Pot Phone…
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January 31st, 2012 by: Range
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One of the biggest complaints that I’ve had with some of these Japanese watches is that you always have to push a button to check the time. Since Tokyoflash started working with more LCD displays, instead of only using LEDs, this problem has been somewhat solved – assuming you can…
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January 25th, 2012 by: Range
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The older some people get, the more self-conscious they become. For example, the other day, I bumped into my aunt at the mall. Before I knew it, the conversation had somehow steered on to how her skin was starting to sag and how wrinkly her chin was – both of…
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January 23rd, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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MGS fans will want to check out the Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D Premium Package, exclusively available for the Japanese market. In this set you get a special 3DS system, a copy of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater… 3D, and a pair of double-sided MGS art pieces.
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January 22nd, 2012 by: Conner Flynn
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This cell phone designed by Red Dot Design Prize winner Naoto Fukasawa is supposed to combine a candybar-style phone from ’04 with the functionality you’d expect from a modern touchscreen smartphone. I don’t know if this combination will work, but compulsive texters and frequent dialers might appreciate a tactile keypad…
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January 18th, 2012 by: Range
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