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beanzawave usb portable microwave heatz your beanz and drinkz

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Created by “microwave expert” Gordon Andrews and designer Stephen Frazer in partnership with Heinz, the Beanzawave is the world’s smallest portable microwave. It’s powered via USB and uses “a combination of mobile phone frequencies” to heat whatever you put in there. Uhuh. I see. *chucks phone out the window*

Heinz, maker of Snap Pots, commissioned…

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July 1st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets mobile tech technology

jingle ping: 49 microwaves play jingle bells

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I know it’s a bit late, but I’m sure everyone’s still up for a bit of Christmas fun, and I swear this one’s worth watching.

Creative marketing company AKQA set up 49 microwaves to play Jingle Bells, one note per microwave. They sound a bit silly at the start, but… just watch it. Then hug your…

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December 29th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun strange + wonderful

you probably don’t need this quasi-robotic s’mores maker

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The Progressive International Microwavable S’Mores Maker is an unnecessary gadget that makes s’mores in the microwave for you, which I thought was a jolly headless robot.

It’s more of fauxbot (faux robot.) That is to say, it sort of appears to be robotic but in fact it just has bendy arms that a human has to manipulate, which is…

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July 11th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

microwave zaps fleeing cars in their tracks

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Let me start by saying this — I need one of these. A new technology is in the works that can stop moving vehicles cars dead from a distance.

Pasadena’s Eureka Aerospace has developed high-power microwave-based system that can be fired at a specific car and kill its electrical system in an instant. The prototype…

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December 4th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech