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by Chris Matier on May 5, 2009
My mom fell in love with technology thanks to the Kindle, and my wife became a Mac fan only because of her iPhone. There are "gateway drugs" in technology that can change a person's worl...
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by Jordan Grodecki on April 9, 2009
Visa has finally, almost a year after Nokia supplied the phone capable of it, rolled out NFC compatible payment terminals in Malaysia. What's NFC you ask? It's a very smart piece of technology...
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by Jordan Grodecki on February 15, 2009
Let's face it. A jetpack is quite possibly the ultimate gadget. Personal transportation with rockets, how much cooler can you get?
Of course, it's not really a reality. Sure there's pro...
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by Chris Matier on January 30, 2009
One month into the new year, and things are not looking any better economically. Worldwide people are looking at how to survive with the current economic downfall. I know personally, I have had to rea...
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by Jordan Grodecki on January 18, 2009
An engadget reader sent in some seriously awesome pictures of some new touchsreen coke machines, allowing you to get up close and personal with your product before buying it! In a way they are genui...
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by Jordan Grodecki on November 30, 2008
With the world economy in ruins, oil slowly running out, and the earth slowly threatening to kill us all with some climate change; it's important that we innovate with a new method of providing en...
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by Mark Rollins on September 3, 2008
Once in a while, someone will come up with a gadget that does nothing, like the yo-yo, or the hula hoop. The sole purposes of such devices is simply to pass the time in a fun manner.
I have discover...
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by Chris Matier on September 1, 2008
MiaMia beats the heck out of a magic 8 ball. The last time I asked a magic 8 ball a simple question, the dumb thing couldn't make up it's mind. Now, MiaMia on the other hand has answers when I...
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by Mark Rollins on July 31, 2008
I've reported on some odd Flash Drives before, such as the Donut. Sometimes you have to admire the simplicity of design on certain kinds of Flash Drives.
Take the Nailed USB Flash Drive, for exa...
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by Chris Matier on July 14, 2008
The garden is not where I picture cutting edge technology and cool gadgets happening. But this Smart Scarecrow is a gadget, it is pretty cutting edge, and it is handy. The Smart Scarecrow does the job...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on April 21, 2008
Chances are, there's someone in your life who can not, will not send email. Maybe they don't have a computer. Maybe they don't know how to send email. Or maybe they don't care.
Whatev...
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by Mark Rollins on March 13, 2008
If you're like me, you have attended at least one laser light show in your lifetime. If not, then you can bring home some of that laser fun with the Red Hot Laser Light Show.
As you can see from ...
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by Mark Rollins on January 31, 2008
These shirts are simply amazing. You see those hearts? They will glow, but only when one T-shirt is close to the other.
Yes, that is what the 8-Bit Dynamic Life Shirt is supposed to do. Available no...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 22, 2007
I'm not big on showing "school spirit." Or at least I'm not now that I've been out of school for quite some time. That being said, when I came across this STFU Car Flag at ThinkG...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 8, 2007
I don't know what it is about popping bubble Wrap that people seem to like. Well, at least my daughter gets a kick out of it. In fact, there's a whole episode in Red Dwarf where the "tens...
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by Mark Rollins on December 5, 2007
I must be on a solar-power trip today, because this next product uses that lovable renewable energy source we call the sun.
This jacket uses solar power for rows of LED lights. I believe the target ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 28, 2007
From the folks at ThinkGeek, we have the Multi-Color LED Lightbulb. It goes in a normal light socket and has a remote control. The remote controls what color the LED lightbulb emits, which could be on...
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by Mark Rollins on November 26, 2007
I suppose there is a good reason that the company who makes the IM-5 PAVA Launcher is called "Avurt". As in, Avert criminals from attacking you.
Well, all joking aside, there is a good rea...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 25, 2007
I didn't realize they made stress-relief toys in the size of boobs. However, some lady decided she'd make her own for her partner. Supposedly it will provide him some comfort and she can get ...
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by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
If you want to annoy the bejesus out of the person in the next cubicle, spy on your neighbor's sumptuous daughter with a micro-camera or just torture your pets (psychologically, please), you might...
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by Mark Rollins on November 13, 2007
You can't tell me you haven't craved your own disco fever since the '70s. The DJ Technik is a 7 piece package that includes the following. A 600 watt amp/speaker combo with mega sub-woofer...
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by Mark Rollins on October 29, 2007
Even though the Spy Gear Tri-Link Alarm System could be classified as a toy, I can't help but think of many practical applications. For example, if you have something in your office that you don&#...
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by Michael Pick on October 22, 2007
...you probably need one of these.
Actually, as someone pretty much nailed to my home office desk for the vast majority of the week (the perils of freelancing), this doesn't look like a half ba...
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by Mark Rollins on October 12, 2007
Do you know anyone who is so into wine that their lives could be used as material for a Sideways sequel? Fortunately, there is a flash drive for them, and it looks like...a wine bottle. (What else?)
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by Michael Pick on October 11, 2007
You love golf (or baseball). You love gadgets. You love things that levitate and look kind of cool on your desk. So by now you're saying "no I don't", and will stop reading. Or you&#...
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by Michael Pick on October 9, 2007
Let's face it, spending the vast majority of your day couped in a cubicle farm is one surefire way to either drive you to insanity, or drive you to inject a modicum of fun into the otherwise stult...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on October 4, 2007
With the proliferation of inexpensive mobile phone service, pay phones are becoming a thing of the past. I can't remember the last time I actually used a pay phone to make a telephone call, let ...
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by Mark Rollins on September 17, 2007
Takara Tomy, a very famous toy manufacturer, plans to release what they refer to as a Guiness-certified "smallest humanoid robot in production". And, at 6.5 inches, the i-SOBOT is pretty sma...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on September 10, 2007
Just the kind of thing you'd see in a campy B Sci-Fi movie. Except it's real. And it actually tells time.
Japanese design firm Sea Hope is designing some absolutely crazy looking watches. ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on September 5, 2007
For those people who think a JetSki is a bit too scary, the Electric Inflatable Watercraft is the next best thing. IconTech Limited is distributing these things to distributors in lots of 150 and 33...
