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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on November 30, 2007
This next product is for those want their products to be nice. You know, for those who want their spoons silver and cases leather, those types.
The ZaNa Design USB flash drives are handmade, and are...
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Just Plain Weird
by Mark Rollins on November 30, 2007
You have got to admire a lamp that uses electroluminescent tubes to produce an unusual shape. That is the premise of the ETree lamp. If you're having trouble remembering the name, just think ET me...
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Just Plain Weird
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 30, 2007
I've seen USB drives in all kinds of shapes-including sushi-but I've never seen one that's an actual church key (bottle opener, if you prefer).
I guess when you use your church key to op...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on November 29, 2007
Cowon plans to release the A3 as a follow-up to the A2. Oh, I can't believe I just said that, talk about obvious! If you don't know, the Cowon A2 and A3 are portable media players with video c...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on November 29, 2007
delphi will definitely go down in history as the first XM Satellite Receiver to come with a MiniSD recorder. This is why they can advertise Unlimited MP3s on their SKYFi3, because you can record and d...
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Just Plain Weird
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 29, 2007
A few weeks ago, I wrote about charging your iPod with Gatorade and an onion. Sounded like a really impractical idea to say the least, even if it did work.
Karl J. Mogel writes on his blog The Inocul...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 28, 2007
It is hard to believe that a device like the Metaphys Uzu cyclone is a vacuum cleaner, as it is one of the most unusual vacuums I've ever seen. Yet even though this product may suck, the design mo...
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Displays
by Mark Rollins on November 28, 2007
Every day, some new invention comes up that changes the way we do things. I will nominate the ToyTi TV for that.
This device comes with a transmitter and display. Don't ask me why the display ha...
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Just For Fun
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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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on November 27, 2007
Every once in a while, an idea comes out that is bone-chillingly obvious and soooo cool. Case in point, the Lego MP3 Player.
This isn't just an MP3 Player made of legos, but a fully functioning ...
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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on November 27, 2007
Okay, I will admit it, I'm on a Notebook Stand frenzy right now, especially with the ones form Logitech. However, I didn't have enough room to talk about the alto express Notebook Stand yester...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 27, 2007
If you've been following my work here, you might have noticed I have a thing for eco-friendly gadgets. Maybe it's the environmentalist in me screaming to get out.
This time around, the folks ...
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Just For Fun
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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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on November 26, 2007
I think we all know how much our laptops are making us do things that are simply unnatural. I'm not talking about surfing certain sites, but the way we view it, with our neck bent down, or our bac...
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Misc
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 26, 2007
black and decker had sent me a review unit of their VPX System-multiple power tools that use the same battery. I wrote about the system previously, but I have some real-world experience to share. Did ...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 25, 2007
When you're camping and you don't feel like building a fire, having some way to cook is quite a useful thing. Camping stoves are one solution to this, but they are rather large.
Not anymore. ...
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Just For Fun
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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Speakers & Headphones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 24, 2007
PBteen (a.k.a. pottery Barn for Teens) has a line of furniture with embedded speakers in it. You can plug your iPod or whatever you want into them and voila, instant music.
One example of this line...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 23, 2007
I'm not certain why you would need a USB putting green unless you are a victim of office boredom. Well, assuming you can keep it from your boss, it does seem like something nice to have.
Persona...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Mark Rollins on November 23, 2007
I'm not certain why anyone would need a helmet that has Bluetooth connectivity. Maybe you're one of those Extreme People who needs some head protection while listening to the iPod.
There are...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 23, 2007
HEROE Audio Technology has come out with a set of MP3 speakers that you can theoretically hang from the back of a backpack. "Carry the music wherever you go," their ad says. Can't we alr...
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Household Entertainment
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 22, 2007
One of the things my wife makes during our traditional Thanksgiving meal is Carraway Puffs. They are a kind of biscuit-the fluffy, bready kind, not the thin, cookie kind. And they are oh, so good. But...
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Sound Makers
by Mark Rollins on November 21, 2007
There are many who say that the Jukebox Lamp iPod Charger is simply ugly, but I believe it has a place. For example, when you go visit those fifties diners with that retro look, why not have lamps tha...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 21, 2007
Clearly this saw with a laser has some star potential, and I don't mean a recurring role in the Saw movie series.
If you're like me, you just can't saw in a straight line. Or you can but...
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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on November 21, 2007
laptop computer keyboards and desktop computer keyboards are never the same. Not only do many miss a number pad, the feel is just altogether different. Even though most adapt quickly, you don't ne...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on November 21, 2007
Since we live an age where a lot of our valuable data is being stored on memory sticks and such, we need to insure that our precious data is protect. Fortunately, a company known as Eye-O Data has got...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 21, 2007
One of the bummers of traveling is finding connectivity for your device while on the go. The mobile phone networks aren't always that fast, and can be downright expensive when you're traveling...
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Just Plain Weird
by Mark Rollins on November 20, 2007
I suppose this is my day for Brando products. In all honesty, I'm not certain whether to classify this Hanging Cup as a gadget. After all, there is no digital or electronic aspect about it.
The ...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 20, 2007
When I first saw the USB Blender Alarm Clock from Brando, I'm certain I thought what many others are probably thinking: what could I possibly use that for?
Well, for one thing, an alarm. I reali...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 20, 2007
Put a GSM SIM card in this little box, and stick it in a room-hopefully with GSM signal. When you call the number, you can hear what's going on in that room. Pretty simple little device, really, t...
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Toys
by Mark Rollins on November 19, 2007
For some reason, I thought this Drink and Drive Game would involve some imbibing of drinks and then attempting to take an R/C car through a cone-course. Perhaps it would teach would-be DWIs a lesson: ...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on November 19, 2007
I suppose that I don't even need to report on this, because it will probably be everywhere this week when Jeff Bezos, the big dude over at Amazon, makes it official.
I suppose that it is simply ...
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Portable Media Players
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 19, 2007
Yes, it's true! Just participate for at least five minutes in a conference call arranged through the Free Conference Call application on Facebook between now and 26 November 2007, and you'll b...
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Household Entertainment
by Michael Pick on November 19, 2007
If you're loaded, like watching movies, playing games, immersing yourself in high definition pornography, AND have no friends, this one is bound to tickle your fancy.
Crave report:"Despite...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 19, 2007
Ever wonder why your phones typically work in a power outage? Because there is anywhere between 50 and 70 volts of direct current running through it. It's more than enough to power your phones, bu...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 18, 2007
For all the movies that are produced year in and year out, only a select few deserve to be called classics. The ironic thing is, when blade runner was first released 25 years ago, it did not do all t...
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Portable Media Players
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 17, 2007
I have a shelf in my shower where I sit my mobile phone that plays MP3s. Echoes really well in the tile shower and the phone's doesn't get wet.
Meanwhile, a Japanese company has come up with ...
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Peripherals
by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
Aliph's jawbone Bluetooth headset is a cut above the average. Not only does it actually manage to look cool, rather than some cheap sci-fi prop, but it also uses cutting edge military grade techno...
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Handhelds
by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
With the holiday season coming chronic alcohol abuse is surely in tow. Before you decide to jump into your Humvee and mow down an innocent bystander though, you might want to think twice and have a li...
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Household Entertainment
by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
You've just brought home a sixpack or a bottle of wine, and all that hard work carrying it home has made you parched. Now usually you might have a wait ahead of you while you sit it out as your be...
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Cars
by Mark Rollins on November 16, 2007
There is such a drive toward putting computers in cars, that it is no wonder that VW has recently unveiled the Space Up, a seven inch touchscreen that has lots and lots of functions. Not only is it a ...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on November 16, 2007
It is kind of nice when new cellphones have all sorts of new features. The new Lenovo i909 cellphone has some really excellent features such as a 2 megapixel camera, a micro SD memory slot, and a 2.4 ...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 16, 2007
Earlier in the week, a "Cubic Mobile" arrived at my house. It is a Cubic Telecom-branded DP-L10 from Pirelli Broadband Solutions complete with a MAXroam SIM preloaded with 5 euros of credit...
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Hot Deals
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 16, 2007
The solio line of solar-powered chargers, which I've written about before, are now just a little bit cheaper thanks to a coupon the folks at Solio have provided.
This discount code will give a 20...
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Just Plain Weird
by Mark Rollins on November 15, 2007
Remember in The Empire Strikes Back when C3PO gets blasted to bits, and Chewbacca has to carry him on his back? Now, you can carry Chewie on your back with the Chewbacca Backpack.
This definitely gi...
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Displays
by Mark Rollins on November 15, 2007
LG can say that they have accomplished a first as they have unveiled the first TV with built-in WiFi. The model is the 52lg71, a 52-inch 1080p with the 802.11n goods packed in.
Personally, I think i...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 15, 2007
It's funny, because I have seen the windup cell phone charger appear in the gadget blogs again. I wrote a review of one of these devices, and you know what? The device doesn't work.
A UK gadg...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on November 14, 2007
There is no denying that those who sit in front of the computer all day are most definitely out of shape. Fortunately, the GZ PC-sport Power Stepper from Gamercize is designed for those who need to ke...
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In The Network
by Mark Rollins on November 14, 2007
The Santa's Slide Show ornament are for those who want to keep their pictures on their Christmas tree. I have a few of these, and the photos are fading over time, but why not keep several unfading...
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Networking
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 14, 2007
They haven't even approved the 802.11n standard, and they're already talking about a wireless specification that has a theoretical maximum of 20 gigabytes? Sign me up for that!
Unfortunately,...
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Peripherals
by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
If you have limited space and a lazy spouse you might want to make use of your old school radiator to keep their morning coffee hot. Thanks to a little invention from Korea you no longer have to worry...
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Just For Fun
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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Household Entertainment
by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
You love your TV. So much so that you want to take off all of your clothes and jump in the hot tub with it. Well now, if you have the cash, and don't want to get fried, you dream just came true.
...
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Just Plain Weird
by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
Weighing in somewhere between a darlek and R2D2, but focused on carrying your luggage around for you, this prototype robot suitcase will apparently be available to buy by 2009.
The Raw Feed writes:...
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Mobile
by Michael Pick on November 13, 2007
Here in Japan the latest boom is for cameras that know when you're smiling, via built in face recognition. And now the same technology has made its way to mobile phones.
The NEC N905 is a prett...
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Just For Fun
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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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on November 13, 2007
asus have been having a good year with the Eee notebook, and will probably have a better one next year with the launch of the Ecobook.
The Ecobook marks a world's first as a laptop is made from b...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 13, 2007
If you're a gamer who likes to play first-person shooters, you might think it's cool if you could actually feel getting shot. Would certainly make the game seem more real, right?
Put on this ...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on November 12, 2007
The HTC Touch Cruise is not meant to be confused with a certain person who jumps up and down on a sofa on Oprah. The resemblance to that big celebrity will not sell it, but its features will.
It use...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on November 12, 2007
Obviously, there are people that people who are more comfortable at text messaging than they are using a traditional computer keyboard.
For those who are more comfortable using one hand rather than ...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 12, 2007
What does this pearl and plastic as strong as steel have in common? They are made by a series of very thin layers. Let me explain.
Researchers at University of Michigan have come up with a way to mak...
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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on November 11, 2007
"Netrunner" sounds like some sort of early nineties TV show meant to capitalize on the Internet Superhighway, but it is just a way to mount your laptop with wireless internet access onto you...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on November 11, 2007
In the words of jack sparrow: "Apparently, there is a leak". That's about the best way to describe why I even heard of this Wolf King Gaming Keyboard.
I can't get over how freaky i...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 11, 2007
You may not know it, but the Nokia N95 has an accelerometer built into it. The only built-in application that currently uses this is the camera. However, Nokia recently released a C++ library that all...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 11, 2007
This video reminds me of a potato-powered clock I saw as a kid:
I can't even begin to explain how unpractical this is. If you have your USB cable for your iPod, you can likely find a spare comp...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 10, 2007
Why am I covering a piece of furniture on a gadgets blog? Well you gotta put your toys somewhere. And, quite frankly, this drawer is cool.
What makes this different is that the top of this drawer is ...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on November 9, 2007
It seems like I can't resist reporting on these turn-your-Wiimote-into-a-gun things, such as the Wiimote Shotgun Rifle or the Wii Zapper. Looks like the newest thing to hit the market is the dream...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on November 9, 2007
True, I see no reason to put a cellular phone in a pen other than you can do it. I mean, what subscriber are you going to use, and how much reception can you get with a pen cell phone?
As you can see...
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Just Plain Weird
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 9, 2007
I am a geek, but this is ridiculous!
Etsy offers us the ability to wear 11 fuses attached to a necklace around your neck. The chandelier necklace is comprised of 2 amp 125 volt slow-blow fuses with a...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Mark Rollins on November 8, 2007
I think we all know the story of dropping a radio in your bathtub will result in instant electrocution, right? I think they might have covered it on an episode of mythbusters.
Well, who needs the ra...
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In The Network
by Mark Rollins on November 8, 2007
Some of you might be worried about people finding out what sites you are surfing, for legitimate reasons, of course. After all, do you really want your co-workers to know that you are addicted to a ga...
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Just Plain Weird
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 8, 2007
On the American side of the Atlantic, we call it a Cup-O-Noodle. On the UK side of the Atlantic, it's called a Pot Noodle. In Japan, someone turned it into something I would have never considered....
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 7, 2007
There is so much to like about the KLOSS DelighTable I am not even certain where to begin. First of all the name is awesome, a pun on De-Light-Table. Second, the way the table surface reacts to the to...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 7, 2007
I suppose there are several uses I can think of for Sanyo's inspection robot, and not one of them is what it was designed for: a way an inspector can get into foundations and crawlspaces for build...
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Information About
, Just Plain Weird
by Michael Pick on November 7, 2007
If you want to shut the world out next time you're talking on your mobile phone - and save them from being bored by one half of your conversation - you could perhaps invest in one of these.
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Peripherals
by Michael Pick on November 7, 2007
When Darth Vader takes his PDA out for a bout of solar system destruction, the last thing he wants is a clunky, so-called "portable" keyboard trailing behind him. Enter the Bluetooth Laser P...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 7, 2007
As someone who grew up in California, lived in Hawaii, and now lives in the Seattle area, I am all too familiar with earthquakes. They are quite simply a part of life along the Pacific Rim that, quite...
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Handhelds
by Mark Rollins on November 6, 2007
Another sign that the world of mini and micro cassette recorders has again recently occurred as Sanyo's newest model boasts 1,000 hours of recording time.
Supposedly, that is a new record, all a...
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Household Entertainment
by Mark Rollins on November 6, 2007
The Gamerator is an odd name for this product, and only implies one of its uses: a place to play traditional arcade games. However, if you look under the controllers, you will find something that brin...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 6, 2007
At least where I live, smoking in a public place is becoming harder and harder to do. It's banned inside most public places in Washington State and several others. Heck, you can't even do it o...
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Misc
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 5, 2007
As many hours a day as I spend behind a keyboard, you'd think I would have developed carpal tunnel issues. If you follow my work online, you might wonder when I'm not behind a keyboard. The ir...
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Misc
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 5, 2007
You may have heard about the RoHS directive, otherwise known as the Reduction of Hazardous Substances. It's something the European Union passed in order to require electronics manufacturers to pro...
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Peripherals
by Michael Pick on November 4, 2007
Geeks don't like being pried away from their laptops. Even when they're eating and sleeping. So it's great news that you can now gorge yourself absent-mindedly on convenience store snacks ...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 4, 2007
This is a Do-It-Yourself project from Instructables, and it's pretty cool. rubber bands, parts from an old CD-Rom drive, and a simple circuit is the ticket to charging a device that can be charged...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 3, 2007
I'm not sure how well solar panels would work here in the Pacific Northwest, but I have to admit that the idea of converting some of that sweet, sweet, sunshine into electricity to power my house ...
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Desktops
by Mark Rollins on November 2, 2007
For those of us who dread the day when are cubicles will become so small they will just be a chair can be comforted with the Eclipse Office Partitioning System.
Designed by Marcus Ward Curran, the d...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on November 2, 2007
Before the Spider-man movie introduced us to "organic web-shooters", Stan Lee gave us an image of a Spider-man who needed to build special web-shooters filled with web-fluid in order to swin...
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Networking
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 2, 2007
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) holds a number of key patents that happened to be used in the upcoming 802.11n standard. Because CSIRO isn't pr...
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Peripherals
by Michael Pick on November 2, 2007
Some people take their gaming very seriously, and if you've seen some of the killer grannies thrashing hell out the wii controller, you already have a good idea who this set of gadgets is aimed at...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on November 1, 2007
When I first saw the Renegade Gaming Chair, I thought I was looking at some new model of carseat for kids. Yet kids aren't the only audience for this product, which is supposed to really let video...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on November 1, 2007
I'm not certain why I just had to report on the USB Ferris wheel, perhaps I just like being reminded of amusement parks.
The USB Ferris Wheel connects to your USB port, or uses two AA batteries....
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Tech News Around The World
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 1, 2007
Lasers are cool. But why in the world would you want a solar laser? For one simple reason: to generate energy.
Here's the theory: these solar lasers heat up sea-water, which contains a lot of mag...
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Just Plain Weird
by Michael Pick on November 1, 2007
If you fancy having a futuristic looking house, or just want to impress your psychic medium clients this Halloween, you might be interested in these levitating lamps.
Wired reports:"To recall ...
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Just Plain Weird
by Michael Pick on November 1, 2007
I'm sure I'm not the only one that finds the idea of this pepper-spray-bullet-gun vaguely disconcerting. Thankfully for me it's only available in the States.
Gizmag explain:"The Av...
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Household Entertainment
by Michael Pick on November 1, 2007
The Dynamic Daylight Display Window from philips has a distinctly Science-Fiction feel to it, but is actually very soon to find its way into a hotel near you.
Geekologie report:"By waving your...
