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Slings That Explain Your Accident For You

by Rane

Growing up, I was an accident-prone child and therefore broke many bones. At first it was kind of cool telling everyone my story, but after awhile it got old. For those of you that also get sick of explaining your accidents, there may now be the perfect product for you.

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Human Hamster Ball Makes Walking on Water a Reality... Sort of

by John P. Barker

 Want to walk on water?  Well, with a little practice... maybe more like a LOT of practice... The Inflatable Water Ball may let you do just that!

 

 

 

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Oceania: An Eco Fridge For 2020

by Must Love Gadgets

Tez Patel, an engineer and industrial designer has created the perfect user-friendly and eco-friendly refrigerator. Though he suggests his eco-fridge, "Oceania," is designed for the year 2020, it sure would be nice if a big kitchen appliance manufacturer made it happen sooner. A fridge can use up to 15 percent of our household energy!

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The 17-Inch MacBook Pro Is The Star At MacWorld!

by Must Love Gadgets

So what if Steve Jobs did not show up at the MacWorld Expo this year. Apple still managed to unveil a new, snazzy, and powerful version of the 17-Inch MacBook Pro.

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IGo's On A MIssion To Reduce Vampire Energy

by Must Love Gadgets

This week at the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, iGo® will release several new products, including the new laptop charger with IGo Green™. IGo Green is garlic and cross to the energy vampire, the electricity sucker who bites at night, when your gadgets aren't even awake.

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Stunt Granny: A Myth in the Making

by John P. Barker

Want to see an eighty-year-old woman on a motorcycle hurtle through a blazing hoop of fire? Well... you might not find that here. But rest assured: this Stunt Granny has the guts to jump INCHES into the air!

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Be Your Own Plumber With PermaFlow

by Must Love Gadgets

The PermaFlow sure saves the environment from the toxic liquid drain cleaners being poured into it. And it's likely to save you a few bucks in plumber's bills.

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Behold The Power of Nanotubes

by Katie Gatto

The Researchers and Their New Disk
A new thing Nano technology disk that could have applications from lighting to computer screens and even car windshields is in development.

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Symbio: Plenty Of Promise, But Where Is It?

by Must Love Gadgets

This may not look like your average advertisement for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), but the cordless Symbio is not your average phone. It's a lifestyle. This bather will be awakened by the hi-fi ringtones of the Violin Concerto in D.

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When You Just Can't Work Enough... There's TrekDesk

by Must Love Gadgets

"Excuse me ma'am. Did you just ask me why I was breathing so heavily? Ahh, don't hang up, ma'am. I swear, I am not...."

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Japanorama's Top Twelve Twisted Topics of 2008

by Steve Levenstein

Looking Back at 2008 with the Top 12 Japanorama Topics
2008 may have been a tough year economically, but it's been a great year comically, at least where weirds news and articles about Japan are concerned. 2009 is sure to bring another year's worth of fun & frivolity from the farthest east. For now though, let's enjoy a dozen of the weirdest & wildest from Japan - and Japanorama!

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New Technology May Heal Bones in Minutes

by Rane

The worst part of breaking a bone (besides the pain) is the healing process. Wearing an uncomfortable cast can be irritating and aggravating, making it harder to move around for months at a time. Well, that process may soon change. A company has developed a product called “Injectable Bone” that may repair the broken bone in minutes.

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Making a Cyborg Brain

by Katie Gatto

Researchers are making new advances in Nano brains.

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Equality For The Butt: The Balance Chair

by Toby

I think most of us have some inequalities in our sidedness. For example, my left leg is stronger than my right leg, and my right arm is stronger than my left arm. I can see close better with my right eye... and so on. But honestly, untill now, I never thought about the strength of my right butt cheek versus my left butt cheek.

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World's Smallest RC Hovercraft Really Blows!

by Steve Levenstein

Hover-Q Radio Controlled Desktop Racer Rides on Air
Hovercraft are cool; personal ones are even cooler. Now Japan's Takara Tomy has introduced the Hover-Q: a miniaturized, radio controlled personal hovercraft that blows away the competition!

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Solar Powered Lamp Or Bicycle Art?

by Must Love Gadgets

The annual Innovate or Die Contest challenges participants to use their bikes to power devices and appliances that normally rely on electric power. The gadget we have here uses the sun to powering the bike. Can we get a chain going? The sun powers the bike that powers the lamp, that powers the...?

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"Groundbreaking" Ultrasound Device Invented By PhD Student

by Boomer Babe

Ultrasound machines can cost $20,000 or more and weigh 30 pounds, but not George K. Lewis's ultrasound device. Lewis's portable therapeutic ultrasound machine cost him about $150 to make -- 80 percent of which was spent on the battery -- it fits in the palm of his hand, and it can help treat cancer and relieve arthritis... among other things.

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New Device May Stimulate Brain Sexually

by Rane

People having trouble enjoying sex will soon have reason to celebrate. A new brain chip may be used one day to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain and deliver orgasms.

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10 Quirky Pencils, Pens, And Funky Sharpeners To Entertain You

by Must Love Gadgets

For all the sophisticated gadgets I write about, I am most delighted by simple things. I have a favorite Big Red pen, a bunch of number two pencils, a Magic Rub eraser and a few manual pencil sharpeners I got at Disneyland. These are my writing, drawing, and book keeping staples and I delight when I can escape from my computer and use them.

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Wear Your Music With Levi’s Jeans

by Aditi Simlai Tiwari

In designing the jeans, Redwire considered both function and fashion. The result is a uniquely functional, yet stylish, great fitting jean with built in iPod.

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