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Giant Digital Clock and CD Holder

August 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm » Comments (0)

For people with a clock fetish and lots of CDs
The time of day shouts at you from the edges of this Giant Digital Clock/CD holder. It’s a designer’s nod to the ‘80s when things like digital clocks and CDs were so fresh and new. If this not-really-giant 29×14-inch model is somehow too big for you, [...]



Introducing the Portable Fireplace

August 2nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm » Comments (0)

 
For when campfires just aren’t good enough
Few things can pump up the romantic mood like a warm flickering fire, and while a real wood fire has that crackling sound you can’t get from gas, cleaning out all of that soot and ash the next day isn’t my idea of fun. Gas fires give you most [...]



The Cocktail Lab

August 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm » Comments (0)

 The drinks of tomorrow will be packed with a secret ingredient – fun!
Xavier Herit stands before his customers holding a syringe mid-air. But he is not a doctor and it doesn’t contain any medication.
The syringe is filled with strawberry-infused Cointreau and sodium alginate and is part of an arsenal of tools that are pushing Herit’s [...]



World’s Largest Cup of Coffee: 952 Gallons of Java!

August 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am » Comments (0)

A Lotta Java!

Now that is a large cup of coffee! Vinacafe Bien Hoa, Vietnam’s largest coffee producer, has just been awarded a new Guinness World Record for the largest coffee cup:
 



Toyota’s Winglet To Compete With Segway

August 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 am » Comments (0)

 
 Winglet by Toyota
Segway has been trying like hell to revolutionize how humans get around and it seems like they are selling more as gas prices go up.
 



Software That Can Help Improve Memory

August 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 am » Comments (0)

 
If memory keeps failing you, worry not. IBM has been working on a software that might help you in recalling forgotten pieces of your life.
 



New Audubon Insectarium Opens In New Orleans

August 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 am » Comments (0)

 
 Audubon Insectarium In New Orleans
What is it about these creatures? In the new $25 million Audubon Insectarium, which opened here in June, you can watch Formosan termites eat through a wooden skyline of New Orleans (as if this city didn’t have enough problems), stick your head into a transparent dome in a kitchen closet swarming [...]



Universe’s First Star Small, Grew Large

August 2nd, 2008 at 7:48 am » Comments (0)

 
The first object to brighten the dark, primordial universe after the Big Bang was the tiny seed of a star that rapidly grew into a behemoth 100 times more massive than the sun, scientists said on Thursday.



World’s First Double Arm Transplant

August 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 am » Comments (1)

 
German doctors have succeeded in transplanting two complete arms onto a 54-year old man in what their hospital said was the world’s first operation of this kind.



Sleep Better, Live Longer

August 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 am » Comments (0)

 
Shakespeare once called sleep the “balm of hurt minds.” Bodies, too, apparently. People with the severe form of apnea, which interferes with sleep, are several times more likely to die from any cause than are folks without the disorder, researchers report in Friday’s edition of the journal Sleep.