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Name That Tune

November 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm » Comments (0)

Now They Need To Create One Of These For When You Cant Remember The Catch Phrase For That Joke You Have Been Thinking About Sharing All Day
How many times have you had a tune in your head and just can’t remember who sings it, or how the rest of the words go? You’ve been there, [...]



USB Manga Men

November 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm » Comments (0)

 
Good Idea For A Computer Geeks Stocking Stuffer But To Be Honest There Are So Many Things Wrong With This Picture (Port In The Crotch What The!)
Securing the loyalty and gratitude of friends this holiday season won’t be easy on a budget, but with a little clever gift picking anything is possible.



Gear-Head Childs Car Seat

November 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pm » Comments (0)

 
I’m Not A Race Fan But This Product Makes Me Want To Ask Do They Make One For Adults?
The holiday shopping rush has begun and you aren’t sure what to get for that gear-head in your life. Well, if that gear-head is a parent, a student designer may have provided the perfect gift to put [...]



Mile Long Secret Tunnel For Sale

November 30th, 2008 at 11:19 am » Comments (0)

 
A stuffy, noisy mile-long secret Cold War tunnel is up for sale in London, asking price $7.4 million, connecting up Chancery Lane with the Thames. It’s only got two lifts, which means you couldn’t possibly get fire-code approval to run it as a hotel or club, but there’s all kinds of intriguing possibilities (e.g. ball [...]



Vertical Chess Board

November 30th, 2008 at 11:08 am » Comments (0)

 
Straight Up Chess is an interesting new version of the standard chess board.



Charcoal Briquettes Made From Old Newspapers

November 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am » Comments (0)

 
You’ve likely seen those hand-cranked, wrought iron presses that allow you to recycle your old newspapers into burnable bricks or fire logs. Now Shigeru Ota, a 75-year-old Japanese bicycle shop owner from Tateyama city in Japan’s Chiba prefecture, has worked up something similar that cuts the unwieldy compressed brinks of newsprint down to size.



Can The Cloak Of Invisibility Become Reality?

November 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am » Comments (0)

 
It looks easy enough in Harry Potter and Star Trek. But making things invisible actually extraordinarily challenging. Still, scientists continue trying — and they have lately made some large steps toward invisbility.



Washing Hands Affects Moral Judgement

November 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am » Comments (0)

 
Good health is in your hands, it is often said. And, now a new study has suggested that washing hands is not only an easy way of preventing infection, but it can also affect one’s moral judgement.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

November 30th, 2008 at 6:02 am » Comments (3)

Sometimes its just the fact that we don’t know what it is
that explains so much of life around us
Occasionally great photos have a dual meaning. Sometimes they even have a dual purpose. But this week is different. Every photo this week will have a minimum of triple meaning and triple purpose, and its up to [...]



What Happens When a Husband Catches His Wife Cheating

November 29th, 2008 at 10:38 pm » Comments (0)

 Some spouses just hate it when you cheat on them
A jealous craner operator flips out after catching his wife cheating and user her boyfriend’s boat as a wrecking ball. Second video after the jump.
 



10 Story Spiral Stairs Made Of Rotating Escalators

November 29th, 2008 at 7:37 pm » Comments (0)

 
Star Place is a new Taiwanese department store designed by Dutch architects UNStudio.



Luminous Tablecloth

November 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm » Comments (0)

 
Lighting is key when it comes to setting the mood for a romantic dining experience, and while candles bring an air of sophistication that no regular lamp can match, this luminous table runner adds a new twist to the concept.



Huge MP3 Player

November 29th, 2008 at 11:39 am » Comments (0)

 
A MP3 Player For When Your Grandmother Forgot Her Glasses For The Hundredth Time
This MP3 player is Living Solutions Colossal MP3 Player and it’s just gotten an upgrade. It’s even bigger. Now at 1GB. It’s exclusively at Walgreens.



Obesity Study That Links Taste And Body Weight

November 29th, 2008 at 11:21 am » Comments (0)

Obesity And The Tongue Go Hand In Hand
Neuroscientists at Penn State have done a study that links taste to body weight, claiming that fat on a body could hook the brain on junk food.
They did a study on rats and found that over time, obesity numbs the taste sensation to sweet foods, causing them to [...]



Forehead Support Apparatus

November 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am » Comments (0)

Seriously If Your So Drunk That You Need This Device Don’t You Think Its Time To Call A Cab?
Patent 6,681,419 concerns a mounting device known as the Forehead Support Apparatus. It is a gizmo that is adapted for attachment to a bathroom wall either above the commode or urinal or below the showerhead. A head [...]



Home Candy Machine

November 29th, 2008 at 11:00 am » Comments (0)

 
A Dentist’s Dream Comes True With This Invention
“Ame de Wataame” home cotton candy machine uses store bought sweets
Don’t forget to floss! Your kids sure won’t, once you turn on the “Ame de Wataame” home cotton candy and candyfloss machine from Japan.



Arcade Game Piggy Bank

November 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am » Comments (0)

 
If You Have Any Money Left Over From The Day After Holiday Sales Here Is A Fun Way To Save Your Money For Next Year
The new arcade game piggy bank from Strapya World features Tetris or Atari Breakout. Playing these retro games at the local arcade used to cost us rolls of quarters, but no [...]



Break-Resistant Glass Speakers

November 29th, 2008 at 10:15 am » Comments (0)

 
 Harion Glass Speakers
Appearances are always deceptive, what we see isn’t always how it’s meant to be. Similarly, this speaker setup made in glass isn’t at all fragile like the glass itself.



DNA Portraits

November 29th, 2008 at 10:08 am » Comments (0)

 DNA Mini Portrait
Have you run out of gift ideas for your loved ones this holiday season? Well, why not let DNA 11 help you out in this aspect? After all, we’re pretty sure that dad is sick and tired of receiving yet another belt-and-tie gift box, while mom might take offence at a new vacuum [...]



Beer Tap With Built-In LCD TV

November 29th, 2008 at 10:02 am » Comments (0)

 
 v-POD Beer Dispenser With LCD Screen
The problem with having your beer tap and your TV seperate is that sooner or later you’re going to have to get up off your ass and get a beer. That means missing like 2 seconds of TV time. Something important might happen during that time. With this awesme innovation, [...]



Eric Schmidt on Strategies and Solutions for Energy Security

November 29th, 2008 at 9:07 am » Comments (0)

 Cutting through the energy fog
Eric Schmidt speaks at a Natural Resources Defense Council event held at Google NYC. The topic for the evening was “Partnership for the Earth: Strategies and Solutions for Energy Security. Second video after the jump.



Cyberchondria

November 28th, 2008 at 11:17 pm » Comments (0)

The disease you have, may be the disease you want
If that headache plaguing you this morning led you first to a Web search and then to the conclusion that you must have a brain tumor, you may instead be suffering from cyberchondria.
On Monday, Microsoft researchers published the results of a study of health-related Web searches [...]



Twitter Provided a Vital Link in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

November 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm » Comments (2)

Twitter played a critical role in stopping the terrorists
Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the unfolding action after terrorists launched waves of attacks in the heart of India’s financial capital, bringing the emergence of citizen journalism in news coverage to the fore in India.
Social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, were instantly updated [...]



Wilting Flower Helps You Save Electricity

November 28th, 2008 at 9:43 pm » Comments (0)

 
The Wilting Flower 
Most people would agree that saving electricity in the home is a good thing. Even if you aren’t a treehugger, cutting back on wasted power can save plenty of money on the electric bill. Still, most of us could use a little reminder at times, that’s a bit easier than running around with [...]



Relationship Between Turkey, Tryptophan and Trust

November 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm » Comments (0)

 
Your holiday turkey won’t give you more faith in your family, but research published last year suggests that there is a relationship between tryptophan and trust.