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Clinton Wine Bottle Opener

December 12th, 2008 at 10:11 pm » Comments (0)

 
Well At Least Its Not Another Cigar He’s Smoking…Oh Wait I Mean She’s Smoking
Here’s a little nostalgic gift — or a gag gift? — for a Clinton lover or hater, who likes opening bottles the old fashioned way.



Finger Puppets Of 6 Who Died In 2008

December 12th, 2008 at 10:01 pm » Comments (0)

 
Creepy, Strange, Disturbing, Or An Interesting Concept. You Make The Call
The Los Angeles designer of adorable hand-made stuffed animals and toys, I Golfini della Nonna, also creates some of the most detailed sets of finger puppets you’ll find. This year, in addition to its precious animals, monsters, dinosaurs, and bugs, IGolfini della Nonna has created [...]



Cut Weeds While Playing Golf

December 12th, 2008 at 9:52 pm » Comments (0)

 
Hack Your Way To The Eighteenth With This Crazy Invention
#US 6988954, also known as the Weed Cutting Golf Club, is one clever, handy-dandy and very silly thing. Two-foot high grass better watch out, as it will no longer be an adversary to a good view and a good shot. With this special golf club, you [...]



High-Tech R/C Cars

December 12th, 2008 at 9:45 pm » Comments (0)

 
Here Is A Great Gift For The High End Super R/C Geek In The Family
The most detailed and sophisticated R/C car system in the world is about to make its U.S. debut.



One Seater Future Car

December 12th, 2008 at 9:39 pm » Comments (0)

 
Feel Like A Jet Pilot In This Street Machine
The other day Charlie White offered up some car technologies that could save Detroit, and on that list was “build a tiny car like the Smart.” Well, I’ve got a provision to that motion: make those tiny cars look good, like the Hawk. New Zealander Alex Hodge’s [...]



Let Your Unborn Baby Twitter With Kickbee

December 12th, 2008 at 11:18 am » Comments (1)

 
 Kickbee
The womb is no longer a safe-haven from connectivity.  Corey Menscher, wanting to experience the kicks, movements and general in utero activities of his unborn child, developed the Kickbee, a strapped-on set of piezo sensors that monitor the baby and send wireless updates about it to Twitter.



General Electric’s Light Within A Light

December 12th, 2008 at 10:52 am » Comments (0)

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General Electric’s new Energy Smart CFL.fluorescent light is one of those things that makes you scratch your head and wonder: How the hell do they do that? A fluorescent spiral lamp into a traditional bulb?



ShowerStart: Smart Showerhead That Doesn’t Waste Hot Water

December 12th, 2008 at 10:41 am » Comments (0)

 
ShowerStart 
Here’s a smart shower head that stops wasting hot water. The Evolve shower head uses ShowerStart technology, stopping the flow to a mere trickle as soon as the water gets hot enough. Instead of 2.5 gallons of hot water going down the drain every minute (or more if you have overclocked shower heads like we [...]



Brain Patterns Translated Into Images By Japanese Researchers

December 12th, 2008 at 10:34 am » Comments (0)

 
Science fiction movies have long been obsessed with the as yet unattained ability to project the thoughts of humans (dreams, intentions, etc.) onto a video screen. Now a group of Japanese researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Lab in Kyoto have brought us a lot closer to making that technology real.



E-Fuel100 MicroFueler: A Personal Refinery

December 12th, 2008 at 10:21 am » Comments (0)

E-Fuel100 MicroFueler 
Meet the EFuel100 MicroFueler, which parent company E-Fuel says is the “world’s first home ethanol product.” It’s a personal refinery system that hooks up to a water source, a power source, and a waste water disposal outlet–”just like a washing machine,” as Floyd Butterfield, E-Fuel’s vice president of biofuels and technology, described to reporters [...]