Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting wrinkles, crow’s feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old enough to smoke. 
May 13th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Age Recognition Cigarette Vending Machine
May 13th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Retro Jukebox
Are you on the hunt for some completely unique personalized and superb gift for that special person on that special day? What say about gifting a wonderful retro jukebox? Check out the vintage AMI 200Jukebox.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Self-Adhesive Solar Panels
Stick ‘em Where The Sun DOES Shine
Remember when the stamp became self-adhesive? It made stamp glue aftertaste a thing of the past. Well now technology is so advanced that even Solar Panel have been designed to be self-adhesive. That’s right! A peel and stick solar panel is now on the solar panel option list.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:36 am
David Byrne Turns A Building Into A Musical Instrument
May 12th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Fractal Furniture Has 23 Drawers
Now You Have A Space For All Sizes Of Stuff
While we’re not mathematicians enough here to know if the name “Fractal Furniture” really applies to this poly-drawer cube, we are space-craving urbanites enough to desire one. The art project, conceived by Takeshi Miyakawa, turns a big wooden block into an überstorage device. From the name, Fractal 23, we infer that it has no fewer than 23 drawers. In an effort to use every bit of space in the Fractal, there are even a couple of holes up top that you can plunk things in.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Tote Your Tot in Style
With summer upon us, families are traveling all over. Make the journey a bit easier with a TOTEaTOT!
Navigating a small child through airports and train stations is rarely an enjoyable experience. Especially when little ones grow tired, the crankiness can really wear on a mom trying to get the family to its destination in a timely manner. Not to mention luggage, strollers, car seats and the rest of the family, bring a toddler into traveling can seem like a recipe for disaster!
May 12th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Space Nazi Attack
May 12th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Bed Fit for James Bond
Multimedia beds have evolved into one of the most important pieces of furniture in any home and are here to stay as people are getting increasingly personal and fussy about their choices.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Bike Tree Takes a Bite out of Theft
Bike theft is a pretty sizable problem in cities, with only the most industrial-strength locks keeping nimble-fingered thieves from taking off with your two-wheeler. Continue Reading »
May 12th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Mouse Chooses to be Different
The flick above must have already given you an idea as to what this mouse is all about but it not only chooses to be different in the way it looks, it even personifies divergence in terms of its utility. Continue Reading »
May 12th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Cobra Headquarters or Solar Shade
Surprisingly this isn’t a picture of Cobra headquarters in the new G.I. Joe movie — the Veil Solar Shade might one day grace the schoolyards of some Australian elementary schools. A concept from design firm Büro North, the Veil has a couple of cool things going for it: First, it automatically rotates during the day to ensure the “hood” is always pointed at the sun. Second, it provides a cozy shady spot. 
May 12th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Reduce Homelessness By Creating More Opportunities
A new study of homeless youth suggests that treating substance abuse and mental health problems may not be enough to help get teens off the streets.
Instead, researchers found that creating more opportunities for work, education and medical care were the most important factors in reducing homelessness.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Social Media Influencing Investment Decisions
Two-thirds of high-net-worth investors are influenced by online peer-generated content
An April 2008 Cogent Research survey found that US investors are highly engaged in social media, and their investment decisions are influenced accordingly.
The study found that 25% of US online adults are engaged in social media specifically related to personal finance and investing.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:46 am
5 Great Ways to Brainstorm for New Business Ideas
Does It Takes a Brain To Start a New Business?
Everything begins with an idea. These business ideas are brought to reality by entrepreneurs. Successful business ideas often are a blend of creativity, foresight, and an instinctive feel of what the market needs.
Here’s a few suggestions to help you on brainstorming for your business idea.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Car Visor Plays DVDs, Video Games, MP3s, MP4s
The Amazing Multi-Use Visor
Do we really need any more distractions we need while we drive down the road? This over-the-top replacement sun visor for your vehicle manages to cram in just about everything but the kitchen sink.
May 12th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Future Energy Policy - Breaking Free of Oil
Dr. Robert Zubrin on the Business News Network
In his book “Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil,” world-renowned engineer and best-selling author Dr. Robert Zubrin lays out a bold plan for breaking the economic stranglehold that the OPEC oil cartel has on our country and the world. Zubrin presents persuasive evidence that our decades-long relationship with OPEC has resulted in the looting of our economy, the corruption of our political system, and now the funding and protection of terrorist regimes and movements that are committed to our destruction.
Dr. Zubrin will present this topic on June 2, 2008 at the Night with a Futurist in Colorado.
May 11th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Pilot View that Put You in the Drivers Seat of Your Own RC Vehicle
Goggle that allow you to become the driver
The Pilot View FPV 2400 is designed for use with radio-controlled aircraft and cars. Using a wireless camera in the cockpit that sends live first-person footage to the freaky goggles that you’re wearing.
May 11th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Jay Leno’s Top 20 Headlines
May 11th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
HOW TO Detect Hidden Video Cameras
Great way to spot these little privacy invaders
Instructables has just posted its latest installment in its collection of HOWTOs inspired by my new novel Little Brother, a young adult book about hacker kids who use technology to win back their civil liberties from the Department of Homeland Security.
This week, it’s instructions for building a simple device that will let you spot hidden “pinhole” video cameras:
May 11th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Qubies: A Quick And Easy Way To Freeze Baby Food
Qubies
There are so many amazing milestones that occur during baby’s first year, one of which is their graduation to eating solid food. However, fascination soon turns to contempt when you spend hours cooking and pureeing wonderful but weird-colored meals and you can’t manage to pour them into the individual sections of the ice-cube tray! Or worse, you try and get the cubes of frozen mush out and the whole ice-cube tray shatters.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
LED Lightbulbs Coming in 2-3 Years
Are LED Lights The Wave Of The Future?
Faiz Rahman, a nanoelectronics researcher at the University of Glasgow, predicts that LED light bulbs for the home will start appearing on store shelves in the next 2-3 years to compete with incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.
If so, the LED bulbs would provide a much greater efficiency (up to 70%) compared with incandescent (5%) and fluorescent (25%) bulbs.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Octocube Will Keep Visitors To Your Home Guessing
Look! It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s…It’s…What Is It Again?
We like devices where it’s hard to figure out what they actually do, and the Octocube from French designer Vivien Muller is a fine example. Built entirely from 90 degree copper tubing elbows, the Octocube is actually a radiator for a hot water heating system. Continue Reading »
May 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Motion-Capture Suits Will Spice Up Virtual Sex
No matter how beautiful the sex animations are in your favorite virtual playground, they can’t compete with the movement of your own body.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
The Sex Life of Slugs Hots Up the Internet
Rare footage of two slugs mating from a nature documentary
No, we’re not talking about software bugs (though those viruses can indeed still rear their heads), but good old insects. There are, naturally, numerous scientifically minded sites like bugbios.com throughout the Web, but insects are also finding staring roles in the online entertainment world.
As is true with so much on the Internet, sex is what’s generating interest.
More than three million people have watched a YouTube video documenting the mating rituals of leopard slugs whereby two entwined slugs suspend themselves from a branch and fertilise each other in mid-air.
Continue Reading »
May 11th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Top 10 Photos of the Week
The chair’s attractiveness was obvious, but its ability to snuggle intimately around
body parts needing attention was its most endearing feature
Your week cannot be complete without an insane dose of Impact Lab Top 10 Photos.