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Tech NewsEcoplus Pen Cartridge Converts Any Pen to a Stylus
Needle-thin styluses are nice because they fit easily into the said device, but seriously, they are a pain in the ass to hold onto and use. LSN Global, a Korean company, has developed the Ecoplus, a refillable pen cartridge that can turn the average ballpoint pen into a stylus. No longer will gripping that miniature … Continued
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Mophie Bevy is an iPod Shuffle Case, Bottle Opener
Either kids think of the darndest things, or there is a major alcoholism epidemic going on throughout our high schools. Back in January, at MacWorld, Mophie held an event and allowed the participants to doodle design ideas, and the best idea was actually manufactured. Seventeen-year-old Jared Fiovorich was the winner with his design of the … Continued
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Dealzmodo: Refurbished 5GB, 6GB Creative Zen Micro MP3 Players, $66
The Creative store has some mighty fine deals on the Zen Micro MP3 player. You can pick up a refurbished 5GB unit in black, dark blue or orange for $62 and you can get a 6GB model in black, light blue or silver for $66. You would pay twice that for a comparable refurbished iPod. … Continued
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Ashtray Clock Keeps Track of Your Smoking Habits
Time sure does fly when you are tarring over your lungs. The Ashtray Clock is a unique twist on a couple of old products. This clock can actually be used as an ashtray, but once the cigarette butts and ashes start to accumulate it may be a bit hard to count down the minutes until … Continued
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Projector with an Integrated DVD Player
It may be a bit of an oxymoron, but home theater junkies can be lazy as hell too. Sure, they will dump thousands of dollars into a system, but who wants to actually set it up? That is where this projector steps in. This red rocket has an DVD player built directly into it. It … Continued
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Rube Goldberg Dog Food Dispenser
It’s been a while since we have seen a solid Rube Goldberg machine, so here is the latest from Instructables member Eswolowski. It is small, yet complex and accomplishes a task of feeding a dog. At first I thought it was a bit overkill to feed the dog, then I realized that is the entire … Continued
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Intimate Game Controllers
Inspired by a “phenomenon called gamer widowhood where men essentially abandoned their wives to play videos games,” Jenny began work on this design project. It began with a game of Pong where the paddles are controlled by two sensors in a bra (to be groped, obviously). The intimate game controllers have since further developed—the woman’s … Continued
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Warm Sewage Keeps your Bottom Toasty on the Concrete Bench
Unlike the Turd Twister and Bathroom Louie, this fecal idea is pretty useful. A Quebec design student has created a concrete bench that heats by pumping water heated by warm sewage through the bench. In Montreal the sewer temperature stays at a toasty 60 degrees Fahrenheit most of the year. This bench uses pumps connected … Continued
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LED Roses Never Wilt
My biggest problem with giving the females in my life roses is the fact that they are dead within a week (the roses, not the ladies). It could be a metaphor for the relationship, but this year I will one-up those silly girls and buy them some roses that can’t be killed. The LED roses … Continued
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iPodWeek – The Best of iLounge
This week at iLounge: Was this the slowest week for the iPod since 2003? Perhaps. With the entire iPod ecosystem quietly working on accessories for iPhone — 4 (!) of which we’re giving away to lucky readers in our iPod Fashion Contest — the 100-million-selling iPod has taken a surprising backseat this week. Thankfully, iLounge … Continued
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Vintage Apple Mouse Garage Door Opener
We love a good, vintage mod around these parts and this Apple bus mouse garage door opener just tickled me pink. Maker S1axter found a gutted Apple bus mouse and was instantly inspired. So I got bored tonight and started going though my box-o-cables and came across an old Apple bus mouse I had gutted … Continued
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T-Shirt Vending Machine Store Eliminates Annoying Salesmen
From the department of awesome overseas ideas is this store, which isn’t so much a store but a massive vending machine. This is the UNIQLO store in Tokyo and the products for sale are just T-shirts crammed into tubes. Look at the pictures, insert the money and choose your shirt—easy peasy. Stateside, I think we … Continued
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Dealzmodo: Toshiba Upscaling HD DVD Player, $48
This is the perfect deal for those who need their HD fix, but aren’t ready to to make the jump to a next-gen media format. This is the Toshiba SD-K860SUB HD Upscaling DVD Player. It will upscale to 720p, 1080i and includes HDMI, component, s-video and composite outputs. Best of all, it supports DivX. This … Continued
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A Mighty Challenger
He stepped back up to the plate. Knowing the count in his head he manipulates the bat in a circular motion above his shoulder, ready for whatever is about to come. Sixty feet away he saw a fire in the pitcher’s eye. The fire was dormant in the innermost recess of his soul. Then, in … Continued
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Hidden USB Flash Drive Lanyard
Flash drives of all brands and sizes could include a lanyard nowadays, but how many are already hidden into the lanyard itself? This looks like an average lanyard on the outside, but unfasten the clip to find the USB flash drive with 2GB of memory available for taking your donkey porn collection anywhere! It isn’t … Continued
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Seriously, Mom’s Basement is Not Cool
Get out of the damn, sticky and disgusting basement by checking out Gizmodo’s job board. Put those skills to work! This week at Gizmodo Jobs: • Java Developers at Lime Wire LLC in New York, NY • Web Developer at Lime Wire LLC in New York, NY • Applications Developer at Landor Associates in Cincinnati, … Continued
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Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate
This week at Uncrate: We roam the wilderness in the TLC Icon, burn some meat on the Bread Breaker Dual-Fuel Hybrid Grill, and enjoy an after-dinner cocktail on the Fatboy Headdemock Hammock. We also pack around our laptops in the Vyper Exo M, play grown-up hide-and-seek with Flipper Screen / Shelving, and keep our bottle … Continued
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DIY Force-Feedback Shock Mouse
We’re no stranger to force-feedback peripherals, but this mouse, developed by students at Leiden University, is a bit different than the traditional force-feedback mouse or controller. Here, I’ll let them explain: it is a “haptic feedback provider between the computer and the user—it is aware of the user’s mouse gestures and can either do nothing, … Continued
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Bathroom Louie Helps you Drop a Deuce
Had enough of the pooping gadgets yet? Yeah, me neither. Bathroom Louie is a little guy who provides a bit of bowel encouragement. It is sound-activated. When bathroom Louie hears some bodily noises he will start making more repulsive noises of his own from every orifice followed by wiggling an a “Hal-le-lu-jah!” at the end. … Continued
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