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  Attitude Chair Lets You Sit As Cocky As You Want Without Falling Over

  FURNITURE, HOME

  Got attitude?  Sit like you mean it with the Attitude Chair, which lets you lean back like the cockiest douchebag in town. You know what happens when you try to lean back with an ordinary chair, right?  You fall down, like the same klutz your mommy always said you were (boo-hoo-hoo).  Now, how are you supposed to feel like the king of the world while pawning AI opponents on your PSP? The Attitude Chair solves this problem easily, as it [...]

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  Office Kid Lets You Exploit The Joys Of Parenthood

  ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURED, SIMPLY COOL

  It doesn’t take long to realize that having kids lets people get off easier at work. From coming in late (“I need to bring my kid by the doctor”) to being exempt from overtime (“I promised my kids I’ll be at their recital”), those parents have it good. Sucks for those of you without children, right? Not so much, if you use the Office Kid, a utilitarian kit that lets you pretend to have a little one at home. Just [...]

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  MIT’s Robot Fish: Perfect Aquarium Pets For Lazy Fish Tank Owners

  GADGETS

  Want to know what’s going to be in your future aquarium? With fish reserves dwindling and their habitats threatened, you may as well content yourself with robot fishes, such as these water-gliding machines that a few MIT scientists are creating. Designed as a monitoring tool for underwater activity, the synthetic marine animals are being geared for use in industrial applications, like navigating pipelines and sunken ships. Since they’re small, they can take care of entering areas of the water that [...]

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  Duo Dynamic Digital Pen Mouse Lets You Turn Any Monitor Into A Touchscreen

  GADGETS

  Why bother buying a tablet when you can turn your monitor into one?  The Duo Dynamic Digital Pen Mouse should bring up that question for most computer users, as it transforms any regular PC display into a full-featured touchscreen device. Designed for machines running Vista or Windows 7 (it uses the tablet interface in those OS platforms), the Duo is a two-component system that makes touch response available on any computer.  You can use it to navigate presentations, draw scribbles [...]

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  Giant Bowery FMX: Fixed Gear Bike + BMX

  WHEELS

  Want a bike you can race down the velodrome one moment and pop tricks with the next?  Giant’s new Bowery FMX should spin your schizophrenic gears, marrying the track sensibilities of fixed gear bikes with the street stylings of a BMX. Why outfit a track bike with BMX parts?  If you’re not familiar with the burgeoning scene, a growing mass of thrill riders have been making a habit of taking out track bikes in the city, using it to perform [...]

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  Asus uBoom Series Claims To Be The Most Compact Sound-Bar Speakers Around

  GADGETS

  Your notebook speakers don’t deliver enough panache? You might want to score Asus’ new uBoom Series Notebook Speakers, sound-bar style audio devices with an unusual form factor that looks like a cross between a tasty sausage and a muffler. Both devices connect to your laptops via USB, foster driver-free operation and have an auxiliary audio input for non-computer use. Asus claims they’re intended to provide a single-bodied, powerful 2.1-channel system while you’re on the move. Let’s be honest, though, these [...]

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  NES Bartop Arcade Cabinet Makes You Rethink What A Kitchen Computer Is Supposed To Do

  GADGETS, HOME

  It’s nice to get an arcade cabinet for your game room. Scoring one with a beer tap on the side (see Arkeg) is even better. Having it in your kitchen counter right next to the fridge where all the beer hides, however, is just sublime. This homemade counter-top Nintendo arcade cabinet just made me drool with envy, not to mention want to spend more time in the kitchen than I normally do. The machine’s guts consist of an old spare [...]

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  Givenchy Play Scent Masquerades As MP3 Player, Turns You Into Justin Timberlake’s Smell-Alike

  FASHION

  Smelling like Justin Timberlake only really makes sense when you’ll be locked up in a dark room with Jessica Biel.  In case you still like the idea, though, you can now do it with Givenchy’s latest fragrance.  Called Play, it comes in a perfume bottle that masks itself as a music player. It’s easy to be tricked into thinking that the perfume’s housing is actually a PMP.  With a rubberized edge and touch-like playback buttons, what else could it be, [...]

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  Laptop Case Against Crime “Newspaper” Bag Hides Your Laptop From Thieving Eyes

  GADGETS

  Thieves suck.  Forget to take your laptop out of the backseat one time and it’ll be fetched by the time you get back.  The Laptop Case Against Crime is a bag for your notebook that’s designed to camouflage it as a folded newspaper.  Hidden inside one, no one’s even going to give it a second look. With a name like Laptop Case Against Crime, I would have expected something more aggressive than a case that plays possum (like, one that [...]

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  Osloh Pants Keep Bicycle Grease Off From Your Legs

  FASHION

  Don’t you hate it when your pants get soiled with greasy dirt from your bike chain?  Sucks, right?  Commuting on a bike need not be such a messy proposition with Osloh Pants, which lets you cinch the right leg so it doesn’t get anywhere near the ride’s oily mechanical parts. While it doesn’t exactly solve a widespread problem, the folks who regularly take the road with a fixed-gear bicycles will probably find it of great use.  Not only is it [...]

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  Concert Hands Train You To Play The Piano Without Learning Piano

  GADGETS

  Want to learn a song on the piano but don’t know how to play?  Not to worry.  Concert Hands is a new piano tutoring device that will guide you through a song, finger-to-finger and note-to-note, helping you practice over and over until you memorize it. Instead of filling your head with music theory and all the other trappings of studying instruments, Concert Hands immediately gets down to business.  Put on the wrist and finger sleeves, activate the software and let [...]

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  LED Respirator Gas Mask: Bad Odor Protection For Clubbers

  FASHION

  All-night dance parties are cool.  Between the alcohol, the mass of sweaty people and the smoke, however, it’s a nightmare for sensitive noses.  Spare your olfactory organ while staying totally awesome with the LED Respirator Gas Mask, a half-face field protective mask with bright blinking LEDs. Sold on eBay by Cyb3rBurn, the apocalyptic fashion accessory should play perfect for scenesters who like to don outrageous get-ups.  Even if gas-leak-chic isn’t your particular fancy, pair it with the right outfit and [...]

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  Cloud Telecomputers’ Glass Platform Puts Android On Your Desk Phone

  GADGETS, HOME

  How do you revive a dying technology?  Put in a low-powered processor, add a touchscreen and install Android in it.  At least, that’s what Cloud Telecomputers is doing with their Glass Platform, an Android-powered desk phone. With large businesses invested in massive landline infrastructures, I doubt it’s really going away soon.  So why not throw in a functional computer to spice it up a bit?  Instead of just making and receiving calls, the Glass Platform lets you read your Outlook [...]

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  Glow In The Dark Toilet Paper Cleans You Up Even When It’s Pitch Black

  ENTERTAINMENT, HOME

  Follow the light, young warrior, follow the light. That’s where salvation waits. That’s right. With the Glow in the Dark Toilet Paper, you don’t have to turn on the lights (and wake everyone up) to find your way to the nearest toilet. Wherever you see a faint brightness emanating from a small roll, that’s where you need to be. Of course, if someone closed the bathroom door, then you’re screwed. It’s especially useful too during unplanned power outages while you’re [...]

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  Porsche Intros Race-Ready Yet Street-Legal 2010 911 GT3 RS

  WHEELS

  Porsche recently unveiled the details on its latest GT3 and, as always, it’s a wallet-burning beauty.  Called the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, the new ride gets a host of dynamic upgrades that easily makes it the most potent of the line. The track-ready yet street-legal speedster adds another 15hp over its non-RS counterpart, bringing the total to 450bhp, using the 3.8-liter six-cylinder boxer engine.   It comes with a six-speed manual gearbox, shorter transmission ratios and dynamic engine mounts (which [...]

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  EniCycle Makes The Unicycle Easier To Ride, Your Clown Dreams Might Still Come True

  WHEELS

  Ever wanted to be a circus clown but failed because you can’t ride a unicycle?  There’s hope for you yet with the EniCycle, a goofy-looking, self-balancing, one-wheeled motorcycle. Created by Slovenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik, the EniCycle is a single-seater vehicle that runs on one wheel.  Instead of having your clumsy ass try to keep balance while moving, though, the bike does all the work for you, fostering a learning curve of no more than thirty minutes.  All you have to [...]

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  Mary Jane’s Relaxing Soda: All-Natural, 100% Legal Softdrinks

  ENTERTAINMENT

  I’m feeling stressed, honey, can you get me some Mary Jane? Before you make the mistake of handing me a bag of that other stuff, you best know I’m actually referring to Mary Jane’s Relaxing Soda, a chill-out softdrink that helps you settle into a less-agitated mood. Most caffeine-powered softdrinks perk you up and lift your energy. Like its light-up-and-puff namesake, Mary Jane soda goes the other way, helping you mellow out. Effects are compared to the relaxing buzz of [...]

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  Makedo Construction Kit Lets You Play Carpenter With Paper And Plastic Junk

  ART, ENTERTAINMENT

  Like to build stuff?  You might just end up salivating with the Makedo, a three-component construction set that lets you build functional items out of most flimsy junk materials you can find. Want to design a cardboard igloo?  A sculpture made out of Starbucks cups, perhaps?  How about an Indian tent from folded art paper?  The Makedo lets you play carpenter, designing flimsy but sturdy structures with plastic saws, nuts, bolts and hinges. Designed to work with cardboard, paper, fabric, [...]

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  iRobot Looj: Cleaning Gutters Suck, Let The Robots Do It

  GADGETS, HOME

  Is it that time of the year again? Experts recommend cleaning out your gutters at least twice in the span of twelve months and, no matter how you spin it, sifting through those dirt and leaves is one hellish chore. Not only is it difficult and dirty, it’s also dangerous. Good thing there’s a robot to do the job. The iRobot Looj sweeps through your gutter like Pac-Man in a maze, clearing off everything in its path. As it travels [...]

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