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In the recent Netflix Hack Day that was organized, several interesting ideas were thrown about, and one of them would be the idea of “sleep bookmarks”. Before you start to have funny ideas about what sleep bookmarks are all about, here is the simple explanation – you will no longer need to find yourself falling asleep while watching a particular episode of your favorite TV series only to wake up and realize you have missed the last 3 episodes. The sleep hack for Netflix will rely on FitBit technology in order to figure out just when you have fallen asleep. Upon doing so successfully, audio on your Netflix-enabled device would begin to fade out, while whatever you are watching at that point in time would stop playing, as evident by the YouTube video above.

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Netflix Sleep Hack Resumes Where You Last Dozed Off original content from Ubergizmo.

Ah the dining room, so many people have one, but how many of us actually use the room in the manner it was intended? My table sits alone, unused in favor of the kitchen, where we often eat our meals at the counter. Uncivilized as it is, I wish there was something else I could do with the dusty dining room…

Check out Baltic Billiards PRONTO Convertible Pool Table, it’s a rather standard dining table that’s hiding a full pool table underneath. The PRONTO Pool Table’s unique design, features a pool table hidden within a stylish dining table. All you need do is take the table top off, push it into a specially-designed storage space underneath, and enjoy playing pool on a professional height, modern pool table. The PRONTO table offers all the strength and stability required to carry a top quality slate playing surface. None of your dinner guests would imagine that underneath your brilliant table settings, is an awesome slate pool table, with all its accessories.

The table is 6 feet long, and weighs in at about 500 pounds, but it is certain to make much better use of your dining room, and still leave a goodly supply of snacks, and frosty beverages right around the corner, in your kitchen. The PRONTO Convertible Table sits at about 30 inches tall, and will certainly accommodate most standard dining chairs. So whats left to say? Just take away the dishes, and rack em! Available at amazon.com for under 4ooo bucks. So who’s going to break?
[ Baltic Billiards PRONTO Convertible Pool Table – Let’s Eat and Play Pool! copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

It may be hard to believe, but that faded bit of paper you see above is actually the most sought-after and revered stamp in the world. Or at least, it will be this June, which is when it’s poised to pull in a whopping $10-20 million at auction—the most money ever spent a dirty piece of paper.

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If at first you don’t succeed… iterate, iterate, iterate on Android? After signing on Ashton Kutcher as a product engineer — and then going on to release a pair of poorly received tablets — Lenovo is dusting itself off. A marketing executive told…

Having a WeMo Switch is one thing, but combining it with a motion sensor unlocks a whole new range of possibilities and IFTTT recipes. Newegg has the Switch + Motion combo pack today for just $57, which is $3 less than the previous lowest price we’ve seen. If your needs are simpler, Monoprice makes their own version of the WeMo switch, and it’s on sale for just $26. It lacks Wi-Fi and IFTTT integration, but it might be all you need.

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