Hasta La Gadget!

That’s right folks — tonight, at 11:55PM PT, the special discount on Expand tickets is set to expire. Don’t fret just yet, because you still have time to order tickets at the rock bottom price of $75, before they climb into the more expensive $100 price range. There, now our conscience is clear and we’re confident that you’ll use this information wisely.

The Winners List

You’ve been waiting for the announcement and now it’s finally time to reveal the winners of the Expand Celebrates CES Sweepstakes. The grand prize winner of an expenses paid trip to Expand in fabulous San Francisco is none other than (…drum roll…) Rick F. of Minnesota! Our first prize winners of a pair of Expand tickets are Marcy C. of Ohio, Patrick L. of Texas, and Josh M. of Pennsylvania. Congratulations to all of our winners and a huge thank you goes out to everyone who entered. We’ll have more giveaways in the weeks ahead, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled!

And don’t forget… time is ticking. Grab your tickets before the clock strikes midnight!

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‘Gourmet Dad’ Dean McDermott has paired with invention search site Edison Nation
to find the best new gadget for dads in the kitchen.  You don’t have to
be a dad to submit your gadget invention, just a really sharp innovator
who knows what a gourmet dad would find appealing for his role
as favorite chef to his family.

It’s Thanksgiving for us here in the U.S. of Gorging On Turkey and we wanted to give thanks for you, our dear audience. It’s your constant readership and semi-trollish comments that keep us waking up in the morning and keep us from going to sleep at night. To thank you, we want to give you a $100 and a $50 ThinkGeek gift card to two lucky winners.

What will you buy with your winnings? Star Trek underwear? A Dr. Who T-shirt? Something that will amuse your co-workers for a few minutes and then collect dust on your cubicle shelf? The choice, as they say, is yours.

To win, please comment below describing the dark carnival of familial pain you’re currently attending with or without your loved ones this holiday. Non-US readers please describe how much fun you’re having in your own milieu, whether you’re going to work tomorrow or hoisting a tankard of your local ale in the warm companionship of your local meadery.

We’ll close the contest on Saturday and pick two winners then. Thanks to ThinkGeek for the cards and happy Thanksgiving!

Robocalling is considered a plague in the modern phone world, especially during an election year — and while you likely won’t get rid of all the pitches from political candidates anytime soon, most of the commercial calls are outright illegal. The Federal Trade Commission has devised a unique contest to help cut back on those law-breakers without having to chase down every shady debt relief offer. It’s offering a $50,000 reward for the cleverest solution to blocking the banned variety of robocalls. The only requirement is that you be an adult US resident: if you can invent a surefire remedy in your basement, the FTC wants to hear from you. Entries will be open between October 25th and January 17th, with word of a winner around April 1st. We’re hoping that the champion has a truly effective cure in use before long, because we’ll undoubtedly have reached our breaking point on robocalls by… oh, around November 6th.

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Have a unique and patentable idea that you’ve not been able to move off first base?  Edison Nation has just the answer for you in its newest search for ideas.  It’s an open search! 
So, you can submit one or more of your ideas in any category of
products – home, garden, office, etc. to the Open Innovative Product Search.