Are you ready to play everybody’s not-so-favorite guilt game: what was I doing at that age? Ann Makosinski, a tenth grader from Victoria, British Columbia, has created a simple LED flashlight powered by body heat. So instead of having to recharge it or swap in a fresh pair of AAs every so often, you literally just need to hold it in your hand for it to start glowing.
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It’s easy to scoff at the idea of smart appliances when you’re faced with an onslaught of everyday devices with bewilderingly superflous Internet-y capabilities
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Two’s company, three’s a crowd, but that principle does not apply when you’re talking about hammocks. Trinity Hammocks triple hammock structures give you three times the relaxation.
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When you’re a parent, you’ll do anything for your kids. But there’s nothing wrong if that anything happens to benefit you too. So what if you’re traveling, or visiting friends, and your kids are in dire need of a place to play with their toy cars or trains? Just slip on one of these playmat t-shirts, lay down on the ground, and not only will your kids have someplace to play, you’ll also enjoy a relaxing backrub at the same time.
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We first heard about Rust-Oleum’s liquid-repelling product, NeverWet almost two years ago
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The only thing worse than getting on a full subway car where there’s no place to sit, is getting on an even fuller subway car where there’s no place to brace yourself. But here’s a brilliant hack that not only guarantees you’ve always got something secure to hold onto, but also something no one else has put their dirty hands on: a toilet plunger.
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I am not quite sure about you, but personally speaking, any gamer worth his or her salt who indulges in beat ‘em ups as well as shoot ‘em ups would definitely find that in-game controls by an old school joystick beats using the traditional video game controller with its D-Pad any time of the day. Remember those old school arcades that you used to patronize when you were a wee lad? Street Fighter II as well as Mortal Kombat played in the arcades had a different “feel” compared to the console ports (SNES and Sega Genesis), as you whipped out those shoryukens and fatalities with eased. Hence, it is nice to see companies like Genius continue to keep the arcade stick’s flag flying high with their latest release, the aptly named Genius Arcade F-1000 Stick.
The Genius Arcade F-1000 Stick comes across as an arcade-style controller for two platforms – PCs as well as the Sony PlayStation 3. In a nutshell, the Genius Arcade F-1000 Stick will deliver professional level arcade-control of the latest games to gamers, right smack in their living room. It boasts of an arcade-style 8-button layout, and will be accompanied by a 4-axis ball-handled joystick so that you get to enjoy a whole lot more precise control compared to what an arcade layout offers. Hopefully, this set up will be able to help your gaming go to the next level.
Other than that, there are also the Select and Start buttons, which will come with 13 buttons, including a Turbo button (old school gamers will definitely be able to remember the Turbo button, it is the lazy man’s way of keeping the “fire” button pressed rapidly simply by holding it down), where a dozen of the buttons will correspond to buttons on a standard Playstation 3 controller, carrying the exact same markings to boot, so that no confusion will arise. The $59.99 Genius Arcade F-1000 Stick would definitely make life easier for gamers to make that jump from a standard Playstation 3 controller to an arcade stick.
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Not everybody’s into chemistry but you have to be a special kind of insane to not have a fondness for the Muppets. This periodic table of Muppetry is a wonderfully organized and colorful take on the history of the form than anyone (with a soul) can appreciate, chem-geek or not.
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Just when you thought that mankind’s genius could go no further, four years of research has given birth to a new apex in cork innovation. Please say hello to your newest wine-stopper, the Helix cork.
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Not since Liquid Paper has there been an innovation in office supplies as awesome as this highlighter’s see-through tip that makes it easier to see the text as you’re… well… highlighting it. More »
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