26 Scale Models You’d Swear Were Real [Shooting Challenge]

It’s the oldest Hollywood trick: Take a picture of something small and make it look giant. But that doesn’t mean it’s any less mind-bending when a Hot Wheels toy looks like a totally drivable, $1 million F1 racer. More »

Talking Teaching Solar System Scale

There is nothing quite like learning from an interactive device, which is why we figured out that this $49.95 Talking Teaching Solar System Scale is worth every penny if you want to start teaching your little ones on all the planets in our solar system. I do wonder whether Pluto has been given the boot this time around, but we do know that with the Talking Teaching Solar System Scale, you and your family are privy to 40 fun facts concerning our solar system, where it will calculates each stander’s weight on each planet.

The voice you hear is that of renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, where the mat’s speaker reproduces a series of facts each time someone steps onto a planet, making sure concepts of gravity, weight, and mass are introduced along the way. Powered by a trio of AA batteries, it might get rather boring after a while – especially when those sponge-like minds around the home has absorbed all the facts spewed out many times over.

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TIE Fighter: Free to a Good Home [Star Wars]

Apparently a guy in Salt Lake City named Valter had no takers on his original price of $150 for a 1/3 replica TIE Fighter, because he’s lowered the price to a cool zero dollars. So if you’re in Salt Lake City, call Valter ASAP to get something totally amazing for absolutely no money. More »

Travel Scale for frequent travelers

When one goes traveling, most of the time we stay at a hotel – and most modern hotels come with its range of amenities, including lush toiletries as well as a bathroom scale for you to figure out whether all those buffet breakfasts and dinners that you had have done a number on your belly. Of course, there are moments and places where you stay that does not come with any form of luxury at all, which is where a portable travel scale makes perfect sense. Just how portable is this $44.95 device, anyways?

We are looking at a measurement of just 9.5″ wide, and yet is capable of weighing folks of up to 330 lbs., imagine that! I guess a handful of lithe professional wrestlers can do a pirouette on this without breaking it, don’t you think so? Smaller than your iPad, the Travel Scale will rely on high precision strain gauge sensors in order to deliver accurate weight readings to 0.1 lb. Not only that, the tempered glass platform also delivers alevel of durability which enables it to withstand all sorts of travel rigors. Powered by a quartet of AAA batteries, the Travel Scale also boasts of an easy-to-read LCD display.

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Progress Tracking Scale

When it comes to the physical battle against the bulge, charting one’s progress is an extremely important move to make if you are to be as efficient as possible. However, some of us are absolutely hopeless in keeping records, such as keeping track of receipts and what not. With the $49.95 Progress Tracking Scale, perhaps you no longer have the excuse of not keeping track of your weight, as this particular device is able to do the dirty job on your behalf. Not only that, it is also capable of doing so for up to four people, now how about that?

The scale has its own internal memory that will be able to store your original weight, and it will automatically display the weight lost or gained and percentage of total weight lost or gained since the first weigh in, as well as the last time you actually stepped foot on the scale itself. All results are shown on a 3.75″ backlit LCD display, showing readings in pounds or kilograms. Time to learn how to chart a graph now, no?

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