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Husqvarna Twittering robotic mower

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Maintaining a good lawn is a full time job. Husqvarna has a robotic partner that might be able to give homeowners some more free time. First off, the Automower 260 ACX will automatically cut grass, but will also text the owner if there are issues.

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As Fast As You Can

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If you know how fast you can reach? This As Fast As I Can($18) put all human speed in examples of an..(more...

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Citroën Karin 1980 Concept

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Citroën concept car from 1980. I guess the 80s weren't all bad.

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X-mini Happy PMP & pop-out speaker

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XM-I have introduced a new PMP version of their expanding capsule speaker, the X-mini Happy. Keeping roughly the same design and tweeter of the X-mini II (shown on the right), the Happy adds an SD/SDHC slot for up to 8GB cards and onboard mediaplayer, meaning it can be used as a palm-sized music...

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BuckyBalls Magnets

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BuckyBalls Magnetic Toy BuckyBalls come in sets of 216 magnets that are very powerful. The 216 ball shaped magnets can be moulded in to many shapes. The creators describe it as a Rubik’s Cube that actually makes you smarter.

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Unboxing the Aliph Jawbone PRIME

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We just deboxed the brand new Jawbone PRIME, and figured we ought to share some of our first impressions. First off, on the box itself: this thing would make Cupertino’s finest hot under the collar.

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Milan Design Week 09

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Finally all the bubble wrap is tacked away and the Milan Design Week is in full blossom. Even the sun is on its best behaviour, making this an awesome starting day of all the exhibitions. We have taken a good look around already yesterday. Here some first impressions.

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Tiny Houses

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In this recession, companies aren't the only ones who should be downsizing. Trading in a McMansion for less spacious accommodations may not be your decision, but if it has to happen, you might as well make sure your new abode is humble -- and cool.

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Socked glowing crystals create surprisingly un-blingy ceiling lamps

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This is the most indulgent yet elegantly beautiful room lighting design I've seen in a while--it's a series of hanging mesh sacks of varying lengths with Swarovski crystals in them.

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Solar-Powered Sun Glasses

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For Earth Day we thought we’d share an ingenious way to enjoy the sun and your iPod. These solar-powered sunglasses trap the amazing energy of the sun and convert it into electric energy you can power through the power jack, located at the back of the frames.

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Routon H3 Internet Home Media Player

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It’s not just MIDs that Routon make: the company also has an HD Internet Media Player on offer, the Routon H3.

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EagleTec USB Nano Flash Drive

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If you are looking for a super small USB drive to store all your files on, then check out the EagleTec USB Nano Flash Drive. Although it is small, the device provides a large storage space and can achieve read and write speeds of 15MB/s and 6MB/s, respectively.

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Samsung 46- and 55-inch B9000 HDTVs

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Samsung has announced the replacement for the A950 series. The new 46-inch and 55-inch B9000 HDTVs will feature a LED backlight with local dimming, where the LEDs are placed in zones and controlled locally to ensure much higher contrast.

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Porsche Panamera delivered to 94th Floor Shanghai Skyscraper

April 21st, 2009 link to (permalink)

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We all hate moving. I can still remember moving a huge metal desk up two flights of stairs when I was living in an apartment. Ever opening from doors to hallways seen to shrink and all of your furniture seems to be twice the size you remembered.

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Peugeot Design Comp winner prototype

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Columbian designer Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar won last year's Peugeot Design Competition; as part of his prize, he now gets to see a full-scale mockup of his concept, now on display at the Shanghai Motor Show.

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Violet Mir:ror RFID tag reader released

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We first talked about the Mir:ror RFID tag reader from Violet last year but now you can actually get your hands on this device for the first time. Working with both PCs and Macs, the tag reader makes it easy to tag your belongings for easy tracking.

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Self Replicating Machine, RepRap Creates its First Circuit

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RepRap is an open source hardware project that aims to create a self-replicating machine or a 'universal constructor' by using rapid prototyping. That means the machine can manufacture objects directly including itself, endlessly.

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My Documents Laptop Sleeve

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Oh, those weirdos at ThinkGeek! Who else would’ve thought of a “My Document” laptop sleeve? Who else would’ve though of plastering a mouse pointer on said accessory and call it a metaphor? Your My Documents contains your laptop contains your My Documents indeed!

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Hookeychain Magnet

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It looks like a hook, but it's more than a hook. It's a key holder with the function of a magnet hook! The Hookeychain Magnet($16) with a magnet at the bottom, so you can put it against the fridge or metal desk/cabinets.

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Web content to Braille

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The gift of sight is a great virtue for otherwise the world would have been blank despite all that exists. For those who aren’t as blessed, the content on the web is like oblivion, leaving them helpless, when it comes to exploring the virtual world.

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MaxVision’s rugged, high-performing video workstation for military

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Rugged is the new jacket for the gadgetry today. And when the military is a purpose, there isn’t a way out without a sturdy makeover, a reason we have MicroVision announcing a high-performance, rugged military video workstation.

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Send Twitter messages using your brain waves

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Its amazing how technology is head bound to change the way we live and the way people live around us. If until yesterday twitter was an option that attracted the younger lot, today twitter has become a resource that would help us know how the elderly are doing.

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Fold-Out Balcony for Instant Summer Sunbathing

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If you live in a city apartment, large or small, a balcony is essential to stop you going stir-crazy. But despite this, I’m having trouble seeing the point of the Bloomframe, unless it is so easy to fit that you can do it yourself.

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The Pocket Protector

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This patent for an "Improvement in Pocket-Protectors" was issued to Himan C.1 Dexter on February 24, 1903, which predates Hurley Smith's famous and more celebrated "pocket shield" by a good 40 years. Ownd? Not exactly.

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AIAIAI Pipe Headphones

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If you are searching for headphones with a high quality sound output, then you should buy the AIAIAI Pipe headphones. Available in all black colourway, the headphones feature 9mm drivers that are matched with foam or latex ear inserts for optimal fit and comfort.

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Portable Voice Lie Detector

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Spion has rolled out the first hand-held voice tension detector called The Portable Voice Lie Detector.

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First Rollable E-Book Reader Stalls

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Polymer Vision's Readius is set to be the first pocket e-book reader with a roll-up display bigger than the device itself. There's just one catch: The device isn't out yet and the company, which has blown past its predicted launch date, is looking to refinance itself and raise new funding.

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Portable housing concepts

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So due to the financial crisis, you’ve lost your mcmansion, the wife left and took the kids, the bank took the car, and all you’ve got left are your clothes, and maybe your bicycle. Don’t despair, you can still look stylish while being homeless!

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A selection of pedal-powered things, including a couple of airships

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Treehugger lists 17 examples of pedal power and propulsion, including the lovely "White Dwarf" airship pictured above.

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Those Were The Days: Living in a converted missile silo

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Jim Merithew shoots and reports from a Topeka bunker that's been converted into an appealing 18,000-square-foot home.

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iPod – the new soldiers cigarettes

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Benjamin Sutherland reports for Newsweek about an increasingly common sight in the hands of our soldiers:Using a commercial product for such a crucial military role is a break from the past. Compared with devices built to military specifications, iPods are cheap.

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Lego MP3 Player

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Some of our readers may remember the Lego Gadgets that Lego will be releasing this year, more details have been released on the Lego Mp3 Player.

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3D cameras and 3D photo-frames from CompoBank

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A couple of weeks back we mentioned that your high-resolution cameras were getting obsolete, and boy! Weren’t we bang on target? If it were the Fuji Films 3D Camera making us think like that, we now hear of something similar being developed by CompoBank Co Ltd from Korea.

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