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#patents

A Screw-In Coffin is Clever and Economical

This screw-in coffin seems very economical, both in saving ground space and not having to have heavy equipment to lower your family members into the ground. Cemeteries have limited ground in meatspace, so putting people in edgewise just makes sense. More »

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#concept

This Lockable USB Drive Concept Is Straight Out of a High School Nightmare

Even if this lockable USB drive concept is turned into a real product, I won't be buying it. I barely mastered my locker's combination lock by the time I graduated high school, why would I want to repeat that nightmare? More »

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By Rosa Golijan

#bus

Amphibious Bus Runs Into Water, Trouble, But Is Back Now

Glasgow's Dutch-built "amfibus" resumed testing today after being grounded for an unnecessarily deployed airbag. From the video on BBC's website, it looks just like a big yellow schoolbus, but runs in liquid and allows writers to make water puns. More »

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#sensors

World's Smallest Solar Sensor Could Run Indefinitely

The smallest solar sensor in the world is 1,000 times smaller than standard systems, and under the right conditions, it could last forever. More »

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By Brian Barrett

#accessories

Belkin Cooling Pad Gives Your Lap a Breather

Everyone knows that laptops can get hot. We're talking uncomfortably, disconcertingly, something-in-there's-gotta-be-melting hot. Belkin's new laptop pad not only lifts your computer off of your legs but packs a USB-powered fan to keep your laptop cool. Cool! More »

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#tmobile

Coasts Getting T-Mobile's Super Speedy HSPA+ First

T-Mobile is taking steps to upgrade its HSPA mobile broadband network to HSPA+. According to T-Mobile's VP of engineering, Dave Mayo, it'll be the coasts who'll see this upgrade and its theoretical 21 Mbps download speeds first. More »

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By Rosa Golijan

#custom

Hello Rewind Transforms Your Old T-Shirts Into Laptop Sleeves

Hello Rewind is a company with two missions: to help recycle your old Mötley Crüe t-shirt into a kickass laptop sleeve, and to hire former sex trafficking victims to do it. More »

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By Brian Barrett

#remainders

Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: One Small Step Edition

In today's Remainders: progress. Sort of. Openmoko's WikiReader takes baby steps towards usability; a new sculpture series offers busts of the Darth Vader that could've been; an MSNBC slideshow sheds light on the photographic pursuits of ISS astronauts, and more. More »

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By Kyle VanHemert

#ipad

Fresh iPhone/iPad SDK Seeded To Developers

iPhone SDK 3.2, which includes a full suite of iPad dev tools, has been updated to Beta 2. Bugs. Have. Been. Squashed: More »

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#mmolog

Star Trek MMO Log, Stardate 2010.09

Join us for the second installment of my weekly Star Trek MMO log, in which we explore the depths of unknown space and gain a taste for blood as the fiery Orion battle maiden, Verdania. [Kotaku]

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By Mike Fahey

#airportsecurity

Bollywood Star Turns Airport Body Scans Into Dedicated Naked Shots

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan doesn't give a damn about his naughty bits showing in airport security full body scans. In fact, he's turned them into dedicated glamour photos. According to him, only people with small penises whine about it. More »

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#concepts

Mintpass Puzzle Calendar Results In Hours Spent Setting The Date (And A Whole Load Of Swearing)

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#realnetworks

RealNetworks Spins Off Rhapsody (Which Leaves What, Exactly?)

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#review

ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review and Benchmarks: Reasonable Gaming, DX11 Performance For $80?

You might not be a big graphics card PC buff, but in the under $100 sector, the new ATI Radeon HD 5570 is definitely a product to know. Tom's Hardware shares their excellent, extremely thorough review of the product here. More »

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#dealzmodo

Gadget Deals of the Day

Get your spending cap on because today's dealz features a fantastic bargain on a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, a nice discount on one of HP's most portable offerings, and a free version of the new and catchy Yeasayer single. More »

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By David Chaid

#google

Google Street View Comes to the Ski Slopes

Google is really pushing to expand Street View off of the streets. First they talk about Google Store View, and now the Google Snowmobile is mapping ski trails. More »

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By Adam Frucci

#giftguide

Uncle Joel's Guide to Giving Gadgets on Valentine's Day (or, Relationship Advice from a Man Who Drinks Alone)

What's less romantic: Buying something practical or buying something generic? Roses are right out. But can a gadget be sweet? More »

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#sdxc

Finally, A Slot For All Those SDXC Cards You've Got Sitting Around

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#review

Columbia's Heated Bugathermo Boots Aren't Really So Hot

Outside spent two months wearing Columbia's $250 lithium-ion-packing heater boots through snow. Unfortunately, the promise of toasty winter feet is little more than a promise. More »

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#ads

Best Buy E-Cycle Billboard: Where Old Gadgets Go to Shill

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#augmentedreality

Your Future Morning View Will Make You Vomit

Current augmented reality: Computers recognizing your surroundings and overlaying useful information over the real world. Future advertising-driven augmented reality according to Keiichi Matsudafor: A mind blowing view that will make everyone of us puke. Even his simulation makes me dizzy. More »

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#photoshopcontest

25 New Ads to Introduce Xfinity to the Masses

Have you heard the exciting news?! Comcast is rebranding as Xfinity! We decided to help them out by calling on our lovely readers to create the first Xfinity ads, and I think they did a bang-up job. More »

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By Adam Frucci

#google

Google Buzz Mobile Hands On: Location Is the Killer App

Google Buzz is slightly more insane on Android phones and iPhone than the desktop: There's a revamped, Buzzier Google homepage; you can post entirely using your voice; and a new version of Google Maps eats Yelp's lunch. Update: Hands on! More »

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#google

What Is Google Buzz?

So what exactly is Google Buzz? Used on a PC or mobile, Buzz reminds us of an RSS combined with all of your social networking—all within the existing Gmail and Google.com infrastructure. More »

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#architecture

Tower Skins Modernise Ugly Buildings, Generate Energy and Collect Rain Water

I'm not sure how I feel about these tower skin concepts, which can turn ugly buildings into modern icons. A lot of the post-war buildings aren't the nicest-looking, but as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. More »

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By Kat Hannaford

#live

Live From Google's February Event: Google Gets Twittery

We're covering Google's mysterious, bizarrely secret product unveiling(s) live right here—and things are kicking off right now. Is Google just going all Twittery, or are they going to surprise us? More »

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#military

Microsoft Refused to Sell Xbox 360s to the Military for Training

The military currently trains its soldiers using PCs, but they were interested in switching to the Xbox 360 for a number of reasons. Unfortunately, Microsoft was not too interested in helping them out. More »

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#routers

Netgear MBRN3300E 3G Mobile Broadband Router Offers 3G, Ethernet Lan and 802.11n Wireless

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#imagecache

Child Engineers World-Peace-Promoting Ice Cream Rocket Car

While this is really just a Honda ad, I had to share its charms with you. Because not only is the alleged Alec probably the most promising mind of his generation; he's likely husky and rejected by his peers. [Jalopnik]

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#hbo

The '80s HBO Logo Was Spinning Brass and LEDs

CGChannel uncovered this fantastic '80s vintage documentary that details the three-month process behind HBO's iconic pre-movie intro. Grit your teeth past the corny "Illusion!" song. It's worth it to see how special FX were made "with computers" before CG. [CGChannel]

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#itunes

Shock: When You Raise iTunes Prices, People Buy Less Stuff

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#apple

iMac 27 Shipping Again

After the rumored iMac 27 global shipment halt, reader Adam Pattee has sent us confirmation that his unit—purchased on January 29—is now shipping. Apple says his iMac will arrive on February 16. Updated. More »

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#windows7

Windows 7 Murders Vista on Steam

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#apple

Apple Patent Shows A 3D Virtual World For Buying Their Goods In

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#wireless

WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip

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#hometheater

Home Theater Under the Stairs Makes Perfect Sense

There's nothing fancy about this idea for a home theater, but it's a very clever way to save space in a small house, using the dead space under the stairs to store a ton of tech gear. More »

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#google

Google Finally Provides Limited Nexus One Phone Support

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#3dtv

Panasonic's First 3DTV (Viera TH-P54VT) Priced at $5,900

At CES, we determined that if you insist on buying a 3DTV this year, Panasonic should be on the short list. Now, the company has priced a 3DTV for the first time—$5,900 when converted from yen. UPDATE More »

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#badvalentine

When Gadgets and Dating Don't Mix

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#peripherals

Atlona AT-HDVieW Scaler Transforms VGA With Audio to Handy HDMI

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#imagecache

Have You Ever Seen a Lunar Rainbow?

This is not a rainbow. It's a moonbow, an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon caused by the near-full moon that it's extremely hard to catch. So hard, in fact, that you can only see its colors thanks to long-exposure photography. More »

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