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Crush Cans, Frogger Style

While you could accomplish the same feat by strapping on a shoe—or better yet, bracing your forehead—where's the fun in that? It supports up to 90kg (though charging Frogger leaps probably aren't a great idea) and runs a little under $23. [Product Page via Plastic Bamboo]

9:59 PM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,142 views, 15 comments

Latest by n/a: most scrap metal places will take crushed cans regardless of the state - and will pay a bit more for them. Keep crushing.. get your state to sign the bottle bill! more »

frogs

Control a Dead Frog via the Web

Art or science? That's the question you'll be asking yourself when you see this dead frog with a server embedded into its guts. Suspended in a clear glass of inert liquid, the frog has an Ethernet cable coming out of its insides, which in turn allows remote "visitors" to issue commands and make the frog twitch its muscles. It's definitely the most sadistic thing we've seen done to a frog since that Miss Piggy's S&M video. [Conceptlab via BoingBoing]

4:00 PM on Tue Jul 24 2007
By Jason Chen
5,625 views, 11 comments

Latest by gtr225: @nube: Basically that's all it is. I thought they were using electric impulses or something to make the muscles in a dead frog twitch. But I guess it's easier to make a bot covered in dead frog skin. more »

ribbit

Dr. Frog Reminds You to Water Plants, Plays One on TV

If your plants always look like they came out of the jungle where Predator and Governor Schwarzenegger did battle, invest in Doctor Frog. He's an accredited Ph.D. in plantology, and uses what's left of the lower half of his body—he was in a horrific golf cart accident—to detect the conductivity of your soil. More »

4:50 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Jason Chen
1,516 views, 4 comments

gadgets

Crane Adorable Humidifiers

Usually we resent product names that tell us how we should feel about them, but the fact that Crane's line of animal-shaped humidifiers are adorable is beyond disputing. We have a dog and also live with cats, so we'd probably end up with the two at left, but the elephant and panda are nice too. More »

6:25 PM on Mon Apr 17 2006
By gizmodo.com
1,746 views, 5 comments