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Mario Mushroom Lights, Fanboy Up

The Mushroom Lamp is a glowing feat of technology. But it's not the power efficient LEDs that will stretch the life of the 4AA battery power supply that has us impressed. It's the lawsuit-avoiding tech of unlicensed merchandise. Clearly reminiscent of the mushrooms floating around in Nintendo's famous Mario Bros. franchise, buyer beware. These mushrooms are not official Mario mushrooms. So they may or may not expand your body to mutant proportions or allow you "another shot at life" after falling down an infinite hole. More »

10:59 PM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,573 views, 8 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Not wanting to be a troll, but too late... I'm pretty shure I've seen better attempts on this. I mean, the more »

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New Phone for People Who Like Mushrooms, Hate Poisonings

Foraging for mushrooms can be fun, but getting poisoned by the wrong species always ruins a nice afternoon. Researchers at the Hagenberg College in Austria have developed software that can identify which mushrooms are safe to eat and which are poisonous, just from a photograph. This means it could easily be run on a mobile phone with a camera, to create a handy tool for foragers. It's not yet clear whether magic mushrooms have been placed in the safe or poisonous category—maybe that will be a user option. [Metro]

8:49 AM on Tue Jul 31 2007
By msparkes
2,342 views, 14 comments

Latest by krueger246: Ya i dont think they'll approve of the mushrooms i eat... more »