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World's Largest Indoor Tornado
It's far from destructive, but the indoor tornado set up at the Mercedes-Benz museum is cool nonetheless. Using the museum's 144 air intake nozzles, they set up a smoke machine on the ground below, had air blowing in from the sides causing a swirling effect and let the nozzles suck up the smoke. The Guiness Book of World Records officially declared it the largest indoor tornado. I think want one of these in my house. [Pop Sci]
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Tornado Lab Lets You Indulge Your Wildest Gale Force Fantasies
If you have longed to become a master in the science of all things tornados, the Tornado Lab may well be for you. Place a jug of water into the blender wannabe and watch it tear away as a fully formed, mini typhoon. More »
Tornado Survives Gadget Thunderdome
Yahoo Tech hosted its annual Last Gadget Standing competition at CES this morning. Ten gadgets entered, but only one left victorious: Data Drive Thru's USB data transfer cable, The Tornado.
Yahoo Tech hosted its annual Last Gadget Standing competition at CES this morning. Ten gadgets entered, but only one left victorious: Data Drive Thru's USB data transfer cable, The Tornado.
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The Tornado USB Direct Transfer Kit
In the olden day, transferring files from computer to computer either required a little bit of networking know-how or some painstaking CD burning or USB flash drive swapping. The Tornado eliminates any troubles and makes PC-to-PC transferring as easy as creamy pie. Plug the retractable Tornado into each machine and simply drag-n-drop. Easy peasy. More »
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Tornado Sim: Not in Kansas Any More
We likes us some tornadoes around here, especially since one of our esteemed colleagues lives in Tornado Alley, and sometimes shudders in fear that he may be tempest tos't some night à la Wizard of Oz. But no need to fear when you have this tornado on your desk, a store-bought model similar to the kit and homemade tornado simulators we've shown you. More »
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Tornado Simulator Kit
Want to make your own tornado machine but you're too lazy to hunt down all the parts? $120 buys you this neat Tornado Simulator Kit, which comes with building instructions, experiment ideas, and all the parts you'll need to get going except an ultrasonic humidifier. If you don't have one already the site will sell you a humidifier for $49.95, but there are better deals online. More »
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T-Mobile Ships HTC Tornado Smartphone
T-Mobile has launched its version of the HTC Tornado candy bar, a slim smartphone based on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. Along with a 1.3-megapixel camera with video capture, the handset features a QVGA 605K color TFT display, Bluetooth, EDGE and WiFi support, and a 200MHz OMAP processor. Available now, you'll pay $249.99 after rebate. More »
3:54 PM on Tue Feb 14 2006
By Charlie White
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