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Ventura Launches Automatic Digital Watch

This is really nothing new—Seiko and Citizen have had versions of this movement for years. However, it’s a very cool design. The Ventura V-Tech Sigma MGS is “automatic” digital with all sorts of fancy, Swiss tomfoolery in it. First, you have a scratch resistant case and crystal and then you have Ventura’s EasySkroll knob, which…

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Doom 3 Case Mod: Whoa!

Even if you’re not a Doom 3 player, it’s hard not to appreciate this intricately crafted case mod. There’s not much info available about what’s inside other than it s watercooled, but in this case, it’s what’s outside that counts. Incredible Doom 3 Case Mod [Tech Blog]

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Moore’s Law for Razor Blades: 14 Blades by 2100

Those of you who did a spit-take when Gillette announced their five blade Fusion razor last year because you remembered The Onion predicting it would happen from the year before, you should appreciate that someone at The Economist not only wondered whether or not there was a Moore’s Law for razor blades but actually worked…

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GPS For $250: Garmin eTrex Venture Cx

Garmin introduced the relatively cheap eTrex Venture Cx, a handheld GPS device with a color display and USB interface. Outdoorsy types will like its pocket-sized waterproof case and 32-hour battery life, and it weighs just 5.6 ounces with both of its AA alkaline batteries inside. It’s no slouch with the navigation features, either, with its…

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Phlash Adds Flash to Mobile Phones

Phlash is a self-contained LED unit powered by coin-shaped lithium batteries that lets you add flash to your mobile phone pictures. You either stick Phlash on your phone with its self-adhesive backing or hang it from your phone with the included strap. Made for close-up photos of three feet or less, it’s manually synchronized, meaning…

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LED-Flex: Like Neon Tied Up In Knots

Mule Lighting has created a substitute for neon that’s made up of flexible LEDs that are just as bright but 70% more energy efficient. The lights also last longer than neon and are more durable, too, with their specially-designed LEDs cleverly inserted inside tough yet flexible tubes. That bendability facilitates dazzling applications as well—Mule says,…

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Biodegradable Containers

Its not your mother’s TupperWare—these containers break down in compost heaps in about 2 months. Made from corn resin, these sorts of holders are all the rage for cold and warm (less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit) foods and are US made. There is no shortage of container shapes and these are perfect for holding leftovers…

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Bodum Lipstick Travel Flask

Guys, we wouldn’t recommend carrying the Bodum Lipstick Travel Flask to the construction site, but we’d say it would probably be a good gift for that lovely lady in your life. This Thermos looks just like a lipstick tube, and it s newly redesigned from a 1983 classic that was made of plastic with a…

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All-Seeing Recordable Reminder Doorbell Plays Back Greets

Here’s a device category that’s been left largely untapped: the doorbell. The Recordable Reminder Doorbell uses a motion sensor to either sound a conventional chime or play back your own recorded greeting. Movement within six to 12 feet of this voluptuously-shaped device triggers your choice of chime or greets. Say hello or tell ’em to…

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WarmX Electric Underwear

If you’ve ever tried on electric socks, you know they involve tons of wires, bulk and discomfort. But now WarmX has developed a line of electrically-heated skivvies that solve all those problems, using special conducting thread that s woven directly into the cloth to keep you warm. Running on lithium-ion batteries, these undershirts for men…

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Birds on the Move: But Is It Art?

Get away from all those electronics for a minute and get yourself a Flensted Birdie Feeder Mobile, a $49.50 moving sculpture that dangles bird feed in a nicely balanced arrangement. Take your yardbirds for a ride, where they get a free lunch and you get to watch, lowering your blood pressure along the way. Birds…

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Tempus Fugit: Floating Clock and Shuttle

We’ve seen floating globes held aloft by magnets, but we couldn’t resist the Floating Clock from Think Geek, which you place in the sweet spot between the top and bottom magnets and it hangs there as if by magic. It doesn’t just sit still, either—it even has a mechanism inside that allows it to auto-rotate.…

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Electric Pepper Grinder

Eliminate the pain and hassle of having freshly-ground pepper with this electric and automatic pepper grinder. Designed by Frank Kaltenbach, it can be operated one-handed, and there it even has a light to provide proper visuals with the item being peppered and prevent over-peppering. It is available for $40 through the Museum of Modern Art…

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Greenhouse GH-UPE1 Skype Phone

Skype takes one more step toward the mainstream with the GH-UPE1 phone from Greenhouse Japan. The phone plugs into a USB port and lets you place and answer calls just like you would with any other phone. It s compatible with soft phone apps such as MSN/Yahoo Messenger and will be available in white, black…

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GummiLights

Jellio, maker of all things cute and bright for your home, will be unleashing candy-inspired GummiLights on April 15. These squishy lights are modeled after the the GummiBear candy and are powered by two lithium batteries that give some 20 hours of sweet, sweet mood lighting via rectal LEDs. To make the look and feel…

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Push Pin Lamp

This Push Pin Lamp comes in four different and equally cool colors. This may be the only push pin that doesn’t end up stuck in your foot at some point. The lamp stands about 15″ high and turns on with a press to the head of the push pin. The base is also corkboard so…

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M-32 MGL – Deadly and Versatile

Video game weapons are now in active use by the military in the form of the M-32 MGL. The weapon uses 40mm ammunition that would be a fine addition to Unreal or Quake, let alone Fallujah or Baghdad. In fact, this is the next-generation of the weapon used by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his crew in…

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Jindo To Fill Your Need for Robot Dogs

Nature and marketeers abhor a vacuum, and so the hole left by the demise of Sony’s robot dog Aibo will soon be filled with another, more ambitious design. Jindo—Hindi for “alive”—has specifications that are both impressive and head-scratching. The Korean developer of Jindo, Eungsang Park, has given it a Navigator Screen that will let you…

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Self-Tuning Guitar: Synthax Tronical Powertune

Add this electromechanical Tronicle PowerTune from Synthax to your Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul, and all you need to do is press a button to tune up that ax within two seconds. Have a tin ear? Or are you on a stage with 120dB music blasting in your ears? Dial up the tuning you’re…

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ButterWizard

If you’ve ever thought your life was perfect only to have the illusion cruelly shattered by your inability to spread butter straight from the fridge onto your breakfast toast, you can now live the dream for real with the ButterWizard temperature controlled butter dish. Keep it on the recharging station plugged into the wall in…

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Ventura Launches Automatic Digital Watch

Doom 3 Case Mod: Whoa!

Moore’s Law for Razor Blades: 14 Blades by 2100

GPS For $250: Garmin eTrex Venture Cx

Phlash Adds Flash to Mobile Phones

LED-Flex: Like Neon Tied Up In Knots

Biodegradable Containers

Bodum Lipstick Travel Flask

All-Seeing Recordable Reminder Doorbell Plays Back Greets

WarmX Electric Underwear

Birds on the Move: But Is It Art?

Tempus Fugit: Floating Clock and Shuttle

Electric Pepper Grinder

Greenhouse GH-UPE1 Skype Phone

GummiLights

Push Pin Lamp

M-32 MGL – Deadly and Versatile

Jindo To Fill Your Need for Robot Dogs

Self-Tuning Guitar: Synthax Tronical Powertune

ButterWizard

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