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This is National Tinnitus Week and in honor of the fallen many who listened to too much Whitesnake with the headphones turned all the way up, we bring you this globular tinnitus reliever. Tinnitus, otherwise known as a constant and unnerving ringing of the ears, is actually quite painful and quite distracting. This device negates…
Chill out, PETA. The cat piano was the work of a German scholar over 350 years ago. Athanasius Kircher designed the cat piano and documented it in the Musurgia Universalis in 1650. The piano was designed to raise the spirits of an Italian prince who was too stressed out. The musician would select cats whose…
Canon is set to introduce three members to its SD line of PowerShot digital cameras, the SD700 IS, the SD630 and the SD600. The top of the line is the 6-megapixel SD700 IS (pictured above), which not only has a 4x optical zoom but also adds optical image stabilization. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of…
Wondering if your water is full of cat urine or mind-altering fluoride? Place a single drop of water from any source onto the device then it will display either a happy face or a sad face depending on the quality of water. Let’s hope to see more emoticons in futures releases of this device. For…
Next time you have to suffer through another one of those bone-dry turkey dinners at Aunt Mabel’s, you’ll wish she had a Sharp AX-700S Superheated Steam Oven. The company is touting the health benefits of food prepared using steam cooking. The AX-700S combines conventional heat with steam that’s been superheated to 550 F, condensing and…
Vroom. NASCAR and Goodyear have teamed up to mark all Goodyear Eagle tires with RFID tags. Pit crews, and potentially score-keepers, can read the tags as the cars come around the track or take pit stops. In the ultimate in PR-douchery, however, we get this sort of explanation from the tag manufacturer: “We are pleased…
This week at TreeHugger: Ray Bradbury is mad as hell about Los Angeles freeways, and he has one word for us all: monorail. After two years of research, Italian designers build a lamp that shines sunlight into places without windows. In South Africa, researchers have developed a super-thin solar panel that is 5 microns thick;…
Mac users will like the 19-inch BenQ FP93V LCD Monitor, a 1280×1024 display that supports Mac standard color, has a nice Mac-matching design, and is plenty fast, too, with an 8ms response time. It also features both DSub and DVI inputs and has convenient wire management holders in the back. Notice the square area on…
With a 2GB U3 Smart Drive, you actually can take it with you. Once you load all of your favorite Windows XP or 2000 settings, applications, and everything else, you can just plug it into any computer and suddenly you feel like you re home sweet home. Go on about your business, and everything you…
OK. This is kind of creepy. It’s a $189 water resistant clock radio with CD player and there’s a color spy camera built into it for… spying on people taking showers? While our prurient streak says “Hell yes!” or practical side says “Dude, your mom could be in the shower. Freakout.” The site also features…
Rothko, makers of all things camo, has made consumer goods for years. These are some of their latest creations swathed in real camouflage cloth. Perfect for urban warriors with a drinking problem, this complete ensemble is all one actually really needs for a night on the town. Why, just yesterday we saw a man in…
Canon announced additions to its A series of digital cameras, rolling out a total of four A-series cameras in anticipation of the PMA event next week. Heading up the list is the Canon PowerShot A700 (above), which has a newly designed 6-megapixel image sensor. It has a 6x 35-210 mm optical zoom lens, and has…
Insolia is some sort of insole for high heels that reduces pressure on the front of the foot and spreads it along the entire foot, reducing strain and pain associated with sassing about town in a Prada. Apparently the “ladies” get something called “heel hangover” when they’re trying to look “beautiful” for the “men” in…
ThinkSecret and others are reporting that Apple has sent out invites to a secret conference on February 28 at Apple Town Hall (WTF?) in Cupertino at 10:00 am Pacific Time. ThinkSecret sez: Solid information on what Apple may unveil at the event has escaped sources, but reasonable speculation suggests the debut of further Intel-based Macs…
Now here s something that s sure to create a little bit of controversy. They re called Brincos, and they re shoes designed to help illegal immigrants cross the U.S.-Mexican border. Designed by Argentinean artist Judi Werthein, these shoes feature an array of items designed to make the dangerous trip across the border a little…
If you’re looking for a tough-as-nails drinking cup, the indestructible stainless steel Carabiner Camp Mug from Sahalie is built to take a hammering. Its handle is a real carabiner, just like mountain climbers use, that can clip onto your pack or anything else. Its double insulation keeps eight ounces of your favorite drink cold or…
Canon introduced the 6-megapixel PowerShot S3 IS, the successor to its popular 5-megapixel PowerShot S2 IS hybrid digital camera. Canon redesigned the camera s six-megapixel image sensor and combines that with a Digic II image processor to reduce noise. The camera s 12x zoom lens gives you a film equivalent of 36-432 mm at a…
Who knows why the hell they thought of this name, but Toshiba announced the REGZA H1000 LCD HDTV line, offering DVR-equipped screens in sizes of 42, 37, and 32 inches. The announcement follows the company’s decision to cease production of all its old-fashioned CRT TVs and yesterday’s flurry of four Toshiba LCD HDTV intros, all…
Nikon will debut seven Coolpix cameras at PMA 2006 next week, with three models in the midrange L series, three in the higher-end P series and two in the ultracompact S series. The L-series (above), all of which have 2-inch LCD screens and a 3x optical zoom, includes the L2 ($250) at 6 megapixels, the…
Salvage those old iPod accessories with this inexpensive item from uLink. This $17 adapter will give the nano that little sliver plug-in that was used on the majority of the previous iPod models. This will allow for the old iTrip, iPod remote and iBeam to work with the nano. There are still some tweaks to…