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Roboducks are robotic decoys that lure unsuspecting ducks to their doom much more effectively than the standard, dead-in-the-water decoy. These things flap their wings and wiggle their tails and make hunters six times more effective. I’m not liking those odds for Mr. Mallard, but I guess it makes the hunting part of the hunting/drinking equation…
A trio of dirty, filthy pirates have been arrested in Singapore for sharing MP3 music with each other and with other impressionable youths. The RIAS-led—Singapore’s answer to the RIAA—sting operation nabbed some of the hugest music pirates on the entire island nation after the organization repeatedly told the pirates to stop trading files over Internet…
Treehugger discusses the possibility of bio-diesel planes. Apparently, you can just drop a little bio-diesel into low flying planes and travel for miles while wafting chip crease in your wake. However, for larger planes at higher altitudes they suggest a mixture. You don’t want your biodiesel turning to Crisco at 30,000 feet. Q & A :…
Ahh, the French—charming, smoky, literate, and they know good wine. Now they have a way to make themselves seem even deeper: book vending machines. Stocked with 25 of Maxi-Livres best-selling titles, the machines cover the gamut of literary genres and tastes. Classics like “The Odyssey” by Homer and Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” share the limited…
I’m just sitting here digging this triangular MP3 player. Look at that thing. You could sit on it and not even notice. Each one is made of stainless steel (!!) and has an OLED display. But you really have to wonder what the Astone people are thinking. “Bob! We’ve got to get these shitty flash…
When I saw this was made by Pressure Drop Incorporated I immediately started humming Pressure Drop, as performed by the Specials, and now I can’t get it out of my head. Was this product worth getting an ohrwurm over? Nah. These are paper trays for your desk with USB and FireWire ports built-in. I’m thinking…
We’ve seen lots about the twee MobiBLU in the past few weeks, but PC Magazine has finally managed to wrestle one to the ground and review it. They were pleasantly surprised. Overall, we’re amazed that a package so small contains so many features—and well-implemented ones, to boot—at the same price as the iPod shuffle ($129).…
As if Will Ferrell didn’t have enough trouble, what with the sex tape and all, he’s got to worry about the rest of the world promoting, seeing, and being disappointed by Bewitched. For example, we find the Asus J103, a phone featuring a beguiling cartoon Samantha propped on a broomstick. But who knows? Maybe Bewitched…
Today must be the day of flying stuff. This is apparently Machine Cat and he can fly. Google offers this translation: Has been born to 70’s and the 80’s early times friend, probably all cannot forget the machine cat the happy memory which brings to us. In the book most let us dismiss from mind…
This tiny RC flyer costs $239 and can be piloted in your living room, provided your living room isn’t filled with fruit-flies and Night Train bottles, like mine is. Why $239, you ask? Well, this bugger comes with an aluminum case and special remote control and it’s so light and compact that could end up…
The “stunning” wife of a venture capitalist, Mandy Coulton, is having some whine with her cheese, complaining that she was paid only $1500 to become one of the iconic iPod models. Well, get this, Mandy, the guy who invented the Apple logo got 50 cents and a bottle cap, so your charming, anonymous silhouette is…
Our brother-in-law, Kotaku, is talking about how the XBox360 will bankrupt us. If you buy the bare bones system, you’re basically getting screwed. To get the most out of your 360, you’ll need: Xbox 360 Standard: $399.99 Gold Xbox Live Subscription: At least $49.99 (Likely more.) Wireless Networking Adapter: $99.99 Second Wireless Controller: $49.99 Two…
The tiny MP3 player revolution is among us. Just when I was always losing my USB flash drives because of the small size, now I have to worry about my MP3 players disappearing up my nostril. Well it may be okay to lose this MP3 player, because it isn t really anything special. The PD-205…
Paying $500 for a computer is decent. Unfortunately this computer uses hardware and software so old that most tech companies have to pay people to take it away. What makes this PC worth so much is the nostalgia. This machine is actually a replica of the machine 386 DX used. 386 DX was a computer…
Unique would probably be the subtle way to describe these new speakers from Saitek. Behold the A-250 wireless speakers and the A-200 portable speakers. The A-250 is single unit housing two speakers and one 3W subwoofer. It can connect to any audio device and even features a nifty LCD screen. Who knows what the LCD…
Now that s my kind of Crossfire : This Spartan Life is a talk show that takes place in net-connected Xboxes running Halo. It s the thinking man s Red vs. Blue, with brainy guests like artist and filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh and interactive guru Bob Stein. The best part, aside from watching guests get shot at,…
Seriously, what is the deal with this vintage Nintendo takeover? I enjoyed the NES and SNES in their prime, but now I am moved on to bigger and better things like porn and whiskey. Well, some guy has managed to gut a NES controller and place the components for a television remote in it. Hey…
As if today’s cameras aren’t tiny enough. Fluidlens is a lens made of liquid that can achieve 10x optical zoom, which is equal to most standard consumer digital camera lenses out there, and definitely superior to most cameraphones. Much the same as a human eye, it curves or concaves depending on the desired focal length.…
A couple of old IMSAI employees are trying to squeeze a few more dollars out of this 30 year old computer. The IMSAI was a personal computer manufactured in 1975. Unfortunately the PC eventually succumbed to the juggernaut that was Apple and IMSAI faded away into the abyss. Two former employees bought up the rights…
The Denon Smart Life S-101 is sweet enough as your standard home theater system: couple of flat speakers, 100W subwoofer, and an adorably packaged progressive-scan DVD player. But the real cherry on the top here is that it plays super-nicely with your existing iPod. You connect it via its dock connector, which allows you to…