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The Boil Buoy Lets You Know When The Heat Is On

For busy people it is easy to get distracted while having something on the stove. To make sure you know when your water is boiling Quirky.com is bringing out the Boil Buoy. This dandy little gadget rings when your pot is boiling so that you won't miss your tea or burn your soup.

Going Green: Bamboo Calculator

“iSpoon” Ice Cream Shovel Is One Super Duper Scooper

Give A Solution That Is A Cut Above The Competition To Win €4.000 From The Pöttinger Engineering Contest!

Can Robots Care for Humans?

Will Robots Social Network When They Eclipse Man's Intelligence? [Videos]

by Ron Callari

'Singularity' for those mere mortals who are unaware is the theoretical emergence of a super-intelligence through technological means. First proposed by mathematician John von Neumann, it is the time when "ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue."

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Going Green: Bamboo Calculator

by Laurie Kay Olson

Electronics are environmentally unfriendly. They usually are made up of non-renewable resources that will take thousands of years to degrade. There is one small way that you can take a step toward sustainability -- go bamboo. One of the latest twists is that outer components made of plastic and metal are now being crafted out of bamboo.

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“iSpoon” Ice Cream Shovel Is One Super Duper Scooper

by Steve Levenstein

The limited edition, anodized aluminum, Icemania “iSpoon” from Japan's Akao Aluminum can handle the hardest, coldest ice cream around! Priced around $25 each, the super-duper scooper includes a custom carrying pouch ideal for those late night visits to Zyggie's Ice Cream Parlor.

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Can Robots Care for Humans?

by Katie Gatto

A look at new work that is being done by workers at the Carnegie Mellon Universityin hopes of helping older people to live at home longer and better, with the help of robots. The bot currently in development, but not in production, is designed to help clean up and bring objects. It won't replace humans, but it could help add to their efforts.

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The Foc.Us Gaming Headset Will Jolt Your Brain Awake

by Nicholas.Greene

Good news, everyone! If you want to be a better gamer, a solution might only be a few volts away. At least, that's what Michael Oxley and Martin Skinner - inventors of the Foc.us headset - think. They've developed a device designed to jolt your brain with electricity....

And up your game in the process.

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Nicholas Cage To Act... As Chinese Automaker's Brand Ambassador

by China.new

American actor, producer and director Nicholas Cage can add another line to his resume: brand ambassador. Following in the footsteps of Brad Pitt, the face of Cadillac vehicles in China, the oft-controversial and occasionally IRS-investigated Cage has signed up to flog re-badged Saabs for China's Beijing Automotive Industry Corp.

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Cool Inspiration From Previous Arctic Innovation Competition Winners!

Meet the previous Arctic Innovation Competition grand prize winners

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition, it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to 2012 for extra inspiration:

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Bitcoin Creator Exposed

by dendory

Ted Nelson, a pioneer in information technology, crafted a long series of investigations where he discovered who the creator of Bitcoin might be.

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Develop An App For NETGEAR'S Million Dollar App Contest & Win Up To $1,000,000!

develop networking app for Netgear, win one million dollars!

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re a master of creating networking apps, you’ve got a great chance to score up to one million dollars in Las Vegas for your innovative development skills.

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10 Tips For Launching A Successful Business In 2013

by ModernMarketing

Is it your dream to launch a business in 2013? Many people wish they were their own boss and that they could quit their day job, but it seems completely impossible to get their idea off the ground.

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