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AIR-igator: Collects AC Water For Your Garden


In some places (like where I live) it's too hot to turn off the AC unit and open up the windows. On some days temperatures can reach over 100 degrees, that's why our AC stays on all the time. Asking us to take off more clothes to cool off and conserve energy would leave us naked, so how do we, the consumers, stay cool and cut down on our carbon footprint? We could try an AIR-igator.

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The Music Tee - Free Music Downloads Through Fashion


Band t-shirts have traditionally been strictly a way to promote your love for a favorite band or concert series, now an exclusive design of music fashion tees give you access to artists' music for free.

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Vacation Like The Pioneers At Feather Down Farms


Forget modern vacations with all of the modern conveniences of in-room beverage dispensers, room service, and on-location spas, and escape to a vacation that lets you live as the pioneers did in days gone by at this unique UK vacation spot.

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A Thousand Strands of Light: Altrove Lighting


Into the ethereal realm we go with the lastest new lighting from Artemide, called Altrove.  From designer Carlotta de Bevilacqua, Altrove can be used as either a decorative wall or ceiling light.

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Virtual Beer Satisfies Every Sense - Except Taste


Virtual Beer Satisfies Every Sense - Except Taste
Thinking of a cool, frosty beer after a long day at work or play? Just imagine cracking open a cold one... nice! Now you can experience the vicarious pleasure of popping open a beer or soda can anytime, anywhere, as often as you want.

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First-Time Personalized Videos From NKOTB, Serena Williams & Others


What would you think about having your favorite artist not only autograph memorabilia for you but also personalize a video message with words that you compose? This is the first time major sports figures and artists have signed memorabilia and provided personalized video messages that are delivered directly to fans via the Internet.

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Don't Waste A Crumb With This DIY Bird Feeder: Bird Crumbs


I've seen this photo so many times, but until today I had no idea who designed this clever bird feeder. The Bird Crumbs feeder is, in fact, a do-it-yourself project, created by Spanish industrial designer, Curro Claret.  Isn't it tooo wonderful?

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High-Flying Kites Bring Wind Power To New Level


"Warning: Energy Kites Ahead" might read the electronic transmissions to pilots... that is if some of the wind energy producers have their way. They're trying to put their "kites" at 30,000 feet or so to harness more wind energy.  What would that mean to you? Oh, just reducing your energy bills from 11 cents per kilowatt hour to 2 to 4 cents per kilowatt hour.  Did they just win your support?

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New Aircraft to Circle Globe on Nothing but Solar Energy


For the past four years, a team of engineers has been working on an aircraft that is powered only by solar energy. After countless hours of measuring, calculating and building, their aircraft was finally ready to be unveiled to the world.

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Locust Experiments May Lead To New Treatments For Strokes, Migraines, & Epilepsy


Scientists at Queen's University in Canada have discovered a link betwen locust comas and human strokes, migraines and epilepsy. This is not only an interesting scientific finding, but it may lead to new drugs to prevent or alleviate the occurances of brain disturbances in humans.

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MaYoMo - Mobile News Is Phoning It In!


Mobile News Social Network
Remember those great newspaper movies of the 1940s that portrayed zany journalists racing for the phones to call in their breaking news stories? Well, in a little less than 70 years, today's journalists are now bloggers and videographers who are able to not only submit a story via their mobile phones, but also capable of uploading a video to accompany their news articles.

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The Only 3D Web Camera Brings The Third Dimension To Your PC


Want reach out and touch someone during a video conference?  While technology hasn't quite invented a way to have tactile contact through a computer monitor, we may have the next best thing: 3D.

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Indoor Fireworks From Sega Toys Light Up Your Living Room


Indoor Fireworks Make Celebrations Sizzle, Rain Or Shine
Sega Toys introduces the Uchiage Hanabi, a modified planetarium with speakers that brings fireworks indoors to spark up any celebration, no matter what the weather.

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Researchers Discover Fountain Of Youth In Bats


I know the title seems like it's right out of one of those hokey ads from a vitamin company, but what I'm about to share are the results of a real scientific finding by a group of researchers in San Antonio, Texas -- reported in the July issue of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. (FASEB Journal).

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Weird & Wacky Fashion: Varicose Vein Tights


Most women wear medical tights in order to try and cure varicose veins, but for those who like the look, there are strange fashions to accommodate their vein jealousy.

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Vmoto SCARTT Combines Off Road Utility with On Road Comfort


Off road vehicles are great for taking a scenic ride through the woods, but many are not very well suited for the road. They are also expensive to build and maintain if you plan on traversing places very few have seen. Vmoto hopes to solve both of these issues with their new SCARTT 500 ATV.

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Yoostar: Act Like Your Favorite Star By Creating Your Own Home Hollywood Movie Productions


Coming to you in August 2009 is a new business that allows you to replace your favorite actors in some of Hollywood's top movies. Aspiring actors and actresses, you might never make it to the big screen, but with this up-and-coming company you can pretend.

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A Whole Movie Theater For Your Face


I'm a huge movie fan.  Unfortunately I don't get to the theater too often, usually relying on used DVDs to catch up on what I've missed.  And while this is fine by me, it lacks that certain "theatrical experience" that I so enjoy.  The Only 52-Inch Widescreen Personal Movie Theater is about to change that...

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Belt Clip Watch Offers 7 Useful Gadgets For Campers


Tools that offer multiple products in one small package are becoming increasingly popular. Take the Outdoorsman's 7 in 1 Belt Clip Watch, for example. This thing is like the Swiss Army Knife of belt clips...

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New Hospice Service For Pets: Pet Peace Of Mind


What happens to pets when their owners have terminal illnesses? Unfortunately, many of them end up in already overcrowded shelters. But Pet Peace Of Mind, a program developed by the Rev. Delana Taylor McNac for the Hospice of Green County Inc. in Tulsa, has a solution that's good for the patient and good for the pet.

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