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Down The Pike: Immune Response Triggers For HIV And Prostate Cancer

by Boomer Babe

Attempts to trick human immune systems into fighting HIV and prostate cancer cells have had little success, mainly because the these cells keep managing to elude recognition as "bad" cells. But a new study, conducted by researchers at Yale University, may change that direction in the not-too-distant future.

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It's A Mattress Made In Heaven When Simmons Gets In Bed With Panasonic

by Steve Levenstein

Mattress maker Simmons and electronics giant Panasonic are set to split the sheets, begetting what might just be the world's most expensive bed. Eleven thousand dollars gets you more than just a mattress, however... MUCH more.

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Zippered Booty Shorts: Time To Stop The Zippered Fashion Trend?

by Fashion Finds

Zippers were a hot trend this summer, and going into fall it's one that doesn't show signs of stopping. However, there's one zippered style (and most of us should be in agreement about this one) that really and truly should.

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Walkstation: Transforming American Workplaces From Sedentary To Active!

by Beth Hodgson

With exercise and employee well-being becoming a greater focus in many workplaces, a new company has released something that allows those who typically work at a computer to multi-task in a way that's for their own greater good, and that of the company that they work for. This concept isn't a business idea per say - but it's definitely worth mentioning because it might just set a new trend for workspaces of the future.

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Sanyo Eneloopy Battery Checker Nose When To Recharge

by Steve Levenstein

Meet 'Eneloopy', Sanyo's cute canine battery checker! Eneloopy's LED nose lights up in a range of colors corresponding to how much power is left in your batteries. Bow, er, wow!

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Sony Playstation PS3 Coffee Table Is A Winning Design

by Steve Levenstein

French designer Stephane Perruchon was very impressed by his new Sony Playstation PS3 and, especially, its ergonomic controllers. Following what must have been a a caffeine-fueled all-nighter, he decided to create this eye-catching PS3 coffee table.

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The Droid "Cash For Clunkers" Deal For iPhones

by Ron Callari

With the heightened buying frenzy surrounding the launch of Google's new smartphone, the Droid, it was no surprise that someone would piggyback off of the hype! While Google conducts its first-time TV advertising, Flipswap, a trade-in service aggressively jumped into the foray with a unique offer to swap cash for your old 'clunky' iPhones. ( Where was the Administration on this one?)

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Bufferin Plus S Cures Headaches Fast - For A Price

by Steve Levenstein

When you've got the mother of all headaches, you want relief and you want it NOW. Bufferin Plus S has been specially formulated to dissolve twice as fast as ordinary pills, thus delivering its four active ingredients to the bloodstream quicker than you can say "not tonight, honey".

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Air Filter and Houseplant Have Baby: Andrea Air Filter Is It A Great Holiday Gift Idea?

by Gloria Campos

Looking for an eco-friendly holiday gift? How about a gadget and a plant in one? How about the Andrea air filter?

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New Battery Technology Promises Recharge Time Similar to Filling Your Tank

by George Delozier

While many people who have looked into battery electric vehicles are turned away due to range limitations, others are more worried about the long recharge time. In some cases, these vehicles can take up to a full 8 hours to recharge, which is too long for some people to live with. However, a newly developed kind of battery may provide the answer to this problem.

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Club Bounce: Long Beach Night Club For The Big And The Beautiful

by Beth Hodgson

Club Bounce is a controversial Long Beach California night club that caters to a niche audience. Some feel it's discriminatory, others feel it actually eliminates discrimination; but everyone who visits has one thing in common, and it's not just their love of bumping and grinding with a vodka tonic in hand.

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Toasty Edible Fashion: Wearable Slippers Made From Bread

by Fashion Finds

It seems like these days just about anything you can eat has made its way into the world of fashion, and the latest innovation will keep your feet toasty in more ways than one.

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Laundry-Folding Robot Learns On The Job

by Steve Levenstein

Meet 'Foldy', a laundry-folding robot designed by a team at Japan's Keio University. The small, inexpensive robot doesn't just learn how to fold laundry, it remembers its lessons in time for the next load.

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Thrustmaster T-Freestyle NW Brings Wii Skateboarding Action for Less

by Chris Weiss

Save a little money this Christmas and get all the skating/snowboarding action from the Thrustmaster T-Freestyle NW.

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"Social Awareness" To Replace Social Networking

by Ron Callari

The Internet of Things is fast approaching and with it comes Web 3.0, where "social awareness" will replace "social networking." Soon tweets and status updates will become fully automated and generated by the world around us versus us ever having to touch a keyboard again.

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EOps i24R3: The Odd, Little One-Speaker Surround Sound System

by Chris Weiss

Reaching a point where convenience diminishes utility, the EOps i24R3 speaker is an interesting speaker design from Hong Kong that packs an entire surround sound sytem into one, portable package.

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Prescription Ice Cream To ReCharge Your Appetite After Chemotherapy

by Boomer Babe

A tasty, easy-to-digest food product that young and old adore, that would help limit the ravaging effects of chemotherapy on the stomach and intestines, is crying to be developed. But just what might that food be?

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Nintendo DSi LL Supersizes Your Screen, Picks Your Pocket

by Steve Levenstein

Nintendo just can't enough of a good thing and either can buyers of its popular DS-series portable gaming consoles. The answer, in the form of the big-screen DSi LL, arrives in Japan this November 21 but Americans will have to wait until 2010.

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Retweeting In The Wild - Project Retweet Launches

by Ron Callari

November 5: Twitter rolls out Project Retweet to a limited audience. According to their recent blog post, the Twitter echelon wants to see how it will "work in the wild," before offering it up to the Twitterverse.

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Eco-Friendly 'Breathing Chair' Puts Your Butt On The Block

by Steve Levenstein

When is a chair not a chair? When you're not sitting in it, it seems. That's the case with the Breathing Chair, an solid effort from Taiwan's Yu-Ying Wu who seems to have been inspired by a block of springy tofu.

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