Hold-Me Mug Gives Mug Snugglers The Opportunity To Get A Little Closer

by Kim Patterson

Attention all you mug snugglers! Designed with mug hugging in mind, Hold-Me Mug's organic design allows you to get super cozy with your warm beverage of choice.

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RC Japanese Style Toilet Runs Away When You Come Running

by Steve Levenstein

The Benki RC Japanese Style Toilet from Nigiwai-Showten takes the traditional Japanese squat toilet to a new, lower level by reducing its size and adding wheels. Why? Because Japan, that's why.

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Creating Construction Sustainability With Hempcrete

by Laurie Kay Olson

A lot of people are concerned with creating low a carbon footprint and ecological sustainability. Now you can build a home from more sustainable materials that also creates a reduced need for heating and cooling with something called hempcrete. Hemp has long been known to be a versatile and easily replenished resource for making everything from clothing and ropes to chips and buildings. Hemp has also long been vilified by the ban on marijuana.

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Google Shows Talking Shoe

by dendory

Google is showing off their latest experiment at SXSW, the Talking Shoe. It uses funny sentences to try and get you moving to keep you active and exercising. While this is not a real product, it is an example of what can be done with modern technology.

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Got A Pest Problem? Handy Bottles Of Rare Pee Can Be The Solution

by Bob J

If you've got a pest problem and you've tried all the usual sprays, bait traps, and sonic repellents and nothing's worked. If you're done with putting down poisons that harm the environment, now may be the time to dig deep into that arsenal of weapons and pull out the big guns. Now may be the time to instill the fear factor.

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How Grandma Got Her Groove Back - Fujitsu's GPS Cane

by John J. Staughton

Next time your aging loved ones want to get some fresh air or run some errands on their own, let them! Fujitsu's GPS Cane prototype provides older generations with easy-to-follow directions, health monitoring, and an important link to Next Generation technology. Oh yeah, it helps them walk too!

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Why Do Social Networks 'Acqhire' vs Acquire Only To Super-Size?

by Ron Callari

Commericial acquisitions and mergers were a 20th Century phenomenon that allowed companies to grow and prosper. In the first and second decades of the 21st Century, those types of business practices may be antiquated. "Acqhire," is a neologism recently added to our lexicon to indicate when a social networking company is acquiring a start-up company mainly for its talent versus its infrastructure.

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Guerra de La Paz Wears Their Art On Their Sleeves

by Art Outside The...

The clothes we wear tell part of a story about who we are. Cuban artist team Guerra de la Paz uses recylced clothes to express their political and artistic messages.

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MakerBot Announces 3D Scanner

by dendory

MakerBot announced the MakerBot Digitizer, the first mass market 3D scanner which can scan real life objects, turning them into digital models in order to be printed again. The company was showing off their prototypes at the SXSW conference.

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At China's Luxurious Panda Inn, All The Rooms Are Bear

by China.new

The newly-opened Panda Inn in Emeishan, China, offers guests the bear necessities of the panda variety. Elegantly appointed suites like the Space Room, Digital Room and Forest Room display panda-themed décor that's bemusing, bewitching and even bamboozling.

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Finally! Hot Dogs So Comfortable You Can Stick Them In Your Ears

by Bob J

Have you always wanted to put hot dogs in your ears but couldn't find a good reason to do it? Or any reason to do it? Look no further. The reason to put hot dogs in your ears has arrived and is here now. Right now!

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No Electricity And Need A Light? Then SOCCKET To Me!

A SOCCKET Ball With An LED Light Plugged In

by Laurie Kay Olson

A group of Harvard alumni said let there be light. After some serious work and designing, and a few fun games of soccer there was light. It is a fairly simple idea to bring electricity and light to areas of the world where such things are scarce. It comes in the form of a soccer ball called SOCCKET that captures kinetic energy during play. Just a quick half hour of play can power an LED light for up to three hours.

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Back To The Future: X Ray Glasses

by Michael Daisy

For those who have always wondered about how those X-Ray Specs from your youth worked, here's everything you probably never thought to ask.

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Solid Gold Replica Of Lionel Messi's Foot Priced at $5.25 Million

by Steve Levenstein

A solid gold, 25-kilogram (55 pound), anatomically correct replica of Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi's left foot has been put up for sale by the Leo Messi foundation but you'll have to act fast, as it's a limited time offer. Cast and crafted by Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka, a portion of the $5.25 million sale proceeds are earmarked to assist victims of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Facebook Announces Redesigned News Feed

by dendory

Facebook's new news feed will provide a brand new design that is unified between desktop and mobile, provide more options for users, and bring better content to the top. The company hopes that these changes will make the social network more relevant in the coming years.

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Design A Board Game for the National Young Game Inventors Contest!

by Arnold Carreiro

If you’re a budding inventor between the ages of five and twelve, with a desire to create the next “Clue” or “Monopoly,” we encourage you to throw your board game design into the ring for the National Young Game Inventors Contest!

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QUO Proposes PC Motherboard For Hackintoshers

by Rey M.L.

Want to run Mac OS X, but don't feel like shelling out over a thousand dollars for a real Mac? QUO's motherboard, for which it is seeking funding for on Kickstarter, aims to give you a cheaper route.

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Hotels Get 'Scroogled' & 'Facebucked' With Google & Facebook Search

Hotels Get 'Scroogled' & 'Facebucked' With Recent Google & Facebook Search Updates

by Ron Callari

Getting "Scroogled" was entered into our lexicon as the result of recent TV commercial campaign launched by Microsoft. To get "Facebucked" was a term associated with the graphic novel satire, "Facebucks & Dumb F*cks" published in 2010. Both are aptly associated with advertising strategies used by Google and Facebook as they apply to the hotel industry.

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Got Jet Lag? All You Need Is A "Light Shower"

by Laurie Kay Olson

Anyone who flies knows that one of the most difficult parts of air travel is jet lag. Jet lag is a physiological condition created by alterations to the body's circadian rhythym resulting from rapid long-distance travel. Sufferers experience sleep disturbances, cognitive issues, fatigue, headache, and irritability, even indigestion. It can take days to recover from jet lag. Now Delta Airlines has come up with a way to help passengers recover quickly.

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Bubble Wrap Case for iPhone 5 Puts Snap, Crackle & Pop In Your Pocket

by China.new

Old & busted: Rice Krispies going “snap crackle & pop” in your cereal bowl. New hotness: An iPhone 5 going “snap crackle & pop” in your pocket! Yes indeed, the Bubble Wrap Case for iPhone 5 provides owners with the inexplicable joy of popping bubble wrap anytime, anywhere, repeatedly since the case's “bubbles” never actually burst.

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