Innovation

First Refillable Mascara: Guerlain Noir G

by LeFleur

Beautiful long lashes in a mirrored compact case that is also refillable? Yes! The sexy and sleek Noir G de Guerlain Exceptional Complete Mascara is a work of art and also practical.

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Remote Control LED Color Changing Ice Bucket for Light Drinkers

by China.new

Add some extra fizz to any party with the LED Color Changing Ice Bucket with Remote Control. The bucket's cool-running 25,000-hour rated LED light ensures your bubbly won't boil while the remote control option is just as cool as it gets.

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Still Searching For Just The Right Pooper Scooper? Here's The Dog Dung Vacuum!

by Lady Bee

Everyone I know with a dog thinks they have the best idea for a pooper scooper. Well, here's a new one: the Dog Dung Vacuum... a pooper scooper with power!

New TAGG™ Keeps Track Of Your Pets When You Can't

by Lady Bee

I will probably always remember the last night of 2011. I tried to entice a lost dog to come to me so that I could read her tags and call her owner, but she was fearful and ran away. I called the animal rescue, but it was closed, of course, and all I could do was hope... I guess, just like the owner. But if the owner had outfitted the dog with one of the new Tagg™ digital trackers, he would have been alerted that she was not at home anymore...

Wendy's Japan Premium Menu: Fast Food for One Percenters

by Steve Levenstein

Where's the beef? Try looking under the foie gras and truffle butter, Jeeves. Wendy's has returned to Japan after a two-year hiatus but former customers might be hard pressed to recognize the burger chain, let alone pay for its high-priced gourmet offerings.

Chinese Online Retailers Furiously Flogging 'Three Wolf Moon' T-shirts

by China.new

Remember “Three Wolf Moon”, 2009's meme of the year and, as a result, Amazon.com store retailer The Mountain's biggest selling design EVAR? No? It seems China doesn't either, leaving the field of wolf-wear wide open for one enterprising online seller obliviously ensconced (along with their customers) behind China's Great Firewall.

Instant Perfect Inside Google Maps

by LeFleur

Tired-looking and lost? Sisley Instant Perfect skin enhancing product will help erase the look of exhaustion from running through the airport trying to find your gate, and with the introduction of Google Inside Maps you can get there with ease.

Achieving Social Media ROI For The Hospitality Industry

by Ron Callari

The buzz surrounding social media marketing hasn’t gone unnoticed by the hotel industry and hoteliers are seeking to make inroads by engaging with the leading social networks in new and innovative ways. Choice Hotels however has indicated that "hotels have been slow or very conservative in the adaptation of social media."

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Nubot Video Chat Doll Attends Meetings as Your Remote Avatar

by Steve Levenstein

Who says you can't be in two places at once? Introducing Nubot, a smartphone faced robotic avatar doll controlled by Skype and webcam that allows you to interact with others remotely.

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Secret Agent Style: Bluetooth Stereo Qi-wear Sunglasses

by LeFleur

As an avid cell phone user, I am on a never ending quest for a better headset. Obviously one of the biggest problems with Bluetooth headsets is that you look like a dork while wearing them and while we may be geeks, we don't want to look dorky! Finally there is a solution to this problem sure to appeal to your inner secret agent persona: the Qi-wear Stereo Bluetooth Eyewear with maximum protection for your vision, hearing and style!

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Avoid Co-Worker Cooties With The Vioguard™ Self-Sanitizing Computer Keyboard

by Must Love Gadgets

I doubt the word 'cooties' was in Vioguard's application to the FDA for approval of the very first Self-Sanitizing Keyboard (The UVKB50), but when you consider all of the types of germs that congregate on and between the keys of communal computer keyboards, you'll definitely want to avoid them like the cooties. Hopefully, your company is willing to wait on line to order the hygienic keyboard....

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Galaxy Nexus, Rezound or Droid RAZR? How do you choose?

by LeFleur

It is rare that we as geeks have one device to be excited about much less three simultaneously, but that is exactly what happened with Verizon's latest generation of Android phones: Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs the HTC Rezound vs the Motorola Droid RAZR.

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Give Your Dry Eyes Some Relief With Tear-Stimulating Goggles

by Boomer Babe

Eyes don't tear as much as we age. Add to that the dry weather, not enough sleep, a few too many cocktails, or dust and pollen allergies... and you've got dry eyes. Now, there's a pair of ophthalmologist-recommended goggles that stimulate natural tear production again....

Nokia's 801T Smartphone for China Touts Telescoping TV Antenna

Nokia's New 801T Smartphone for China Features Telescoping TV Antenna

by China.new

Nokia's new 801T smartphone may be Finnish by nature but it's been nurtured to succeed in China's unique telecom environment. Take the retro-looking, telescoping TV antenna, for instance: it'll bring in television signals without putting owners in debt to their service providers.

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McDonald's Japan Big America Burgers are Back “4” 2012!

by Steve Levenstein

If you loved McDonald's Japan's quartet of “Big America” burgers last year and the year before, well get out the napkins and the antacid because they're baaaack! This year's fast food final four kicks off with the Grand Canyon Burger, followed by three more hamburger homeland homages filling out the first quarter – not to mention your waistline.

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Deep Brain Stimulation Tested On Bipolar Subjects Unresponsive To Other Treatments

by T Goodman

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is in its early experimental stages; this study, for example, had only 17 subjects. But when you cut into a person's skull and implant electrodes on either side of the brain while people are awake, it's probably not that easy to attract willing subjects. Nevertheless...

Dignity: Now That's Something New For Patient Attire

by Myra Per-Lee

Whether you are instructed to put the strings in the front or the back of the faded, wrinkled, rag of a gown, if there's one thing you won't have once you've donned the thing, it's your dignity....

Car Seat Sensors Can ID Drivers by Their Bottoms

by Steve Levenstein

Someday we'll be "flying" our cars and computers by the seat of our pants, if a unique new sensor system developed by engineers at Japan's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology is adopted by car & chair makers. It seems each person leaves a unique impression when they sit down and the resulting digital pressure patterns can be used to identify drivers from the bottom up, so to speak.

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Faceless, Dial-less Wristwatch Leaps From Concept to Counter

by China.new

Chinavasion's “Japanese Style Inspired” LED wristwatches display time digitally without the need for a face, dial, or hands... and they're priced at under $10 per timepiece. The futuristic wristwatch's design apes that of an award-winning, one-off, 2008 concept watch from Japanese designer Hiranao Tsuboi while Chinese engineering shortcuts make it practical for mass consumption.

Will The U.S. Constitution Stay Afloat In 2012?

Will The U.S. Constitution Still Float In 2012?

by Ron Callari

Well if you've been following the partisan rhetoric emanating from the Belt Way, you might not think that the government of "We The People" is going to fare too well going into a contentious election year. However, if you're one of the 99 Percenter contingency, things might be looking a little "rosier" for you . . . and they do mean that literally.

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