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Marsh Mellow Festival Boutique: Novelty Festival Gear Will Have Other Burning Man Attendees Drooling


With the days of summer drawing to an unofficial close, there are summer music festivals taking place around the world to wish it adieu. Finding all of the things you need to survive roughing it in the sub-standard living conditions can be a challenge, but not with one UK business making everything easily accessible.

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Chic Food Inspired Jewelry Designs Support Food Crisis


Your child did it first, making jewelry from cereal like Cheerios and Fruit Loops. Now a designer has taken that trend from preschool to runway, but this time, it's not actually edible so you don't have to worry about your purchases going soggy like this morning's breakfast.

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Super Slim Video Player Fits Inside Magazines


CBS introduces the world's first "Video-In-Print" advertisement.  Is it an eye-catcher?

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Wall-E’s Girl-friend’s Cousin, Le Petit Prince, a Robotic Garden For Mars


Do you remember Wall-E's girlfriend Eve? Her mission was to find plant life. Once she did, it was her mission to protect the plant. Le Petit Prince, though still a concept, is also a robot that has a similar mission, except he already has a plant inside him and it's his mission to keep it alive.

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Weird Voice Messenger Makes Me Reach For Fly Swatter


It's tiny, looks like a bug, and talks to you.  What is EchoBot?  And why would I slap it with a fly swatter?

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5 Ways In Which Video Games Have Warped My Little Brain


Just look at that picture.  It gives me the willies.  Have you ever had a video game stick in your head to the point that it starts messing with everyday reality?

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As Seen on TV: Bendaroos!


Bendaroos are touted as a toy with endless possibilities.  They bend!  They stick!  But what do parents think of this As Seen on TV toy?

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I Scream, You Scream, Unilever Screams For an Eco-Friendly Ice Cream


Did you know something as simple as a pint of the sweetest, creamiest, most chocolaty Rocky Road ice cream can use a vast amount of energy to keep it frozen? Luckily, Unilever, in an effort to minimize their environmental impact, is working on creating an innovative take-home and freeze-yourself ice cream. Yeah!

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Belly Button Box Preserves The Tie That Binds


Belly Button Box Preserves The Tie That Binds
Preserve the joy and wonder of giving birth for eternity by preserving your child's umbilical cord in this special wooden keepsake box.

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Angry Green Girl: Sex Sells For The Environment


Sex sells and while it has been used to some extent in order to support the environment (think the PETA lettuce bikinis), there's yet to be a solely green business with the goal of using their good looks to do environmental good. Enter Angry Green Girl.

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Straw Voodoo Doll Kit: Nail The Boss At Home


Straw Voodoo Doll Kit: Nail The Boss At Home
Haitian voodoo not working for you? Try this traditional Japanese home voodoo doll kit, complete with hammer and nails.

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GM Rates Volt at 230 mpg: Outrageous Claim or Realistic Number?


Earlier this month, GM released information that the upcoming Chevy Volt would be able to see as high as 230 miles per gallon of fuel.  Ever more impressive is that the EPA is backing this claim…for now anyway.  But the real question is: How did we reach this number to begin with?

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Wear Nature Smack In The Face, Especially If You’re an Ugly Bastard


In the city tall buildings, busy streets, unpleasant sounds and unpleasant smells can make living or working in urban life unbearable. What if you could carry a piece of nature with you all day? Would wearing a living accessory make a difference?

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Optimal Vision Contact Lenses Enhance Vision By Filtering Light Like Sunglasses


Sunglasses are not always convenient for those who are heavy into sports, because they can easily result in damage, but now there are contact lenses that help filter the sunlight by imitating the way that animal's eyes filter light.

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Hennessey Performance Reveals 1000 Horsepower Venom GT…Denys Targeting Veyron


Hennessey Performance is known for making some of the fastest cars on the road.  Their most powerful vehicle to date is the Venom 1000TT Viper GTS, which takes the stock Viper V10 and boosts it until power reaches excess of 4 digits.  This was apparently not enough however as the Hennessey Team has released images of their new concept vehicle: The Venom GT.

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Pie Lab: Greensboro Business Serves Sweet Treats With A Dose Of Healing!


Not all businesses are about monetary profit, and there's a pop-up restaurant and café that serves some sweet treats in an attempt to alleviate tension amongst socioeconomic groups and different races by bringing them together.

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Fujifilm Introduces 3D Digital Camera - No Glasses Required!!!


I'm getting tired of plain ol' flat pictures.  I'm ready for a visual upgrade.  And it looks like Fujifilm has the answer.

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Kinkiest Recycling Program Ever Makes Sex-Happy Eco-Conscious Adults Happier


Dreamscapes has made recycling a little sexier, in a way that was long overdue. How? Dreamscapes is greening up the sex toy industry one toy at a time, not in a moldy or gangrene kind of way. Dreamscapes created a sex toy-recycling program.

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Have My Shift: Service Finds People To Cover Shifts At Hourly Jobs


In the world of hourly wage jobs, it's not as easy as calling in sick because you have the sniffles, or saying you can't come in because of a scheduling conflict once you've found out that your favorite band is playing. In the corporate world this might fly, but in the world of hourly wage jobs, if you don't show up, there's going to be some grumpy people who haven't been able to get their morning coffee fix. Have My Shift is a company that is making shift exchange more possible, by introducing modern methods.

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Sony Announces the PSP Go - But Is Smaller Better?


The PSP is going tiny. But is this a good thing for the dynamic portable entertainment device?

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