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Japanese Replica Taxi Meter Shames Free-Riding Freeloaders

by Steve Levenstein

Freeloading friends making you feel like a taken-advantage taxi driver? Spoiled teenage kids too lazy to take the bus? Don't be a crabby cabby, get even - and get a fake (but oh-so-real-looking) taxi meter!

The Top Ten Bizarre, Radical & Cool Nintendo Wii Case Mods

by Steve Levenstein

Nintendo's popular Wii home video game console just might be the biggest hit Japan has had since the Prius. The Wii has sold so well, it's only now that customers are being offered the Wii in black as opposed to bland old white. Not everyone has been patient, however, as these ten wild & wacky Wii mods illustrate.

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Business Helps Festival-Goers Power Their Electronic Devices With Eco-Friendly Gadget

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

Just in time for a summer of camping, festivals, and roughing it away from the luxuries of civilization, a new company Orange, offers a unique product to power electronic devices so you don't need to leave your cell phone at home; thank goodness!

Thumbs Up For Texting Champion!

by Ron Callari

"OMG BFF I have the fastest thumbs in the US!" could have been the rallying cry from Kate Moore, a 15 yr old from Des Moines who received $50,000 in prize money at a Texting Championship. Beating out 250,000 people for a spot in the finals, her digit dexterity crowned her the winner and bragging rights of being the fastest texter in the land.

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Oh, So That's What It Looks Like! Bizarre X-Ray Art

by Diana Eid

New York med student and artist Satre Stuelke started a project in 2007 called "Radiology Art" in which he takes x-ray scans of ordinary objects.

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Remote Control LED Light Bulb Offers 7 Shades of White

by Steve Levenstein

"Any color you like, as long as it's white!" No, it's not a bizarro version of Henry Ford, just Sharp's new LED light bulb. Using the included remote control one can dial through 7 different shades of white light - without any white heat.

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Will Laser Technology Bring Back Energy Efficient Incandescent Light Bulbs?

by Gloria Campos

There is a new project in the works from scientists at the University of Rochester with the ability to make incandescent light bulbs more energy efficient as well as brighter than ever before. All it takes is a few bright UofR scientists, a powerful laser and a few quadrillionths of a second.

Revisit Old Memories With The Digital Slide & Negative Converter

by Boomer Babe

No one looks at slides from a slide projector anymore. If photos aren't digitized and we can't see them on our computers, they might as well not exist. But the old pictures, the ones taken when we were young and our parents and grandparents were younger, when slides were the medium for our memories... How can we just toss them out?

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DIY Solar Charger Wins United States Of Efficiency Contest

by Myra Per-Lee

Jerome Kelty of Boulder County, CO was so concerned about how much carbon dioxide was being released into the air simply by the charging of iPhones® and iPod Touches®, that he decided to build his own solar charger for them and a range of other devices with USB ports. He won a new 'green' Mac computer, and you win his DIY instructions for the solar charger!

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For Seniors Who Missed The Boat: The GO Computer

by Boomer Babe

If you know a senior who thought they could get along fine without a computer 10 years ago, but who now wishes he had learned how to use one 10 years ago... It's not too late. In fact, the Designed for Seniors Go Computer is easier to use than computers designed 20 years ago!