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The Boil Buoy Lets You Know When The Heat Is On

Boil Buoy by Laurie Kay Olson
For busy people it is easy to get distracted while having something on the stove. To make sure you know when your water is boiling Quirky.com is bringing out the Boil Buoy. This dandy little gadget rings when your pot is boiling so that you won't miss your tea or burn your soup.

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The Foc.Us Gaming Headset Will Jolt Your Brain Awake

by Nicholas.Greene

Good news, everyone! If you want to be a better gamer, a solution might only be a few volts away. At least, that's what Michael Oxley and Martin Skinner - inventors of the Foc.us headset - think. They've developed a device designed to jolt your brain with electricity....

And up your game in the process. 


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Cool Inspiration From Previous Arctic Innovation Competition Winners!

Meet the previous Arctic Innovation Competition grand prize winners by Arnold Carreiro
If you’re planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition, it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to 2012 for extra inspiration:

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Develop An App For NETGEAR'S Million Dollar App Contest & Win Up To $1,000,000!

develop networking app for Netgear, win one million dollars! by Arnold Carreiro
If you’re a master of creating networking apps, you’ve got a great chance to score up to one million dollars in Las Vegas for your innovative development skills.

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Thanko's USB Neck Cooler Clamps Down On Summer Heat

Thanko's USB Neck Cooler Clamps Down On Summer Heat by Steve Levenstein
The bad news is, Thanko's new USB Neck Cooler makes you look like a sci-fi mecha robot's grabbed you by the throat. The good news is, you'll feel a lot less hot under the collar this summer if you're wearing one.

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$16,000 Up For Grabs Via The 2013 Mobile Dev Challenge For Best Mobile App!

Develop mobile app, win cash prizes! by Arnold Carreiro
Are you a stellar mobile app innovator who needs a good excuse to show off your work? Any sort of mobile app can be thrown into the running, as long as it’s excellent!

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Panther 3D Printer Brings Your Visions To Life

The Panther 3D Printer by Cornelius Fortune
Have you ever wanted to really bring an idea to life? The Panther 3D Printer gives you the tools to make this a reality.

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MIT Shows Off Robot Cheetah

by Katie Gatto
A look at a new cheetah robot that came from the Biomimetic Robotics Lab at MIT. The researchers, who showed off the robot at the  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation this year have managed to create the second fastest robot in the world. The bot tops speeds of about 14 MHP by using electric motors, instead of hydraulics.

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Gecko Robot Can Climb

by Katie Gatto
New work from researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology had prouced a light weight robot that is modeled after the high climbing gecko robot. The mostly plastic robot is set up with a low melting goo on its feet that allows the robot to climb vertical surfaces.

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Design A New Way To Deliver Insulin & Win $5,000 Via Ignite Contest!

Redesign insulin device, win $5,000 by Arnold Carreiro
Sure, I came across this one very close to its deadline, but if you have a brilliant new way for diabetics to consume the insulin they need, send it to the Ignite: Diabetes Challenge for a chance to win $5,000.

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