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LED Lightbulbs Coming in 2-3 Years


Faiz Rahman, a nanoelectronics researcher at the University of Glasgow, predicts that LED light bulbs for the home will start appearing on store shelves in the next 2-3 years to compete with incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.

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PRADA Cellphone Answers the Call for Luxury


Luxury PRADA L852i Phone by LG Coming to Japan

Luxury accessories leader PRADA has announced that their sleek and stylish mobile handset ("cellphone", for us peons) will go on sale in Japan. Though it shares the restrained look of other PRADA phones sold worldwide, the Japanese version boasts extra features that take full advantage of the nation's next-generation mobile infrastructure.

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Exciting Emergency Exit Logo USB Hub from Evergreen


Exciting Emergency Exit Logo USB Hub from Evergreen

Evergreen's Emergency Exit Logo USB Hub offers 4 ports to satisfy all your USB connectivity needs - incoming, outgoing or on the run! Plus, it's green. Really green.

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High-Power Laser May Search for Earth-like Planets


A new laser that is 100 to 1000 times more powerful than typical high-speed lasers could help researchers look for Earth-like planets located billions of miles away.

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Vye Mini-v S41... Very Little Laptop with Very Big Features


Vye Mini-v S41 Laptop Computer With Super Multi DVD Drive

Want to make a MacBook Air owner jealous? Just plunk the new Vye Mini-v S41 laptop on your, er, laptop. Then open the Super Multi DVD Drive and listen for the audible gasp...

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A Sticky Problem Solved With "Clean Gum"


In the UK, where they take clean seriously, there are Gummy Bins randomly placed around city streets to encourage folks to recycle their chewing gum. That's one solution to a very sticky problem. But another solution has been in the works in the Kingdom, the invention of Clean Gum that doesn't stick to anything ... not even your hair!

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Wear Your Dearly Departed Pet as a Diamond Ring


Your Deceased Pet As A Diamond Ring or Pendant

It's the ultimate Pet Rock. A Japanese company specializing in crafting memorials to passed-on pets can transform your faithful furry friend into a true jewel of denial - a glittering diamond ring or pendant.

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Europe Honors Its Best: European Inventor of the Year Awards For 2008


The 2008 European Inventors of the Year were awarded yesterday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Even if you don't recognize the names of the inventors, you will certainly know their inventions and the contributions those inventions have made to the world during the last 10 to 15 years.

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Driving for Pregnant Women Becomes Safer


Becoming a first time mother is full of new experiences and worries, starting from the moment you discover you’ve conceived. Everyday activities such as driving can become worrisome, especially when you find that everything from your favorite jeans to your seatbelt no longer fit the way they used to!

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Brilliant Invention! Vanguard System For Better Breast Cancer Detection


This new MRI table and accompanying breast detection software not only take better pictures, but they allow immediate medical intervention, if needed. That's why the Vanguard System inventor, Cameron Piron, President of Sentinelle Medical Inc. just received a Best Innovator 2008 Award from the Ontario Premier.

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Hello Kitty Laptop, the Cuter Computer


Hello Kitty Laptop, the Cuter Computer

With the new 'Hello Kitty EPSON wide note' laptop computer, Sanrio's queen of cute continues her relentless conquest of the computing world. The feature-packed model offers two color schemes to appeal to Hello Kitty fans of all ages.

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MimicCreme™ Scores Best Of Show At Expo West 2008


MimicCreme™, the all vegetarian real cream substitute by Green Rabbit, LLC, was anointed Best of Show today by VegNews, a vegetarian lifestyle magazine. The 2008 Expo West, one of the largest natural product trade shows, was held in March this year, in Anaheim, CA.

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Got Allergies? Stick a Filter Up Your Nose


Prevent allergens from triggering your allergies by...sticking a filter up your nose?

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Clean, Green, and Mean! Lotus® Your Tap Water!


Time Magazine picked the Lotus® as one of the Best Inventions of 2006, and the inventor, Steve Hengsperger, just won the Ontario Premier's Innovator Of the Year Award, 2008, for his two Lotus inventions. What is a Lotus and why is it used as a verb?

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Scientists Create Apple That Doesn’t Brown


Sometimes you may just want a few bites of an apple, but you feel compelled to stuff down the whole thing since otherwise you'd just have to throw it away.

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Feeling Down? Pop Right In For An Intravenous Pick-Me-Up!


Japanese Clinic Offers Drop-In IV Drip Therapy

The Tenteki10 drop-in clinic invites stressed-out Tokyo denizens to pop by for a 10-minute pick-me-up... delivered through an intravenous drip!

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Aging Skin? A New Stem Cell Rejuvenation Cream In The Pipeline


Some say that the first 1000 year-old person is already alive! If I am that person, I sure don't want to have 1,000 year old skin! Heck, I don't even want 50 year-old skin! Maybe a new stem cell cream will keep my skin as young as my uh... body.

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Coffee Clash - Look Out Starbucks, Here Comes McCafé!


With McCafé, McDonalds Goes Upmarket to Take On Starbucks

If your impression of McDonalds is wall-to-wall plastic, "fries with that?" and a garish clown named Ronald, then you've never enjoyed coffee at a McCafé. Which is precisely what McDonalds has in mind. Be afraid, Starbucks, be VERY afraid!

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Smarten Up With BabySmarts


New moms will receive a lot of advice before baby arrives, but now they can make a game of it with the high-selling BabySmarts game.

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11 Eco-Innovative Gifts For Mom


This year, you could go for the organic bouquet, eco-chocolate, organic clothing, recycled jewelry, tree donation, organic fruit delivery to a green spa gift ideas, if you would like. There is absolutely nothing wrong with these gifts. They are wonderful for the environment and for your mother, but the greener we become the more options we have and you should know about those options. So, if this year you want something a little more unique for your mom take a look at the gifts below.

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