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A GPS is a GPS is a GPS. Most GPS devices are seemingly carbon copies of each previous one. Mio plans to change the 2D road schematics of in-car GPS platforms and add in a 3D twist, featuring topographic maps and 3D displays of landmarks. The new Mio C620 and C620T devices both offer a 4.3 inch display, based around ...

Don’t go tossing out your old iMacs just yet, especially if you have fish companions. Your old iMac can be adapted to a fantastic abode for your water-bound buddy. While you certainly won’t be able to house your pet shark, a gold fish or two would be living the high life in the legacy all-in-one Bastille. And if they don’t ...

Fortune cookies are probably the last place you would think to look for a serious fortune. The second least place to look for answers is a Magic 8-Ball. Combine the two together, and you get one odd question-answering baked good. Whenever you get stuck with a moment of indecisiveness, the Magic Fortune Cookie will be there to help you decide, ...

Soomi Park’s Digital Veil Project works on one of the major world wide epidemics…plastic surgery. Covering the face with an LCD device which displays black and white animations in conjunction with the human face, the screen takes the focus off of facial beauty, while incorporating dynamic animation. That is sure a mouth full, but doesn’t it look really cool…whatever it ...

Bare with us for a second. Let’s delve into the workings of antimatter. When antimatter is mixed with its opposing counterpart, most commonly referred to as matter (or as we call it, stuff), both explode in a gamma radiation-producing frenzy. Though if you can stabilize the two opposing factors, you acquire a material called positronium. This being said, it basically ...

Battlestar Galactica brings back fond memories of hours of weekends spent alone…watching Battlestar Galactica…yeah. But despite our lack of social endeavors, we geeks have now been installed with a massive love for pop culture trivia, and all of the goodies that come with it. The Cylon Centurion life sized models mix elements of both the original series and the remake, ...

There was a time where people who resided in boxes or old shipping containers were known as hobos or murder victims (and perhaps both). The Illy Push Button House is an entire living quarter built inside of an old cargo shipping container. Press a button and 90 seconds later your home is revealed, folded out from the container. Even more ...

I, for one, was never much a follower of NBA or NCAA basketball. I was far too busy painting figurines of mighty warriors. But you fans out there can go pretty nuts when it comes to showing team spirit. This Basketball Hat takes fanaticism to the extreme, cementing a 13 x 15.75 inch basketball on your skull. You can tell ...

What can’t be done now with USB ports (other than curing cancer and solving world hunger)? The USB Hand Warmer adds another addition to bodily warming USB devices, such as the Ass Warmer. The USB Hand Warmer takes about 25 minutes to heat up to a soothing 50 degrees. Being at the computer all day, I know my hands become ...

The Wii was Nintendo’s reinvention of the gaming console as we know it, but what’s next for the super gaming company? Microchip manufacturer Intel seems to believe that the next generation of consoles won’t even have hand controls. “You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you’re playing tennis,” says Intel chief technology officer, ...