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As a long time guitar player, I will be the first to attest my annoyance for guitar tuning. Especially when you just put a fresh set of strings on the instrument. Gibson announces a new line of guitars that will use high-tech tuning features to allow the guitar to tune itself. The Powertune system took years to develop and starts ...

The jellyfish-like Medusa lamp is described as “a solar autonomous floating lamp for swimming pools.” If I had a pool and the product actually existed I’m sure it would look hot. Nice looking concept though. � Sean Fallon Link [via]

The next time you and your buddies decide to line camp for weeks on end in an attempt to score the latest hot product or event ticket, be prepared with the IZAT (Immediate Zip Aid Tarp) Wearable tent. Whether you are wearing it as clothing, using it as a shelter, or linking them together to form larger structures, the IZAT ...

Apparently a product named the “iPhone Extreme” has been spotted in the HTML code of one of Apple’s iPhone related pages. Naturally this has led to speculation on some sort of iPhone upgrade product. There is no concrete information to substantiate such a claim – but let’s hope that if Apple does have a new product up their sleeve, they ...

The new Death Knight hero class coming with the World Of Warcraft expansion Wrath Of The Lich King makes me kind of sad. Blizzard has let on a little more info about the new class in an interview, and the new info makes my level 70 Warrior feel very insignificant. The Death Knight will be a tanking type class, and ...

We all know that purchasing a $50 HDMI cable with audio adapter for your XBox 360 Premium is bullshit, but that doesn’t mean you have to stand there with your pants down while Microsoft goes to town on your ass. Thanks to this hack by Chad Ledford you can pick up a $10 HDMI cable and remove the plastic casing ...

While rumors have been floating around the net that Microsoft is expecting to make an announcement concerning a new Zune, we had yet to see any hard evidence, until now. These pictures are supposedly display models for the new, yet to be confirmed Zune 2. Sources say that the models are being prepared for a October 7th unveiling, which would ...

The “Guardian of The Feast” seen above is a dragon-shaped grill and smoker combination designed by Ed McBride. Not only is it a fantastic piece of artwork by a skilled sculptor, it also looks like a great place to cook up some pigs. Just be prepared to pay far out the ass for it. Sold for $65,000 (other units are ...

Most laptop batteries these days will give you between 3-6 hours of time before the power runs dry. The US AirForce Research Laboratory has been fooling around with betavoltaic power cells, which harness the power of nuclear decay to transmit power. As radioactive material decays it lets off beta particles that can then be transformed into electric power. And it ...

If you’ve never had the chance to serve time in one of our fine penitentiaries, you have never had the chance to count down the months until you were let out of prison. The Doing Time Clock has that etched in the wall look that jail birds are going for these days. It’s a great alternative if you don’t want ...