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I think interpreters cause more problems than they do help. You always get the feeling that for some words, they’re kind of making it up. You can hear that little sly “Uhh…” added in before these guessing moments. The AHKY (Arabic for “speak”) translation device plans to help military officials communicate with their captives allies, to assure them that they ...

What could be better than furniture made of weird shit? Couches made of odd items has been a recurring theme for us the last year, and I mean, who can blame us. This stuff is awesome. Check out this tennis ball bench, which isn’t quite a couch, but it’s close enough to fit in the “furniture made with weird shit” ...

To recycle a soda can, you usually just throw it away into one of those government mandated recycling bins. How about a creative way to use your empty cans? Look no further than Etsy. Available are these Dr. Pepper Earrings ($7) and the Mountain Dew Bracelet ($8), which can also double as a necklace for midgets. These would make a ...

Sure, this might be a cheap jab at Microsoft, but I think the sales numbers of these two “competing” media players, if you can actually call it competition, show all you need to know. Hide-a-Pod is really a much more ingenious idea than any other iPod anti-theft unit we’ve ever seen. Well, maybe other than the one where you hide ...

� From what seems to be in direct relation with the announcement by Taiwan with the same goal, the city of Seville, Spain is planning a complete overhaul of their traffic light system by transferring to LED-based bulbs, removing the less eco-friendly and worse performing halogen and incandescent lights currently in service. By the time Seville has all of their ...

The Orbit Bracelet is a neat piece of wearable gear designed by Neko Design. The bracelet gives an appearance of floating around your wrist throughout the day. The bracelet doesn’t slide around your arm all day either, like most others. The Orbit keeps its position thanks to silicone-based elastic webbing which holds on to your skin, without cutting off circulation ...

How cool would it be to own a piece of the long-awaited Transformers movie? Very cool, of course. Thanks to the wonders of eBay, the genuine ’77 Chevy Camaro which was used as a prop for Bumblebee is up for auction, with the price currently at $30,100 and 76 bids. This auction will probably come down to a bidding war ...

Ok, this baby wrap might not be an actual straight jacket, but it might as well be. That baby isn’t going anywhere. How’s the baby going to reach for its beer? These baby wraps are supposed to comfort the baby, making it feel more like it’s in the comfort of its mother’s womb, rather than the bowling alley you decided ...

Billions of people ride bicycles. Millions ride them daily. Yet, there has been relatively little change in its design for the 200 years it’s been commonly used. This design by Michaels Killian revamps the age old method of forward facing bike riding and creates the Sideways Bike. Other than the clear fact that it looks unique and extreme, riding the ...

Cool gadget aficionado’s Brando have given us such classics as the USB heated mouse and the USB Mini Fridge. Next up is the USB Can Cooler. This new design features a wrap around body, compared to the standalone plate the previous version used. The new design helps ensure your beverage is completely surrounded by your temperature of choice, either hot ...