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Some people still prefer carrying cash around. We have sort of phased paper money out of our lives, keeping a spare $20 around in case of emergencies. The one dangerous thing about only using a bank card is that you can lose track of your spending really quick. A futuristic design concept might change how we budget ourselves. Using RFID ...

When GameDaily contributor Carol Orsini decided to get hitched to a non-gamer, there was bound to be a few kinks along the chain. But one thing’s for sure. She was not going to have a non-gaming themed wedding. The multi-consoled cake features 4 different consoles, the Xbox, the Xbox 360, PS2, and topped with the limited edition gold Zelda Gamecube. ...

Some people have a difficult time learning how to type faster because of the awkwardness of the QWERTY set-up. The seemingly random key combination just doesn’t compute in some people’s head. The Fujitsu LiberTouch keyboard will have removable keys so that you can custom arrange your key layout. The semi-modular LiberTouch system allows you to pop off the keys and ...

While Atari might have been even a little before our time in gaming glory, we appreciate it as much as other geeks. The prototype for the Atari Flashback Portable, which is now a confirmed product rather than a conceptual piece, looks like one really functional handheld console. The handheld itself looks not much bigger than the game cartridges themselves, and ...

This is a screenshot taken from TVB, a Hong Kong TV station. While broadcasting a movie staged in China 150 years ago (the Qing Dynasty), a small translation malfunction occurred. TVB was trying to translate the name “Suoni” into English, and they ended up with “Sony is guilty”. Well, we can�t deny the fact that Sony has been hurting our ...

Smoking bans across the U.S. have taken hold, many places banning smoking in any private area, or even public areas. If you wanna cause a stir, but don’t actually want to be thrown out of the place you’re located, whip out one of these. Tankbook is actually a full length classic novel, miniaturized to fit inside of a vintage cigarette ...

This project from Imagitronics shows what can be done with a little bit of DIY ingenuity and a few pieces of government owned and hijacked traffic gear. Using a simple Mac app, this USB-controlled traffic light monitor is programmed to change color depending on the number of programs running, and more importantly, which programs were running. Based on the fact ...

Only so many men are manly enough to put in this much time into a baked good. The Optimus Prime Transformers cake was painstakingly detailed over a period of 26 hours, 4 for the planning, and 22 for the baking and icing. With a total cost of supplies equaling about $85, if you don’t include the mental anguish, the Optimus ...

Just wait until the boys over at Jackass get their hands on this. TASER has developed a new weapon to add to their arsenal of non-lethal defense. The new Extended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP) is made to launch through a 12-gauge shotgun, and is the first TASER device to be completely wireless. The XREP is a electrically-charged shell that can ...

You and your chicken shit sky diving just got a new competitor as most extreme of the extreme sports. By 2009, we might see Space Diving added to the X-Games line of competitive extremities. It is currently in the works for a huge 120,000 ft free fall from the outer limits of the Earth’s atmosphere. Eventually researchers hope to reach ...