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Nobody wants to go out without some flair! And this guy will give you some sparks too! The Electric Bath Duck is the cute, not-so-cute bath toy for the envious of the dead. In other words, people who want to commit suicide and want the reaction to be “aww”. Just plug this little guy in and the laws of physics ...

The past is funny. And pretty informative if you take a look at some of the predictions history has layed out for the fabulous future. These postcards from 1900 depict what people barely out of the 19th century thought their descendants would experience in 2000. Any of these look familiar? Check out those year 2000 Victorian outfits. Above is the ...

Whenever we need C batteries, we never have them. We always seem to buy them, and than they magically disappear. Perhaps there’s an AA conspiracy? No more! The Battery Adaptor II allows you to use any AA battery to obtain some serious C battery power. We just have to make sure we don’t lose the adaptor like we do with ...

Microsoft’s very own Steve Ballmer spoke out about the rumored Zune Phone recently, slashing the hopes of any Microsoft fanboys, saying “It’s not a concept you’ll ever get from us. We’re in the Windows Mobile business. We can put Zune into Windows Mobile, we can put Xbox into Windows Mobile. We can pour everything in.” Ballmer then proceeded to run ...

And they will need all the support they can get! With a totally new interface being released to the mobile world, people are going to be in a tizzy about their iPhone. And if early word of the iPhone’s performance isn’t any indication, people are going to be up in arms about the low battery life unless they fix the ...

The IDE Cable belt is almost BEYOND geeky. It’s to the point where if someone notices your belt, they’ll probably think its either made of duct tape or some other cheap material. But “IDE cable” will probably be one of their last guesses, if one were to guess at all. If getting noticed isn’t important to you and you just ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”ksi4jm_Gkjk”][/ev] There used to be only two major ways to unlock a door. With a key or with a contact card, like used in hotels and high-security areas. You can now add the Wiimote to your list of entry methods. Using a combination of FreeBSD 6.2, an AVIOSYS IP motor, Sony RC-S320, the Wii remote, and some BT ...

The Victorinox SwissBeat 1GB MP3 Player is probably the only MP3 player you can kill a man with. Or cut a rope. Or skin a rabbit. Or any other cutting need a good boyscout might need in the wild. SwissBeat combines the popular Swiss Army Knife multi-tool with some technological spin of portable audio goodness. So now you can work ...

Just like Dick Clark said, “Music is the soundtrack to our lives.” The Musical Duet table joins furniture design and musical instrumentation in a xylophone for two. You and your loved one can play brain-melting xylophone solos until your hearts content. There are 5 different musical tables to choose from if a typical xylophone doesn’t tickle your fancy. The tables ...

The problem with traditional head-mounted display is that they’re usually too big, it’s either the battery that’s too heavy to carry, or the eye piece that prevents you from seeing what’s going on around. This is even more frustrating for those who wear specs, because you cannot put on both at the same time. A small Japanese company Arisawa seemed ...