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What’s more deadly? The ass of an elephant or cigarettes. I’ve never met an elephant so I couldn’t tell you. This ridiculous cigarette dispenser might be pretty awkward to whip out at your next attendance at a PETA meeting. If you bring this to your PETA meeting, you might want to wear running shoes too to escape the angry animal ...

Blah, blah. We’re sure you’re probably tired of hearing about the controversy surrounding GTA IV by now, but now is when the excitement about the actual game itself sets in. Some new details have been released concerning the gameplay of the newest addition to the Grand Theft Auto family. The most interesting fact you’ll probably hear is that you can ...

Car stereo systems often have difficulty retaining a clean bass sound in such a confined space. The Kenwood KSC-SW10 active subwoofers retain much of the bass that is virtually destroyed by most systems and it does it relatively cost effective. The sub packs in a 150W max power amplifier with a dual voice coil 180mm concave subwoofer and passive radiator. ...

Yeah, this is very much a rendering of a concept that hasn’t even been announced as “official” per se. But this Google Phone concept rendering is pretty cool looking, aside from all of the rendering evidence. That Google logo on the concept design is pretty ridiculous too. I’m pretty sure Google wouldn’t be that pompous to display its logo that ...

Robots have been so widely used in Afghanistan and Iraq that there have surely been thousands of lives saved by the mechanical wonder dogs. Boeing and iRobot have joined hands in tech harmony to create the SUVG Early, a next-gen reconnaissance robot capable of even more than previous models. The SUGV will be faster, lighter, and smarter than its older ...

Here’s a concept that will really make us see how time flies. The Chrono_shredder, designed by Susanna Hertrich is one of the coolest industrial designs we’ve seen in the, well, last few days, but it’s pretty damn cool. The Chrono_shredder shreds exactly one paged date every 24 hours, shredding at a constant rate all day and night. The Chrono_shredder was ...

He swore he was going to burn down Initech, and he did. What does Milton get for his simplistic honesty? Besides a shit load of Initech’s money, he gets an action figure immortalizing his stapler-toting image! These new Office Space action figures, from what is thought of as one of the most geeky movies of all time, are just too ...

Is it a teaser for a new song, Baby Got Mac, or a new movie, Babies In A MacBook? Nope, just a new MacBook display illusion. MacBook display optical illusions are by no reach of the imagination a new phenomenon, though this specific one is. The nameless baby looks as though he is stuck in a MacBook, reaching with all ...

Forget about Virtual Console. There is no longer any need. This mod lets you play your SNES cartridges right from the comfort of your own Wii. Nintendo mod master, Kotomi, known mostly for his DS mods, has shifted his eyes towards the Wii for this project. Originally intended to be an NES project, it evolved into a SNES expansion for ...

I remember when Smokey the Bear was all over TV, screaming at me and threataning to eat me if I started a forest fire. Of course, not using those exact words, but we all knew the truth. The Fire Extinguisher Lighter brings the best of fire fighting and fire starting together into one pleasant hybrid. The lighter doesn’t have any ...