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Jealous of the way other people’s wrists glow and yours is just plain and pasty? You too can have shiny wrists. Perhaps shinier than anyone else’s wrist. The Sparklab Wearable Light kit is a wrist cuff with embedded LED’s. The Velcro strap acts as a switch, so that the lights are only illuminated when the bracelet is being worn. The ...

Taking place January 1 and 2 of 2008, MySpace will open up their ballots and hold a mock presidential election, available to all users. If it was any other social site, we would possibly consider taking it a bit more seriously, but with the spybot addled, junior high filled, leftist mentality of MySpace, there is no doubt on how the ...

The Pentagon’s own DARPA has put out a call to the public for a design concept for a shape-shifting “chemical” robot that would be able to liquify and squeeze into small areas. This robot would have static dimensions that could be changed on command, much like the robot unit from Terminator 2. The militairy already uses robots in a variety ...

This is kinda like the 9V LED Flashlight we told you about. This Battery Powered Arco Lamp kit allows you to make your own Arco styled light which can be connected right into a 9V battery. The kit includes all you need to customize yourself a snazzy looking 9V lamp. Arco is only one of the designs available to be ...

Pixel art is one of those things that will never be given the credit it deserves. We’ve seen some crazy pixel art in our time and we hope we see more. While The Dot Creator probably wont lead to you making a pixel-ized masterpiece, it’s a good starting point for the budding pixel artist within. The Dot Creator’s 21 x ...

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of their first release, Angelpoise has launched its Giant Desk Lamp. Besides scaring old people and smaller desk lamps, the Giant Angelpoise might be the largest commercial desk lamp ever available. We have no facts to back that up, but we think it’s a safe assumption. The Giant Lamp is three times the size ...

Why Apple hasn’t gotten with the program and jumped on to the flash memory train yet is beyond us. Why give themselves the extra trouble of a drive with moving parts? This hack shows you how to install flash memory into almost any iPod. Make sure you back up all your music BEFORE you start. Sadly, there are no directions ...

Being the renaissance men that we are, we hardly need to play a guitar-based game, seeing as we can play real classical guitar, while pleasing three women at the same time. For those who aren’t as multi-talented, Harmonix and EA announced in a conference call that the guitar controller for Xbox 360 from Guitar Hero will also work with the ...

Sanyo Japan was showcasing their new line of washing machines, AQUA this morning. The one that catches the most attention would be the ability of dry cleaning clothes at home. You heard that right, the wet-washing machine is able to dry-clean your clothes too, and they’re using Ozone. Sanyo was able to lower the temperature down to 50C, making leather ...

We half expect a big metal arm to eject out of this watch and suck us inside or something into its alternate universe. Independent Swiss brand, Hautlence, unveiled their newest design. The HL line carries such features as mechanically visible retrograde minutes and a jump hour display which has a blurred overlay until the correct number fills the screen. The ...