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If you ever thought that being lonely was the worst possible feeling, think again. The Lonely Jacket makes sure that instead of being lonely, you have people literally right on top of you. We all walk through the day bumping into people and not uttering a word. We can use our clothing as a social tool, rather than the conformists ...

From the same people who brought you the Solar Powered Wii kiosk, here is the Solar Powered Nintendo DS Lite. The crazy modders over at Tom’s Hardware managed to mod the Soldius 1 solar-powered cellphone charger to connect directly to the battery cable of the DS. Check out the site for a video documenting the process, which was considerably difficult ...

Thanks to an early shipment of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360, there’s now hard evidence to confirm that Guitar Hero is adding the use of an effect pedal to the game. A diagram of the guitar controller in the 360 instructions shows a plotted port for an effect pedal. Before you get your gaming panties in a knot, take ...

The fallout was inevitable. What else could you respect from a game trailer that glorifies the slaughter of mass amounts of people and the theft of their vehicles in the streets of a New York City-esque Liberty City? Politicians are almost as hyped up about the GTA IV trailer as tech blogs were the last few days. We suppose the ...

Some mothers scold their children for playing with their food. Others encourage it. This mother bases her children’s lunch around game playing. This Japanese super-mom packs her children custom made lunches themed as popular animated characters. Most of these lunch creations focus on popular Nintendo games such as Super Mario, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart. While some of these meals ...

Remember these things? They are called “cassette tapes” and were widely used in the 80’s and early-90’s. What was the single most popular music format for over a decade, is now being used as novelty fashion products. Hand-made using real used cassette tapes, the Cassette Wallet screams memories of our old Warrant and Poison cassettes. Made by designer Marcella Foschi, ...

Plans to allow pornographic sites to use the suffix .xxx has been shut down. ICANN members, the company that looks over domain addresses, say that .xxx would put the company in a role to regulate content. �[A] large part of the community thinks that if we approve dot XXX, all that material that we said will magically move into dot ...

Many men love to show off their glistening muscles at the beach. Our shriveled up excuse for an arm has become lack and lame from its years and years of inactivity. Though, this doesn’t mean there aren’t ways we can use our arm muscles to impress. This mobile controller, designed and developed by Arto Halopainen, allows users to control mobile ...

Fast food is an American pastime. The old golden arches of McDonalds are one of the most well known logos worldwide. The media in recent years has created a hoopla about the amount of calories and fats in fast food meals. Though, there is no denying that regardless of bad press, fried food is part of our lives. Using another ...

Much like the lifting robot doesn’t use typical motors to provide its strength, the Amoeba Bot, made by Virgina Tech, is a robot that contains no legs or wheels. Based on the single-celled amoeba, the “Blob” bot uses nothing but its own skin to propel its body on its way. Shaped toroidally, pretty much like a long tube shaped donut ...