Google fools us all with Gmail Paper

We swear we fell for it. OK, maybe not, but it’s good to know that one of the biggest companies worldwide has such a good sense of humor. This April Fools mock-up would actually be kind of cool if it were for real. The idea is for a free mail service where Gmail would be sent through the postal service. ...

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Solar Powered Gadget Bag at CeBIT

Sunload presented its solar energy charger bag at CeBIT 2007. Sunload’s flexible solar panels allow for solar technology to be integrated into fashion products, including these bags. The bag can charge your gadgets using a 8-cell Li-Ion battery, car charger, or through its two USB connection ports. Solar technology is becoming more integrated into everyday life. The Sunload charger bag ...

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Laugh of the Day: A 12-year-old’s sick obsession with vacuums

[ev type=”youtube” data=”ltQNlqo3vmQ”][/ev] The level of excitement 12-year-old Kyle Krichbaum gets from vacuums is simply disturbing. He’s had an obsession of them since he was born and now owns over 150 of them. There’s really no reason anybody should know so much about cleaning machines, which is why we bow down to him in humble envy of his fanatic gizmo-loving. ...

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The Lonely Jacket brings friends uncomfortably close

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 ...

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Solar Powered Nintendo DS Lite mod

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 ...

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Guitar Hero Effect Pedal confirmed through 360 instructions

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 ...

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GTA IV Trailer stirring trouble with NYC Politicians

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 ...

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I’ll have a number 4 on rye, hold the Mario

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 ...

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Cassette Wallet brings us back to the eighties

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, ...

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