Archive for the 'Inventions' Category
March 13th, 2008
Over at Knicker Picker you can choose from all different kinds of lingerie, and see a live model prance around in it, it’s the closest thing to Choose-Your-Own-Adventure porn ever invented.
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January 30th, 2008
Yesterdays Science Fiction…
Becomes todays Science Fact…
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January 17th, 2008
LOL… Ok this just makes me laugh.
God Bless America
(This is part 1 of an 8 part series, the other parts are on You Tube, your you can see the entire thing here)
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November 9th, 2007
Home Cage Special Travel Cage
If you are a new parent and have trouble finding the right product for your little precious, there’s a company out there that may have just the sort of items you’re looking for.
Check out babycage.net!
They have it all, everything from personal cages for babies of all ages, […]
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July 15th, 2007
This train can reach top speeds of 310 Miles per hour (hits 267 in the video)
And no, it’s not French, or German, or Japanese.
It’s a Chinese magnetically levitated train.
And in the USA? What do we have?
An underfunded rail system using 1970’s technology and 60 mph trains. We should be embarassed.
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July 10th, 2007
From YahooNews:
Lawn chair pilot flies with 105 balloons
BEND, Ore. - Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
Destination: Idaho.
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about […]
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June 7th, 2007
From The BBC:
Bear robot rescues wounded troops
The US military is developing a robot with a teddy bear-style head to help carry injured soldiers away from the battlefield.
The Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR) can scoop up even the heaviest of casualties and transport them over long distances over rough terrain
It is expected to be ready for […]
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April 29th, 2007
From MSNBC.COM:
Mind-reading toys could revolutionize play
Technology could make games more mentally stimulating and realistic
SAN JOSE - A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber.
But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It’s a prototype, years in the making, of a […]
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April 16th, 2007
Another great possibility for Burning Man.
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April 9th, 2007
Over on The Simple Dollar there is a great article titled “Ten Financial Reasons to turn of your TV“.
I hate TV.
TV is probably the single biggest Evil in America today.
TV is either responsible for, or has had a huge hand in the following….
Obesity
Consumerism and Consumer Guilt
Lack of Community
Escapism and Procrastination
The decline of culture, (TV IS the […]
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March 16th, 2007
Click Here for more great videos and pictures!
Very impressive, it makes my domino based Rube Goldberg devices from when I was a kid look pretty tame in comparison.
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January 24th, 2007
From CNN.COM:
Ray gun makes targets feel as if they are on fire
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia (AP) — The military’s new weapon is a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they will catch fire.
The technology is supposed to be harmless — a non-lethal way to get enemies to drop […]
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December 21st, 2006
Have you ever thought what it might be like to get splinters from your mouse?
Maybe you like the smell of freshly cut pine coming from your keyboard?
Ever thought how cool it might be if you could carve your sweethearts name into your CD rom drive?
If all that appeals to you, now you’re in luck! Wood […]
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December 7th, 2006
From Metro.Co.UK:
Build a Dalek to scare drinkers
A Doctor Who fan has made a Dalek he can sit inside, complete with voicebox, to scare away rowdy students from his street.
It rasps: ‘I don’t like students. You will be exter- min-ated!’ at passers-by.
Andrew Simpson, 22, who took eight months to make the Doctor Who creature at a […]
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