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Here’s a fun little toy for your desk… er… kids. This toy chopper has solar panels built into the rotor, which spins when left in the sun. Available in a few different colors, you can pick it up here.
Found on: OhGizmo!

This cool wall climbing robot is called the “City Climber rover”. It climbs walls, holds on by suctioning itself to a wall, and can carry up to 4 times it’s own weight. It can move along the wall, as well as moving from wall to ceiling. It is intended to have many [...]

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The last few days have been VERY hot in our little corner of the world, and we have been debating on whether or not to purchase an air conditioner. Then we found this article. This resourceful individual has created his own AC unit for under $25, using a fan, some copper tubing, and a [...]

In many cases when a person is drowning, by the time a life-guard can get them to the surface and/or to land, it is too late to try and administer CPR. This may soon change, with the production of the O’C’N Rescue Can. With the help of this tool, a life-guard can now [...]

Automatic lawn mowers have been out for a while now, although I’ve never heard of anyone who owned one. No idea how well they work in the real world, so if you know of someone who has used one, let me know how it was.
This robotic mower, is dubbed “RoboMower” and apparently takes care [...]

The SkyKitten is a demonstration model of a helium filled, hybrid air vehicle capable of takeoff and landing in a variety of terrains. Produced by World SkyCat, these vehicles are capable of Vertical Takeoff and Landing and would be able to carry payloads ranging between 20 and 1000 tons. Read more about [...]

Picture above was taken as a comparison of McDonald’s fries and “local diner” fries, after five days of being left out in the open to spoil. Isn’t it amazing what modern preservatives can do? I wonder what that does to our bodies…?
Found at: Cynical-C Blog

Every key is a small colour LCD screen which can be customized for different applications. It even has blank keys that can be cutomized for individual applicaitons (shown above).
Found on: http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus

Christopher_G_Lewis writes “Today Microsoft announced that it is ‘not feasible to make the extensive changes necessary to Windows Explorer on Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME) to eliminate the vulnerability’ to fix Security Bulletin MS06-15. Granted, the vulnerability is easily prevented by basic firewalling, but this [...]