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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 useful functions in building maintenance.
Found on Gearlog

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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 bucket of ice water. Looks pretty “cool”.
Read full article here: Geoff’s Homemade Air Conditioner

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 administer CPR right there in the water. How cool is that?!
Found on: Gizmowatch

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 of pretty much everything for you. More info here.
Found on: Hacked Gadgets

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 them here.
Found on: Neatorama

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

No more looking down at your keyboard to find the right key. You can’t because it’s blank! It’s supposed to force you to type by feel rather than by sight, and that (they claim) can make you type up to 100% faster. And for those who like the old IBM style “CLICK” keys, this one’s got em.

http://www.daskeyboard.com