Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
Lush much?
by Lindsay My last post might have also been about shoes, but when I came across this unique footwear, I couldn’t pass up the post. check them out here. If you actually drink so often that you need a flask built into the sole of your flip flops, I really think it’s important that you [...]
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Interactive Voice Robot
Last time I went home, my parents had three more remotes. I’ve got two higher ed degrees, and for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how to get everything functioning. With the increasingly complexity added by On-Demand, DVD + BluRay, surround sound, DVR, and internet TV viewing. A little technological update to the [...]
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Nerds Rejoice!
by Lindsay As I was browsing Amazon.com, I found a particularly cool little gadget I wish had existed seven years ago when I started college: the Handheld Scanner Pen. Now, I realize this makes me a huge dork, but I think this has got to be one of the greatest inventions ever. You just highlight [...]
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We are devout optimists (Vol. 2)
by Josh 2) In classical economics, there are three factors of production: land, labor, capital. These distinctions are carried through liberal and Marxist philosophies. Economic progress was thought to come only through more efficient exploitation of these factors …irrigation improves agricultural output, crushing organized labor improves productivity, increased investment in the means of production yields [...]
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by Josh Eventually every aspiring intellectual has to author a political treatise. Politics are a consumer product like any other; they allow you to brand yourself, as do movies, the contents of your iPod, favorite books, likes/dislikes, turn-ons/turn-offs. So, here, now, I distill all of my primitive understanding of political economy, (situational) ethics, the dynamics [...]
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The Next Cultural History?
by achitophel Facial cleansers, razors, and toothbrushes all vibrate. That they do, makes them cost two to five times more than their standstill counterparts. By all accounts, that they vibrate is presented as reason enough for the consumer to spend more cash on them. A tingle and a service at any price. From such humble [...]
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The Beginning of Non-lethal War
by Jesse 60 Minutes this week had a tremendous story this week on the future of war. The Pentagon has developed a non-lethal weapon that stops people dead in their tracks. Because the Pentagon loves Newspeak, the gizmo has been named the Active Denial System. It’s a gun that doesn’t look anything like a gun; [...]
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Tags: ADS, Pentagon, War, Weapons
Robot butler by Josh Class up your parties by automating your whole snacks and cocktails distribution channel. Cyberpunk your soirée. Why wait for the Japanese to build one? You have everything you need at your neighborhood Home Depot. Ingredients: irobot roomba (miraculous automaton housepet) schedule 80 1″ pvc pipe industrial grade epoxy 2 black rubber [...]
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Furniture and Light
by Josh The purpose of this post is primarily to bury the technoporn of the last three posts under something respectable and SFW. Ok, let’s get on with it.With today’s advanced optical technology, I can now outfit my apartment with the humming, polychromatic iridescence of the Enterprise’s warp core. I’m so excited about this, you [...]
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by Lindsay For all those guys out there looking for a fun way to get fired from work, along comes the Busty Mousepad – a sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen. Guys have been telling us for years how comfy and ergonomic the female bosom is, and here is a company making a profit off [...]
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by Lindsay Do you find it difficult to wake up in the morning? For those of us who habitually hit the snooze, the answer has arrived! It has arrived in a little pink, wheeled creature named Clocky. Clocky is a roaming alarm clock that gives you one chance to wake up on your own. If [...]
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by Jesse After a period of marcescence, sex has returned with a cha-cha. New York City has unveiled a new innovation in condom technology: kick-ass branding. Last year’s subway condoms were designed well (even though a few didn’t work), but the tv-ads for these sexy, new rubbers are slamming.
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Tags: Art, Sex, Sex as Art
Upload your memories with Mac
Apple’s new Time Capsule is a wireless harddrive that interfaces with Leopard’s Time Machine automatic backup system.
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