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Vacuum Cleaner as Grappling Hook? Sign Me Up!
It’s been a good while since we talked about vacuum cleaners here–and why not? They’re boring, right? No one cares about vacuum cleaners!–but there’s a good reason to change that perspective. His name is Hibiki Kono, and he’s the Japanese Spider-Man…thanks to his amazing vacuum grapples.
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Olympus E-330 Has Sufficient Zoom To Spot Cancer
This is patently incredible news, folks–apparently, doctors out at Rice University managed to take a commercially-available Olympus E-330 and soup it up sufficiently to give it enough zoom to see oral cancer cells, on the camera’s LCD monitor.
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Emergency Paper Roll
Hilarious as it may seem, you will agree that at one point in your life you would be begging for toilet paper availability at home or at public places. While before people really had no choice but to make do with what they had, here is a funny but effective [...]
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Polar & Nike Announce WearLink+ For Nike+
Polar has officially announced their WearLink+ heart rate monitor, which is compatible with Nike+ devices. But perhaps a little more important is that this also means Nike+ users will now be able to monitor and track their heart rate during a workout.
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Tanita Scale is not Your Average Weighing Machine
Will a machine that remembers your weight be popular? For some audiences, it already is. Tanita Corp has developed a body composition meter-integrated scale that remembers your weight. But that’s not all it does. It also helps users measure their internal body fat ratio and internal age using (an industry [...]
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Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Coming Out in UK Tomorrow
While they’re not sitting on pink with dreary sales leading to slashed profits, Nintendo have officially unveiled today the new DSi LL with availability starting from November 21, in Japan, and are all geared up to release the new Nintendo Wii Fit Plus, tomorrow.
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Wilkhahn ON Chair Moves When Your Body Does
How many hours do you spend in front of the computer? Does your back hurt? What about your joints and in particular your knees? There’s no point in denying it, the more time you spend at your desk whether at work or at home, the more likely to visit the [...]
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Bayer CONTOUR USB Blood Glucose Meter
After spending hours and hours writing about seemingly random and utterly useless USB-powered devices (you know what they are, so I won’t waste more space writing about them) it’s nice to see that a company has actually taken the time to come up with a USB gadget that might, just [...]
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Garmin Edge 500 GPS Device for Cyclists
The new Garmin Edge 500 has been crafted for the pros or the ones that are looking to break into the professional circuit. The GPS device helps you keep track of everything associated to cycling, be it measuring the distance you ride, tracking your speed, the time, your GPS location [...]
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Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Release Date/Pricing Confirmed
Nintendo have now confirmed that the successor to their top selling exercise/fitness Wii Fit game (which, incidentally, has sold over 15 million copies since its launch last year) have confirmed that the new version of its Wii Fit software title, known as Wii Fit Plus, is set to release across [...]
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