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Hammacher Schlemmer Bionic Bopper Car – Float like a lawnmower sting like a…

Hammacher Schlemmer has released the Bionic Bopper. The Bopper allows each driver to battle it out to deliver the round winning, chin-lifting uppercut. The driver sits inside the Bopper’s protective steel cage cockpit and use two independent joysticks to maneuver while the thumb triggers activate two pneumatic powered , tire-treaded-fisted arms. Powered by a Honda gas […]

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Bookmarker that points the way

If you still read dead tree books and need a way to mark your page that’s a little more fun than traditional bookmarkers, you might like the FingerPrint Bookmark Band. It’s a silicone rubber band with a molded finger that will point to a specific sentence. They are available in assorted colors. The only problem

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Fluance FiSDK500 Music System for iPod/iPhone Product Review

By Brett Cooper / November 12, 2011 / Reviews / iOS / Leave a Comment

You may already have an iPod/iPhone speaker system for your home or office and enjoy the sound quality. You learned a good deal researching your last purchase and now realize that you want another audio system for your bedroom, office, or other music missing location. You want a higher end audio system that won’t break

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Learn a Foreign Language on Your iPad – with Help from Your Friends

By Janet Cloninger / November 12, 2011 / News / Apps, iOS / 3 Comments

Learning a foreign language on your own can be difficult because it’s almost impossible to tell if you’re pronouncing words correctly. The Hello-Hello World iPad app offers language courses for 11 different languages, and it has a social aspect that can help you learn better and faster. You can connect with friends who speak the

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Zero Motorcycles – New range of electric motorcycles

By Ian Lim / November 11, 2011 / News / Electric Bike, Motorcycle / 8 Comments

Zero Motorcycles out of California has just released its 2012 lineup of electric motorcycles which include new power trains, models capable of exceeding 100 miles range, a new powerpack designed to last the life of the bike, and top speeds of up to 88mph. This will be the first time that a mass produced electric motorcycle

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Griffin Beacon Universal Remote Control System for iOS Devices Review

By Janet Cloninger / November 11, 2011 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, iOS, Universal remote control / 7 Comments

I recently reviewed my shopping experience at outfitYOURS.com, and I received a Beacon Universal Remote Control System for iOS Devices by Griffin from them. I have spent some time getting the Beacon set up, and let’s just say that experience wasn’t as easy as my shopping experience was. I finally have the Beacon set up

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Collaboration Yields Timbuk2 Mission Cycling Wallet

By Andy Jacobs / November 11, 2011 / News / Wallets / Leave a Comment

Brewed as a collaboration between two San Fran neighbors—Timbuk2, a company founded to produce sturdy, stylin’ bike messenger bags and accessories, and Mission Cycling, a “neighborhood-based cycling club that aims to bring people together through the shared experience of cycling”—comes the Mission Cycling Wallet. It’s been designed to do double-duty. On one side, it features

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ZAGG Introduces ZAGGkeys FLEX Universal Keyboard Accessory for Smartphones and Tablets

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 10, 2011 / News / Android, Bluetooth, iOS, iPad, Keyboard / 6 Comments

There seems to be a gazillion Bluetooth keyboards available for the iPad and other tablets, but most of them are designed specifically for one device and are often built into a case that can only accommodate that device. The ZAGGkeys FLEX keyboard from ZAGG looks like an interesting alternative because it’s device agnostic. It can be used with Apple

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Mix Up Your Potent Potables in the Chemistry Cocktail Set

By Janet Cloninger / November 10, 2011 / Reviews / Beverage, Home and Kitchen / Leave a Comment

The holiday season is upon us, and that means parties with families and friends. Why not use the Chemistry Cocktail Set from ThinkGeek to show everyone that your heart belongs to the lab. You’ll get an Erlenmeyer flask with glass stirring rod, a reaction vessel shaker, four test-tube shot glasses, and a metal rack to

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Muse Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker Review

By Mark Adkins / November 10, 2011 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, iOS, Portable speakers / 3 Comments

I for one vastly prefer listening to speakers than headphones and I am always on the search for both the perfect personal portable speaker for general use, and amplified travel speakers to use in class. It would be great to get both in one package! The Muse Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker is certainly small at

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Makoto Hirahara Bright Blind

By Ian Lim / November 10, 2011 / News / Home and Kitchen, Home lighting / Leave a Comment

Have one of those rooms that just doesn’t get enough natural sunlight ? Have a room where there’s no windows ? Got a case of the Winter blues ? Made of electroluminescent ( EL ) sheets, Makoto Hirahara’s Bright Blind simulates a window where none exists. Turn the stick and control the brightness. Measuring in

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PenGo Creative BrushPen for Capacitive Screens

By Janet Cloninger / November 10, 2011 / News / Styluses, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 2 Comments

PenGo Creative has developed a stylus pen with interchangeable tips to give you the greatest control over your creativity. The BrushPen comes with a 6mm rubber tip (the smallest tip on the market), an 8mm rubber tip, and a brush tip with actual bristles. With the brush, you’ll feel like you’re actually painting on your

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Keep your Wine Perfectly Chilled with the Corkcicle

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 9, 2011 / News / Beverage, Home and Kitchen / 4 Comments

This is for all the winos wine aficionados in the audience… The Corkcicle is an ingenious product that will keep your open wine at just the right temperature. It is less messy than a bucket of ice and can be reused over and over. It’s basically a fake icicle that you freeze in your freezer

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Thousands of Apps and Games Coming To Kindle Fire Next Week

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 9, 2011 / News / Amazon, Android, Tablet / 11 Comments

The wait for Amazon’s Kindle Fire is almost over. Just one week to go and then we’ll see if this small tablet can give Apple’s iPad a run for its money. In case you weren’t aware, the Fire isn’t just a color Kindle eReader. You’ll be able to do a lot more with this 199 dollar 7 inch

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Targus Versavu Keyboard and Case for iPad 2 Review

By Janet Cloninger / November 9, 2011 / Reviews / Bluetooth keyboard, iOS, iPad keyboard case / 1 Comment

I love my iPad 2 and I use it for everything – surfing, reading, email, apps, you name it. The one thing I don’t like to do with the iPad 2 is enter large amounts of text. I’m a true touch-typist, and the virtual keyboard turns me into a slow, inaccurate, two-finger typist. I have

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Keep your Espresso Secrets Safe with the Fingerprint Recognition Philips Saeco Xelsis Digital ID Espresso Machine

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 9, 2011 / News / Beverage, Coffee, Home and Kitchen / 1 Comment

The Philips Saeco Xelsis Digital ID is a stainless steel high end automatic espresso/coffee machine that can brew espressos, American coffees, cappuccinos and more. Instead of pressing buttons to create your favorite drink, which would obviously take entirely too much effort, you can scan your fingerprint and it will recall your user profile. Up to 6 users can save

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Sony HomeShare Portable Speaker

By Janet Cloninger / November 9, 2011 / News / Airplay, Audio, Video, TV, Speaker / Leave a Comment

Sony SA NS500 HomeShare Portable Speaker

The item in the photo may look like a plastic salt shaker, but it’s a wireless speaker. The HomeShare Portable Speaker from Sony can play music from your iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone through Apple’s Airplay, or it can wirelessly stream music from computers, Sony Blu-ray integrated systems, or from the Sony tablet. This little 9

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Microsoft Office 2010: Tips and Tricks – Limited Time Offer Get this $7 Value eBook Free! Expires 11/16/2011

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 9, 2011 / News / eBook reader / Leave a Comment

Microsoft Office 2010: Tips and Tricks [affiliate link] is an eBook that offers more than 50 tips and tricks focused on making sure that you get the most out of Office 2010, which is one of the most popular and user friendly office suites in the market. With Office 2010, Microsoft made it bigger by integrating

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STM Adds Velo Laptop Messenger Bag To Lineup

By Andy Jacobs / November 9, 2011 / News / Bags, Gear, Laptop bag, Messenger bag / 5 Comments

New from STM is their Velo laptop messenger bag. Packed with lots of organizational features, yet spacious enough to just toss stuff in. The Velo could be a solid daily commute bag for your laptop, tablet, accessories, jacket, shoes, hat, raincoat, keys, journal, pens, water bottle, lunch, manicure set… OK, maybe it won’t hold ALL

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Look up in the sky – It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s an Asteroid

By Brett Cooper / November 9, 2011 / News / Astronomy / Leave a Comment

Yesterday, a large asteroid passed the Earth within the moon’s orbit. Asteroid 2005 YU55, roughly the size of a large jumbo jet, safely passed the Earth on its journey through space. The last time an asteroid of this sized passed the Earth was in 1976. According to NASA, the asteroid passed at some 201,700 miles

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