May 2009

  • Home Security Made Easy: The Indoor Barking Dog Deterrent

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/30/09 2:47pm
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    If you don’t have the time or the money to own a guard dog, there are some other alternatives that you can take to secure your home when you are out of town. Consider this barking dog alarm system for your home, where you don’t have to worry about anybody ever breaking in again. It barks like an angry guard dog, and senses motion from up to 25 feet away, through doors, walls and glass. As the intruder gets closer, the device barks louder and more frequently.

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  • The Roku Digital Video Player: Instantly Streams Netflix Movies to Your TV

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/28/09 8:21pm
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    The world of movie rentals is getting better every day. If you have a Netflix account you can now rent movies in the mail, but wait, there is more. This Roku Digital Video Player that we found will connect to your wireless network and automatically stream Netflix movies on-demand (there are more than 12,000 of them) right to your TV. You do need a Netflix account however, and there is no monthly fee associated with your Roku Digital Video Player. Here is the scoop.

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  • Big Dog

    By lisala on 5/28/09 5:17pm
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    Remember the AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back? If you're not sure, here's a clip:

    For those of us who aren't Lego geeks, or Star Wars obsessed, or who weren't even literate when the film was released, AT-AT stands for All Terrain Armored Transport. At the time, they blew people away, not just in terms of the effects (which really were mind-blowingly stunning way back when) but because of the concept of a reticulated, all terrain robot.

    So you can maybe understand why this video from Boston Dynamics of Big Dog, their cargo-carrying all terrain robot sorta blew my mind.

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  • Awesome Summer Gadget: The 14 M.P.H. Cooler

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/27/09 2:27pm
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    Finally, a full motorized scooter that has a fully insulated cooler attached…and you can ride on it. Seriously, this awesome and hot summer gadget allows you to carry up to 24 12-oz. beverage cans and 8 lbs. of ice in its onboard cooler. Easy throttle and brake controls are located on the handlebars, and the gadget handles just like a golf cart. Nifty pneumatic tires make traveling over different grades easy as pie. Gadget can drive up to 15 miles on one single battery charge. The perfect and mobile summer cooler for you!

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  • USB Cell Battery

    By becksta on 5/26/09 11:10am
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    USB Cell BatteryUSB Cell BatteryI think inventions are getting increasingly clever, and perhaps with Obama's "Green Initiative" more environmentally-friendly as well. This latest invention can serve as an example of both: a re-chargeable battery with a catch.....this one re-charges with your computer's USB, which means a few things.

    First of all, you save money over the course of the battery's life-it lasts for roughly 500 charges and the AA battery pack costs about $18 per pack. (Although AA batteries are currently the only ones available in from Moxia Energy, the company has plans to expand into other popular battery sizes as well.)

    Secondly, these batteries are definitely a "life-saver" for the environement as approximately three billion "single-use batteries" are discarded every year.

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  • Samsung Blackjack 2: Essential PDA Cellular Device for All

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/25/09 7:35pm
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    The many advancements that have been made in cellular phones and PDA devices have enabled companies to create their most intuitive and useful PDAs ever. At the forefront of this trend are nifty phone gadgets like the Samsung Blackjack 2. This Windows equipped PDA device is basically a small laptop in a cellular phone. It provides a plethora of useful features that easily dwarf the competition.

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  • The Cassette to MP3 Converter (Awesome Audio Gadget)

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/22/09 10:59pm
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    Remember tape cassettes? Those bulky plastic things that offered shoddy audio quality and that quite often would get eaten and ruined by the tape players that allowed you to enjoy the music contained within them? While these magnetic and obsolete cassette tapes may be a thing of music’s sordid past, many people still have hundreds of them lying around their homes. What if there was a way to convert these older tapes into modernized MP3 and other digital formats? Wouldn’t that just be wonderful?

    Now you can do exactly this with the Cassette to MP3 Converter. This dual cassette device allows you to easily convert your old cassette tapes to the modern digital MP3 file format for audio media. You simply place a tape in the cassette drawer, plug the gadget into your PC and let it run. It will even allow you break the songs into single tracks, just like a modern CD. Then simply burn your songs to a CD from your computer or download them to your portable MP3 player. It’s that easy!

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  • The VHS to DVD Converter (Essential for Converting Old Movies)

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/22/09 10:40pm
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    Calling all of you old school folks out there who have a massive collection of VHS movies and see no reasons to ever pay to buy those same movies again on a DVD, what you need is the VHS to DVD Converter. This answer to your money-saving and movie preserving prayers allows you to easily transfer VHS tapes to DVDs by simply inserting them into the device and pressing one button. This gadget can also copy DV and Digital 8 camcorder files. It allows for HDMI inputs with 1080p formatting, and you can even plug camcorders in directly to the unit for easy file transferring. Unit also plays MP3s and JPEGs, so you can even copy photos and videos to DVDs. So before you throw out your old VHS tape collection, simply convert it to DVDs with this awesome unit.

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  • Female Orgasms and 5 Gadgets that Get You There (Bizarre)

    By becksta on 5/21/09 6:17pm
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    Remote Control VibratorRemote Control Vibrator

    Check out the remote control on this baby! This vibrator can be operated from 20 feet away, presumably by a ready, willing, and able partner, but maybe by you if you are like Gumby and have arms that go forever. I don't know, however, if it can be used between rooms or not.

     

     

    I BuzzI BuzzThis handy little gizmo to my left is quite possibly the greatest IPod adaptation EVER. If you want your orgasms to rock, and i do mean rock, try hooking this up to your I-Pod and it  will move in tune to your music. Seriously, with something like this in your house, do you really need a man around?

     

     

     

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  • Now I can Smoke in Court

    By becksta on 5/18/09 5:48pm
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    Just like the marijuana "vaporizers", there are now battery-operated "cigarettes".  Once the "smoker" inhales, it activates a heating unit and the nicotine is vaporized. So far, it is still legal in the United States, but there have been calls by some for the FDA to ban it.  It seems like regulators are always on the look-out for something new to regulate, if for no other reason than to justify their very existence.

    Besides marketing them as a way for people to quit smoking, e-cigarettes can be viewed as a way for people to get around smoking bans. You can use them in restaurants, hospitals, malls, and who knows- maybe even in a courtroom. (However, this might not impress the jury or judge if you are the defendant.)

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  • The Digital Camera Binoculars: Best Specs Ever!

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/14/09 2:55pm
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    Imagine that you were out at your favorite sporting event or live musical concert, and just to save a few bucks you bought those dreaded nose bleed tickets. So there you are, way up in the stands, literally seeing specs go back and forth across a field, or a stage. Then you remember, you brought your new Digital Camera Binoculars, and their handy 8X magnification allows for you to easily view objects in perfect clarify from up to a thousand yards in the distance. Then, bam, the coolest play or move happens, and you are ready. Your finger on the camera button, you start clicking away frames, storing them to your onboard memory card. Later on, you scan images using the LCD display and decide which ones were keepers. The 5 mega pixel digital imaging allows you to enjoy the highest quality photos, preserving your memory of this special event forever!

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  • Women’s Spring-Loaded Walking Shoes (Walk More Ache Less)

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/14/09 2:53pm
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    Imagine the best, most comfortable women’s walking shoe in the world. Now add “Runner’s World Magazine: Best Update of the Year” award to the mix and you will have these nifty, and very unique walking shoes. These shoes have springs that will never break, ideally placed in the toe and the heel of each shoe. Tests showed that the placement of the springs returned nearly 96% of the energy from each single step, energy that would normally be dissipated into the ground. The high-quality construction includes a full grain and wear-resistant upper, combined with an abrasion-resistant carbon rubber for long-lasting, very comfortable wear. You won’t be able to find these shoes just anywhere either. Read on to learn more!

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  • Roomba Route

    By lisala on 5/9/09 5:28pm
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    Signaltheorist got a new camera, and, according to doobybrain, set the camera for a very long exposure, over thirty minutes, and let his Roomba go in a dark room. The spiral in the center is the intial spin of the Roomba; the rest is its "natural" path as it cleaned the room. Click the image for a larger version.