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  • Pinterest: Latest Social Media Experiment Pinned With Skimming Charges?

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    Ron Callari
    13 Feb 2012 | 6:55 am
    With record-breaking pageviews and generating more traffic than Google+, LinkedIn and YouTube combined, social media's latest shiny thing has ridden into our zeitgeist quicker than Superman's speeding bullet. Pinterest's ability to scale to 7.2 million visitors in the U.S. alone, with other reports stating its tallied 11 million total visits during one week in December sounds like Facebook's early ascendancy during its 2004 debut.

  • Clot-Fighting Drug Plavix Set to Lose Patent Protection

    NYT > Patent Office — "First to File'' Bill (2011)
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The drug, which prevents clots among heart attack patients, will no longer be promoted by Bristol-Myers Squibb because of an influx of cheaper generic alternatives.

  • Inventor honored for bridging innovation and humanitarianism to help millions globally live safer lives

    MIT News - Topic - Innovation and inventions
    2 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced Dr. Ashok Gadgil as the recipient of the 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation in recognition of his steady pursuit to blend research, invention and humanitarianism for broad social impact. Gadgil is a chair professor of Safe Water and Sanitation at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose diverse inventions and sustainable innovations are helping those in the developing world to live healthier, safer lives. Gadgil is a…

  • Patent claim term glossaries

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    Stephen M. Nipper
    25 Apr 2012 | 10:51 am
    Useful post: Free Patent Claim Term Glossaries

  • Heard of Article One Partners?

    About.com Inventors
    14 May 2012 | 4:36 pm
    You should be aware of them. They are in the business of helping people find prior art. Article One Partners uses the power of the global online community to research evidence that relates to the claims of novelty of selected patents. A patent, in essence, tells the story of a technology as of a certain date. Its validity is analyzed based in part on whether the same story is told in earlier publications. You can request a study be done by the AOP community for such publications that relate to select patents. These publications, known formally as prior art, are publicly available and may be…
 
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  • Inventor honored for bridging innovation and humanitarianism to help millions globally live safer lives

    2 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced Dr. Ashok Gadgil as the recipient of the 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation in recognition of his steady pursuit to blend research, invention and humanitarianism for broad social impact. Gadgil is a chair professor of Safe Water and Sanitation at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose diverse inventions and sustainable innovations are helping those in the developing world to live healthier, safer lives. Gadgil is a…

  • Through a glass, clearly

    25 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    One of the most instantly recognizable features of glass is the way it reflects light. But a new way of creating surface textures on glass, developed by researchers at MIT, virtually eliminates reflections, producing glass that is almost unrecognizable because of its absence of glare — and whose surface causes water droplets to bounce right off, like tiny rubber balls.The new “multifunctional” glass, based on surface nanotextures that produce an array of conical features, is self-cleaning and resists fogging and glare, the researchers say. Ultimately, they hope it can be made using an…

  • Anthropologist Silbey receives award for research on forging safety in science labs

    25 Apr 2012 | 6:29 am
    Susan S. Silbey, head of MIT SHASS Anthropology, and Ruthanne Huising PhD ’08 have been awarded the 2011 best publication prize from Regulation & Governance for their article, “Governing the Gap: Forging Safe Science Through Relational Regulation.”“This paper shows what organizational ‘best practices’ actually look like in regulated organizations that conscientiously strive to implement environmental, health, and safety regulations in a sensible manner,” said the journal’s award announcement. “[Silbey and Huising’s] careful, detailed analysis of the halting, uncertain…

  • The robot revolution is just beginning

    23 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    When industrial robots were first introduced in the early 1960s — initially on automobile assembly lines — computers were still in their infancy, so the robots were designed to perform only the most rigidly predetermined set of repetitive movements. Despite a half-century of exponential growth in computational power, that’s pretty much still the state of industrial robotics. But according to Rodney Brooks, who last year left a tenured position as MIT’s Panasonic Professor of Robotics to focus on his latest company, that may not be true for much longer.Brooks’s “lips are sealed,”…

  • Taking an innovative approach to battery design

    22 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Donald Sadoway Photo: M. Scott Brauer You have to give Donald Sadoway points for style: Not many professors come to the last class of a semester dressed in black tie, decorate the table with linen and a vase of fresh roses, and toast their students with champagne. But then, Sadoway has a tendency to do things differently.Sadoway, the John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry at MIT, has earned a crescendo of recognition this year for his pioneering work on an entirely new type of battery, one based on floating layers of high-temperature molten metal and salt. The battery could provide…
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  • Patent claim term glossaries

    Stephen M. Nipper
    25 Apr 2012 | 10:51 am
    Useful post: Free Patent Claim Term Glossaries

  • Another upcoming seminar

    Stephen M. Nipper
    30 Mar 2012 | 10:13 am
    Ron Slusky is again offering his two-day, CLE-accredited Invention Analysis and Claiming Seminar in Chicago on May 21-22, 2012. The seminar is based on his ABA-published book Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer’s Guide. More information: www.sluskyseminars.com

  • Patent Ethics MCLE on “Ethics issues with US patent and PCT powers of attorney”

    Stephen M. Nipper
    29 Mar 2012 | 3:09 pm
    Via Carl Oppedahl: Need a few ethics CLE credits? Tired of having to get your ethics CLE credits by listening to or attending programs on subjects that have nothing to do with what you actually do for a living, which is intellectual property law? Well, here is one ethics CLE credit that relates to patents. MCLE: Ethics issues with US patent and PCT powers of attorney

  • Using Windows Calculator with dates

    Stephen M. Nipper
    12 Mar 2012 | 1:29 pm
    How in the world did I not know this? If you have the Windows Calculator program running [in Windows Vista, 7 or later], and press “Control +E,” it gives you the ability to calculate the difference between two dates. [Via: Reddit] Updated 2012-03-14 to add information re versions of Windows, and to add a second screenshot.

  • Trademark Solicitations

    Stephen M. Nipper
    22 Feb 2012 | 8:36 pm
    Another day at work is over…another handful of client questions about solicitations they received via e-mail or postal mail regarding trademark related services offered for sale. I tell them the same thing I always do…send me a copy and I’ll glance at it for you, but the chances are that it is either an outright scam, or an offer for services they probably don’t need (e.g., the client I talked with last week that received a solicitation that included an offer to register their Service Mark with U.S. Customs). It makes you wonder…how many trademark owners fall…
 
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  • Heard of Article One Partners?

    14 May 2012 | 4:36 pm
    You should be aware of them. They are in the business of helping people find prior art. Article One Partners uses the power of the global online community to research evidence that relates to the claims of novelty of selected patents. A patent, in essence, tells the story of a technology as of a certain date. Its validity is analyzed based in part on whether the same story is told in earlier publications. You can request a study be done by the AOP community for such publications that relate to select patents. These publications, known formally as prior art, are publicly available and may be…

  • Glow in the Dark Science

    11 May 2012 | 7:22 pm
    Photo-luminescence by definition is the emission of light from a molecule or atom that has absorbed electromagnetic energy: examples include fluorescence and phosphorescence materials. Photo-luminescence spectroscopy is a contact-less, nondestructive method of probing the electronic structure of materials....Read Full Post

  • Capturing Light & Shadows

    11 May 2012 | 7:21 pm
    San Francisco photographer, Eadweard Muybridge conducted motion-sequence still photographic experiments and is often called the "Father of the motion picture" even though he did not make films in the manner ...Read Full Post

  • Fifteen Amazing Nominees for The European Inventor Awards of 2012

    9 May 2012 | 1:18 am
    Fifteen scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs have been nominated for a 2012 European Inventor Award (EIA). The winners will be chosen by the European Patent Office (EPO) based on their contributions to technological, social and economic progress....Read Full Post

  • How to Where to and Why to Patent an Idea

    5 May 2012 | 11:20 am
    If you got it flaunt it. This is an introductory article I have written aimed at those of you who do not know how to patent it yourself. One hot tip, patent early, especially now when the first to file rule comes into effect in the United States, and especially if your invention is in a highly competitive field. Illustration: Getty Images/Chad Baker...Read Full Post
 
 
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Apple To Replace Google Maps With C3 Tech In iOS 6

    Rey M.L.
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Though the default Google Maps software that comes loaded on Apple's iDevices is enough for most people, the company is still looking to replace it with advanced, 3D-accelerated goodness from C3 Technologies.

  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • iPhone 'Mug Case' Helps You Get A Grip On Your Calls

    China.new
    12 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    Tired of being put on hold? Get a handle on your mobile conversations and hold ALL your calls, all the time, with the self-standing silicone Mug Case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

  • To Hood Or Not To Hood, That's The $100 Billion Dollar Question?

    Ron Callari
    12 May 2012 | 7:58 am
    With Facebook heading into it's historic IPO this week, and valuations some have estimated as high as $100 billion, one's hard pressed to figure out how fashion (or lack thereof) figures into the equation. Even the NY Times' editorial gave ink to the question, "Who could have thought a hoodie could mean so much?" Of course, we're talking about the "Zuck" and his signature apparel.
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."
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  • Anti-Psychotic Drugs Overused In Nursing Homes

    Boomer Babe
    29 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    ....The Globe study found that more than one in five U.S. nursing homes are using anti-psychotic drugs for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other ailments associated with dementia - approximately 185,000 people who have not been diagnosed with a psychosis.

  • Consumer Gadgets I Never Thought I'd See: Hearing Aid Vacuums!

    Boomer Babe
    29 Mar 2012 | 7:14 pm
    No longer just in the realm of professional hearing aid dealers, I suppose, two new devices intended for hearing aid users guarantee to clean 'em out and improve the performance of your hearing aids at a more affordable cost than the professional models.  These two items intended for home hearing aid cleaning are both made by Serene: the Re-New Hearing Aid Dryer and Freshener and the Re-New Deluxe Hearing Aid Vacuum.

  • Give Your Dry Eyes Some Relief With Tear-Stimulating Goggles

    Boomer Babe
    5 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    Eyes don't tear as much as we age.  Add to that the dry weather, not enough sleep, a few too many cocktails, or dust and pollen allergies... and you've got dry eyes.  Now, there's a pair of ophthalmologist-recommended goggles that stimulate natural tear production again.... 

  • Good Lighting Is Key To Staying Active In Your Hobbies

    Boomer Babe
    30 Dec 2011 | 3:00 am
    Many persons give up their hobbies or even aspects of their work or chores as they age.  While arthritis in their fingers and hands may be one reason they don't build model cars or quilt any more, for most boomers and seniors, it's because of vision changes.  As we age, we tend to need more light and more magnification to see clearly and sometimes even our prescription lenses don't quite measure up to what we need for hobby work.   

  • For-Profit Vs. Non-Profit: A Scary Study Of Nursing Homes

    Boomer Babe
    30 Nov 2011 | 3:00 am
    Those of you whose parents are at the age where a nursing home is being considered as an option for their care may just want to pay attention to the results of a recent study led by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).  It compares the staffing and quality of care at for-profit nursing homes with that of non-profit facilities.
 
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  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Calling All Inventors! Casting Call For INVENTION USA!

    Myra Per-Lee
    22 Mar 2012 | 2:42 pm
    Good news for all of you who've been sitting on your brilliant inventions! National casting calls have just been announced for the second season of Invention USA which airs on The History Channel.  There are just a few, but important steps, to apply for an interview by the show casting directors and the hosts of Invention USA, Reichart Von Wolfsheild and Garrett Lisi.  

  • Sequinetic™ Sun Glasses Chase Away Winter Blues

    Myra Per-Lee
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    ... Light therapy is a traditional method of relief for SAD sufferers, but it requires its subjects to be stationary while under special lamps.  But with the help of Kickstarter, three now-happy engineers have succeeded in raising the funds to produce their answer to SAD - Sequinetic™ 'sun' glasses. 

  • Dignity: Now That's Something New For Patient Attire

    Myra Per-Lee
    3 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    Whether you are instructed to put the strings in the front or the back of the faded, wrinkled, rag of a gown, if there's one thing you won't have once you've donned the thing, it's your dignity....  

  • Polymer Shown To Rehabilitate Soil After A Wildfire

    Myra Per-Lee
    26 Dec 2011 | 3:00 am
    Wildfires claim hundreds of thousands of farm acres yearly, causing famines and permanent devastation to the soil that produced the farmed crops.  But a graduate student at Tel Aviv University (TAU), along with his supervising professors from TAU and the University of La Coruña in Spain, has identified an anionic polymer polyacrylamide (PAM) that seems to enable reforestation more rapidly and less expensively than current methods.
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  • To Hood Or Not To Hood, That's The $100 Billion Dollar Question?

    Ron Callari
    12 May 2012 | 7:58 am
    With Facebook heading into it's historic IPO this week, and valuations some have estimated as high as $100 billion, one's hard pressed to figure out how fashion (or lack thereof) figures into the equation. Even the NY Times' editorial gave ink to the question, "Who could have thought a hoodie could mean so much?" Of course, we're talking about the "Zuck" and his signature apparel.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Music Keeps "Occupy" Movement Humming Along (Videos)

    Ron Callari
    17 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    On March 17th, the 6th month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of 99 Percenters chose to return to their original stomping grounds on Wall Street. But this time they were pushed back by NY City cops, and as tensions rose, one activist was actually punched in the head by officers several times, while others were subdued and arrested.
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  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.

  • Saddle Leather Computer Mouse for Skin to Skin Luxury

    Steve Levenstein
    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Desktop computer users tired of caressing a bland, boring, cold plastic mouse all day can click up to some luxury thanks to Japanese specialty retailer Atelier Wazakura. The so-called Kawanezumi (Leather Mouse) features our favorite handy peripheral swathed in soft, supple Saddle Leather. Giddyup!

  • Heat Conducting Designer Ice Cream Spoon Softens the Hardest Häagen-Dazs

    Steve Levenstein
    1 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    So your ice cream's too hard but waiting for it to soften at room temperature can be agonizing. “If you wait, you might wait too long and it turns into liquid,” explains Japanese architect and designer Naoki Terada. “All this frustration, all this calculating. It had to stop somewhere!” Now thanks to Terada, our long national nightmare is over.
 
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  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • Starbucks To Phase Out Crushed Bugs From Pink Drinks & Pastries

    Toby
    19 Apr 2012 | 1:45 pm
    Just as I was introduced to Starbucks coffee-free Strawberries and Creme Frappachino, I learn that its lovely ballet pink color is not from the mix of deep ripe strawberries and luscious thick cream.  Darn that I had to find out that a cactus feeding bug found in Central and South America is the mother of the color in Starbuck's pink drinks and desserts. Yum. Chopped cochineals. 

  • Enigma: Puzzling Wooden Floor Design By Jamie Beckwith

    Toby
    31 Mar 2012 | 6:23 pm
    Floor tiles have moved up a few notches since the vinyl foam tiles first lined the nursery.  And, though these tiles may remind you (somewhat) of those jigsaw like EPA pieces, nowhere have I seen floor tiles so elegant that they must be the center of attention in any room they are laid - the hand-crafted wooden puzzle floor tiles of Jamie Beckwith.

  • Pawel Grunert Still Finds Time To Design With A 'Re Purpose'

    Toby
    29 Dec 2011 | 3:00 am
    Just when you thought you'd seen the last soda bottle chandelier, table, or chair... Polish interior designer Pawel Grunert creates the bottle chair to end all bottle chairs: the Eco Chaise Lounge, a magnificent, dynamic sculptured work that's as organic in design as Grunert 's wood and steel masterpieces. 

  • The First Cardboard Radio: Now That's Green Design

    Toby
    15 Aug 2011 | 6:15 pm
    ....The internal wiring is all set up in a simple card structure.  There's not a lot to the Cardboard Radio; it's not a BOSE®, but it does have its own charm, as well as working parts.
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  • iPhone 'Mug Case' Helps You Get A Grip On Your Calls

    China.new
    12 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    Tired of being put on hold? Get a handle on your mobile conversations and hold ALL your calls, all the time, with the self-standing silicone Mug Case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.

  • Saddle Leather Computer Mouse for Skin to Skin Luxury

    Steve Levenstein
    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Desktop computer users tired of caressing a bland, boring, cold plastic mouse all day can click up to some luxury thanks to Japanese specialty retailer Atelier Wazakura. The so-called Kawanezumi (Leather Mouse) features our favorite handy peripheral swathed in soft, supple Saddle Leather. Giddyup!

  • Heat Conducting Designer Ice Cream Spoon Softens the Hardest Häagen-Dazs

    Steve Levenstein
    1 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    So your ice cream's too hard but waiting for it to soften at room temperature can be agonizing. “If you wait, you might wait too long and it turns into liquid,” explains Japanese architect and designer Naoki Terada. “All this frustration, all this calculating. It had to stop somewhere!” Now thanks to Terada, our long national nightmare is over.

  • KDDI's Concept IIDA Smartphone Features a Manual Analog Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Look Ma, hands! Japan's KDDI is showcasing a curiously retro smartphone that's a real blast from the past. The phone's bezel features a manually-wound analog clock, thus creating a fusion of elegance and technology.
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  • Anti-Psychotic Drugs Overused In Nursing Homes

    Boomer Babe
    29 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    ....The Globe study found that more than one in five U.S. nursing homes are using anti-psychotic drugs for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other ailments associated with dementia - approximately 185,000 people who have not been diagnosed with a psychosis.

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • FDA Approves Radioactive Dye In Brain Scan For Alzheimer's

    T Goodman
    10 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    It was a great Friday for those folks waiting for the radioactive dye Amyvid to be approved. The dye, which allows doctors to see the toxic protein amyloid plague in the brain via a PET scan, has been waiting for approval since it was turned down by the FDA one year ago.  On Friday, April 6, 2012 the FDA approved the use of Eli Lilly's Amyvid, and Lilly announced that the dye will be available for use this summer, in small supply.  

  • Consumer Gadgets I Never Thought I'd See: Hearing Aid Vacuums!

    Boomer Babe
    29 Mar 2012 | 7:14 pm
    No longer just in the realm of professional hearing aid dealers, I suppose, two new devices intended for hearing aid users guarantee to clean 'em out and improve the performance of your hearing aids at a more affordable cost than the professional models.  These two items intended for home hearing aid cleaning are both made by Serene: the Re-New Hearing Aid Dryer and Freshener and the Re-New Deluxe Hearing Aid Vacuum.

  • Proof: Weight Loss Surgery Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

    T Goodman
    29 Mar 2012 | 3:00 am
    Two studies released this week reported that weight loss surgery has helped persons with Type 2 diabetes throw away their injection needles and medicine bottles!  Patients in these two studies truly experienced remarkable, some would say miraculous, results.
 
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • KFC Japan Serves Beer & Booze Beside the Bucket

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:06 am
    Forget that Happy Meal, at KFC Japan it's Happy Hour! Want a double with that Double Down? Perhaps a cocktail with your cock-a-doodle-doo? Tokyo's newly opened KFC Route 25 restaurant has begun serving beer & booze by (or at least, beside) the bucket.

  • China's Taobao Internet Mall Offers Beautiful Girl Delivery Service

    China.new
    24 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Special delivery indeed: China's Taobao internet mall is boosting their business with the aid of “beautiful girls” who personally deliver customers' orders for a small extra fee.
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  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Chinese-made Cars are Coming to Canada. Beauty, eh?

    China.new
    16 Feb 2012 | 10:32 am
    In fact, they're already here... but you wouldn't know it just from looking. Japanese automaker Honda has begun importing the subcompact Honda Fit into Canada from Guangqi Honda Automobile Co. Ltd., in China. The move may pave the way for the long-awaited next step: Chinese-made cars from Chinese automakers.

  • Driving Colorblind? See This New LED Traffic Signal!

    Steve Levenstein
    7 Feb 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Red light, green light, what light? That's the question a growing number of colorblind people are asking when confronted by new LED traffic signal lights. Since up to 10 percent of the population suffers from red-green colorblindness, an answer is needed pronto... and Professor Taro Ochiai of Japan's Kyushu Sangyo University thinks he's got one: a redesigned LED traffic light easily visible by everyone.

  • Solar Powered & Retro Styled Toyota 2000GT SEV Sounds Crazy, Sparks Interest

    Steve Levenstein
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    The Toyota 2000GT SEV is a one-off, electric concept car being shown to the public at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon. Designed by the Crazy Car Project under the direction of the Toyota Automobile Association, this “shocking” automotive update takes Toyota's iconic late-sixties sports coupe from flower power to solar power.

  • Car Seat Sensors Can ID Drivers by Their Bottoms

    Steve Levenstein
    1 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Someday we'll be "flying" our cars and computers by the seat of our pants, if a unique new sensor system developed by engineers at Japan's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology is adopted by car & chair makers. It seems each person leaves a unique impression when they sit down and the resulting digital pressure patterns can be used to identify drivers from the bottom up, so to speak.
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  • How To Make A Picnic Anything But Romantic

    Jill Harness
    26 Apr 2012 | 7:01 pm
    Looking for a great way to ensure all your picnics are solo affairs from here on out, then try these great Picnic pants that make eating easier and dating impossible.

  • Nerdy Keyboard Sandals Show Off Your Geek Sole

    China.new
    11 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Nerdy “types” out there will want to step into these keyboard  sandals, artfully imprinted to soothe the geek sole... er, soul. Even the skinniest 98-pound weakling will get a kick out of these cheap flip-flops as they're ideal for a trip to the beach - sand kicking by bullies optional but likely inevitable.

  • “Fat Guy” Underwear from China Pounds Home the Message

    China.new
    29 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Stout men considering moving to China should be prepared some very direct critiques from the country's ad agencies. You may think you're just slightly overweight but that package of “Fat Guy Briefs” in your shopping cart dares to accuse otherwise by pulling no punches.

  • Folding Shoes from Timberland Japan Zip Up & Clip On

    Steve Levenstein
    23 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Radler Trail “Camp” shoes from Timberland Japan take portability to the next level. A built-in zipper running along the upper flange of the sole allows the shoes to be folded, zipped and hung by a carabiner clip when not being worn.

  • Louis Vuitton Belt Buckle Cell Phone: Call it Garish

    China.new
    3 Feb 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Show me the money? In modern China it's more like “show YOU the money”, and what better way to tell the world you're rich and successful than with the Louis Vuitton Belt Buckle Cell Phone?
 
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  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Saddle Leather Computer Mouse for Skin to Skin Luxury

    Steve Levenstein
    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Desktop computer users tired of caressing a bland, boring, cold plastic mouse all day can click up to some luxury thanks to Japanese specialty retailer Atelier Wazakura. The so-called Kawanezumi (Leather Mouse) features our favorite handy peripheral swathed in soft, supple Saddle Leather. Giddyup!

  • Dexim Visible-G USB Cable Glows When Current Flows

    Steve Levenstein
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    This Universal USB Charge & Sync Cable from Dexim employs integral blue LEDS that scroll, marquee style, along the path of your current connection. Pimp my USB cable? Dexim has, and you're certain to get a charge out of it!

  • Is Gmail Smarter Than You?

    LeFleur
    21 Jan 2012 | 3:17 am
    Gmail has revamped itself with an all New Look with many great new features.  The new look brings the ability for more customization and a myriad of improvements such as better search filters, automatic adaption to screen size, ability to change the size of your text, new themes, easier to follow conversations, the addition of profile pictures and, one of my favorites, drag and drop attachments.

  • Wearable Eyeglasses Computer Combines Mainframe and Monitor

    China.new
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    A Chinese technology company has designed a wearable computer with no visible mainframe or monitor - they've both been miniaturized and secreted in a pair of highly modified eyeglasses! This is much more than just another concept, as China's powerhouse mass production capacity ensures the mighty mini multimedia machine will be filling store shelves this coming March.
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  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Pinterest: Latest Social Media Experiment Pinned With Skimming Charges?

    Ron Callari
    13 Feb 2012 | 6:55 am
    With record-breaking pageviews and generating more traffic than Google+, LinkedIn and YouTube combined, social media's latest shiny thing has ridden into our zeitgeist quicker than Superman's speeding bullet. Pinterest's ability to scale to 7.2 million visitors in the U.S. alone, with other reports stating its tallied 11 million total visits during one week in December sounds like Facebook's early ascendancy during its 2004 debut.

  • Twittamentary, First Documentary Screenings Dedicated To The Twitterverse, Go Global

    Ron Callari
    2 Feb 2012 | 8:37 am
    With a movie project that has virtually taken years to "wrap," Twittamentary, is a film about communities that is now available for communities around the world. Having received numerous request from folks and organizations across the globe, the film's producer is thrilled to announce an "open call" for community screenings to take place between February 1 and May 1, 2012. That's right, if you have a suitable venue and meet the screening requirements, all you need is 20 of your closest friends or fans to put on a show - for free!

  • Taking the High Road: Tibet Invests in 53 New School Buses

    China.new
    23 Dec 2011 | 11:01 pm
    The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round... even in Tibet, “the roof of the world”. The recent purchase of 53 new school buses by local authorities in Lhasa means many students in far-flung farming regions will ride to and from school in style (and safety) for the very first time.
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  • Apple To Replace Google Maps With C3 Tech In iOS 6

    Rey M.L.
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Though the default Google Maps software that comes loaded on Apple's iDevices is enough for most people, the company is still looking to replace it with advanced, 3D-accelerated goodness from C3 Technologies.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.

  • Ramos Alarm Clock: Get Up Or Get Up!

    Must Love Gadgets
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    Alarm clocks are a pain in the butt. No one wants to get up in the morning, or they wouldn't need an alarm clock, would they?  That's why we all have snooze buttons on our alarm clocks, because we need one more chance to be late. Ineffective as snooze alarms are for many, engineer Paul Sammut has created a new version of the alarm clock, one that never shuts up!

  • KDDI's Concept IIDA Smartphone Features a Manual Analog Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Look Ma, hands! Japan's KDDI is showcasing a curiously retro smartphone that's a real blast from the past. The phone's bezel features a manually-wound analog clock, thus creating a fusion of elegance and technology.
 
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Music Keeps "Occupy" Movement Humming Along (Videos)

    Ron Callari
    17 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    On March 17th, the 6th month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of 99 Percenters chose to return to their original stomping grounds on Wall Street. But this time they were pushed back by NY City cops, and as tensions rose, one activist was actually punched in the head by officers several times, while others were subdued and arrested.

  • Must Have Geek Easter Chocolates

    Jill Harness
    29 Mar 2012 | 11:10 am
    Looking for a great gift for the geek in your life's Easter basket? Then consider getting them this great Han Solo frozen in carbonite chocolate bar or the zombie bunny white chocolate candy.

  • Microsoft Planning “Xbox Lite” Alongside Xbox 360 Replacement?

    Rey M.L.
    26 Mar 2012 | 10:38 pm
    Along with all of the other rumors surrounding next-gen game consoles comes a hint that Microsoft is planning a smaller, cheaper Xbox for 2013's holiday season.
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  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • China's Taobao Internet Mall Offers Beautiful Girl Delivery Service

    China.new
    24 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Special delivery indeed: China's Taobao internet mall is boosting their business with the aid of “beautiful girls” who personally deliver customers' orders for a small extra fee.

  • Social Media's Dark Side "Is Anyone Up" Is No Longer Up!

    Ron Callari
    15 Apr 2012 | 9:54 am
    The number of followers who had joined "Is Anyone Up" might not have been in the hundreds of millions like some of the more popular social networks, but it sure was capitalizing on the profiles that were registered on Facebook and Twitter, nonetheless. Entrepreneur Hunter Moore had taken Chatroulette to a whole 'nother level to what some were defining as "revenge" or "identity" porn.

  • Chinese Online Retailers Furiously Flogging 'Three Wolf Moon' T-shirts

    China.new
    7 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Remember “Three Wolf Moon”, 2009's meme of the year and, as a result, Amazon.com store retailer The Mountain's biggest selling design EVAR? No? It seems China doesn't either, leaving the field of wolf-wear wide open for one enterprising online seller obliviously ensconced (along with their customers) behind China's Great Firewall.

  • Chinese Internet Retailers Now Stocking Kim Jong-Il T-shirts & Hoodies

    China.new
    28 Dec 2011 | 12:28 pm
    North Korea's “Dear Leader” may be gone but online retailers at China's Taobao Internet Mall are making sure he's not forgotten by flogging Kim Jong-Il t-shirts and hoodies. Lookin' sharp, comrade!
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  • Tsunami Soccer Ball and Volleyball Kicked 3,100 Miles to Alaska

    Steve Levenstein
    23 Apr 2012 | 9:56 am
    Now ain't that a kick: signed soccer and volleyballs found washed up on an island off Alaska several weeks apart are to be returned to their surprised but grateful owners. The balls may be the first identifiable pieces of debris from Japan's devastating March 11th, 2011 earthquake and tsunami to reach North American shores.

  • Don't Kill Gambian Pouch Rats! Recruit Them

    Lady Bee
    28 Mar 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Annihilation by man or beast is not called for.  The giant African pouch rat, with its pouchy cheeks resembling a hamster, is easily trained.  So easily trained with food as treats that in its native Africa, the giant rat is used to detect land mines and tuberculosis. In Belgium, one of the countries where they are trained, the African giant pouched rat is called "heroRAT!"

  • Folding Shoes from Timberland Japan Zip Up & Clip On

    Steve Levenstein
    23 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Radler Trail “Camp” shoes from Timberland Japan take portability to the next level. A built-in zipper running along the upper flange of the sole allows the shoes to be folded, zipped and hung by a carabiner clip when not being worn.

  • Panasonic Eneloop Batteries Celebrate Walt Disney's 110th Anniversary

    Steve Levenstein
    6 Feb 2012 | 12:01 am
    Panasonic's popular Eneloop rechargeable batteries are showing their “LoveLove” for the late Walt Disney. Officially approved, limited edition battery designs in red, white and black honor the award-winning animation pioneer by celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth.

  • 'Dragon Tree' May Bring Good Luck to Japan's Tsunami Ravaged Coast

    Steve Levenstein
    21 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    The massive tsunami that pounded Japan's northeastern coast following the devastating March 11th, 2011 earthquake left few trees standing along the shoreline. Among those few survivors is a battered, twisted pine that now resembles a Chinese Dragon. The so-called Dragon Tree has become a symbol of hope and renewal for the region's hard-pressed residents.
 
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  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • Heat Conducting Designer Ice Cream Spoon Softens the Hardest Häagen-Dazs

    Steve Levenstein
    1 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    So your ice cream's too hard but waiting for it to soften at room temperature can be agonizing. “If you wait, you might wait too long and it turns into liquid,” explains Japanese architect and designer Naoki Terada. “All this frustration, all this calculating. It had to stop somewhere!” Now thanks to Terada, our long national nightmare is over.

  • How To Make A Picnic Anything But Romantic

    Jill Harness
    26 Apr 2012 | 7:01 pm
    Looking for a great way to ensure all your picnics are solo affairs from here on out, then try these great Picnic pants that make eating easier and dating impossible.

  • KFC Japan Serves Beer & Booze Beside the Bucket

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:06 am
    Forget that Happy Meal, at KFC Japan it's Happy Hour! Want a double with that Double Down? Perhaps a cocktail with your cock-a-doodle-doo? Tokyo's newly opened KFC Route 25 restaurant has begun serving beer & booze by (or at least, beside) the bucket.

  • Singapore Coke Machines Give Out Cold Drinks for Warm Hugs

    China.new
    23 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    If you think machines have no compassion, you've either been watching too many Terminator movies or you haven't visited Singapore lately. The Southeast Asian city-state is where you'll find The Coca-Cola Hug Machine: you supply the hugs, it provides the Coke.
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  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • Calling All Inventors! Casting Call For INVENTION USA!

    Myra Per-Lee
    22 Mar 2012 | 2:42 pm
    Good news for all of you who've been sitting on your brilliant inventions! National casting calls have just been announced for the second season of Invention USA which airs on The History Channel.  There are just a few, but important steps, to apply for an interview by the show casting directors and the hosts of Invention USA, Reichart Von Wolfsheild and Garrett Lisi.  

  • Twittamentary, First Documentary Screenings Dedicated To The Twitterverse, Go Global

    Ron Callari
    2 Feb 2012 | 8:37 am
    With a movie project that has virtually taken years to "wrap," Twittamentary, is a film about communities that is now available for communities around the world. Having received numerous request from folks and organizations across the globe, the film's producer is thrilled to announce an "open call" for community screenings to take place between February 1 and May 1, 2012. That's right, if you have a suitable venue and meet the screening requirements, all you need is 20 of your closest friends or fans to put on a show - for free!

  • Portrait Of 60s Protester Adds Perspective To Occupy Movement In Song

    Ron Callari
    18 Nov 2011 | 8:21 am
    Where have all the protest songs gone? Are they still blowing in the wind, or have new ones surfaced to chronicle life's current strife? While it seems like only yesterday, it's actually been over 40 years since Americans felt angry and disenfranchised enough to assemble in solidarity and  protest against injustice and greed.
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • Ramos Alarm Clock: Get Up Or Get Up!

    Must Love Gadgets
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    Alarm clocks are a pain in the butt. No one wants to get up in the morning, or they wouldn't need an alarm clock, would they?  That's why we all have snooze buttons on our alarm clocks, because we need one more chance to be late. Ineffective as snooze alarms are for many, engineer Paul Sammut has created a new version of the alarm clock, one that never shuts up!

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Music Keeps "Occupy" Movement Humming Along (Videos)

    Ron Callari
    17 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    On March 17th, the 6th month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of 99 Percenters chose to return to their original stomping grounds on Wall Street. But this time they were pushed back by NY City cops, and as tensions rose, one activist was actually punched in the head by officers several times, while others were subdued and arrested.

  • Enigma: Puzzling Wooden Floor Design By Jamie Beckwith

    Toby
    31 Mar 2012 | 6:23 pm
    Floor tiles have moved up a few notches since the vinyl foam tiles first lined the nursery.  And, though these tiles may remind you (somewhat) of those jigsaw like EPA pieces, nowhere have I seen floor tiles so elegant that they must be the center of attention in any room they are laid - the hand-crafted wooden puzzle floor tiles of Jamie Beckwith.
 
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • Panda on a Plane Eats Shoots and Leaves

    China.new
    3 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Did a Giant Panda and his carer recently enjoy their flight to the United States comfortably seated side by side on a China Airlines jet, or are we just being (ahem) bamboozled?

  • Music Keeps "Occupy" Movement Humming Along (Videos)

    Ron Callari
    17 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    On March 17th, the 6th month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of 99 Percenters chose to return to their original stomping grounds on Wall Street. But this time they were pushed back by NY City cops, and as tensions rose, one activist was actually punched in the head by officers several times, while others were subdued and arrested.

  • ThinkGeek Launches K-Cup Meals and game of Thrones Perfume

    Jill Harness
    1 Apr 2012 | 3:16 am
    Meals from Keurig Machines and a perfume based on Game of Thrones, ThinkGeek has done it again with another amazing product line launch.
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  • Apple To Replace Google Maps With C3 Tech In iOS 6

    Rey M.L.
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Though the default Google Maps software that comes loaded on Apple's iDevices is enough for most people, the company is still looking to replace it with advanced, 3D-accelerated goodness from C3 Technologies.

  • iPhone 'Mug Case' Helps You Get A Grip On Your Calls

    China.new
    12 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    Tired of being put on hold? Get a handle on your mobile conversations and hold ALL your calls, all the time, with the self-standing silicone Mug Case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.
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  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • Anti-Psychotic Drugs Overused In Nursing Homes

    Boomer Babe
    29 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    ....The Globe study found that more than one in five U.S. nursing homes are using anti-psychotic drugs for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other ailments associated with dementia - approximately 185,000 people who have not been diagnosed with a psychosis.

  • Starbucks To Phase Out Crushed Bugs From Pink Drinks & Pastries

    Toby
    19 Apr 2012 | 1:45 pm
    Just as I was introduced to Starbucks coffee-free Strawberries and Creme Frappachino, I learn that its lovely ballet pink color is not from the mix of deep ripe strawberries and luscious thick cream.  Darn that I had to find out that a cactus feeding bug found in Central and South America is the mother of the color in Starbuck's pink drinks and desserts. Yum. Chopped cochineals. 

  • Burger King Japan's Bakin' Up a Big Bacon Bargain

    Steve Levenstein
    18 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Got a yen for bacon? Got a hundred yen? Then get your appetite to Burger King Japan! For a limited time only, the popular fast food chain is offering customers a whopper of a deal: 15 strips of bacon on almost any Burger King Whopper for just 100 yen.

  • Bioengineered Stem Cells Produce Hair On Bald Mice

    T Goodman
    18 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    A recent experiment by the department of organ technologies at the Tokyo University of Science was successful at bioengineering hair follicle growth in bald mice.  Though these images may look small in the scheme of bioengineering organs, the development is very important, both for those who would like to replace their 'rugs' with something more credible, and for the future of other bioengineered organ replacements.  
 
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  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Helen Keller Sunglasses: Insensitive Insult or Respectful Tribute?

    China.new
    18 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    When you wear Helen Keller sunglasses, “You see the world, the world sees you.” One wonders what the real Helen Keller, blinded by illness at an early age, would think of the Chinese company who came up with that jarringly inappropriate motto.

  • Tower of Power: Tokyo Sky Tree Officially Completed on Leap Day 2012

    Steve Levenstein
    29 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest free-standing broadcasting tower, was officially completed on Leap Day of 2012. The 2,080 ft (634 meter) tall tower soars almost twice as high as the 1958-built Tokyo Tower and will take over most of the orange & white downtown landmark's digital broadcasting duties.

  • Chinese-made Cars are Coming to Canada. Beauty, eh?

    China.new
    16 Feb 2012 | 10:32 am
    In fact, they're already here... but you wouldn't know it just from looking. Japanese automaker Honda has begun importing the subcompact Honda Fit into Canada from Guangqi Honda Automobile Co. Ltd., in China. The move may pave the way for the long-awaited next step: Chinese-made cars from Chinese automakers.
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  • Ramos Alarm Clock: Get Up Or Get Up!

    Must Love Gadgets
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    Alarm clocks are a pain in the butt. No one wants to get up in the morning, or they wouldn't need an alarm clock, would they?  That's why we all have snooze buttons on our alarm clocks, because we need one more chance to be late. Ineffective as snooze alarms are for many, engineer Paul Sammut has created a new version of the alarm clock, one that never shuts up!

  • Melty Chocolate USB Lamp Pours Out Calorie-free Illumination

    Steve Levenstein
    8 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Hot chocolate just got hotter... and lighter, too! The Melty Chocolate USB Sweets Light pours out warm, comforting, calorie-free light while avoiding what would appear to be a sticky mess in the making.

  • Enigma: Puzzling Wooden Floor Design By Jamie Beckwith

    Toby
    31 Mar 2012 | 6:23 pm
    Floor tiles have moved up a few notches since the vinyl foam tiles first lined the nursery.  And, though these tiles may remind you (somewhat) of those jigsaw like EPA pieces, nowhere have I seen floor tiles so elegant that they must be the center of attention in any room they are laid - the hand-crafted wooden puzzle floor tiles of Jamie Beckwith.

  • Toilet Brush Designed with Input from 200 Housewives Rates a Royal Flush

    Steve Levenstein
    25 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The “Brand New Toilet Brush” from Marna is designed to eliminate everything you hate about toilet brushes and improve upon every possible function. If it were a hand in a high stakes poker game, this new standard in toilet brushes would be a royal flush.

  • Fill Your Energy Up with the IV Drip Bag USB LED Light

    Steve Levenstein
    6 Mar 2012 | 10:15 am
    Want to add some “House” to your home? The IV Drip Bag USB LED Light from JTT Online Shop plugs into your laptop, PC or a standard wall outlet, filling your personal space with soft, diffused light as you nurse that important report towards completion.
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • Saddle Leather Computer Mouse for Skin to Skin Luxury

    Steve Levenstein
    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Desktop computer users tired of caressing a bland, boring, cold plastic mouse all day can click up to some luxury thanks to Japanese specialty retailer Atelier Wazakura. The so-called Kawanezumi (Leather Mouse) features our favorite handy peripheral swathed in soft, supple Saddle Leather. Giddyup!
 
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.
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  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Ramos Alarm Clock: Get Up Or Get Up!

    Must Love Gadgets
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    Alarm clocks are a pain in the butt. No one wants to get up in the morning, or they wouldn't need an alarm clock, would they?  That's why we all have snooze buttons on our alarm clocks, because we need one more chance to be late. Ineffective as snooze alarms are for many, engineer Paul Sammut has created a new version of the alarm clock, one that never shuts up!

  • Calling All Inventors! Casting Call For INVENTION USA!

    Myra Per-Lee
    22 Mar 2012 | 2:42 pm
    Good news for all of you who've been sitting on your brilliant inventions! National casting calls have just been announced for the second season of Invention USA which airs on The History Channel.  There are just a few, but important steps, to apply for an interview by the show casting directors and the hosts of Invention USA, Reichart Von Wolfsheild and Garrett Lisi.  

  • Japanese Scientists Listen to Oysters, Pick Up Pearls of Wisdom

    Steve Levenstein
    6 Dec 2011 | 11:01 pm
    Put a shell to your ear and you can hear the ocean. Japanese scientists have taken that concept to a higher level, inventing a device called the “kai-lingual” that can “hear” oysters commenting on their environment. Well shucks!

  • Reactive Lighting Brings Safety, Efficiency, And The WOW Factor To Your Stairs

    Myra Per-Lee
    6 Dec 2011 | 1:45 pm
    Traditional staircase lighting fails to impress functionally.  Even when lit with a fancy chandelier from an arched ceiling, which basement and attic stairs seldom deserve, the light cast may not be the safest.  But the Web's famous gadget hacker from Manitoba, Canada, Alan Parekh, has developed a complete kit for safe, energy-efficient, and versatile LED stair lighting that can express your individual style as well.
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  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.
 
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • KDDI's Concept IIDA Smartphone Features a Manual Analog Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Look Ma, hands! Japan's KDDI is showcasing a curiously retro smartphone that's a real blast from the past. The phone's bezel features a manually-wound analog clock, thus creating a fusion of elegance and technology.

  • KFC Japan Serves Beer & Booze Beside the Bucket

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:06 am
    Forget that Happy Meal, at KFC Japan it's Happy Hour! Want a double with that Double Down? Perhaps a cocktail with your cock-a-doodle-doo? Tokyo's newly opened KFC Route 25 restaurant has begun serving beer & booze by (or at least, beside) the bucket.

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Social Media's Dark Side "Is Anyone Up" Is No Longer Up!

    Ron Callari
    15 Apr 2012 | 9:54 am
    The number of followers who had joined "Is Anyone Up" might not have been in the hundreds of millions like some of the more popular social networks, but it sure was capitalizing on the profiles that were registered on Facebook and Twitter, nonetheless. Entrepreneur Hunter Moore had taken Chatroulette to a whole 'nother level to what some were defining as "revenge" or "identity" porn.

  • Social Media's Court Of Public Opinion: Zimmerman vs Martin Blurs Vigilantism & Censorship

    Ron Callari
    30 Mar 2012 | 10:54 am
    When a neighborhood watch group escalates from its watchdog origins to outright vigilantism, is nothing to be done to protect the lives innocent citizens? So is the question asked by the Trayvon Martin camp. However, in their fervor to prove their point, they have assumed the same extreme behavior online as that which they are condemning on the streets.
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  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • Bioengineered Stem Cells Produce Hair On Bald Mice

    T Goodman
    18 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    A recent experiment by the department of organ technologies at the Tokyo University of Science was successful at bioengineering hair follicle growth in bald mice.  Though these images may look small in the scheme of bioengineering organs, the development is very important, both for those who would like to replace their 'rugs' with something more credible, and for the future of other bioengineered organ replacements.  

  • When It Comes to Office Chairs, One Size Does Not Fit All

    Gadgetry Inc
    17 Feb 2012 | 7:00 pm
    If you've put on a bit of weight or have always been on the heavy side, then it might be time to go look at office chairs for large people. Not only will you find them roomier and more comfortable, you'll also be doing your body good.

  • USB Big Mouse Makes Other Computer Mice Seem Inadequate

    China.new
    22 Oct 2011 | 11:01 pm
    If you're unsatisfied with your mouse, supersize it! That's what the tech tyros at Brando Workshop have done, and the result is the USB Big Mouse, a glowing blue optical mouse that's bigger, bolder, and better than before... well, bigger at least.

  • Are Men Funnier Than Women, Or Do We Just Think They Are?

    T Goodman
    20 Oct 2011 | 3:00 am
    ... The public is largely biased toward males in the who's funnier gender debate, and rationales have ranged from the male role in biological attraction, likening male humor to a peacock's tail, to the male's willingness to be more risque with sexual language and innuendo.
 
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  • iPhone 'Mug Case' Helps You Get A Grip On Your Calls

    China.new
    12 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    Tired of being put on hold? Get a handle on your mobile conversations and hold ALL your calls, all the time, with the self-standing silicone Mug Case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.
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  • Tsunami Soccer Ball and Volleyball Kicked 3,100 Miles to Alaska

    Steve Levenstein
    23 Apr 2012 | 9:56 am
    Now ain't that a kick: signed soccer and volleyballs found washed up on an island off Alaska several weeks apart are to be returned to their surprised but grateful owners. The balls may be the first identifiable pieces of debris from Japan's devastating March 11th, 2011 earthquake and tsunami to reach North American shores.

  • Enigma: Puzzling Wooden Floor Design By Jamie Beckwith

    Toby
    31 Mar 2012 | 6:23 pm
    Floor tiles have moved up a few notches since the vinyl foam tiles first lined the nursery.  And, though these tiles may remind you (somewhat) of those jigsaw like EPA pieces, nowhere have I seen floor tiles so elegant that they must be the center of attention in any room they are laid - the hand-crafted wooden puzzle floor tiles of Jamie Beckwith.

  • Don't Kill Gambian Pouch Rats! Recruit Them

    Lady Bee
    28 Mar 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Annihilation by man or beast is not called for.  The giant African pouch rat, with its pouchy cheeks resembling a hamster, is easily trained.  So easily trained with food as treats that in its native Africa, the giant rat is used to detect land mines and tuberculosis. In Belgium, one of the countries where they are trained, the African giant pouched rat is called "heroRAT!"

  • Stem Cell Technology Used To Create Neuronal Model For Alzheimer's Disease

    T Goodman
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a "true human neuronal model" that replicates the early stages of Alzheimer's disease in actual human brain cells.  They have accomplished this model by using adult stem cells to more accurately demonstrate the pathology of the disease.

  • 'Dragon Tree' May Bring Good Luck to Japan's Tsunami Ravaged Coast

    Steve Levenstein
    21 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    The massive tsunami that pounded Japan's northeastern coast following the devastating March 11th, 2011 earthquake left few trees standing along the shoreline. Among those few survivors is a battered, twisted pine that now resembles a Chinese Dragon. The so-called Dragon Tree has become a symbol of hope and renewal for the region's hard-pressed residents.
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."
 
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  • Anti-Psychotic Drugs Overused In Nursing Homes

    Boomer Babe
    29 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    ....The Globe study found that more than one in five U.S. nursing homes are using anti-psychotic drugs for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other ailments associated with dementia - approximately 185,000 people who have not been diagnosed with a psychosis.

  • China Farms Out Human Milk Production

    China.new
    23 Nov 2011 | 10:08 am
    Human milk? At my supermarket? It's more likely than you think, thanks to China's genetically engineered cows.

  • Japan's Top Pop Singing Group Invites Fans to Make Babies With Them

    Steve Levenstein
    4 Nov 2011 | 11:01 pm
    AKB48, Japan's wildly popular all-girl idol group, wants to make babies with their fans! Introducing "AKBaby", a curiously creepy app that lets fans - for a low monthly subscription fee to their new ISP service - merge a photo of their face with that of a favorite AKB48 member, thus creating the face of "their" baby.

  • Flu-fighting Egg Yolk Antibody Lozenges Help Lick Influenza

    Steve Levenstein
    19 Oct 2011 | 11:01 pm
    Anti-influenza lozenges made with egg yolk antibodies are now being sold in Japan, just in time for flu season. The lifesaver-shaped "Barrifull" lozenges are said to be particularly effective when you're stuck in a crowd of coughing, sneezing commuters.

  • Teens With Social Anxiety Disorder At High Risk For Alcohol & Drug Abuse

    T Goodman
    18 Oct 2011 | 3:00 am
    A study published online October 17, 2011 in the journal Pediatrics indicates that teens with social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, tend not to receive treatment for this psychiatric disorder because parents and teachers may assume the teens are just very shy.  But shyness is not even a prerequisite for the determination of social anxiety disorder....
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  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • An Old Simple Gadget Made New By Biomimicry

    Must Love Gadgets
    31 Mar 2012 | 2:31 pm
    The thumbtack, or 'drawing pin' as it was first named by the British, was invented more than a century ago.  It  is so simply designed, it's hard to think of how it could be improved... unless you happen to stick a few fingers into a box of these pins to try to pick one out just one from the pack. Ouch!  

  • Don't Kill Gambian Pouch Rats! Recruit Them

    Lady Bee
    28 Mar 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Annihilation by man or beast is not called for.  The giant African pouch rat, with its pouchy cheeks resembling a hamster, is easily trained.  So easily trained with food as treats that in its native Africa, the giant rat is used to detect land mines and tuberculosis. In Belgium, one of the countries where they are trained, the African giant pouched rat is called "heroRAT!"

  • Still Searching For Just The Right Pooper Scooper? Here's The Dog Dung Vacuum!

    Lady Bee
    10 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    Everyone I know with a dog thinks they have the best idea for a pooper scooper.  Well, here's a new one: the Dog Dung Vacuum... a pooper scooper with power! 

  • New TAGG™ Keeps Track Of Your Pets When You Can't

    Lady Bee
    9 Jan 2012 | 3:45 pm
    I will probably always remember the last night of 2011.  I tried to entice a lost dog to come to me so that I could read her tags and call her owner, but she was fearful and ran away.  I called the animal rescue, but it was closed, of course, and all I could do was hope... I guess, just like the owner.  But if the owner had outfitted the dog with one of the new Tagg™ digital trackers, he would have been alerted that she was not at home anymore...
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  • Apple To Replace Google Maps With C3 Tech In iOS 6

    Rey M.L.
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Though the default Google Maps software that comes loaded on Apple's iDevices is enough for most people, the company is still looking to replace it with advanced, 3D-accelerated goodness from C3 Technologies.

  • iPhone 'Mug Case' Helps You Get A Grip On Your Calls

    China.new
    12 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    Tired of being put on hold? Get a handle on your mobile conversations and hold ALL your calls, all the time, with the self-standing silicone Mug Case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.

  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.
 
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  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Music Keeps "Occupy" Movement Humming Along (Videos)

    Ron Callari
    17 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    On March 17th, the 6th month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of 99 Percenters chose to return to their original stomping grounds on Wall Street. But this time they were pushed back by NY City cops, and as tensions rose, one activist was actually punched in the head by officers several times, while others were subdued and arrested.

  • Social Media's Dark Side "Is Anyone Up" Is No Longer Up!

    Ron Callari
    15 Apr 2012 | 9:54 am
    The number of followers who had joined "Is Anyone Up" might not have been in the hundreds of millions like some of the more popular social networks, but it sure was capitalizing on the profiles that were registered on Facebook and Twitter, nonetheless. Entrepreneur Hunter Moore had taken Chatroulette to a whole 'nother level to what some were defining as "revenge" or "identity" porn.
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Social Media's Court Of Public Opinion: Zimmerman vs Martin Blurs Vigilantism & Censorship

    Ron Callari
    30 Mar 2012 | 10:54 am
    When a neighborhood watch group escalates from its watchdog origins to outright vigilantism, is nothing to be done to protect the lives innocent citizens? So is the question asked by the Trayvon Martin camp. However, in their fervor to prove their point, they have assumed the same extreme behavior online as that which they are condemning on the streets.

  • SOPA Wrung Wry By History's Most Hated Leader

    Ron Callari
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:19 am
    Toward the end of 2011, the American Censorship Org took action against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), a U.S. bill racing through Congress that threatens "prosperity, online security and freedom of expression." On January 18, thousands of websites like Wikipedia have pledged to go dark online in protest. To show its solidarity, Google has blocked out their iconic logo on their search engine.

  • Slip Your iPhone 4 or 4S into a SwitchEasy 'Melt' 3D Case

    Steve Levenstein
    5 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    SwitchEasy's colorful “Melt” 3D cases for the iPhone 4 or 4S keep your smartphone safe from life's hard knocks while managing to look hot and cool at the same time. The cases feature a slick, shiny, melty-look top portion molded in smooth polycarbonate plastic for easy ingress and egress from the owner's pocket.

  • Car Seat Sensors Can ID Drivers by Their Bottoms

    Steve Levenstein
    1 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Someday we'll be "flying" our cars and computers by the seat of our pants, if a unique new sensor system developed by engineers at Japan's Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology is adopted by car & chair makers. It seems each person leaves a unique impression when they sit down and the resulting digital pressure patterns can be used to identify drivers from the bottom up, so to speak.
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  • Coffee Jitters Keeping You Awake At Night? Take A Chill Pill

    Toby
    9 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    The folks at Think Geek know about caffeine, believe me.  How do you think they're able to test the hundreds of weird products they receive every day and then write-up all the clever things to say about them?  CAFFEINE!  There had been a fast turnover of employees at Think Geek just because of caffeine - the employees, you see, couldn't sleep - at night, at least.... 

  • Saddle Leather Computer Mouse for Skin to Skin Luxury

    Steve Levenstein
    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Desktop computer users tired of caressing a bland, boring, cold plastic mouse all day can click up to some luxury thanks to Japanese specialty retailer Atelier Wazakura. The so-called Kawanezumi (Leather Mouse) features our favorite handy peripheral swathed in soft, supple Saddle Leather. Giddyup!

  • China's Taobao Internet Mall Offers Beautiful Girl Delivery Service

    China.new
    24 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Special delivery indeed: China's Taobao internet mall is boosting their business with the aid of “beautiful girls” who personally deliver customers' orders for a small extra fee.

  • Icon Watch Design Echoes Early Computer Graphics

    Steve Levenstein
    14 Apr 2012 | 3:35 pm
    With the Icon Watch the time's always eight... eight-bit, that is. This ultra-minimalist, battery powered wristwatch was inspired by a computer icon and as such, is a true sign of the times.

  • Nerdy Keyboard Sandals Show Off Your Geek Sole

    China.new
    11 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Nerdy “types” out there will want to step into these keyboard  sandals, artfully imprinted to soothe the geek sole... er, soul. Even the skinniest 98-pound weakling will get a kick out of these cheap flip-flops as they're ideal for a trip to the beach - sand kicking by bullies optional but likely inevitable.
 
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  • Tsunami Soccer Ball and Volleyball Kicked 3,100 Miles to Alaska

    Steve Levenstein
    23 Apr 2012 | 9:56 am
    Now ain't that a kick: signed soccer and volleyballs found washed up on an island off Alaska several weeks apart are to be returned to their surprised but grateful owners. The balls may be the first identifiable pieces of debris from Japan's devastating March 11th, 2011 earthquake and tsunami to reach North American shores.

  • Researchers Document Success Of Amatadine For Head Injury Patients

    T Goodman
    2 Mar 2012 | 3:00 am
    Severe head injuries of the kind induced by motorcycle accidents, rough sports, falls, and blows to the head visit about 1.7 million Americans every year.  Very difficult to treat, these occurrences often result in permanent brain damage, vegetative, or semi-vegetative states.  Some doctors have been using an old flu medicine called amatadine to treat head injury patients and have reported success with the drug, but an international, inter-disciplinary team was recently the first to test the drug against a placebo.

  • Starwars Dog Choir Barks Another Winning Volkswagen Ad For Super Bowl 2012

    Lady Bee
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    One dog barking isn't enough for this year's Volkswagen Super Bowl spot.  Deutsch, LA, which produced the winning commercial for the 2011 Super Bowl, The Dark Side, featuring a mini Darth Vader and his dog, decided to make this year's stars a dozen barking dogs, moving its energy from The Dark Side to The Bark Side.

  • Esthetic Prosthetic Designed for the Disabled

    Steve Levenstein
    24 Nov 2011 | 11:01 pm
    With prosthetic devices, function comes first while form too often places a poor second. Not anymore! Perhaps inspired by the footwear flaunted by footless South African runner Oscar Pistorius, a Japanese industrial designer has unveiled a very esthetic prosthetic.

  • Tiger Woods Takes On Japan's Best Female Golfers in 9-Hole Charity Event

    Steve Levenstein
    22 Sep 2011 | 11:01 pm
    Tiger Woods, American professional golfer and reluctant celebrity, is taking his talents to Japan! The former World No. 1 and Japan's top 3 female pro golfers are set to tee off this November 1st in “Challenge! Tiger Woods”, a 9-hole charity event to benefit Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief.
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  • Apple To Replace Google Maps With C3 Tech In iOS 6

    Rey M.L.
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Though the default Google Maps software that comes loaded on Apple's iDevices is enough for most people, the company is still looking to replace it with advanced, 3D-accelerated goodness from C3 Technologies.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Anti-Psychotic Drugs Overused In Nursing Homes

    Boomer Babe
    29 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    ....The Globe study found that more than one in five U.S. nursing homes are using anti-psychotic drugs for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other ailments associated with dementia - approximately 185,000 people who have not been diagnosed with a psychosis.

  • Ramos Alarm Clock: Get Up Or Get Up!

    Must Love Gadgets
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    Alarm clocks are a pain in the butt. No one wants to get up in the morning, or they wouldn't need an alarm clock, would they?  That's why we all have snooze buttons on our alarm clocks, because we need one more chance to be late. Ineffective as snooze alarms are for many, engineer Paul Sammut has created a new version of the alarm clock, one that never shuts up!

  • KDDI's Concept IIDA Smartphone Features a Manual Analog Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Look Ma, hands! Japan's KDDI is showcasing a curiously retro smartphone that's a real blast from the past. The phone's bezel features a manually-wound analog clock, thus creating a fusion of elegance and technology.
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  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.

  • USB Christmas Tree Brings Holiday Cheer to Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    8 Dec 2011 | 1:01 am
    Celebrate digital Xmas 2011.0 with the USB Christmas Tree from Japan's Thanko! The tiny tinsel-trimmed tannenbaum merrily glows with fiber optic lighting powered by your PC or laptop computer.

  • LED Emergency Flashlight Pig Needs No Batteries, Won't Hog Energy

    China.new
    24 Oct 2011 | 11:01 pm
    The cute, practical & eco-friendly 'Dynamo Torch Pig Shape' from Chinese online gadget emporium Shanghai Donya may have an unwieldy name, but this flashlight swine will rise & shine when storms strike and power outages leave you in the dark.

  • Sanrio Hello Kitty Monster Collection Introduces 5 Cute Scaredy Cats

    Steve Levenstein
    21 Oct 2011 | 11:01 pm
    Hallow Kitty? Just in time for Halloween, Japan's favorite friendly feline gets her horror on. The Sanrio Hello Kitty Monster Collection scares up 5 BOO-tiful plush dolls modeled after classic fright film stars Frankenstein, The Mummy and more.

  • Let Your iPhone Shine with The Swarovski Ball Earphone Jack Accessory

    Steve Levenstein
    12 Oct 2011 | 3:01 pm
    Bored with your plain-jane iPhone, smartphone, iPod or MP3 player? Japan's Strapya World has got something for that: the Swarovski Ball Earphone Jack Accessory. Plug in any one of the 15 different crystal colors and you'll be shouting “iBling, therefore iAm!”
 
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  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Panda on a Plane Eats Shoots and Leaves

    China.new
    3 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Did a Giant Panda and his carer recently enjoy their flight to the United States comfortably seated side by side on a China Airlines jet, or are we just being (ahem) bamboozled?

  • KFC Japan Serves Beer & Booze Beside the Bucket

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:06 am
    Forget that Happy Meal, at KFC Japan it's Happy Hour! Want a double with that Double Down? Perhaps a cocktail with your cock-a-doodle-doo? Tokyo's newly opened KFC Route 25 restaurant has begun serving beer & booze by (or at least, beside) the bucket.

  • Tomko Transceiver for iPhone Offers Fun Functionality with Retro Style

    Steve Levenstein
    18 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a conv-ersation! Communicate the cooler way with the Tomko Transceiver for iPhone, Strapya World's clever update on old-school radio & CB transceivers. Plug one into your iPhone and blow away Bluetooth with a single click!

  • Tower of Power: Tokyo Sky Tree Officially Completed on Leap Day 2012

    Steve Levenstein
    29 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest free-standing broadcasting tower, was officially completed on Leap Day of 2012. The 2,080 ft (634 meter) tall tower soars almost twice as high as the 1958-built Tokyo Tower and will take over most of the orange & white downtown landmark's digital broadcasting duties.
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Do You Have Enough Klout To Fly The Friendly Skies Or Land The Perfect Job?

    Ron Callari
    10 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Klout is to 'personal influence' what Google is to 'page ranking.' While the Big G's algorithms determine the relevance of the Internet's every web page, Klout supposedly ranks the influence of every person online. As a 3-year old start-up, it's raison d'être is to measure influence based on the digerati's ability to drive action.

  • How Many "Dumb F*cks" Will Rock Facebook's IPO Like It's 1999?

    Ron Callari
    8 May 2012 | 2:26 pm
    The term "Dumb F*cks" has hung over Mark Zuckerberg like a dark cloud during the course of the last 8 years. Not because his nickname "Zuck" rhymes with the expletive, but because the CEO of today's largest social network derided his early FB users as such. In 2004, when first percolating the idea of FB in a Harvard dorm room and asked how he attracted so many followers so quickly, he off-handedly responded they were following him blindly, like "Dumb F*cks."

  • KDDI's Concept IIDA Smartphone Features a Manual Analog Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Look Ma, hands! Japan's KDDI is showcasing a curiously retro smartphone that's a real blast from the past. The phone's bezel features a manually-wound analog clock, thus creating a fusion of elegance and technology.

  • KFC Japan Serves Beer & Booze Beside the Bucket

    Steve Levenstein
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:06 am
    Forget that Happy Meal, at KFC Japan it's Happy Hour! Want a double with that Double Down? Perhaps a cocktail with your cock-a-doodle-doo? Tokyo's newly opened KFC Route 25 restaurant has begun serving beer & booze by (or at least, beside) the bucket.
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  • From "This Land Is Your Land" To "99 Percenter Song" OWS Guitarists March On NYC (Music Video)

    Ron Callari
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:29 am
    Legions of guitarists, string players, troubadours, and DIY-shaker makers will converge on Bryant Park May 1, 2012 for Occupy Guitarmy, as part of the Occupy Wall Street May Day initiatives for social and economic justice. And you're all invited. Just show up at the Gertrude Stein statue at 12 Noon on that date and get ready to jam all the way down to Union Square.

  • Music Keeps "Occupy" Movement Humming Along (Videos)

    Ron Callari
    17 Apr 2012 | 11:41 am
    On March 17th, the 6th month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of 99 Percenters chose to return to their original stomping grounds on Wall Street. But this time they were pushed back by NY City cops, and as tensions rose, one activist was actually punched in the head by officers several times, while others were subdued and arrested.

  • Lenovo's IdeaTab S2109 Android Tablet Unveiled

    Rey M.L.
    9 Apr 2012 | 3:29 pm
    Lenovo's Youtube channel has unveiled the company's upcoming tablet, loaded with Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” and a few other interesting features.

  • Starwars Dog Choir Barks Another Winning Volkswagen Ad For Super Bowl 2012

    Lady Bee
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    One dog barking isn't enough for this year's Volkswagen Super Bowl spot.  Deutsch, LA, which produced the winning commercial for the 2011 Super Bowl, The Dark Side, featuring a mini Darth Vader and his dog, decided to make this year's stars a dozen barking dogs, moving its energy from The Dark Side to The Bark Side.

  • SOPA Wrung Wry By History's Most Hated Leader

    Ron Callari
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:19 am
    Toward the end of 2011, the American Censorship Org took action against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), a U.S. bill racing through Congress that threatens "prosperity, online security and freedom of expression." On January 18, thousands of websites like Wikipedia have pledged to go dark online in protest. To show its solidarity, Google has blocked out their iconic logo on their search engine.
 
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  • Time to Read? Amazon Japan Limited Edition Analog Alarm Clock

    Steve Levenstein
    8 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    Amazon Japan is offering a simple yet stylish analog alarm clock for a limited time only. The clock comes in black or orange, sports the Amazon Japan website URL on its face, and wakes up loyal Amazon customers with an electronic beeping chime and complementary flashing lights.

  • Social Media's Dark Side "Is Anyone Up" Is No Longer Up!

    Ron Callari
    15 Apr 2012 | 9:54 am
    The number of followers who had joined "Is Anyone Up" might not have been in the hundreds of millions like some of the more popular social networks, but it sure was capitalizing on the profiles that were registered on Facebook and Twitter, nonetheless. Entrepreneur Hunter Moore had taken Chatroulette to a whole 'nother level to what some were defining as "revenge" or "identity" porn.

  • Social Media's Court Of Public Opinion: Zimmerman vs Martin Blurs Vigilantism & Censorship

    Ron Callari
    30 Mar 2012 | 10:54 am
    When a neighborhood watch group escalates from its watchdog origins to outright vigilantism, is nothing to be done to protect the lives innocent citizens? So is the question asked by the Trayvon Martin camp. However, in their fervor to prove their point, they have assumed the same extreme behavior online as that which they are condemning on the streets.

  • Social Media Finds Room At The Inn

    Ron Callari
    9 Mar 2012 | 5:10 am
    Hotel commerce, branding, online reputation management, guest feedback, reviews, and customer satisfaction are no longer disconnected or disjunctive focus areas for hoteliers. Today, social media's tetra-like tentacles reaches out to all of these touch points, and the more forward-thinking hoteliers are embracing 21st century technology to get the job done comprehensively, from decision-making to check-out.

  • Pinterest: Latest Social Media Experiment Pinned With Skimming Charges?

    Ron Callari
    13 Feb 2012 | 6:55 am
    With record-breaking pageviews and generating more traffic than Google+, LinkedIn and YouTube combined, social media's latest shiny thing has ridden into our zeitgeist quicker than Superman's speeding bullet. Pinterest's ability to scale to 7.2 million visitors in the U.S. alone, with other reports stating its tallied 11 million total visits during one week in December sounds like Facebook's early ascendancy during its 2004 debut.
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  • Chinese RoboCop Keeps An Electric Eye On Crime

    China.new
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A robot policeman equipped with a CCTV cyclops eye and a navel-mounted panic button is the new face of crimefighting in China. Though fixed to the pavement and unable to chase feeling suspects, the ersatz RoboCop nonetheless has brought peace to the mean streets of Kunming.

  • Japan's First Police Cat Rats Out Criminals

    Steve Levenstein
    13 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Beware the long paw of the law! Potential lawbreakers in Kyoto, Japan had better think twice before engaging in criminal acts because Iemon, Japan's first police cat, is on patrol... when he's not curled up asleep at the station, that is.

  • iPhone 'Mug Case' Helps You Get A Grip On Your Calls

    China.new
    12 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    Tired of being put on hold? Get a handle on your mobile conversations and hold ALL your calls, all the time, with the self-standing silicone Mug Case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

  • Google's Anonymous Car Gets Its License To Drive In Nevada

    Myra Per-Lee
    11 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    You can talk on your cell phone, even text, check your email, eat your lunch, tun-in your radio, change a CD.... You can even take in all of the distractions along the Strip in Las Vegas... if you hop a cab.  Or, you can take the Google autonomous car, currently a Toyota Prius, without a driver.

  • Remote Control USB Cockroach Will Infest Your Desktop

    Steve Levenstein
    11 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Just in time for Mother's Day, it's the Remote Control USB Cockroach from Japan's JTT Online Shop! You won't want to stomp this robotic pest into insect oblivion, however: they're 3 inches long and cost $20 each.
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  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • China's Taobao Internet Mall Offers Beautiful Girl Delivery Service

    China.new
    24 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Special delivery indeed: China's Taobao internet mall is boosting their business with the aid of “beautiful girls” who personally deliver customers' orders for a small extra fee.

  • China's Next Manned Space Mission May Include Women

    China.new
    27 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    China's next “manned” space mission may be a bit of a misnomer as a portion of the 3-person crew may be female. Seven Taikonauts have been announced for Shenzhou 9, scheduled to lift off for China's Tiangong 1 orbiting space station in June of 2012, and two of the candidates are female. Heavenly bodies indeed!

  • When It Comes to Office Chairs, One Size Does Not Fit All

    Gadgetry Inc
    17 Feb 2012 | 7:00 pm
    If you've put on a bit of weight or have always been on the heavy side, then it might be time to go look at office chairs for large people. Not only will you find them roomier and more comfortable, you'll also be doing your body good.

  • Fabulous Frizz Free Hair At Home – J F Lazartigue

    LeFleur
    3 Feb 2012 | 2:53 pm
    First there was Japanese hair straightening; it was all the rage until it wasn’t.  Then came the Brazilian keratin treatments promising to turn your curly hair into sleek, shiny straight strands of goodness.  And now with the economy in dire straights everyone is tightening their belts and trying to be more budget conscious.  I searched for some at-home remedies for curly or frizzy hair that would provide similar results for a fraction of the cost.  J F Lazartigue has come to the rescue with a line of straightening products consisting of shampoo, conditioner and a gel.
 
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  • Top 50 Best Quotes About Success

    Spencer Lanoue
    7 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Here's a compilation of 50 amazing quotes about success and entrepreneurship meant to inspire and motivate you. Contributing authors include Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Twain, Mandela, and other greats.

  • Saddle Leather Computer Mouse for Skin to Skin Luxury

    Steve Levenstein
    2 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Desktop computer users tired of caressing a bland, boring, cold plastic mouse all day can click up to some luxury thanks to Japanese specialty retailer Atelier Wazakura. The so-called Kawanezumi (Leather Mouse) features our favorite handy peripheral swathed in soft, supple Saddle Leather. Giddyup!

  • Toxic Glue Puts Chinese Migrant Workers in Sticky Situation

    China.new
    23 Feb 2012 | 10:19 pm
    If you thought toxic glue was a “first world problem” whose only victims were women engaged to marry George Costanza, think again. A major scandal brewing in China's southern city of Guangzhou has shone the spotlight on a vast, unlicensed leather-goods trade that exposes tens of thousands of migrant worker employees to high levels of dangerous chemicals.

  • When It Comes to Office Chairs, One Size Does Not Fit All

    Gadgetry Inc
    17 Feb 2012 | 7:00 pm
    If you've put on a bit of weight or have always been on the heavy side, then it might be time to go look at office chairs for large people. Not only will you find them roomier and more comfortable, you'll also be doing your body good.

  • Designer Keyboard Brush from Japan is Really the Pits

    Steve Levenstein
    11 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Finally, a use for armpit hair! Well, sort of. This cute anthropomorphic brush is designed to clean your keyboard's hard to reach nooks and crannies while putting a smile on your face. The unabashedly hirsute “Okite” underarm hair brush comes from Japanese design house and specialty retailer DECOLE, and is one of the popular Humania series of home, office, kitchen and school cool tools.
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  • Mom Invented® Launches its Biggest Product Search EVER — this Mother’s Day!

    Tamara Monosoff
    13 May 2012 | 10:54 am
    Happy Mother's Day! We are thrilled to announce the next Mom Invented® Product Search! We are on the lookout for awesome new "retail-ready" products! We have more fire power than ever. Our manufacturing partners are selling housewares, gift items and juvenile products to virtually every major retailer in North America! Our partners love what the Mom Invented brand stands for...celebrating the intelligence and creativity of Moms. They will help get items selected from this product search onto the shelves of thousands of mass retailers. Moms everywhere are welcome to submit their fabulous…

  • Count Me In…Will Help You Take Your Business to the Next Level! Don’t Miss This Amazing Event.

    Tamara Monosoff
    27 Apr 2012 | 12:43 pm
    Calling all women entrepreneurs! Yes, that means YOU! Give yourself the best gift of all – a chance to grow your business to a new level of success quickly and sustainably, with a little help from Count Me In For Women’s Economic Independence. CMI is looking for women business owners to join them on May 10 and 11 for the Urban Rebound-Los Angeles Conference and Competition, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Urban Rebound-Los Angeles is an exciting business growth initiative for women entrepreneurs in Southern California with annual revenues between $50,000 and $150,000. …

  • Remember our feature of CastCoverz? Check out the big deal she just signed!

    Tamara Monosoff
    17 Apr 2012 | 3:41 pm
    Annette D. Giacomazzi, one of our past Feature Moms, and Founder and Owner of CastCoverZ!, has added something fabulous to her offerings on CastCoverz.com and I couldn't resist sharing! CastCoverZ!, the world’s largest online retailer of products for the orthopedic patient, including cast covers and waterproof cast products, announces the acquisition of LemonAid™ Crutches and CrutchWear® that includes fun accessories like colored crutches and crutch pad covers. LemonAid Crutches are made of high-tech, lightweight aluminum construction and are powder-coated for ultimate durability and…

  • Social Worker Mom Creates Chemical-Free Hair Styling Products for Babies & Children

    Tamara Monosoff
    10 Apr 2012 | 1:32 pm
    Megan Gage, a social worker, read an article about how some companies were using harmful chemicals in their hair products for babies and children. She was furious! This inspired her to do something about it. She launched Hot Tots which are salon-quality hair styling products for babies and children without the use of harsh or harmful chemicals. Mom Invented: Why did you start this company? Megan: When my two-year old son was a baby, I used to mix a small amount of pomade with baby lotion to give him a small curl on top of his head.  I was surprised by the number of  people who responded …

  • Summer is Nearly Here but the Media is Already Thinking about Back to School!

    Tamara Monosoff
    2 Apr 2012 | 5:18 pm
    As Moms we know that the school year is winding down and Summer will be here before we know it.  However, as Moms in Business, we also have to think about how to keep things moving forward in our businesses. This is just a quick note to remind you that if you are thinking of doing PR for your business, April/May are great months to reach magazines for back-to-school and holiday coverage. In fact, it's not too late to get Mother's day coverage for short-lead media. Mom Invented® has teamed up with Pitch PR to offer great, affordable PR Campaigns so that you can experience phenomenal media…
 
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  • Dubai Water Discus hotel will allow guests to sleep underwater

    6 May 2012 | 11:41 am
    It seems the construction boom in bustling Dubai is far from over – already home to several world record-holding projects, including the tallest building (for just a little while longer), the largest shopping mall and biggest man-made island, plans are now afoot to construct what will likely be the world's largest underwater luxury hotel, the Water Discus. Several years ago, we reported on another such ambitious project, Hydropolis, which sadly never got past the blueprint stage. If Polish company Deep Ocean Technology's (DOT) plans come to fruition, however, guests could one day find…

  • Winner announced for 2012 Millenium Yacht Design Award

    25 Apr 2012 | 6:45 am
    The Allochroous is the Dream Boat category winner of the 9th Millennium Yacht Design Award (MYDA), an international competition for yacht designers around the world. Conceptualized by beginner entrants Ezgi Aksan and Ambra Ceronetti, Allochroous is a futuristic representation of what their dream yacht would be. Drawing upon innovative technologies, the key feature behind the concept is that the yacht is able to transform its functionality. The vision was to create a sustainable yacht that is ideal for enjoying a summer concert at sea.The Allochroous is designed specifically to host events…

  • World's largest RMS Titanic museum opens in Belfast

    15 Apr 2012 | 11:48 am
    On April 14, 1912, the luxury liner RMS Titanic, just four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,514 lives. At the time, the massive, state-of-the-art ship was the largest vessel afloat and considered by many to be "virtually unsinkable." Built in Belfast, Northern Ireland by shipbuilding firm Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line at the then-astronomical cost of US$7.5 million, the ill-fated Titanic has been a source of pathos and fascination for nearly a century. To bring the remarkable ship's story to countless more…

  • Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao

    1 Apr 2012 | 11:17 am
     The Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippines have been said to be like the 8th wonder of the world. They were carved from the hillside by the tribes people of Ifugao about 2,000-3,000 years ago. The tribes people did this with their bare hands and crude implements, without using machinery to level the steps where they plant their rice, which is what makes this wonder so attractive, aside from the fact that the rice terraces are still used today.This is considered to be one of the greatest engineering feats of mankind, because if each one were connected end to end, then they would reach…

  • German lakeside resort features a collection of floating homes

    26 Mar 2012 | 9:50 am
    Within the Lusatian Lake District in Germany, lies the unique Lausitz Geierswald Resort with its collection of floating residences. Designed by the German architectural firm Steeltec37, the floating village includes a collection of modular buildings designed to offer sustainable living and lakeside luxury.The aesthetic of the Module House Arks (or floating homes) is modern in spirit, resembling the form of a sail, while giving rise to the practicalities of a waterfront lifestyle. The contemporary modular homes feature a light-weight metal frame base-structure that rests on top of an…
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