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7.85" Apple iPad Coming in 2012?
2011-12-19 14:00:00
The rumors are out - Apple is apparently getting ready to put out a junior model of its well-known tablet computer sometime in 2012.
More About: Technology , Electronics , Products , Gadgets

McDonald's German Chicken Sausage Burger Blitzes Hong Kong
2011-12-19 08:01:00
If you're hungry enough to raise the Teutonic, then we kindly ask you to get a grip... on the German Chicken Sausage Burger , an epicurious menu offering from McDonald's Hong Kong . What say ye, Actual German Folks?, das schmeckt or das boo?

LovePlus Mobile Battery Collection Redefines Girl Power
2011-12-19 02:01:00
Fans of the Japanese dating simulation game LovePlus should get a charge out of this: three new mobile phone & music player batteries, each one displaying the face of their favorite female LovePlus character.
More About: Technology , Power , Mobile , Electronics , Video Games

Tap Water Is OK To Drink, But Watch What You Put Up Your Nose
2011-12-17 10:00:00
Neti-pot nose rinses have recently been reported to have caused the death of two persons in Louisiana.  The pots, used by many to drain their sinuses during colds, flu, or allergy flare-ups, convey salt water through the nostrils....
More About: Watch , Drink , Water , Nose

China's Chocolate Fashion Looks Good, Tastes Great!
2011-12-17 06:01:00
A rather ?tasteful? fashion show at World Chocolate Wonderland in Shanghai, China, featured clothing and accessories made from delicately (and deliciously) carved & crafted chocolate.
More About: Fashion , Great , Good

Holiday Social Media Competition Lights Up "Home Decoration Smackdown" In J
2011-12-16 14:52:00
What's a little friendly competition amongst neighboring towns in New Jersey? Well this Christmas season, two councilmen and one mayor have decided to lighten up this year's holiday festivities with a house decoration competition in Jersey City, Newark and Roselle.
More About: News , Business , Social , Media

Snore No More with the Snore Stopper Wristband
2011-12-16 06:01:00
Tired of being kicked by bedmates awoken by your snoring? The ?Snore Stopper? from Hivox prompts snorers to shift their snore-inducing sleep positions with a gentle electrical zap from a battery-powered wristband.

Toshiba's 'Portable Gamma Camera' Takes Snapshots of Radiation Hotspots
2011-12-15 06:01:00
Toshiba has developed a portable radiation-sensing camera that overlays color-coded radioactivity measurements over visual images. The camera is a refined version of a similar concept tested and proven at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
More About: Science , News , Health , Technology , Environment

Sensing Microneedles Developed For Continuous Monitoring Of Body Chemicals
2011-12-14 10:00:00
In the future, maybe not too distant, diabetics may be able to monitor their glucose levels continuously, rather than at one point in time, thanks to the researchers from North Carolina State University, Sandia National Laboratories, and the University of California, San Diego.  These researchers have incorporated sensors into multiple microneedles, each less than a millimeter long, that may make today's glucose analyzers, the annoying skin prick tests, obsolete. 
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Roll-Up Remote Control Speaker Keyboard for Well Rounded Types
2011-12-14 08:01:00
Roll-Up keyboards are nothing new but the DN-SKB-MF02 Roll-Up Speaker Keyboard from Shanghai Donya takes the concept to the next level. The USB-powered and remote-control operated device features a keyboard, stereo speakers and MP3 music player compatibility all wrapped up in a sleek silvery cylinder.
More About: Technology , Computers , Electronics , Products , Gadgets

Eco-Friendly Oil-Filled Space Heaters Exude Retro Radiator Styling
2011-12-14 06:01:00
Cool heaters! The FZ Series Oil Radiator Heaters from Japan's Eureks may look film-noir retro but look beyond their finned skins and you'll find environmentally friendly, non-polluting, oil-filled space heaters designed to match the needs of today's power-saving, post-nuclear Japanese households.
More About: Health , Technology , Environment , Electronics , Products

Surgeons Check Out Donor Lungs 'Ex Vivo' Prior To Transplant
2011-12-13 10:00:00
Surgeons at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University performed the very first 'ex vivo' lung transplants yesterday, placing a deceased donor's lungs into a test dome for four hours to get the lungs in shape for their new human recipients.  Organ testing procedures have been available prior to now, but none as sophisticated as the XVIVA Perfusion System employed in these particular transplant surgeries. 
More About: Science , News , Health , Technology , Trends

Wacky Wax 'Candelier' is one Wick-edly Clever Lamp Design
2011-12-12 06:01:00
Wax on! What's bright and white but uses no light... bulbs? The Candelier, of course, a majestic (and messy) chandelier made entirely from white wax by Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa. We're certain Mr. Miyagi would approve.
More About: Design

Super High-DPI Samsung Tablet Coming in February?
2011-12-11 23:07:00
Some new rumors are hinting that a Samsung tablet computer with a really high display resolution may launch sometime this coming February.
More About: Technology , Electronics , Products , Gadgets

Chinese Medicinal Plants Garden is World's Largest According to Guinness
2011-12-11 06:01:00
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM for short) has roots that extend back thousands of years, with seeds in folk cures that were already old when ancient Chinese scholars first began writing them down. It's no wonder, then, that one of China's oldest official medicinal plants gardens has been declared by Guinness World Records to be the world's largest of its kind.
More About: News , Health , Environment , Nature , International

Giant Godzilla Christmas Tree Spruces Up Tokyo Mall
2011-12-10 17:56:00
Pining for those classic Japanese monster movies that had you sitting on pins and needles? Well fir not, er, fear not! The giant Godzilla Christmas Tree from the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall in Tokyo is the original nightmare before Christmas!
More About: Giant , Mall

Homemade 'Hummer' Lets Chinese Chef Show Some Swagger
2011-12-09 08:01:00
By night, Qu Zhibo is a chef and restaurant owner from Zigong City in China's Sichuan Province. By day, however, he's ?Qu Zhibo, Hummer Driver!?... or something vaguely resembling a Hummer. Qu designed and constructed his 1-of-a-kind, 4-wheeled, 8-tired tribute to American rolling stock with GM's mighty military machine in mind.
More About: Show , Chinese , Chef

'Pillow Talk' Phone Headrests Enable Conversations via Cushion
2011-12-09 06:01:00
Old and busted: phone headsets. New hotness: phone headrests! The ?Dare to Demo? star-shaped plush pillow from Willcom allows users to rest their weary heads while conducting hands-free conversations.
More About: Marketing , Business , Technology , Electronics , Lifestyle

USB Christmas Tree Brings Holiday Cheer to Your Desktop
2011-12-08 08:01:00
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.
More About: Technology , Electronics , Products , Holiday

Rock Star Calling: Candies Guitar Head iPhone 4s Cover
2011-12-08 06:01:00
The ?Candies Super Rock? iPhone 4s cover comes in eight different color combinations and makes your iPhone 4s look like an electric guitar head, including cool contrasting color tuning pegs.
More About: Entertainment , Lifestyle , Products , Fashion , Rock Star

Japanese Scientists Listen to Oysters, Pick Up Pearls of Wisdom
2011-12-07 06:01:00
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!
More About: Wisdom , Listen , Scientists , Pick

Lenovo Preps New ThinkPad X130e Ultraportable for Schools
2011-12-07 03:12:00
Lenovo is showing off a new 11.6? laptop aimed towards elementary and high school students. The ThinkPad X130e pairs a durable exterior design with power-efficient Intel or AMD processors in an attempt to appease the IT departments of schools everywhere.
More About: Education , Technology , Computers , Electronics , Schools

With IPOs & Bankruptcy In The Air, Zynga Soars, American Airlines Zags & Al
2011-12-07 01:33:00
There's seems to be a glint of irony taking to the not-so-friendly skies, or so one popular TV-star would like the world to believe. While online gaming giant Zynga hopes to reap between $850 million and $1.15 billion with its impending IPO offering on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, the venerable American Airlines files Chapter 11 to reorganize its massive debt. So what's the connection between the two companies where one's on an uptick and the other is in dire straits financially? Well? Alec Baldwin, oddly, it seems!
More About: Marketing , News , Business , Media , Funny

Reactive Lighting Brings Safety, Efficiency, And The WOW Factor To Your Sta
2011-12-06 20:45:00
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.
More About: News , Technology , Electronics , Safety , Lifestyle

Year of the Dragon Ready to Roar with 2012-shaped Solid Gold Statue
2011-12-06 19:41:00
An exquisite, 24-karat gold statue of a Chinese dragon was recently unveiled by Chow Tai Fook Jewellery in Hong Kong. The dragon's sinuous coils form the numerals "2012", the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
More About: Marketing , News , Business , Shopping , New Year

Family Violence Is Risk Factor For Psychological Disorders Later In Life
2011-12-06 10:00:00
Scientists at the University College of London (UCL) and the Anna Freud Center liken the impact of family violence on the brains of children to the brains of soldiers exposed to combat.  Both kinds of combat result in hypersensitivity to danger and put subjects at risk for developing anxiety disorders.
More About: Science , News , Family , Life , Lifestyle

Japanese Earthquake Seismogram Sculpture Created by Luke Jerram
2011-12-06 06:01:00
Dry statistics and flat printouts do little to convey the awesome destructive power of earthquakes. British multimedia artist Luke Jerram has found a way to bring data to life, as it were, and by doing so express not only the measured progress of the 2011 T?hoku earthquake over 9 minutes terrifying but also display the pure esthetic beauty of nature's fury in action.
More About: News , Technology , Environment , Computers , Earthquake

Colored Car Tires from China Look Wheel Strange
2011-12-05 06:01:00
Black tires too dull & gloomy for you? Double Star Tires is hoping their colorful new line of Rainbow Tires will replace basic boring black rubber road rollers wheel, er, real soon.
More About: China , Strange

Cooler Master Announces Elite 431 Plus Case; Low Price and Premium Features
2011-12-04 20:11:00
Those looking to build themselves or their relatives a new computer for the holiday season now have another good option for a case. The new Elite 431 Plus may have a bargain bin price tag, but it will allow users to install high-end videocards and CPU heatsinks without any space concerns.
More About: Technology , Electronics , Products , Features , Price

USB Hand Warmer Mouse Keeps Your Clicking Fingers in the Pink
2011-12-04 08:01:00
Cold hands, warm mouse? Yes please! The USB Hand Warmer Mouse from Ever Green features an adjustable built-in heater powered from your computer's or laptop's USB port.
More About: Pink