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Poseidon Plans World’s First Sea Floor Resort Complex
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech,
Set to be located on the actual sea floor, this stunning facility will offer suites with transparent acrylic windows allowing you to view aquatic life from the comfort of your own room. Fully pressurized for atmospheric comfort, the resort will also feature a 5-star rotating restaurant, a tennis court, and…get this: a swimming pool. Each suite will also have its own underwater lights controllable from an inside switch and an external fish feeder. This way guests will be able to push a button and feed the fish outside. The Bahamas location is set to open late 2006 at the earliest. Suites will run you $1500 a night.
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| Poseidon Resorts
As if being the world’s wealthiest man wasn’t enough, William Gates (also known as Bill Gates to the commonfolk) will be knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on March 2, 2005. His title will be Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. An honorary title, nevertheless this honor is well deserved of the Microsoft co-founder whose visions have led us to many of the great technologies we now enjoy – and profit from.
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| Yahoo! News
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I don’t pretend to know much about cars, even though I do own one. That’s why I find articles that help explain their complexities so invaluable. Case in point is How Stuff Work’s overview of the Lotus Elise, which has been available in Europe for some time, but is about to enter the US market with its 2005 model. It comes with a sticker price of $40,000…which is actually a lot cheaper than most supercar prices. If you still don’t find yourself drooling at some of the pictures though, then maybe cars aren’t for you.
Read More | How Stuff Works
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Little Shop of Horrors fans rejoice! Now you can have your very own eating plant that actually burps after snapping down on those pesky flies. This little curiosity measures about 8 inches and operates on three AAA batteries. A non-toxic bait (read: not dog dung) based at the bottom of the jaws lures the insect inside. As the insect crawls into the mouth of the trap, two sensors detect the insect causing the mouth to shut, swatting the insect dead. I’m wondering if it works on cockroaches too - and also, how you are supposed to dispose of the bugs?
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Man, this would totally suck. Imagine Apple releasing a firmware update for current iPods (with new iPods coming with the firmware by default) that made the gadget display ads on its screen at various times. Or better yet, 15-20 second audio ads between songs. Even shuffle owners aren’t safe! Luckily, this is just a gag. Let’s hope Big Steve doesn’t get any ideas.
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Who wouldn’t love to have one of these at their office? While launching rubber bands at pesky coworkers is nothing new, this bad boy can load up to ten rubber bands at once. You can then shoot off all at once, “shotgun” style or in small bursts. Highly accurate, painful, and hilarious all at the same time.
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When you’re as addicted to the Internet as I am, you can go for hours without getting out of your PC chair. The drawback to this, of course, is the bladder busting pain from not using the bathroom as often as you should. Kiss all that goodbye now, because with the new Internet Urinal, you can surf, play Quake, post in forums, and pee all without getting up from your chair. Perfect for LAN parties, where you can’t afford to take a break. It even comes with a female adapter.
Read More | ThinkGeek
Get Your Kids to Brush with Hasbro’s “Tooth Tunes”
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech,
Kids could care less about cavities and rising health care costs, but maybe a little Jay Z can help get them to take care of those choppers. With this device, a two-minute recording is stored on a microchip. You simply push a button on the toothbrush, and a minicomputer starts playing the song, transporting it through the transducer to the teeth, and from there to the jawbone then to the inner ear. Now if only I could find a way to play some Usher when flossing, which is usually the bigger hassle.
Read More | We Make Money Not Art
Everytime I handle some sharp instrument, I think I’m going to hurt myself somehow. Maybe I’ve been watching too much Final Destination. To help complete my utter dread, Vice Versa now offers a creepy, yet fascinating rack for your knives. It sure beats that boring wooden block most people use. Measuring 40 x 25 cm, it looks like it only comes in red. How appropriate.
Read More | Vice Versa via BoingBoing
Wired News has a nice little feature on some of the highlights to this week’s Toy Fair in New York. Pictured here is a car model with interchangeable pieces allowing you to create a hybrid minivan-truck or SUV-sports car. Other cool items on display include a laser-based trip wire, and a powered skateboard. You’ll also find pics of an enhanced bubble-shooter gun: it spits out bubbles with vapors injected into it (nontoxic of course) that, when popped emit a quickly dissipating, whitish fog.
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