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How many times have you wandered to the refrigerator to get yourself a nice chilled beverage and find that there are none? No one wants to put more warm ones in there and wait until they cool down. Thanks to the Cooper Cooler, you won’t have to wait that much longer. With some water and ice, you can “Chill-On-Demand” any beverage of your choosing to a cold drinking temperature of 43 degrees fahrenheit. According to the website, this little gadget can chill a can in 1 minute, bottles in 3.5 minutes, wine bottles in 6 minutes - plus it will not cause carbonated beverages to foam or fizz over upon opening. This is definitely a great product for those who throw parties often or have pesky roommates that never refill the refrigerator when they take the last beer
soda. You can grab one for $89.99 USD.
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| Cooper Cooler
Free Notebook PC’s, Mac mini’s, iPod shuffles Via OfferCentric
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Misc. Tech,
Our favorite free site network (aside from our own) is back at it again, this time upping the ante and offering some more expensive electronics for free. OfferCentric has launched three brand new sites offering notebook PC’s, Mac mini PC’s, and iPod shuffle MP3 players. Click the links to sign up, and if you complete an offer, we will add your referral link to this story. Also, feel free to post your link in the comments. Good times.
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If you are like most iPod owners, you hate seeing fingerprints on the back of your super chic device. What can you do to solve this problem? Simple! Grab some Brillo and give it a brushed metal look. As you can see in the image, the brushed metal look actually fits all the rest of Apple’s designs. Not only will you have eliminated finger prints on your shiny iPod, but it looks great! NewSlang.org has an article detailing the simple steps to achieving great results. Of course, you can also just use a Pod Shield and keep the luster.
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Scientists Develop Scorpion-Like Bot For Planet Exploration
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech,
University of Bremen researcher Frank Kirchner has developed a creepy-moving scorpion-like robot, which is now being evaluated by NASA for use on Mars and other planets. Apparently walker-type bots like this one are able to get into the deep crevices that conventional wheel-based vehicles aren’t able to reach. It looks like something assembled from the scraps of a Terminator machine. But don’t just take my word for it, click here to see a movie with the robot in action.
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| Nature.com
Night spying would be so much more fun if you could do it in color instead of grainy green. The TNO research lab in Soesterberg, Netherlands thought the same thing too. Their new night vision goggles produce natural-looking color by sampling daytime images in the landscapes where the system is expected to be used. Stored in memory, those colors are then mapped to the various shades of grey/green detected through existing technology, producing an image that allows better clarity and depth perception. Those episodes of Cheaters and the Surreal Life may never be the same.
Read More | New Scientist
Jux2position has just come out with a massive, totally interactive virtual reality tour of the city of Denver and its surrounding areas. I have been playing with it for a few minutes, and while I have no interest in Denver whatsoever, this is very cool. You are able to zoom in an any part of the city, and can click on points of interest to see real photos of that area. It works quite well. I would love to see this happen for more major cities across the US.
Read More | AroundDenver.com
In a move that is sure to excite the masses, Hasbro has announced that they will be debuting a new and improved Furby line this fall (finally!). If you don’t remember what that is, let me school you for a moment. The original Furby debuted in 1998 and instantly became a fad
national phenomenon. Stores had trouble keeping up with the demand for the furry stuffed animal that spoke its own language, and it was banned from the Pentagon because it was said that Furby could learn. The new Furby is said to be bigger than the original, and have an even greater vocabulary than the first.
Read More | CNN Money
Looking at the Sony Toshiba IBM Cell Processor
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop, Video Games,
Big news out of the STI camp today, as they finally took the wraps off of the Cell processor that we have heard so much about over the past year as it relates to the Playstation 3. However, what you may not have known is that the Cell will have a major impact on much more than just the videogame industry. You see, the Cell is a major evolution in processor technology, and companies like Intel, AMD, nVidia, ATI are all taking watch. STI just one upped them all in a major way. I have taken the liberty of rounding up some of the more interesting articles from all over the interweb that will help you understand just what the Cell is all about:
Tom’s Hardware
Forbes
PC World
Times Online UK Cell Q&A
For years I have tried a million map services and, more often than not, they all sent me to a dead end where the road I was looking for is across a highway - or just plain didn’t exist. Enter Google’s latest project - Google Maps. I did a few searches on Google Maps where I knew the fastest route like the back of my hand. Most sites like Mapquest and Yahoo Maps would take me a round about way, but Google used all the backroads I take to give me the fastest route. Google appears to be using TeleAtlas for its mapping data. The coolest feature is the ability to drag and zoom around the map, and its pretty darn fast as well, no waiting forever for the page to reload when you hit the zoom button. One negative that I found was that you have to put a street number in, whereas with MapQuest you can put just a street and it will display a range of numbers to pick from. Thats a minor price to pay though for one of most accurate map services I have seen in a while. Remember, all user experiences may not be the same, but for me this is taking a front seat in my favorites folder.
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Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi Starfighter Revealed
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech, Movies,
JoeToy.com recently posted photos of some new toy models based on the upcoming Star Wars film: Revenge of the Sith. Looks like they’re trying to meld the vehicles with Episode IV - VI storylines, but I don’t think it looks all that great. In any case, in the past few months, there have been all sorts of information leaks about the film, enough to give away the entire plot. StarWars.com already has pictures of the new villain, General Grievous. And this image from Rebelscum.com has a listing of major plot points (Spoiler Warning!) as described on the upcoming trading cards.
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| Grievous’ Wheel Bike
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| AT-RT Model
