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Whirlpool has certainly been innovative of late. We revelled in their innovative centralpark fridge, and now they have moved on to microwaves. Available in lively shades of rasperry pink and baby blue (or black and silver for the more conservative), the Max has its buttons on top for a cleaner, more efficient look, and features a “crisp plate” system to keep you from overheating your HungryMan dinners. You can find this Whirlpool appliance at retail stores in London sometime in May with a MSRP of £110 (~$212.00.) Contact Whirlpool if you live across the pond.
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Gallery: Whirlpool Max Microwave Gets Colorful
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Some of us will never be morning people. We just keep hitting that snooze button until the next thing we know, an hour has slipped away and we are tardy again. The Japanese Banclock removes the button and requires coinage to shut it up. This is strangely appealing in an alarming kind of way, having a clock that bribes us to rise up and conquer another day. If you just can’t find enough change one morning to feed it, it will cease and desist after 5 minutes. The Banclock comes in five different colors with a size of 10 x 10 x 10 mm, can run on an AC adapter or batteries, and carries a MSRP of 5983 Yen (~$52.00.)
Read More | Tokyo Hands (Japanese) via Akihabara News
Gallery: Banclock Bribes You to Shut Up
Valentine’s Day is barely over and we have already noticed that Easter is in the commercial air. We spotted Peeps in our local Kmart, those gelatinous creatures of sugar, corn syrup, artificial color and flavoring, and mostly unpronounceable preservatives. What is worse than actually eating them? Making your own with the Williams-Sonoma kit, which comes with molds, marshmallow mix, purple, pink and yellow sanding sugars, and those carnuba wax beady eyes. Available for $24.50, they will even toss in some butterfly, bunny, and chick cookie cutters. Won’t Mom and Dad be proud when they realize that you can create something for the holiday that will at least be fresh.
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Gallery: Do-It-Yourself Peeps
Sonaki Showerhead Sprays Healing Vitamin C
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech,
Somehow, somewhere, everyone has a stroke of ingenuity and wants to share the wealth. Sonaki claims that their Vitamin C Showerhead will reduce scale, chlorine, skin irritation, and rashes, and improve your hair quality. Each system consists of a head with two filters containing Vitamin C which they say will last you about 3000 gallons or 3 to 6 months worth of use, a mounting unit, and a 5-foot hose. At a starting price of $79.00, we’re going to wait until they come up with one that can accommodate caffeine, so we don’t have to bring our sippy cups of coffee into the shower in the morning.
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Gallery: Sonaki Showerhead Sprays Healing Vitamin C
China Nixes New Internet Cafes
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Internet, PC / Laptop,
China has decided not to allow more Internet cafes to open this year. Last month, President Hu Jintao asked Internet regulators to promote a “healthy online culture” to protect the government’s stability. The Xinhua News Agency reports that several governmental departments, including the Ministries of Culture and Information Industry, feel that the Internet is fine for education and business but is wary at allowing its people information that they deem subversive or pornographic. Currently there are 113,000 Internet cafes in China. Considering that China has a population of about 1.3 billion, the existing cafes should make one heck of a profit in 2007.
Read More | CNN
Gallery: China Nixes New Internet Cafes
Marvel Comics Kills Off Captain America
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Smart Home, Movies, Toys,
Let’s share five minutes of silence for the loss of Steve Rogers aka Captain America. Shot on the steps of the Capitol building in yesterday’s edition of the Marvel comic, he was approximately 65 years old at the time of his death. While some sources have stated that perhaps they were making a political statement with CA’s demise, co-creator Jack Kirby feels that Captain America still lives in all of us. Besides, not only will there be a 5 part event to follow up, we hear there is a CA movie in the works. Just as Superman was resurrected from comic heaven, we’re hoping the Captain shall return, hopefully in classier garb.
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Gallery: Marvel Comics Kills Off Captain America
These Microbes Won’t Cause Illness
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Science, Toys,
Generally we choose mechanical objects over the furrier, stuffed kind, but we just couldn’t resist these microbes that have been recreated 1,000,000 times their real size and transformed into plush. Choose from 25 bugs which include mad cow, malaria, ebola, flu, rabies, mange, and our own personal fave, e. coli. The 5 to 7-inch microbes would be a great addition to any desktop and a great reminder why you don’t want to have lunch at Taco Bell today. They’re available at ThinkGeek for $5.99 each and come with informational cards about their true life counterparts’ natural environments.
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Gallery: These Microbes Won’t Cause Illness
One of the most creative ways we can think of to get rid of annoying relatives who keep calling when you are otherwise occupied is with ThinkGeek’s new Excuse Box. The key tag holds 10 minutes worth of sound effects such as mechanical and construction sites, a baby crying, sirens, and static. Simply press one of its ten buttons with realistic background noise and mutter, “Can you hear me now?” and the the caller will never be the wiser. The Excuse Box is available for only $9.99.
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Gallery: Sound Effects Box Makes Excuses
Brother P-Touch PT-18R Review
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Smart Home, Product Reviews,
This is a ReviewMe sponsored review, however, the thoughts and opinions are our own.
We got the Brother P-Touch PT-18R sent over to Gear Live HQ for review, and we have been playing with it for about a week. We have just put up a PT-18R unboxing gallery where you can check out everything in the package. While label makers are generally not the most exciting gadgets in the world, they certainly do come in handy when it comes to tasks like organization - something we know little about. Still, we were able to set up and test the PT-18R labeler, and we give you our thoughts, after the break.
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Gallery: Brother P-Touch PT-18R Review
“Reno 911” Cast Cooks with Tasers
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Movies,
Tasers aren’t just for maiming anymore. In an effort to push last week’s release of “Reno 911!: Miami” movie, some of the cast showed up on Rachael Ray’s cooking show today to demonstrate just how they use the gadgets to heat up hot dogs. They also created a protein shake that they referred to as a “cop-achino.” We know that publicity departments are willing to go to great lengths to promote a flick, but we are hoping that people are intelligent enough not to try these tricks at home.
Read More | Rachael Ray
