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• Brookstone’s Juicebox Will Charge Your Phone for 2 Weeks

  In Gadgets, Misc.

  

  But that’s because it costs like $100, right? Nope. Though they don’t seem to have decided on an exact price, but the vice president of Lilliputian, the company that actually makes the thing, says it will cost “about the same as coffee from Starbucks.”  Intriguing, no?   This little thing is called a portable USB power source or “Fuel Cell” for you charging novices.  It’s something you can carry around in your pocket, in your [...]

   

• Macintosh iPhone Case- Because Nostalgia is Funny

  In Apple, Gadgets, Geeky, Misc., Phones

  

  With iPhone cases available in subway stations, convenience stores, and probably in those claw games where you try and pick up the stuffed animals, there would really have to be something cool about one for me to want to post it.   Ok, maybe this one will only seem entertaining for the amount of time it will take me to finish this, click a few category boxes, enter a few “tags” and hit submit, but [...]

   

• Naga Chilli Vodka Tastes Like Burning

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  At 100,000 Scovilles, Naga Chilli Vodka is pretty damned hot – it is as hot as a Habanero chili, but it is in liquid form and contains alcohol. So you will have the benefit of the inebriating effects of booze while you are burning off your taste buds. Price: $64 gets you 700 mls of firewater. [Source]

   

• WaterBob Turns Your Bathtub into an Emergency Drinking Water Reservoir

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  This is the WaterBob, a single-use water reservoir that you can stick in your bathtub and fill with 100 gallons of water – and that can keep it fresh for up to four weeks. If you live in a disaster-prone area it could be useful, but there are a few things that one should consider before blowing $30 on a 100-gallon FDA approved plastic water-bag. Let’s say an earthquake hits, a big earthquake – what [...]

   

• New Mouthwash Could Eliminate Tooth Decay

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  Since alienating people at work isn’t helpful to your career, here’s something to keep an eye on….A team of researchers funded by Colgate Palmolive, working at Colgate Technology Center, has developed a novel mouthwash solution that targets the bacteria responsible for tooth decay. The human mouth is literally teeming with bacteria – some of it is good, some of it is neutral and some of it is really, really bad. Streptococcus mutans, which makes up [...]

   

• Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper [Kickstarter]

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  I never really got the whole need for wrapping paper – throw it in a plastic bag and tape it up if you want to surprise me… I really don’t care. That being said, if there was some sort of theme wrapping involved; if a series of presents was wrapped so that they collectively resembled a delicious cheeseburger – I might feel differently (like I would get that many presents). The cheeseburger wrapping paper that [...]

   

• Boat Shop Manager Ruins the Zombie Genre for Everyone

  In Geeky, Misc., Wired Madness

  

  All the cast of The Walking Dead or [insert name of favorite zombie movie here] need to do is to head to the coast, commandeer an abandoned mega yacht and all their worries are a thing of the past. Rotting flesh is not exactly conducive to staying afloat – unless the virus manages to make the species jump to create some zombie sharks.

   

• Burger King Japan Prepares to Unleash Some Morbid Obesity [Seven-patty Burger]

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  Okay, I get that one person isn’t supposed to eat a whole one of these – so the title may be a little misleading but part of me really, really wants to see if I can eat my way through this 8.8-inch burger. It comes in two distinct flavors: a regular hamburger-type affair; and a nacho cheese version with tortilla chips, jalapenos and fresh avocado. By the looks of things, it is supposed to serve [...]

   

• Bathroom Not Creepy Enough, Get Some Finger Soap

  In Housewares, Misc.

  

  Its soap, it looks like a finger, put it in someone’s bathroom after a hard night of drinking and let the good times roll as your unsuspecting victim tries to figure out how it got into his or her bathroom and to whom it might belong – unless the water breaks down the soap before he or she sees it and it doesn’t look like a finger anymore.

   

• “Watch for falling satellite debris.” warns NASA

  In Misc., Outdoors, Technology

  

  NASA stated in a press release earlier that the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will likely be falling back to Earth within the next four weeks. They also claim that there is little or no danger of it actually causing any damage, nor even hitting and injuring someone. However, in the same release they warn people who might come across any debris that looks like it could come from a spacecraft, not to touch it, [...]

   

• Cedes Toothpaste Squeezer Needs to Squeeze a LOT of Toothpaste to Pay For Itself

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  I know people that will struggle tirelessly with a tube of toothpaste that is, for all intents and purposes, empty – just so they can get enough toothpaste to brush their teeth one last time before they toss the tube. It’s frugal and I respect it – so one might think such people would be drawn to a gadget that makes that job that little bit easier… something like the Cedes Toothpaste Squeezer. Here’s the [...]

   

• Want to sleep in a repurposed sewer pipe?

  In Design, Misc., Outdoors

  

  The rooms at Dasparkhotel (The Park Hotel) are built out of repurposed sewer pipes. Each one contains a lockable door, double bed, a little storage space, and a lamp. Showers and toilets are located nearby and are shared by hotel guests. There is also a coffee shop and a bar… I’ve got to say that it looks like fun. [Dasparkhotel via BoingBoing]