When you don’t feel like actually fixing a broken gadget, ThereiFixedit has you covered. These gadget hacks show why you might be better off salvaging the item for a new one, or just paying your local convenience store a visit for some batteries. Continue reading to see them all. [via TiFi ]
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6 of the Funniest Gadget Hacks
Russia’s federal space agency announces a plan to stop and divert an earth-bound asteroid, which is “estimated to pass within about 30,000 km of the Earth in 2029.” One idea entails building a large ship designed specifically for bumping the asteroid off course. Continue reading for the news report. Other schemes that have been put forth in the past for diverting asteroids from collision courses include diverting them with “solar sails” that use the wind of particles ejected from the Sun. [via Newlaunches - BBC ]
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Russia Planning to Divert Earth-bound Asteroid
Ever wish you had a spare key handy, but never got around to visiting a locksmith? This nifty tutorial should do the trick. In addition to a soda bottle, you’ll need an x-acto knife, scissors, and a tension bolt. Continue reading for the tutorial. [via Instructables ]
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Functional Spare Key Made from a Soda Bottle
This video shows how not to demolish a 22-story building with synchronized explosions. The resulting failure has been dubbed the “Leaning Tower of Liuzhou” (China). Continue reading for the video. [via Gizmodo ]
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Smokin Aces How Not to Demolish a Building
Inventor Le Trung from Ontario, Canada wasn’t alone this Christmas, as he spent it with his secret girlfriend, a robot named Aiko. Not just any robot, this fembot can speak two languages and 13,000 sentences between them. Continue reading to see an early prototype from 2007. Le has built up huge debts working on his fembot and is still trying to find a technology company to sponsor his research. But in the meantime he has had to move back in with his parents and they will all be spending the festive period and New Year together. [via Dailymail ]
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Inventor Spends Christmas with Secret Girlfriend, a Robot
Now that you’ve seen plenty of pictures and a few hands-on videos, here’s a 3D benchmark showing just how powerful the Nexus One (Google Phone) really is. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. Just when you thought you’d seen it all with Nexus One, along comes an old friend with some higher resolution shots of the handset. [via Engadget - Nowhereelse ]
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Nexus One Google Phone 3D Benchmark
Amazon is selling the Pyramat PM550 Sound Video Game Lounger for only $59.99 shipped, originally priced at $129.99. The PM550’s “headrest houses the dual 3-inch speakers on the sides and the backlit, 5.5-inch subwoofer on the back, providing meticulous audio clarity and rumbling bass action.” Product page . Plugs at the foot of the lounger enable you to connect up to 7 other Loungers to the same gaming unit for immersive multiplayer action. You can also plug in a headphone for a more personal audio experience. [via Amazon ]
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Deal of the Day: $129.99 Pyramat PM550 Sound Video Game Lounger for $59.99 Shipped
Scientists at Mie University and Nagoya University have engineered a strange new species of fish “whose hearts and brains are visible thanks to translucent skin.” They have a life expectancy of 20-years, weigh 5-plus pounds, and grow as long as 10-inches. Continue reading for one more picture. ‘Having a pale colour is a disadvantage for goldfish in an aquarium but it’s good to see how organs sit in a body three-dimensionally,’ Tamaru said. [via Dailymail ]
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Scientists Engineer Translucent Fish
The OWLE, available now from ThinkGeek , turns your iPhone into a full-featured audio/video rig by “using anodized billet aluminum, a mini boom-mic and a wide angle lens.” Simply slide the handset into the silicone case, and you’re ready to shoot. Continue reading to see how it works. Still shots turn out great as well. The shoe mount on the top and screw mounts on the corners of the OWLE let you do things with the iPhone Apple never planned on. [via ThinkGeek ]
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OWLE Turns Your iPhone into an Audio/Video Rig
Dominos Pizza recently launched The Pizza Turnaround, which is “the true story of how Domino’s listened to its harshest critics and made their best pizza ever.” However, Twitter users think otherwise, as these tweets prove. Continue reading for one more picture and a video. [via imgur ]
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Why Using Twitter to Promote Your Pizza Isn’t Always a Good Thing
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