Today's gaggle of gadgets are all extremely inappropriate. Only one of them is inappropriate in "that" way.
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EPISODE 130 |
A Bus Stop Ad that Displays Your Weight
Electric Cigarettes, with liquid nicotine, catching on in the U.S.
The reason cats act like they hate us
This belly button ring is not an alien appendage (thanks Peter!)
EMO jacket lets you feel what’s happening in movies
Tool Time
Scratchophone Breathes New Life
What the hell?!
Cole Cleaner for lazy drinkers
Apropos (of) nothing
Amphibious Lounger
Pink Watch (bling Rx edition)
Would you like some bling with your Acer Aspire One?
E-MAIL
HELLO ladies … oh and jason,
i was browsing the interwebs when i came across this: My Little Pony doll things that were transformed into movie characters. now i know its not to tech related but you know damn well you cant pass up a my little pony chewbacca.
Cordially,
phatemokid
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Appliancist)
Given all the bizarre turntables that show up on Crave, we thought this would be yet another one of them upon first glance. Instead, it turned out to be an example of another popular trend we don't understand: ultrasonic cleaning gadgetry.
The SWV-08AM "megasonic cleaning device" from Conway supposedly will eliminate all the disgusting "dirt and agrochemicals" on the surface of everything from fruit to frying pans with little or no detergent, according to Engadget. And it has a built-in "P-Sediment" filter (doesn't everyone?) to maintain the ultra-purity of its water. Germaphobes, rejoice.
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Solar Breeze)
It may not be long before solar-powered bots are taking care of all our household chores. Already we've seen robotic lawnmowers get powered by the sun, and now pool cleaners are going solar too.
The "Solar Breeze" is apparently the first pool-skimming robot of its kind, capturing ultraviolet rays with two panels and storing the energy in its rechargeable batteries. It requires no electrical connections and "never stops working," according to its Web site. The bot is also capable of dispensing chlorine as it cleans, though it should be noted that another solar product, the "Floatron," can distribute chemicals on its own as well.
Stil, the Solar Breeze is likely to present some competition for other independent pool-cleaning devices. Which means there's hope that an underwater bot battle may someday be in the offing.
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NOTCOT)
We don't know if the (mis)spelling is intentional, but here's the Robo Vacum, a desktop vacuum cleaner for your workspace. Unfortunately, this cute little thing doesn't maneuver around by itself. You press its button on its head, then aim it for the crumbs left from your Subway sandwich.
Not quite a Roomba, but that's all right since you wouldn't want something automated to fall off your table and make a mess on the carpet anyway. Our only gripe: It uses two AA batteries and not the USB ports for power.
(Source: Crave Asia)
Master Vacuum
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Master Chief
(Credit: Microsoft)Even in the dead of winter, some of us at Crave suffer the worst of allergies--and, when spring rolls around, we'd be better off in a bubble. That's why we're always on the lookout for anti-allergy technologies, even when we're in the car.
Naturally, Samsung's "Silencio" uber-vacuum cleaner got our attention, as Appliancist says it has a "suction power rating" of 360 air watts that exceeds its conventional counterparts. (We also like its name, as well as the blue LED lights.)
The bagless Silencio automatically adjusts the settings of its two-chamber system depending on the surface it's attacking, "catching 99.95 percent of micro-particles such as dust and allergens," all while making as little noise as possible. Most awesome of all is its design, which makes it a dead-ringer for the Master Chief.
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Tersano)
It's already shaping up to be a banner day for the germaphobes here at Crave. Just after posting an item about the latest OCD vacuum cleaner, we came across another gadget to sanitize our food as well.
The "Lotus Sanitizing System" uses "super-oxygen" infused water to pulverize bacteria and other unsavory elements from pretty much whatever will fit in its "multi-purpose sanitizing bowl," according to Shiny Shiny. (You can watch a video of it in action here.)
Granted, it's not the first food sanitizer on the market--there are even gadgets out there designed to make meat squeaky clean. But at $170, it's far cheaper than other models we've seen. Besides, when it comes to ingestion (and digestion), the true germaphobe never skimps.
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Hammacher Schlemmer)
Sure, we have germ-killing handheld devices in various sizes. There's just one problem, as every germaphobe knows: They require you to get uncomfortably close to the potential contaminants at hand.
That's why we're so delighted to see products like this germ-eliminating vacuum cleaner, which uses a HEPA filter that catches the usual 99.97 percent of cooties as promised by most other gadgets of this kind. (We live in fear of encountering whatever's in that remaining 0.03 percent.)
Best of all, this upright machine with its telescoping wand and crevice nozzle allows us to do battle with the enemy at more than arm's length--a crucial advantage to those of us in the OCD community. Now if we can only figure out how to keep its particles from going anywhere near the toothbrush cleaner.
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Appliancist)
It's the height of summer, and for some of us that means allergy hell. Even our fortified caves and vehicles can't keep out all the offensive particles that make life miserable. So it may seem like desperation to you lucky non-sufferers out there, but we're sorely tempted to invest in this "Pro-Aqua" air-cleaning system, which sounds like a combination of a "Scooba" and one of those industrial-strength mosquito machines.
The indoor system improves air and climate quality through wet and dry cleaning mechanisms, including "wet vacuuming, air washing and scenting, inhalation, bed and mattress cleaning, carpet and upholstery cleaning and vacuuming." Sounds like a germaphobe's dream.
Appliancist notes also that the system is "aesthetically designed." We agree, but to us it looks like it could be the little brother of "Robot" in Lost in Space.
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SmartHome)
If you're tired of hearing your tree-hugging neighbors complain about your energy-hogging pool vacuum, this may help calm them down.
The "Floatron" solar-powered purifier promises to reduce the use of chlorine by 80 percent for pools with up to 40,000 gallons of water while running solely on the sun's rays. Best of all, Coolest-Gadgets says, you won't have to waste hours trying to figure out the chemical balances that keep the chlorine level from turning you into a mutant.
We just hope that's not a toothbrush pictured with the device here. That would take the cleaning concept a bit too far.
Compressor Vacuum Cleaner
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Transformer
LG isn't fooling anyone. In developing its first vacuum cleaner, the electronics maker predictably touted all kinds of techie features, such as "a RotaBlade that is in the rocket shaped drum, which is attached to an additional motor moving side-to-side compacting household dust into solid cubes," according to Pocket-lint.
But we know the real strategy: It wanted the "Compressor Vacuum Cleaner" to look like a Transformer. And it's done a splendid job, by the way--at first glance, we were sure it was a new version of "Optimus Prime" or some other mechanical superhero. After all, we already know of robots that turn into vacuum cleaners and even do the dishes.
