Cool.*con* remote flips channels, eats money

Couch potatoes and people with less than happy feeling bodies can now live in peace, happiness and harmony. The Cool.”con” remote pulls double duty – it easily navigates the world of TV entertainment as well as providing special attention to various pressure points in your hand corresponding to several different parts of your body. By using reflexology, the Cool.con remote ensures that your entire being feels nice, relaxed, and comfy. Thankfully, getting “con’d” won’t set you back too far on rent as $13 is hiding between most peoples’ couch cushions…right?

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Source: Gizmodo, Technabob

USB Ninja star protects data, kills danger

Ninja’s and USB drives go together like chicken and ice cream…so why not make a flash drive with the same similarities? Introducing the USB Ninja Star Shuriken by Solid Alliance. This Ninja star manages to pack in a now industry substandard 2GB of storage. However, storage is not the highlight of this flash drive. No sir. Instead of being left defenseless if anyone ever tried to attack you, with your USB Ninja star in hand, you can now fight back in dignity and honor buy hurtling your beloved data center of death strait at any foe who comes your way. Potential setbacks include a $100 price point and Japan only availability. However, those truly interested who aren’t fortunate enough to live in/near Japan can pick one up at Geek Stuff 4 U for a few more dollars, $109.20+shipping. Is mobile data and lethal self defense a top priority for you? If so, you may want to look at picking one of these up.

Source: Crunch Gear

Legos make the world go round – actual replacement for crumbling buldings

We’ve seen some pretty unique uses for lego in the tech world such as the Lego flash drive, the Lego USB hub, and even a Lego MP3 player, this latest use of Lego’s, while not quite “gadgety”, is none the less cool and unique. Instead of having electronic circuits inside the legos, they themselves become literal building blocks, supporting aging wonders of architecture.

Too much time on your hands? Build a processor

Boredom is nuisance to each and every human that has stood the test of time. Wherever we go, whatever we do, it is always there, waiting, ready to pounce on our being and envelope us wishing we were anywhere else/doing anything else than whatever it was at that particular time. If you’re like many, you would simply groan, complain, or outright just start hating life. However, if you’re like this fine gentlemen, Steve Chamberlin, you would take all of that pent up boredom and energy just waiting to be released and channel it into a hobby – in Steve’s case, building a processor…from wires.

Surepress: “I’m baaaaaaack”

While new info about the Storm 2 was revealed last week, most importantly, the observation that the Surepress “click” touchscreen was missing, would lead one to assume that said technology won’t be present on RIM’s next rendition of the love-it-or-hate-it Blackberry. However, after RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis sat down and layed the record straight at D7 yesterday, the Storm 2′s typing abilities are now even more in question. Mr. Lazaridis was quoted as saying: “Surepress is here to stay”, which also would leave many to assume that “click” touchscreens will be on the next Storm. But what about that new screen on the Storm 2 that was floating around Crackberry? It could be possible that RIM has figured out a new way to mimic clicking on screen without having to actually have the screen move (a great idea). Whatever the case, there are still plenty of questions regarding the screen left unanswered. Confused?

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SATA devices soon receiving speed boost thanks to 3.0 Revision

In today’s world it’s all about speed. The faster it is, the better it is. While technical issues that deal with mandating specs, cross company support, and other “business partnerships” often bring forth delays, the outcome is often worth it. Case in point: SATA Revision 3.0 standards and devices. While the 3.0 Revision was announced waaaaay back when in August of ’08, the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has finally come to terms with whoever/whatever was holding up progress and has announced that the 6Gbps new age speed goodness will finally get its day to shine – next month at Computex. Here, the new spec coupled with hardware and software obedience will showcase the next wave of speed to be ushered in upon our computational machines that we’ve all come to love so dearly. Are you ready?

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Party like it’s 1985 with the cassette Tape Tote Bag

Humans it seems, have a need to collect stuff. Whether it be gadgets or some other less entertaining thing, transporting all of this junk is a chore. Why look dumb and out of style when you can be cool and retro? If you have a love for all things analog and have a nice pile of junk that needs toting, the Cassette Tape Tote Bag is here to lend a helping hand pouch. Go ahead and splurge a little. The Cassette Tape Tote Bag will be the center of conversation when it makes the more mature remember their younger years when mp3 players and netbooks were but a science fiction novelty. $11.99 is the price of admission.

Source: Think Geek