Whether you’re a student, teenager or busy professional on the go, why not invest in this neat little gadget that turns your toaster into a sandwich maker. This design allows you to simply add all your favorite fillings and toast them in a standard upright toaster. Toastabags are tough enough to be used over and [...]
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The new search engine Cuil debuted online Sunday, July 27. This new search engine, created by Anna Paterson, Russell Power (both ex-Google employees) and Tom Costello (of IBM), hopes to compete with Google. 33 million dollars have been invested in this ambitious project which, according to Anna Paterson, indexes some 120 billion web pages, three [...]
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How to Build with Grid Beam includes hundreds of photos of real projects built over a 60-year period, showing the many uses of grid beam, from shelves for college students to projects involving alternative energy. The versatility of grid beam is inspiring, for beginners, more experienced do-it-yourselfers, and innovators who will develop their own designs. [...]
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Best Buy will become the first retail chain outside of Apple and AT&T to sell the iPhone in the U.S. First reported by AP, Best Buy will begin selling the iPhone on September 7 in 970 full-size stores and 16 smaller Best Buy Mobile stores. Apple began selling Macs and iPods in about 170 Best [...]
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During the past few decades, small organizations promoting sustainable agriculture have been popping up and banding together across the Midwest to create a patchwork of information, support and tools for those interested in taking part in the sustainable agriculture movement.
Groups like the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and its lobbyist sister group the Sustainable Agriculture [...]
Dyson’s futuristic Airblade hand dryer has been around for about a year. It seems awfully good on paper (faster dry time, more hygienic and increased energy efficiency over conventional driers) but we needed to see it to believe it. So, to test the Airblade’s claims, we installed a couple in our office. And after a [...]
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For the finest in sleek, durable protection, the Slider Case for iPhone 3G is made of hardshell plastic and features a minimal wall thickness of 1mm. Interior rubber guardrails provide shock absorption in addition to impact and scratch protection.
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ColaLife is a campaign to try and leverage the distribution muscle of a multi-national corporate institution to get life saving medicines to children in developing countries.
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Meet your newest friend, Barry. And as much as Barry wishes he was James Bond, he’s not. He’s just a regular guy on a mission to give business owners like himself a one-stop solution to build more successful online businesses. He found it frustrating to have a hundred tools for running his online business in [...]
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The chair is considered one of the paradigms of industrial design. Its reflection has been based, among others, in ergonomic, aesthetic, sociological, anthropological and economic analysis. Nevertheless the chair that is a part of east project takes into account an additional factor: the present invisible fields in the homes and places of work. These fields [...]
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The 5-in-1 Shade was created by Jette Scheib and Neels Kattendidt for UK-based design firm Innermost. 5 in 1 comprises 7 simple flat sheets of polypropylene. From these parts you can make any one of 5 pendant lampshades by combining 3,4,5,6 or all 7 of the sheets. You can make the big wide form with [...]
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The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a good display of shooting stars in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday.
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Pillar Pet Products a Seattle area company has introduced an upscale, programmable automatic pet feeder designed to appeal to the contemporary pet owner’s sense of style, while satisfying their desire to feed their pets responsibly and maintain their ideal weight. The Perfect Pet Feeder offers the following benefits: No measuring required – the unit can [...]
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