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No need for batteries with this calculator. The Water Powered Calculator runs by the power of hydro. To power the device you just pour water into the rear power panel, place the stopper, and the electrolytes in the water generate enough power to keep this little guy chugging along, squaring your roots. The device is said to be perfectly safe, ...

Enfucell, a Finland-based company, has announced a flexible thin battery called a “SoftBattery”. Only measuring 0.3 � 1.0 millimeters thick, the SoftBattery can produce a peak power supply of 4mA/cm�, which we’re guessing is an impressive total. But who are we fooling, we know nothing about energy output. All we know is that this is a hairline thin battery that ...

Just because you’re not a DJ or “MC” doesn’t mean vinyl isn’t your musical preference. The Turntable Ring offers a choice of real vinyl or silver for the mini-record, plus a moving stylus needle and base decked out in silver. Each Turntable Ring is handmade so pretty much custom crafted to your pleasure. Each ring will cost you around $300, ...

Metro-Wardrive is a game that adapts to your location, providing a map based on a user’s location in a urban center. All the local SSIDs are integrated into the game as enemies which try to capture your “wardrive-cristal”. As long as you move around, you’ll never get the same game map twice, allowing for a complete new experience everytime you ...

Panasonic has officially started sending out samples of their world thinnest Blu-ray disc drive to computer manufacturers. The 9.5 mm high drive allows for even smaller integration into PCs than was previously available, but is still only being sent on a sample basis. These drives aren’t only limited to Blu-ray. The new Panasonic drives also offer DVD Super Multi Drive ...

For a very brief moment of time each day, the Time Cube is a complete geometric cube block. The rest of the time, the clock is a geometric abnormality, dedicated to making time reading in need of a mathematical proof. The clock forms star-shaped shapes when it is not 12 a.m. or p.m., with a series of layered triangles revolving ...

Mixing together the design of Rubik’s Cube and the brain-teasing mathematics of Sudoku, the Sudokube is a puzzle that your brain might be too scared to even attempt. The product page claims this toy is for Ages 5 and up. What sort of 5-year-old is capable of solving this and where does he live? So I can kick his scrawny ...

If your drinking buddies are the type of people to use the statement, “hammer down some shots”, the next time they utter these words you can offer them a little surprise with the Hammer Flask. The fully-working hammer is hollowed out in order to store your favorite beverage. If you’re part of the manual labor workforce, a Hammer Flask can ...

World record one-handed Rubik’s cube solver Chris Dzoan recently broke the record for solving the cube one-handed underwater in a new record time, clocking in at 25.502 seconds. Prepping for the attempt was an impressive process, including lubing up the cube with silicon to make sure the puzzle moved properly underwater, strapping on a special weight belt for shallow waters, ...

Coming to a European street near you, these Solar Trees illuminate the night using stored power generated from the sun. Each “tree” contains 10 solar powered lights, each one containing 36 solar power cells. The Solar Tree was demoed outside of the Vienna Design Week festivities and actually looks very cool. And while these aren’t the type of trees you ...