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If you’ve ever played around with one of those online “death calculators”, you know that knowing your own death date isn’t exactly a stress reliever. Not knowing when you’re gonna go is even more nerve wracking. A recent patent reveals this idea for a Life Expectancy Timepiece, which is surely the insurance company’s dream. Relying on the same actuarial tables ...

Following rumors that Sony was working on a re-entry into the gaming console market, Sony (ahem, did we say Sony? Sega…yes, Sega of course) has publicly dashed any hopes of a Dreamcast revival, much to the defeat of Cartman and the rest of the South Park cast. Originally launched in November 1998, Dreamcast was pulled from production in 2001, at ...

Tetris might be my all-time favorite game. No matter how detailed graphics become, there is no beating the complicated task of organizing geometric shapes into complete rows. This wallet from Etsy’s KMC Designs is not only Tetris-themed, but made of duct tape! Theoretically, you can remove the individual Tetris pieces on the face of the wallet and make your own ...

Remember the craziness that was the USB Humping Dog? Cube-Works has released a second generation of the horny dog gadgets. This time around the dogs are branding smiley faces and perky ears. If my only job was to hump, I think I would be pretty happy and perky as well. The doggies still don’t offer any storage space, but we ...

After all of the trouble Radiohead went through on their DRM-free “name your own price” online retail of their newest (and one of their greatest) album “In Rainbows”, we never expected the band to be in talks with Apple on releasing their album on iTunes. That is exactly what seems to be happening. Radiohead’s current representatives, Courtyard Management, is reportedly ...

If you spend most of your time in a alternative world, you might as well start integrating your real life right into it. Online virtual world Second Life is looking to roll-out a system that would allow you to receive real life phone calls in the Second Life game. Second Life developer Linden Lab has created a way for online ...

You want this for your Wii, you just didn’t know it yet. Nyko has unveiled a set of wireless Wiimote and Nunchucks for the Wii. Don’t lose control of your Nunchuck just because of your impressive wingspan. A wireless receiver plugs into your Wimote, connecting to the Nunchuck extension via a 2.4 GHz band. Not many details are known of ...

Snowboarding and skiing are pretty ancient on the whole scheme of things. While we’ve seen some interesting uses of snowboard integration, this is a first for a totally new snow ride concept. The Brenter Snobike C4 adds in the functionality of bicycles for the slope. Even though it’s called a Snowbike, don’t expect to see any wheels. The system uses ...

Bullies beware. This new robot designed by Sarcos runs on new software that allows for it to keep its balance, even with an attempt to intentionally knock him over. The new robot is an attempt from Japanese scientists to create a bot that could have a more successful time integrating into crowds. Special software makes use of sensors in the ...

Not everybody is happy with the touchpad on laptops. In fact, some would even buy a separate mouse. No matter how compact they are, you’d always need to carry an extra chunk of gear (complete with cables a lot of the time). Wouldn’t it be a great solution to add a detachable mouse to all the laptops? EverGreen Japan seems ...