I must admit, I was a bit skeptical of a man living in the clouds watching mankind like a lousy Nick at Night sitcom. However, news of a remote controlled floating tray that delivers refreshing beverages is proof that there is a god and that he isn’t a dick.

Like the floating speaker, relaxing by the pool just got a bit more - well, relaxing. This remote controlled float can hold up to five drinks and has a center bowl perfect for nachos. Just don’t shit in the pool. Like a shitty raft, it’s just begging to be sent down the Nile. You know, like Moses.
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Microsoft’s software sales must be lagging pretty bad if they feel it’s needed to enter into the junk food business. We already were witness to the Microsoft Soda rage, but when exactly did they start releasing ketchup-flavored potato chips in Egypt?

Ketchup Windows Chips can only be washed down with a large swig of Natural “Talking Rain” flavored Windows Soda. Mmm, snackware. — Andrew Dobrow

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This video is pretty incredible. These scientist have trained monkeys to control a robotic arm using only their brain, with the help of an implanted brain chip. The video discusses the relationship between monkey experimentation and the thought of one day using similar chips on paralyzed humans.

Look at that poor monkey shoved into that plastic box thingy. We can’t help but feel bad for the little guy. Even though if we tried to show him sympathy he’d probably lay the smack down on us with his new robotic arm. Is world domination next? — Andrew Dobrow

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We hardly ever make potato chips at home, the furthest we can go is probably french-fries. It’s such a hassle to make them (fries come in frozen packs, but hardly do we ever see chips), it’s fattening and you’ll have to do the oily dish washing. Japanese company Akebono has developed this Microwave Potato Chips Kit that gives you the potato peel (not potato skin, but potato-potato) and a holder that you can put into the microwave with. 100g of chips will take about 6-7 minutes in a 700W microwave, the Impress team took it for a test run and it worked really well. The kit is selling for 10USD in Japan and you should definitely pick up one of them if you are a health-conscious chip fan. More pics after the jump.

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