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Legs just aren’t what they used to be. Human limbs used to be the driving force behind America’s booming industry, once ushering in a new age of wealth. These days, machines are slowly taking our place on the assembly line. From a businessman’s stand point, it just makes sense. Why pay four employees for a job that a single robot could do for free?

The Chariot wearable transporter, created for both amputees and lazy mothers alike, allows humans to integrate the speed of an engine and the force of robotic steel onto thier fragile human bodies, without the need for any life-altering surgery. Traveling at a max. speed of 12-miles per hour, or about double to triple the speed of your usual gait, the Chariot might soon be in mass production in tandem with the auto-industry. Check out the rad height boost you get too, after the jumpenstein.

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After seeing some totally unsatisfactory uses of the Segway, I have built up a bad taste for the user base of the personal transport device (with the exception of this dude.) It’s time that a new device took the Segway from the top rungs of popularity and laziness.

This newly designed transportation device by Sarah Park mashes together the personal transport of the Segway with a “skiing” like steering mechanism. The size of the new device is about the same as a baby stroller. If you’ve ever pushed a baby stroller, you know how it’s usually not a problem even if you’re tall, so the design factor works. The dual handlebars of this new device makes the navigation similar to both pushing a stroller and skiing down a slope. (more…)

Unless you find yourself mutated from a radioactive leak or something, the odds of flying without the aid of technology is looking pretty slim for the human race. Using the Jet Wing is about as close as you can get to solo flight without the aid of physical mutation. Jet Wing is a personal flying apparatus which will keep you flying horizontally at 115 mph for a few minutes before pooping out. The only problem is that the engines aren’t powerful enough to launch our massive bodies.

To use the Jet Wing, you have to jump out of a plane or off a cliff, at which point you’ll get a few glorious minutes of flight, before plummeting back to earth with the help of a parachute. Now, you can try doing this without the Jet Wing, but we definitely don’t recommend it. Make sure to have an ambulance and a hearse on hand if you give it a try. — Andrew Dobrow

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The Japanese are ingenious, they’re bringing the simple technology from banks directly to your room. I’m sure you’ve seen under-table emergency buttons in banks, some are pressed with the fingers, and some with the foot. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to turn off all your embarrassing and personal pursuit on screen as soon as somebody pops up behind your back? May it be your mom, your co-workers in office or your significant other. Well, a Japanese company developed this emergency button to place under your computer table and that you can step on, to bring you back to a pre-assigned minimized screen, for example MS Word. Of course, your computer must be fast enough to respond, so you still have to think twice before browsing sites heavily loaded with graphics and videos. The emergency switch costs $26. –Sam Chan

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Japanese are obsessive with hygiene, so much that somebody invented the ultimate toothbrush carrying case with built-in UV lamp; supposedly it’ll kill germs. While everything sounds so much like a dream, the case is so portable, the UV lamp runs on AAA batteries. So the guys who tested it took it for a try, their conclusion this morning is that it works! Though we have no chance to verify their claim of removing “99.999% germs”, what we’re certain is that after using the toothbrush for 2 months everyday and leaving it in the case, the brush is not stained at all and it’s still odorless. It’s up to you to decide whether a squirky clean toothbrush is worth 35 bucks and a trip to Japan. –Sam Chan

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We don’t know how many of you guys habitually clean your own ears, some use cotton bud, some use fancy spectulas. The problem of doing that is that you can never see what’s inside… unless you’re performing on somebody else, which is pretty gross. In 2 days, Coden Japan will start selling this easy-to-use ear endoscope-alike ear cleaning device for you to DIY at home. Now you can clean you ears and enjoy the glorious view on the screen, or over the eyepiece, depending on how much you are willing to pay, and how much you are prepared to share. The most basic kit costs 150USD and the premium one costs 350USD. We have a video and more pics for you after the jump.

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Ok, so maybe a 52â€? TV doesn’t cost an arm and leg (but it’s close), but there is more deception than that in the title. Headplay’s Personal Cinema System isn’t actually a 52â€? TV; it’s actually headgear that has a screen which looks the same size as a 52â€? TV because it is so close to your face. This strange looking contraption can be connected to many different devices, such as a PC, iPod, Xbox 360, or DVD player. Don’t worry; if you don’t have all those fancy gadgets, memory cards and thumb drives work also. With a resolution of 1024×768, you’ll have no trouble imagining you have a monster 52â€? TV in your house. Make sure you never wear this in a place where the general public could see you because you’ll look really stupid and become the laughing stock of you friends. Another precaution, if you’re playing gears of war with this on, play in an open area so you when you start getting into it you won’t hit anything. If this looks like the perfect substitution to that crappy TV you have right now, then pray that this won’t be too expensive; they reveal it at CES. — Nick Rice

Headplay 52″ TV: it’s all in your head [Xbox 360 Fanboy]