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One of the most dangerous things you do on a daily basis (besides drive your automobile) is fiddle with the power cords of home appliances. You never know when pulling that cord will result in a tear and a powerful shock that you’ll certainly remember. Good thing designer Kim Seung Woo has redesigned the standard power cord with a glow-in-the-dark ring. And no, this hole is not for fucking.

The ring makes finding the socket and unplugging the cords, day or night, an easier task than ever before. No more deadly volts coursing through your body, sir!

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Nikola Tesla represents what every American hopes to be, despite having been born in Austria. Intelligent, business savvy and I heard he never wore white after Labor Day; not to mention the insane amount of ingenious patents of his that still apply to this day and age. Let’s face it: he was a bigger pimp than Edison and not nearly as much of a prima donna.

Needless to say, I’m a fan. So, when I saw that the writers of Hack N Mod had compiled a gallery of their favorite Tesla coil creations I just couldn’t contain myself. Notice how they all light up like a Christmas tree. It brings tears to my little Jewish eyes.

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TENS is Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation for short. It works by disrupting the pain signals originating from the nerves near the pain spot, so the area that would normally be in pain is reduced to a mere tingling sensation. It’s like having a constant little massage at the point that causes you the most discomfort.

You can’t get one of these godsends without a prescription from your doctor. Further more, you can’t use the TENS unit to charge a battery or jump a car. It’s wise to only be used for two hour intervals at a time. A break must be taken in between, otherwise the electrode pads would get too hot, then you’d really have something to cry about.

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Japanese glasses makers Vision Megane, display another great and kinda scary Japanese invention. Customers now have the option of adding a small vibrating device to the frames.

The idea itself is a decent one. When your head tilts forward, the glasses take that motion to mean that you are losing focus. The sensor sits right behind the ear so that the vibration gives your head a substantial enough jolt to wake you out of your stupor.

The thought of these things being used as a Clockwork Orange-esque torture device is rather eerie. And I have to ask, what happens if you have to look down to write notes. Does it still shock you? (more…)

We showed you anti-shock notebooks and tablet PCs, but you know how anti-shock products are like- very arguable size, design and price-tag. Sony and a lot of other manufacturers have also installed shock-proof hard disks into laptops in case you drop them, the idea is to protect the data rather than the screen and everything else (hypocrites!), we all know that they’re not deemed to survive in such situations, and when they do, we call ourselves extremely lucky. Japanese company Marshal has started selling this smart-looking hard disk casing that fits any of the 2.5 inch hard disks you pick up in the market; it has passed the 1-meter drop test, so it does what it claims, i.e. protects your hard disk when you accidentally push it over your desk. The Marshal HDD case uses the USB interface, measures 84×127x23mm and weighs 60g by itself. It is only selling for $20 in Japan now. For all that compact size, fail-safe design and bargain price, my name is down for not one but three of these. — Sam Chan

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