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When you can’t use a mouse because of too much Guitar Hero, don’t fret; alternative means of controlling your computer’s cursor are just over the horizon. The University of Washington is developing a vocally controlled mouse interface that’s completely hands free!

Similar to speech recognition that aids in typing, the vocal joystick makes using a mouse as simple as humming mantras in front of your computer. Using different vowels and sounds, the vocal joystick is able to create cursor motion and clicking functions as if you were using an ordinary mouse. However, playing Minesweeper is still a pain in the ass.

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Martin Nicolausson must’ve been bored out of his mind when he came up with the idea of a seesaw bench for a bus stop. Or perhaps he was just tired of standing there all by himself with no one to talk to. His goal: to get strangers to converse in public spaces. It encourages cooperation, requiring two people to work together in order to sit comfortably, unlike the solo act of swinging at the bus stop. What better way to have two strangers strike up a conversation while waiting for a bus. I can imagine it now:

“Whoa, what is that thing?”
“I have no idea, it was there when I got here.”
“Looks like a seesaw. Want to get on it?”
“I don’t know…looks kind of dangerous, you do it.”
“I’m not putting my ass on that, you do it.”
“No, you do it.”
“I’ll do it if you do it.”
“Alright.”

Ah, the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Mission accomplished!

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Love played out Internet memes? Of course you do! Why not drop your hard earned cash on these LOLmagnets from ThinkGeek? At $20, you’ll only have to take 4 or 5 showers to wash off all the shame you’ll encounter from purchasing these. You’ll get a ridiculous LOLspeak manual and 384 “words” to spell out kooky catch phrases with.

CAN WE HAZ STOOPID MEME END NOW? KTHXBAI.

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More interweb rambling than actual l337 speak, the L337 Eye Chart proves how geeky you are if you understand why this makes perfect sense.

If you’re a 75-year-old square, we apologize. — Andrew Dobrow 

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