Botanicalls gives your plants a voice

Not since Audrey the talking plant from Little Shop Of Horrors exclaimed “Feed me, Seymour!” have we heard of talking plants. Though, Botanicalls brings us one step closer to having flower-to-person communication (F2P?). Botanicalls is essentially a soil moisture sensor implanted in your flower pot, made with only two nails and a circuit, which sends information about the plants vitals ...

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DIY: Declutter your desk using, um, all of your space

Some people are really set in their ways. Cluttered desks is a common problem and is becoming a habit for many of us. For a pretty minimal price, you can be like Van Mardian, and totally clean the clutter crappity crap off your desk, while still keeping all of your needed gadgets (or wanted, as most aren’t really needed unless ...

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Tamagotchi-style Human Player is disturbing in a mini-me kind of way

Anyone who lived through the 90’s remembers the Tamagotchi virtual pet games. You couldn’t walk out the door without seeing ten children toting them. Now, from the same company that brought you the Tamagotchi, Bandai presents the Human Player, a virtual you. Before you start to play, you take a 50 question personality test that determines the actions of the ...

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Icuiti VR920 makes us wonder why Geordi was so melancholy

Winner of the 2007 CES innovations award, the Icuiti VR920 brings us one step closer to a Star Trek-esque world of designer technological eye wear. The headset creates the illusion of watching a 62-inch screen from 9 feet away, with a resolution of 640×480. And from the look on the womans face, the picture looks as cool as it sounds. ...

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Therabath Spa Petite keeps your hands soft to the touch

The Terabath Spa Petite is a 3-lb personal paraffin bath for you hands. You might be asking yourself, why the hell would I need something like this? The answers easy. For the geeky girls in your life, of course. Not only could the Petite work wonders on the old typing fingers, but your girlfriends would admire your effort at providing ...

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Rumor: Nintendo Wii HD potential kept secret from public

The Inquirer reports that a drunk Nintendo representative was spewing at the mouth about the Wii GPU’s hi-def capability, even though the full potential is yet to be seen. So why DON’T we see the Wii slinging out high definition resolution? Apparently, for two reasons. The console can’t handle a reasonable frame rate for true HD quality and because the ...

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SNES outselling PS3 on Amazon

Of all of the things we’ve seen this has got to be both the most and least surprising tidbit of information we have come across regarding PS3 sales. With dwindling PS3 sales, did anyone truly expect the console to be out sold by a legacy gaming system on the largest online retailer on the planet, Amazon? Sure, SNES was, and ...

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R.I.P. Robert Adler: Inventor of the Remote Control

As gadget fans can testify, most gadgets wouldn’t be gadgets without the remotes that control them. What is a TV without a remote? Just a box with pictures, thats what. So, from one gadget fan to another, and on behalf of the tech community, Rest In Peace Mr. Adler (1913-2007). — Andrew Dobrow Robert Adler [Wikipedia]

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Gigabyte GSmart q60 Smartphone, the t600’s pretty sister

Other then the DVB-T and DVB-H supporting t600, Gigabyte also produces the HSDPA supporting GSmart q60 Smartphone. The q60 was shown at 3GSM, and though not creating the fuss that the t600 has, is indeed a nice looking phone. The Gsmart is powered by an Intel PXA270 512 MHz and runs on the newest Windows Mobile 6 Pro OS. The ...

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