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Apple has really screwed up the AC adaptor that they provide with their laptoms. I’m referring to the fact that if you want a longer cord, you’ve to add on a bulky attachment. The cord is so thick, that it usually doesn’t fit in standard laptop bags.

At Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools they have discovered that a Sony Playstation power cable fits perfectly into the slot and keeps the load light. It wraps up easier than a jimmy hat and lets you leave your official Apple cord plugged in at home, meaning the convenience factor also makes this a bitchin’ find. Give it a shot if your laptop bag is low on space.

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This HeartBeans coffee-grinder is meant for the coffee connoisseur who believes making a great cup of coffee is nothing but an art. The artistic coffee-grinder operates according to the user’s heart-beats. A personal product from quality mahogany, with a built-in motor, controlled by an apparatus to measure the pace of the beating heart (HBM, Heart Beat Monitor); also included are peripheral electronics that bind it all together and allow it to work. This machine gives a physical expression to the emotional say of the user. Its design which requires you to hold the grinder in similar pose to holding a baby or a musical instrument, very affectionately enables you to experience intimacy with the process of making coffee.(Duh!) And, as the grinder adhere the heart-beats, it produces a different taste with each use. The choice of wood is made to impart the device a natural and warm look. Other components were integrated, such as a LED to transform light beams and a receiver LED to tunnel the information to other parts. The final artifact features a wiring board by Hernando Barragán.

This project was developed and produced by the students (Adi navwany , Michal shamsian , Itamar paloge and Danielle ram) of “Food for Thought” course at the Bezalel academy for arts and crafts. So, get ready for not just a great cup of coffee, but an experience.

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Technology is making us so lazy that now we don’t even want to roll out the dice to play a easy game! Why play the game? Rather just watch bots play on your behalf and then credit their victory to your name. I don’t concur to this complete automated lifestyle but if you guys do then here’s one more automated entertainment option for you from China. If you like the game Mahjong but hate to set it up to play a game the Automatic Mahjong Table with Light Magnetism that can be controlled by Microcomputer is the answer for you. By automatic it actually means that you don’t have to shuffle the tiles, nor you have to stack up the tiles, and the height of it is that you’re not even needed to roll the dice. Now I didn’t like that dice part. Rolling dice has always been fun!

Adopting the working principle of electricity, light and magnetism, and it is controlled by microcomputer programs. Thus it can effectively achieve the automatic shuffling and dealing of mahjong and poker tiles, and automatic dice tossing without effort. It used two differently colors mahjong and poker tiles with magnetic. I suppose the table keeps two sets of mahjong, so while one set is in play, the other set is under the table getting organized to rise up via four rectangular elevators. The site also states that it is a Green Product. Sized at 95 x 95 x 75cm it can have a plastic or wooden body and consumes 100W of power. Offered in choice of red, black and silver versions, this automated Mahjong weighs 100kg.

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If you are a wine-lover, then this product is a must have. In every circumstance, with each wine, mixing just the right amount of air with your wine at the precise moments. This see-through aerator grants your reds or whites to breath instantly. The Vinturi Wine Aerator results are a better bouquet, enhanced flavor, and a smoother finish.

Product Features:
• Results in a better bouquet, enhanced flavor, and a smoother finish
• Comes with a no-drip stand and a travel pouch
• Mixes just the right amount of air with your wine at the precise moments

Order Vinturi Wine Aerator Now

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I also like music and found this nice forum www.muzicforums.com

It is a very active forum and have something for everybody.

It has a forum for band, for lyrics, and everything that you can think about when it comes to music, so check it out

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If you own a Ferrari, there’s a good chance you already converse with it anyway. “Yeah, that’s a bad little vehicle!” You make me sick, with your shameless flirtation. You might as well just skip the foreplay and just pick up one of these F1 Phones.

The F1 Phone, designed to resemble the Ferrari, even has some moderately impressive specs for a novelty cellphone. Offering dual-band support (900/1800 MHz), a 2.2-inch touch-sensitive LCD display with 260k colors, a music player with equalizer, a video player, a camera for maximum picture size of 1280 x 1024 pixels and even a video recorder, along with an assortment of other goodies. You can get yours for around $190.

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And to think that humans have only been in space for half a century. The European Space Bureau has released images showing all of the junk we have orbiting the planet. Space litter, if you will.

Circulating the globe right now is about 6,000 satellites, only of which 800 are still operational, not to mention tons of other crap left from previous launches, and probably a bag of doritos or two. According to the ESA, all of the space crap floating around isn’t a good thing as space clutter could put spacecraft at risk, and something should be done.

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Looking for some compact speakers that don’t look like all the others? Then check out this funky aluminum audio system from Gais.

The Gais Lisire Series 020 is a complete 2.1 channel sound system featuring distinct cylindrical styling. The Lisire’s aluminum covered ported subwoofer tube measures about 12-inches wide and is flanked by a pair of matching round satellite speakers.

The sub is powered by a built-in 6-watt amp, while the satellites output 2.5-watts per channel. While that certainly won’t rattle any windows, it’s probably just fine for a small bookshelf stereo or to provide sound for your Personal computer.

Initially available only in Japan, the system is now being brought to the says by gadget importer AudioCubes for $199.99.

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Trade your smart, intelligent as well as sexy two-legged office assistant for Michael Kritzer’s four-wheeled Digital Office Assistant. You can actually carry all the essential stuff of your office around with this mobile assistant. With your work demanding you to be on the move, this latest creation will assist you to the fullest by rendering comfortable workspace, computer, external hard drive multiple storage compartments and auxiliary power outlets almost everywhere you go. Standing on durable plastic casters, the Digital Office Assistant can easily be towed anywhere. All you gotto do is pull the retractable sleeve, which is located on the front of the unit, and the Office Assistant is at your service. With out any hassles involved in setting it up, for work surface you need to pull the elevation bar, located between the seating surface, to its full extension and simply let the tray fall open. Read the rest of this entry �

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General Motors’ Australian subsidiary, Holden are known for making some really fast, rear wheel driven, muscle cars. And in the process, a few Holden cars have become Aussie legends. Now, we have an oldie, the 1948 Holden FX that is all set to go under the hammer for a whopping $1.2 million. Sixty year old Holden sits at a New South Wales dealership and an offer of $900,000 for this vintage beauty has already been rejected by it’s owner, Charlie McCarron. The whopper of a price for the FX is mainly due to the fact that this is one of the three only surviving models of the FX. The car has higher trim compared to other FX’s of it’s time as it had safety rims, leather trim and passenger sunvisor, all for one pound extra. The FX has a 2.15 litre engine pumping out over 60 horses and has a fair bit of history surrounding it. Read the rest of this entry �

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