Category Archives: New Products & Gadgets

Highlighting new gadgets, tech innovation, products and services.

Cool labyrinth fish aquarium design

This labyrinth fish aquarium kinda makes me want to go buy some fish.

Cool desktop fish aquarium
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Let it snow

Go to Google and type in “Let it snow.” 

Body Shop Bids

A very cool new service called Body Shop Bids helps drive down the cost of repairing your car if it needs body work. Simply submit photos, let shops bid on winning your business, and then pick who you want to go with.

Creepiest Robot Faces

A look at advances in Biomimicry and robotics is producing very cool (albeit creepy) results. By imitating natural expressions and even human cognition, David Hanson’s robots–made using a unique rubber substance that mimics human facial tissue–are making it easier to interact with robots by giving them a human face.


(via FastCompany)

What Facebook looked like on the day it launched

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The Web site’s membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students when it launched in February 2004, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University.

As of July 2011, Facebook had more than 800 million active users.

facebook circa 2004
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Is this what we’ll be driving in the future?

Toyota-Fun-Vii

The Toyota Fun Vii is a spectacular design concept unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this week. The ‘Vii’ stands for Vehicle, Interactive, Internet. The ideas they are noodling are awesome. See for yourself.

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America isn’t the only country with drones

I think the general public might be a bit naive when they think of our mighty military. We might be able to kick some serious ass, we aren’t the only ones harnessing some dangerous technology. Today, more than 50 countries are using or developing unmanned aerial vehicles, or “Drones.” Here are a couple that make me nervous. See a more complete list here. (via Wired)

China’s Pterodactyl I

Iran’s Swallow

Iran's Swallow comes equipped with a high explosive warhead. Can they fly to the U.S.?

How to build a privacy computer monitor

Now you can freely look at anything you want without people staring. And by “anything you want,” I mean pictures and videos of baby ducks.

Learn how to build one here.

Thanks Bag of Nothing.

One man’s garbage is another man’s shoes

Necessity breeds innovation.


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A real-world espionage game for your iPhone


CODERUNNER™ – A real-world espionage adventure for your iPhone. Take to the streets, guided by GPS and the voice of your handler to real locations on an undercover mission of hacking, spying, sabotage and murder. Play it anywhere in the world!

  • Create secret dead drops for other players to find
  • Make up puzzles for agents to uncover and solve
  • Missions adapt to work anywhere on Earth
  • Find codes hidden around you
  • Solve puzzles created by players near you

It’s available in the iTunes App Store for $1.99. They are testing the Android version now.