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Captioned Telephone Lets You Read What the Other Party is Saying During the Call

By Hazel Chua on 05/16/13 • 1 Comment

Captionec Telephone

Do you have difficulty understanding what people are saying over the phone? You could blame your phone, but keep in mind that it could also be your deteriorating hearing. This could lead to a lot of frustration on both ends of the line, which is why the Captioned Telephone is such a godsend.

It’s a phone that displays what the other party on the line is saying so you can read and listen to it at the same time. That way, you can prevent misunderstandings, keep losses to a minimum, and avoid making mistakes that could cause a lot of hassles down the road. The phone uses the US Captioned Telephone Service, which is provided free of charge by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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Cat Tantalizer: A Green Toy for Your Kitty Cat

By Hazel Chua on 05/14/13 • Leave a comment!

Solar Cat Toy

If you’re conscious about your carbon footprint, then chances are you’re already living a pretty green life. So why don’t you go the extra mile and start your cat off towards the path of greener living, too? You can change his diet, buy organic cat litter, and make playtime as green as can be by replacing his battery-powered toys with the solar-powered Cat Tantalizer.

As its name suggests, this toy will tantalize your feline companion. It’s meant to be stuck on your window, where hopefully a lot of sunlight streams in. When the rays hit the toy’s solar cell, the Tantalizer’s motor comes to life, moving the rod back and forth and giving your cat one helluva fun time.

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Pizza Compass Shows You Where the Pizza’s At

By Hazel Chua on 05/08/13 • Leave a comment!

Pizza Compass

Craving for pizza in the middle of the night? Searching for a quick meal to tide you over while you explore the city? You could try searching for pizzerias that are still open on the web or on your phone, but that could take a lot of time. It’s either that, or you could just fire up the Pizza Compass app and have it point you in the right direction.

It’s a hassle-free app that helps you find a pizzeria within a few seconds. All you have to do is fire up the app and tap the green circle beside the app’s name. The name of the closest pizza joint will then be displayed underneath the rotating slice of pizza on the screen. Mmm-hmm!

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Mario Bros. Industrial Pipe Lamp: The Awesomest Lamp to Light Up Your Room

By Hazel Chua on 05/08/13 • Leave a comment!

Mario Bros. Theme Industrial Pipe Lamp

Mario’s one of those video game characters who I think is truly deserving of the ‘Super’ title. He climbs down tunnels, chucks fireballs, and takes to the sky (provided he’s got the raccoon suit on), all in his quest to save the princess.

Now you can have a functional memento of Mario in action thanks to TRoweDesigns. They specialize in Steampunk, industrial-type lamps like this one inspired by the Mario Bros. franchise. It’s got a single light held up by a black iron pipe that’s encased in a vintage glass insulator to light up your room.

Probably the awesomest part about the lamp is how you’re supposed to switch it on. There are no buttons to press or switches to flick, because all you have to do is pull the chain where Mario’s hanging from and, voila! You’ve got light!

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Big Belly is a Smart Trash Can that Lets Collectors Know When It’s Full

By Hazel Chua on 05/08/13 • Leave a comment!

Big Belly Trash Can

You know city cleaners are doing their jobs when you cruise around the neighborhood and notice that there aren’t any overflowing trash bins in sight. It’s either that, or they’ve upgraded their bins to the Big Belly, which is as futuristic as trash cans can get.

It has two main features that sets it apart from all other garbage cans. First of all, it uses solar energy to compact trash inside it (yes, that’s a solar panel that you see at the top.) Second, it’s got sensors that determine when the trash can is already full. Once it detects this, it then fires off an email to garbage collectors informing them that it’s time to pick up the trash.

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Super Safe-Looking Human Powered Ferris Wheel

By David Ponce on 04/30/13 • Leave a comment!

Let us (the Internet sometimes being a random rather than efficient engine of discovery), bring you a video from almost 4 years ago, but only now discovered by your faithful editors. It’s a mind-bending clip of a human-powered Ferris wheel in a place that looks like maybe India, although we’re just guessing. We’re particularly fond of the apparent lack of any instinct of self-preservation displayed by some of the fools who hurl themselves into the air in a bid to both propel the wheel and give themselves a bit of an adrenaline rush in the process (we’re looking at you, guy in a white shirt…). Just watch and think about all the lawsuits if this was in the US of A, then giggle a bit. We did.

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Making Stuffed Burger Patties Just Got A Whole Lot Easier

By David Ponce on 04/26/13 • 1 Comment

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A burger is a burger until it gets stuffed with some surprise or other: then it’s a ‘Better Burger’. We’re thinking cheese, bacon, cheesy bacon, or bacony cheese. Whatever your flavor of cheesy bacon stuffing, the Sur La Table® Stuff-A-Burger™ Press will help you form your patties with much less effort that if you were to go about it with your bare hands. It features special presses that help create a space for your stuffings, and make it a breeze to encapsulate them. “It offers two stuffed-burger sizes: a mammoth ¾-pound burger or, using the insert, a substantial ½ pounder.” And that could just be the best $13 you’ve spent for the upcoming BBQ season.

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Edible Eco-Spoon Lets You Help Mother Nature Out, One Bite At a Time

By Hazel Chua on 04/22/13 • Leave a comment!

Edible Spoon

Whether you’re eating breakfast on the go because you woke up late or are having takeout for lunch, the common factor between both (and with most other meals that you eat outside a proper dining area) is plastic utensils. They might not seem like much since they’re relatively small and all, but a little goes a long way. And since it takes more than twenty years to fully decompose, I’d say we’ve got more than enough of these spoons currently sitting in our landfills.

So Triangle Tree came up with a solution in the form of edible spoons called the Eco-Spoon.

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No Need For Photoshop: Awesome Monochrome 1920s Costumes

By Hazel Chua on 04/19/13 • Leave a comment!

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Forget zombies and slutty nurse costumes–this should be your inspiration for your next costume party. Redditor royally_eft and her friend were off to a party, and they decided to change things up by arriving as a couple from a different era: the twenties, to be specific.

I’m sure it took a lot of work and makeup to get their skin to that particular hue. The images might look Photoshopped, but they aren’t, which makes these costumes all the more impressive.

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