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Pacman Cap
Here’s another geeky design after we have introduce the 8-bit Icon Watch recently. Well, after spotting so many geeky designs, you can be sure to jump on this cool, geeky bandwagon to hit the market! The Uber-Review: New Era has some rather pricey game inspired caps on the market. The caps, which feature boldly colored Pacman and Space Invaders motifs […]
Vending Machine Marijuana
TrendHunter: This is no joke, hitting up a vending machine for marijuana is now possible in Los Angeles! Herbal Nutrition Center has installed operating machines next to two dispensaries that are open 24/7. Security Guards are present, to keep any people away who might not “meed” the pot, but after you get a perscription from your doctor (for your, uh, […]
You Bar
Springwise: Customers of You Bar can choose every ingredient that goes into their nutrition bars: the base, protein powders, nuts and seeds, fruits and berries, sweeteners, seasonings, grains and infusions. One consumer might select cashew butter with shredded coconut, organic molasses and nutty rice cereal, for example; another might choose dates, soy protein, walnuts, ground cinnamon and dried banana. Special […]
Vending Machine Ramen
Cool Hunting: From hot canned coffee to warm corn soup, Japanese vending machines do their best to meet all your vending machine needs. This May, Kyoto-based company Fujitaka began selling Sapporo-style canned ramen for ¥300 ($2.67) a pop to nerds in Akihabara, Tokyo’s electronics district. Yes, you can buy canned noodles! For the country that invented instant ramen, vending machine […]
QR Powder
PR Web: QR (Quick Relief) Powder is an exciting product that is now being offered by Select Safety Sales on-line store. It has the ability to stop the bleeding immediately when sprinkled on a wound. A scab forms instantaneously and bleeding stops within seconds. QR Powder is a revolutionary powder bandage that can be used in lieu of a traditional […]
Kideo’s Custom Cartoons
TrendHunter: Now your child can swing across buildings as Spiderman or sing along with Barney, in Barney! How does this work? It’s pretty simple. Upload a picture of your child to kideo.com and it would be cropped down to a headshot and affixed on a cartoon body. A few days later, you’ll receive a DVD with a cartoon of your […]
Lovely Dog Crate
Born Rich: eCrate is a modern take on traditional fido carriers from esteemed industrial designer Peter Pracili. The NYC artist has partnered with Sexy Beast to launch this revolutionary new egg shaped dog crate. The eCrate cage was constructed from 60 individually welded wires and collapses to half its size for easier storage when not in use so you can […]
Winter Weddings
Appleton Post-Crescent: With a son in medical school, Brenda Kubasta says scheduling was problematic during prime wedding season, and even if they did tie the knot in fair-weather months, waiting wasn’t the couple’s forte. “It would’ve been in summer,” noted newlywed Kubasta, who wed husband Jim in December 2006. “The question we asked each other was, ‘Why wait?’” The pair […]
Artificial Surf
Guardian: Six-foot swells are set to break on the Thames at an attraction aiming to tempt the growing ranks of urban surfers to taste the “quintessential California surf lifestyle” in the unlikely surroundings of a disused dock in east London. From 2011, the world’s first outdoor artificial surfing machine will try to rival the Atlantic breakers of Devon and Cornwall […]