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      Convert Your Loose Items Into Video Game Treasure With This 8-Bit Chest

      December 7, 2013 /

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      Whether you find them behind suspiciously hollow walls, buried in suspiciously placed staircases, or at the end of a suspiciously long corridor filled with more enemies from hell with the capability to rip your throat out through your feet than you knew could ever exist, it has always been a constant joy to discover video game treasure chests.

      Unfortunately treasure chests in the real world tend to be far more rare, meaning the joy of discovering one doesn’t really enter your day to day life. You can let this fact bum you out, or you can do something about it by picking up one of the 8-bit treasure chests available from Think Geek.

      This 4” wide box painted in a pixelated art style runs off of two AA batteries, and stores the various items you can fit into it. Adding to the video game motif is a “Pulp Fiction” style glow that emits when you open it, along with an 8-Bit style tune that plays when you do the same (though it sadly isn’t the “Legend of Zelda” secret discovery tune).

      Sure it’s not exactly discreet, but many things that are bad ass rarely are. At $29.99 this is the perfect gift for the gamer in your life, even if it does just serve as a desk decoration.

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      This World Noise Cancelling Prototype Is Well Worth Your Attention

      November 30, 2013 /

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      Perhaps I’m just odd (I’ve been accused of it before), but I really enjoy the sounds of the city in my apartment. Much like staying inside and listening to the rain, there is a certain joy that comes from absorbing yourself in the world outside while also enjoying the comforts of your home.

      However there are times when the hustle and bustle of the city is not the optimal soundtrack for your relaxation. Sure you can play some music or ambient noises to drown them out, but the effect can be quite harsh and serve as a poor substitute or combatant to the ambience of the outside world.

      Designer Rudolph Stefanich apparently felt the same, which may explain what led him to design a world noise canceller prototype of sorts called the Dial it Down.

      Featuring a touch controlled dial and affixing to the inside of your window, the Dial it Down acts much like a pair of noise cancelling headphones and can either tone down, or completely block the noise of the outside based on your settings. More impressive, though, may be its ability to filter and replace the exterior noise and turn it into something more docile like the sounds of nature or even just isolate certain noises until you’re hearing exactly what you want to in your home.

      While still in the prototype stage, it’s clear that the complex design of the Dial it Down is more than just a whimsical notion and is realized enough to actually come to fruition. Let’s hope that is the case too, as its ability to allow the user to control the noise of their home in a more organic and natural way not reliant on blasting as many decibels as possible is a very desirable luxury.

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      Tired of “Accidentally” Running Over Bicyclists With Your Car? These New Gloves May Help

      November 29, 2013 /

      Originally this was going to be something about Black Friday sales, but whilst browsing the interweb I came to two conclusions.

      1. Nearly every site on the internet advertises Black Friday sales right on their front page.
      2. The sites which do directly feature sales, collect the best Black Friday sales from said sites.

      So, with approximately 100% of the internet already on top of this Black Friday thing, I thought I’d focus on something that traditionally goes completely ignored on Black Friday.

      Safety.

      Yes, since today is the day millions of shoppers will be packing stores and attacking their wares without a single regard towards basic decency and safety, why not highlight a product aimed at providing just that?

      The turn signal gloves from Zackees are aimed at providing bicyclists and skateboarders a much needed alternative in making their intentions known to pedestrians and motorists around them. It gives the non-motorized street travelers of the world an electronic turn signal of their own, and requires little more than a hand movement in the appropriate direction to activate.

      Even better, knowing their product will primarily be bought by hipsters, Zackees paid special attention to the style of the gloves, so wearing a turn signal on your hands looks as un-nerdy as humanly possible.

      There’s no guarantee for success in the gadget market, but when you create something that is practical, useful, stylish, clever, and innovative it’s usually a good sign that your product will find an eager market. We’ll see if that holds true when the turn signal gloves start crowdfunding on December 9th through Kickstarter.

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      A Technologically Superior Fib That Just May Get You Out Of Work Early

      November 22, 2013 /

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      As Bevis, Buthead, and Blink-182 informed me before I was able to make the conclusion based on my own experience, work sucks. Sure it might not suck for those people that have those “jobs they actually like,” but for the rest of us normal people, it most certainly does.

      Sometimes though, it can suck worse than other times. Especially when its right before the end of the day, and some menial task appears preventing you from leaving at the prearranged time. Or, alternatively, when nothing is keeping you from leaving at the prearranged time, except for your desire to be literally anywhere but where you are right now, preferably with a beer in hand that will mute the knowledge that you’ll be right back to the grind soon.

      While many of us have developed our own methods for getting out of the whole work thing a little early, one developer came up with a unique approach to the issue and has been kind enough to share it with the rest of us.

      It’s called the Happy Hour Virus, and it “breaks” your computer so you can feign dismay and duck out early owing to the sudden lack of functional computer. The virus comes in three flavors (blue screen of death, broken monitor, and kernel panic) all of which are purely cosmetic and can be removed by hitting the escape button. Use couldn’t be simpler as you just head over to the happy hour virus website, choose your favorite poison, and get your best acting chops ready for the rest.

      It’s a ballsy maneuver to be sure, and likely to backfire against the user in the worst way, but when it’s 1:00 on a Monday when you know damn well it should be at least 4:00, consider taking the risk* and utilizing the Happy Hour Virus to get home, or the bar, right when you want to.

      *WARNING: Risk not advisable

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      This Bulletproof Suit Shows That the Mega Rich Truly Do Live Different Lives

      November 12, 2013 /

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      While the market for a bulletproof three piece suit might not extend past the stylishly paranoid and James Bond, it’s nonetheless comforting to know that a lack of mass appeal for such an incredibly amusing piece of technology isn’t deterring someone out there from making it happen.

      Made from a carbon nanotube fiber developed in conjunction with the US Army, the fine folks at Garrison Bespoke assure us that this suit is 50% lighter than your typical Kevlar vest, and is capable of stopping .22 and .40 caliber bullets. It doesn’t skimp on the style either, as the suit is made to fall in line with the rest of the high quality works that Garrison Bespoke is infamous for. It all fits into the designers overall goal for the project, which is to provide a discreet and comfortable practical alternative to the average bullet proof vest.

      While the style is clear to anyone with eyes, most of us will just have to take the designer’s word on the functionality as these babies go for about $20,000 a pop. It’s a disheartening price tag to be sure, but since the odds are that you do not need this in your everyday life, feel free to sit back, admire this fun invention, and ponder what the end of “Scarface” would have looked like had Tony Montana been able to buy a few less exotic animals, and spring for some of these instead.

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