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Gadgets April 16, 2014

Power Jacket Stand For Samsung Galaxy S5 – keep it on longer and upright better

So you’ve got your shiny new bauble, eh? Enjoying it? The new Samsung Galaxy S5 is definitely making waves as you’d expect, with the usual kind of sales figures in the millions over launch weekend. Of course now the first sales rush is over, we’re expecting some add-on feeding frenzy, and one of the first out of the blocks is this puppy.

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Gadgets April 16, 2014

CommBadge – Star Trek Communicator arriving soon on a lapel near you

We keep checking our post box, but so far there’s no sign of the flying car we ordered back in 1970, but there are signs that the techs are trying their hardest to give us some other promised goodies as fast as they can.

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cool tech April 16, 2014

Arion 1 – aiming to be the fastest human powered vehicle in history

Forty times more aerodynamic than a Bugatti Veyron and with a top speed of 90 mph, the Arion 1 is aiming to be the fastest human powered vehicle in history. The bicycle, or more accurately velocipede, is the brainchild of an engineering team at the University of Liverpool in the UK, and it will attempt the world record in September 2015 in Nevada, USA.

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cool tech April 15, 2014

Foldscope – origami paper microscopes set to save lives for under $1 each

Bioengineer Manu Prakash of Stanford University has come up with an excellent design for an ultra cheap paper based folding microscope which could provide low cost health monitoring and diagnosis in areas where conventional scopes are too expensive.

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Gadgets April 15, 2014

Magimix Vision Toaster – perfectly judged brown every time, right?

OK, now this is definitely on top of the ‘why’s it taken so long’ list. How many times have you wished you had a toasting machine which not only did the job, but also let you see how things were getting on in there, so you could make sure no burnt bits were happening?

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Gadgets April 15, 2014

ResQ Plus – automatic tire repairer and inflator

Getting a flat tire is typically a pretty naff exercise all round. For one thing there’s the roadside argument about who’s fault it was, then there’s the scratching of heads as all on-board realize they have no idea whether there’s a spare, and if there is, where it’s located. Or how to retrieve it.

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Gadgets April 15, 2014

TowlHub – the only paper towel USB hub in the known universe…we think

So exactly how kooky do you like your gadgets? Weird enough to make you go whoosh, or just a little strange? We’re not exactly sure where this fits on the scale, but it sure makes for an interesting thought experiment. Which marketing dude or gal came up with the idea of paper towels and device charging?

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Freeware April 15, 2014

AndroVid Video Editor – a surprisingly good free video editing app for your phone [Freeware]

Most of us spend a lot of time, maybe too much, grabbing video clips on our smartphones. Any time anything extraordinary happens, you can guarantee the phones will be whipped out so everyone present can make sure the moment lives on for ever on YouTube or somewhere equally exciting.

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