So you have a beautiful living room and you don’t want to ruin the whole look by throwing in a modern TV. Now you can hide it easily. The FlipAround Motorized Television Mount lets you hide you flat screen TV almost in plain sight.
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Renewable energy use is rapidly growing across the globe. But as with every innovation, there’s always a downside which in the case of wind turbines is high bird mortality. Somewhere between 140,000 and 328,000 birds die each year from collisions with wind turbines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqcNc9bKlNY But hope is on the horizon. Vortex Bladeless is a wind ‘turbine’ without blades that was developed by a group of inventors at a Spanish tech startup. With no whirling blades and no moving parts, this…
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If anyone needs proof that the world is slowly changing, look no further than the major car manufacturers. These lumbering dinosaurs are being forced, kicking and screaming, into the eco driven future to the extent that they’re even converting their major sellers into green machines. The latest example is this Volkswagen Passat GTE, a plugin hybrid (PHEV) which boasts ‘official’ consumption figures of 149 mpg and 31 miles of all electric range. And at a price which is very nearly…
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If you use your computer for anything other than the basics, chances are you’ve got shortcuts and hotkeys coming from all directions. You can buy a set of decals to remind you what keys make a new layer in Photoshop (Crl+Shift+N, you would think that would be easier) or you can invest in a keyboard you program with reminders. The Sonder is fully customizable keyboard for all of your computing needs.
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The thing standing in the way of many people learning something new is time. We’re all busy and even with all of the services out there to help make learning something new easier from the comfort of our own homes, time is a hard commodity to come by. Highbrow is a unique service that delivers your lessons by email so if you have a smartphone or tablet, you can access them from anywhere that has signal.
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Do you ever worry about missing something? Maybe like a kid you fight sleep just so you don’t miss something important or exciting. Well, worry no longer, Hooks is the app that lets you set alerts for everything.
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In the future we may well drop our car off at the entrance to the shopping mall car park, and leave it to drive itself to a refueling point and then automatically park up to wait for our return. Sounds incredible? Not if German motor group VW has its way. But you will need an electric vehicle to take advantage of this kind of ‘shop & charge’ valet service.
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Oil spots on your driveway are both unattractive and difficult to remove. You can try using some heavy chemicals and still be left with fainter looking but very present oil spots. But Flubber Dust by Oil Lift gets the job done. This Eco certified green cleaning product safely removes oil and leave surfaces temporarily slip-proof too. It’s biological agents bond to oil, breaking the oil’s molecular bond, and naturally biodegrades the contaminates. Simply sprinkle this scentless green powder on oil,…
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Movies are great. Watching a film is an excellent way to pass the time but they don’t have to be mindless entertainment. Documentary film makers are using the medium to shed light on many topics. If you want to expand your horizons for free, check out Top Documentary Films, a free film website.
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Thanks to laptops, any space can be a work space. This may or may not be a good thing. Either way, you can make it more comfortable with the Slate Essential LapDesk, a wooden lap desk perfect for anyone who wants to work away from their desk.
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I, like most people in love with gadgets, spend a lot of time at my computer. I eat snacks while watching YouTube videos. I’ve got a couple of cats. I also have very long hair. My keyboard gets gross. Usually I use a can of air but the Cyber Clean Home and Office cleaning compound looks like it would do a far better job of getting in between the keys.
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If you have a car, there has been at least one time where you have needed a jump. It’s inevitable, it’s happened to all of us. If you’re in a parking lot when it happens, fine. If you’re in a parking lot after hours, not so great. The Scorpion Car Jump Starter is a jump that will get your ride rolling even without other cars to help it along.
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So you’re a musician and you want to rock but you don’t have space in your van for an extra guitarist. No worries, check out the Submarine, the device that makes your single guitar sound like two.
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Riding your bike is a lot cheaper than taking your car everywhere. In general a bike is just cheaper than a car. Unfortunately, if a car hits you while you’re on a bike, chances are you’ll do a lot worse than if you were in a car. The Varia Rearview Radar is a device to help keep you safer on the road.
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Keeping up with social media is like an all-day thing. Really, take a break and you’ll miss the second coming of the Borg or something. Not everyone can spend their day plugged into their various media outlets though. For that, there’s Nuzzle, the app and website that tells you what news your friends are reading.
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