Landmines are a huge issue for many countries that have been touched by conflict. Although the wars may be over, the left behind mines are still killing and maiming unsuspecting people all over the world. There are many tactics used to disarm these mines. Mine Kafon is the low-cost solution that hopes to save thousands in money and lives.
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You can learn a new language from books and apps but nothing beats speaking it with someone who has been speaking it their whole life. Tandem is the app hat matches you with a language learning partner. They help you learn their language and you help them learn yours. It’s win-win!
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Sometimes you see something and wonder how in the world no one had invented it before. The Fairy Fastener is one such device. This little wand holds your jewelry so you can easily clasp it closed.
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It’s cold outside which means that there are an insane amount of germs just waiting to take you and your family out. Colds, the flu, and weird stomach issues are all over the place and they want to lay you low. Handwashing helps fight them but you can do better. Sickweather is the app that maps illness so you can avoid where it’s spreading.
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We’ve all dropped food on ourselves but walking into a meeting with the leftover stain from lunch might put a damper on your promotion opportunities. To keep you looking spic and span check out the USB Ultrasonic Handy Stain Remover, the handheld stain removing sensation.
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When I was like ten I saw Beauty and the Beast and was obsessed with that rose. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in a cartoon. So magic. Such wow. I wanted one but you know, sort of hard to have a floating glowing rose under glass forever in the 90s. The Enchanted Forever Rose mimics that magic and bonus, isn’t counting down the days until you’re forever trapped in the body of a beast.
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In our connected lives, our privacy is easily violated and it often falls on the user to take steps to protect themselves. All of our tech is vulnerable, that’s the price we pay for connection but we can take some steps to preserve our privacy better. To that end, the IS|CC is a small and attractive solution to unwanted access through webcams.
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Autofill forms are so handy! Especially if you fill out a lot of things online. Shopping, newsletters, job applications, the list of things you need your name and address for online is long but autofill makes the job quick! Unfortunately, it can also be used to steal your personal information because we just literally cannot have nice things.
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Burns are one of the worst injuries you can sustain and are very hard to heal from. It takes a great deal of time to recover from particularly bad burns. The Wake Forest School of Medicine has a concept to make healing times go three times faster using 3D printing.
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We’ve talked about the automation of jobs on the site before. Most people are probably hip to gigs like “driver” being taken over by AI and retail workers replaced by automated kiosks but it goes much further. The Japanese insurance firm Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance is replacing over 30 employees with an AI.
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Putting our phones down can be hard. They’re little boxes of distraction filled with all of our favorite ways to procrastinate and they can come with us just about anywhere. If you have hard time putting your mobile device down, check out Forest, the app and web extension that lets you grow trees in your off time.
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Golden eggs are something that people around the world are into it would seem. They also appear to be a bit more work than just throwing a few eggs in the pot to boil. You can get your golden egg fix faster with the Orbi, the gadget that will automate your golden egg making routine.
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I hear some space movie just had a new installment? Maybe you’ve heard of it, Star Wars? I hear people were really into it. If you were really into it, why not make your popcorn with one of the most iconic starbases in all of geekdom with the Death Star Popcorn Maker.
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Are you a desktop fan but wish you could carry your PC in your pocket? And when you say this, you aren’t talking about a smartphone? Well the Sirius B Black Cherry is the pocket computer of your dreams. This PC runs Windows 10 and is small enough to sit next to your keys (but that’s probably not a great spot for it).
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When it comes to music, the internet has provided us with way more musical stylings than what we can hear on the radio. The radio still has a unique pull though, there’s something about it that makes it exciting. Your song playing on a MP3 that you picked isn’t quite as exciting as it showing up randomly on a station. Listen to radio all over the world with Radio Garden.
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