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Beautiful Animated Photos by Jamie Beck

Posted By Lisa McNear on November 09, 2011

These beautiful animated photos by New York photographer Jamie Beck take photos to a new level.

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Seagate Hard Drives Include Free Movie

Posted By Lisa McNear on April 12, 2010

Ultra Portable Drive Comes Pre-loaded with One Free Movie for Activation and Twenty Other Films for Purchase

Today, Seagate and Paramount Digital Entertainment announced their agreement to pre-load a selection of 500GB FreeAgent Go™ ultra-portable hard drives with Paramount movies. Beginning immediately, US customers who purchase specially-marked packages of the FreeAgent Go ultra-portable hard drive will be able to activate Paramount Pictures’ popular film, Star Trek (2009), for no additional fee.Read More

World's Smallest Digital Camera

Posted By Lisa McNear on April 12, 2010

World's Smallest Digital Camera

Ultra compact, multifunctional Pocket sized Chobi Mini Digital Camera is one of the most compact digital camera's ever! Yet it takes incredible digital photos. Chobi Mini Digital Camera can Video at 1280 x 960 pix 30 fps AVI movies and take 2048 x 1536 pix pictures.Read More

ToneRite Play-In Device

Posted By Lisa McNear on April 06, 2010

Vibrating box breaks in your stringed instruments
ToneRite Play-In Device

The ToneRite play-in device works by relieving the tensions inherit in wooden acoustic instruments. A new or even moderately played instrument has a tendancy to have a lot of individual components that resonate independantly. By transferring certain types of energy to an instrument for a period of time the ToneRite can cause the instrument to resonate as a whole and as a result your instrument becomes incredibly responsive, problem notes improve, less bow pressure is required, the sound comes more quickly with less effort and the overall quality of tone increases.Read More

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The Little House

Posted By Lisa McNear on April 03, 2010

For sale: The world's smallest house is just 7 feet wide, 47 feet long, 312-square foot, and listed at $167,000

Built in 1912, this tiny home is just 7 feet wide and 47 feet long - one of the smallest functioning homes in the world.Read More

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Transparent Solar Panels

Posted By Lisa McNear on March 29, 2010

Sphelar solar cells from Kyosemi Corp. are solidified silicon drops that create a transparent solar cell window
Transparent Solar Panels

Imagine if instead of looking out your window to see your solar-panel array, your windows were your solar panel array. Sphelar solar cells can be built into windows, whether they're flat or curved. Instead of chasing the sun, they'll capture the sun from all angles, then convert it to energy.Read More

Sony Projection Alarm Clock

Posted By Lisa McNear on March 27, 2010

Multi-feature clock radio with projector, soothing nature sounds and room thermometer in brushed aluminum case
Sony Projection Alarm Clock

It’s so much more than just a clock radio. The new ICF-C717PJ from Sony is packed with great features to help you wake up and drift off in even greater comfort. Compact and sleekly styled with an elegant brushed aluminium finish, the Sony ICF‑C717PJ looks great in any bedroom. It’s also the first clock radio from Sony with a built-in projector. Just twist the lens module to any angle and beam a super-sized time display onto any wall or ceiling for comfortable viewing.Read More

Amazing 3D Building Murals

Posted By Lisa McNear on March 25, 2010

3D Murals Painted on the Sides of Buildings
Amazing 3D Building Murals

These scenes of wrecked buildings and unique structures are actually huge three dimensional works of art done on the side of buildings. Since he first started back in 2002, John Pugh has been fooling many for years with his 3D murals.Read More

32GB SanDisk MicroSD Disks

Posted By Lisa McNear on March 24, 2010

32GB SanDisk MicroSD disks Now Shipping

SanDisk Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping 32 gigabyte SanDisk micro SD cards. Mentioned as the world’s highest-capacity removable memory card for mobile phones, the new microSDHC card can store enough music to outlast 35 round-trip flights between San Francisco and New York before repeating a single song.Read More

The Oldest Trees

Posted By Lisa McNear on March 18, 2010

Methuselah
Oldest Tree - Methuselah

The world’s oldest individual tree lives 10,000 feet above sea level in the Inyo National Forest, California. A staggering 4,765 years old, this primeval tree was already a century old when the first pyramid was built in Egypt. The tree is hidden among other millennia-old Great Basin bristlecone pines in a grove called the Forest of Ancients.Read More

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