This is a coating you put on your gadget for around $50 – $75 which then waterproofs it and dustproofs it. There’s video of people working cellphones underwater in the link.

OK, so you want to personalise a bit of metal, glass, wood, whatever by laser cutting it? Here you go! Windows sees it as a printer and lets you personalise to your hearts’ content.

Not cheap though: around $8000,-

It’s a mouse. Which is wireless. For on your finger.

SATA/CF/IDE to USB 2.0 Bridge Adapter implements a bridge between USB port and IDE, SATA or CF hard drive port.
It turns any standard IDE or SATA drive into a convenient external drive. Easily transfer files from PC, notebook, backup files or store large file archives on hard drives.

USB Geek, Your USB Solution!!

Look, if you want to get to work faster, you should drive a car. I know you ride your bike to help save the environment and exercise and all those noble reasons, but let’s be honest: adding jet propulsion to your bicycle kind of defeats both of those purposes.

And really, this bike, which has a WWII-era buzzjet attached, has a better probability of ending your commute with you as a fine paste on a brick wall than a few minutes early to work. But hey, you know, if you’re the adventurous type and you love WWII relics, I guess this is as good a combo as any to suit your needs.

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This is an SD card with 2 GB RAM which uploads photos wirelessly to your computer and to the web, of course. But, Eye-Fi Explore also automatically adds geographic location labels to your photos.

Eye-Fi » Eye-Fi Explore

It plugs into loads of online galleries, not just Flickr but also Gallery…

The technology also works in Europe according to the CEO

This gamepad thing can have all the buttons and paddy bits changed around and completely programmed. It’s only available in a limited run though.

The reprap machine sprays plastics in layers untill they solidify and then sprays more layers, thus creating 3D plastic objects. It can even replicate itself!

The machine is completely open source and you can build it yourself for around EUR. 450,- and some time. You can find the instructions here

Following on an older pimp your ride with display post here the Defi Link DF05704 VSD X HUD Heads Up Display is all kinds of cool over your windscreen

It retails for around $319 here

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This is what happens when you get a nerd to design a surf board – a cardboard hollow, light structure which can be built on the cheap. He’s using easy tools to keep production costs down, and even though he’s not finished on his design, he’s got a pro to surf it and the pro digs it!

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The Matrox Extio™ F1240 multi-display Remote Graphics Unit enables the extension of two dual-link video displays, audio and six USB devices, such as keyboard and mouse, by up to 820 feet (250 meters) via a single fiber-optic cable. Designed with passive (fanless) cooling, the Extio 1240 provides a quiet, secure and high reliability environment that delivers uncompromising image quality and performance. Ideal for professional and mission critical environments, the Extio series of products achieve an experience that parallels having the computer situated at the users’ desk.

Uber KVM Switching Unit!

The Wii’s all-white, but it’s hardly a raunchy unit. So, if you’ve been looking for ways to sex-up your console, then how about a private pole dance?

US manufacturer Peekaboo, which already sells a pole-dancing kit endorsed by Carmen Electra, is currently inking plans to teach millions of gamers how to pole dance in their living rooms with a Wii videogame.

Although nothing’s finalised yet, the pack could include an extendable pole – fnarr, fnarr – and a videogame that would teach gamers all they need to know about sliding up and down, spin around andy dangle provocatively.

Apparently, Peekaboo thinks the as-yet-untitled game will be in a similar league to the Guitar Hero series, which lets gamers rock out to classic hits with a guitar-style accessory.

A spokesman for the company has already claimed that the game will help people tone-up, burn calories and, most importantly, improve their pole dancing skills. However, he clearly hasn’t considered other markets yet, such as the game’s ability to train future firefighters.

Register Hardware eagerly awaits more news about the videogame, but we are hoping the title doesn’t come with a hidden table fee.

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This Teuco Sorgente bathtub is pure class, but you’ll essentially need to build your bathroom around the thing to get the desired effects from it. That’s because it sits flush with the floor, meaning you need to dig down below to install it. But once you do, hot damn do you have a sexy bathtub on your hands.

Sitting flush with the floor, the water flows right to the brim, making it look like a pond sitting in the floor of your bathtub. Once you get in, 8 hydrosilent jets take action. Did I mention how slick it looks? I want one.

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Got an extra million dollars hanging around? Put down a $100K deposit on the upcoming Cirrus “The-Jet,” a tiny single-engine aircraft that doesn’t exist yet. Full-sized models are now touring the world, and when it does fly, the personal jet will go 345 mph, up to 25,000 feet, and have a range of 1000 miles.

Like all Cirrus airplanes, The-Jet will have a parachute in its nose, giving you extra assurance that you won’t be included in the ranks of “doctor-killer” aircraft casualties. Cirrus has reportedly leased a hangar in Minnesota to begin building the 7-seat (if three passengers are babies) jets, and plans to manufacture the small planes out of lightweight carbon fiber.

Like most schemes to sell non-existent products by collecting deposit money based on buzz alone, Cirrus is secretive about the jet. But industry wags think it might be ready for FAA certification by sometime next year, with a possible 2011 delivery date.

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There are some devices where the expression “you go first” always pops into my head, and this is certainly one of them. We’ve seen some other wacky designs from Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana that have actually made it into production, so there’s a chance that their Libelula Rocket Helicopter concept could turn into a real product.

By using tiny rocket motors at the tips of the rotor blades, the Libelula eliminates the torque which makes a tail rotor necessary in a conventional helicopter. This in theory makes it much more reliable, which is a good thing when you’re hanging from a backpack a few hundred feet above terra firma.

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We already showed you how to stay fashionable in urban combat situations. Along the same lines, Peter Gronquist has jazzed up retired rifles, chainsaws, machine guns and artillery shells and slapped big names on them: Louis Vuitton, Coach, Gucci — probably not the brands you think of when you imagine a rocket launcher or an electric chair. There’s even a Pac-Man grenade.

Dubbed “The Revolution will be Fabulous,” Gronquist’s show opened last night at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The pieces ranged from anywhere from a few hundred bucks to several thousand and several, such as the Louis Vuitton chainsaw, have sold.

Check out the gallery below for more fabulous weaponry.
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There are several ways to measure a megabyte – If you calculate it properly, you have to know there are 1024 bytes in a kb and 1024 kb’s in a mb. Of course this means that you can cheat by saying it contains 1 million bytes, and thus sell poor mans’ megabytes. You can even say that a Kb is 908 bytes, if you really want to rip off customers. This is done by the drive makers. This becomes a quite glaring deficiency by the time we start talking gigabytes, and Creative (as well as Seagate) has just been slapped around the head by this, incurring fairly severe penalties for misleading consumers.

OMG…..

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Put this into your lighter port and all GPS transmissions within 5m will be blocked by preventing any GPS devices from getting a satellite fix.

If you want a GPRS / HSPDA / EDGE / GPRS / GSM connection, most mobile providers will sell you a data plan and a PCMCIA card to put your SIM card in and attach your laptop to teh internets. Unfortunately there aren’t that many PCMCIA to USB convertors, nor tabletop PC motherboards with PCMCIA slots. There are now, however, a small crop of Broadband USB modems you can use. These come unlocked and support all bands. If you buy a modem from a provider you should be warned that generally they will be SIMLocked. Also, some come with data plans, but generally you can buy prepaid from a provider as well, with or without the modem. Some come with external antennae to increase the range, some don’t.

The BandLuxe C120 HSDPA USB Modem at EUR. 189,-

ZadaCom has the 3G+ USB HSDPA / UMTS / EDGE 1.8 Mbps modem

Going for GBP 198.58 and GBP 210.33 incl. VAT respectively

In the Netherlands Vodafone and KPN both use Huawei modems.

Vodafone is throwing out the E220

and is now releasing the E270 (or the E272 which is supposed to be an upgrade of the E270)

KPN also uses the E272 / E270.

Huawei also features the E510 which is mobile TV capable as well.

Unfortunately I can’t find any information on buying Huawei products by themselves.

Sony Ericsson is launching the MD400 / MD400g modems. The g version includes a GPS Receiver.

This is the press release

Old 2.5-Inch Drives can be given a second chance with this. If your old laptop is busted, this is a great $30,- way to get your old data back.

It’s early days in the project but it’s showing good promise

This unique sound bar is called The Hive, shaped as it is like a honeycomb cluster. Each segment of the speaker that you see is an individual unit that can be tilted and positioned independently, allowing you to set it up for your specific room’s shape and design.

It’s a neat idea, and it’s really quite cool looking as well. It’s not going to do well with people who like subtlety in their home theatre setups, but for those people out there looking to have the most unique setup in the neighborhood, this will do the trick.

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We the Brits were crazy about tea, but some French aficionados are giving them a run for their money. Two young French designers have created a self-stirring teacup. It’s a glass, actually, and it has a ceramic ball at the bottom that mixes around and mixes the tea as you lift the cup or swirl it gently. The base of the glass protrudes enough so that when you lift the glass to drink, the ball never falls out and hits you in the teeth.

Cute idea guys, but we have a couple of suggestions. First, make a disposable version. The real waste when it comes to tea stirring has to do with plastic spoons and wooden sticks at places like Starbucks. Second, if you were as into tea as the Brits, you’d know that tea tastes far better when you drink it from a porcelain cup, not a glass. Maybe the next prototype should be ceramic, with a glass mixing ball.

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If you’re unfortunate enough to be stuck in the middle of the country, away from the coasts, you probably don’t get too many chances to see the ocean, let alone surf in it. But hey, that doesn’t mean your dreams of surfing need to die in the flat Missouri sun! Just get yourself a Banzai Skimboard Surfer and live your dreams of having an endless summer.

Essentially, the Skimboard Surfer is a souped up slip n slide: a long, slick piece of plastic that fills with water via your hose. But rather than sliding on it face first, you use the included skimboard to surf down its slippery length. Oh, summer fun, you’re right at hand! And one doesn’t have to live on a coastline to enjoy it!

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