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Remember this amazing travel mug shaped like a camera lens that Canon handed out to press at the Olympics? Well, now you can pre-order one for yourself for a mere $30 CAD.

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Canon Lens Thermos Now Available for Preorder [Awesome Things]

12 Full Color Printed VHS Video Boxes: $9 . Full Scale Plastic Washer and Dryer Set: $139 .

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How to Look Like a Gadget Lover Without Buying Any Real Electronics [Wtf]

Here’s some tasty-looking hard candy. And here’s that same tasty-looking hard candy scanned by an SEM. Tuns out that there’s a company offering to stick almost anything under an electron microscope and we can’t help but wonder: What to pick

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What Would You Stick Under A Scanning Electron Microscope? [Qotd]

Buried in a site devoted to early robots is my dream man, Electron. Russian, born in 1967, he has 4ft-wide shoulders, waltzes, plays chess, and while he only understands 112 commands, his steely gaze is reassuringly paternal. [ CyberneticZoo via BotJunkie ]

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I Want A Broad-Shouldered, 7ft Tall Man Robot To Rear My Children Too [Image Cache]

Water-scraper is a concept piece entered into the eVoIo Skyscraper Competition which shows a future where people live and work underwater. Harnessing wave, wind and solar power to generate electricity, it’s a future world I’d be thrilled to live in. We’d also be able to grow food using aquaculture and hydroponic ways—though if it just tastes like algae I might stick with city-living for a while longer.

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So Why Can’t Skyscrapers Be Made Underwater? [Concepts]

Yesterday someone expressed sorrow about forgetting to pack books when he moved to a new city and I felt my heart break on his behalf. I can’t imagine life without being surrounded by shelves of books. But should I?

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Is It Time To Consider Life Without Real, Touchable Books? [Books]

Maybe sleep deprivation finally got to me or maybe these are really the cutest Android pillows I’ve ever seen. I just wanna grab a pair and snuggle up for a quick nap. The pillows measure twelve by twelve inches, are handcrafted, and can be purchased for twenty bucks a piece

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For Twenty Bucks, You Can Snuggle Up With The Android Mascot [Android]

Also shitcanned by Apple in the Great App Store Purge of 2010: Wi-Fi scanning apps. The reason being that they used private frameworks to access wireless info.

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BTW, Wi-Fi Scanner Apps Were Begging to Get Banned by Apple [App Store]

At first it’s similar to the first one , but then the new Iron Man 2 trailer turns into a mess of new footage, battle suit armies, suitcase armor, and some hot chick firing a palm gun. Wowza! You can hit up the Apple link for the trailer in its full HD glory, but be sure to come back here so we can talk about how amazing Ms. Johansson and all those slick battle suits look.

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New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man]

Hide wires, powerboards, your prized mini-figs—heck, even the droids the stormtroopers are still looking for, all in this tidy flatpacked AT-AT model from China. The company sends you all the materials needed to construct the AT-AT, but can’t promise protection from the rebel snowspeeders lurking nearby. It costs 55 Yuan, which is only $8, but that doesn’t include postage obviously. [ GeekCook via WalYou ]

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Flatpacked AT-AT Model Doesn’t Come From IKEA Or The Dark Side [Star Wars]