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Mar 22, 2013 08:53 am | Al

Defend Against the Rain with the Broad Sword Umbrella

It feels like April showers have come somewhat early this year. So if you’re looking for a manly way to keep dry how about this broadsword umbrella. It has a 2 handed leatherette grip and comes complete with scabbard. It may not be best rain cover of choice if you’re flying.

You can buy the broadswaor umbrella from cgets for $39.95. Alternatively if you want a more futuristic weapon to battle the rain check out the light saber umbrella.

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Mar 22, 2013 06:30 am | Edwin

Horse Racing Game

Are you a gambling person, or one who likes to take your chances? If you have answered in the affirmative, have you ever made your way to the races before? Surely you would revel in the kind of excitement that a horse race entails, and even more so when you have placed your bets, looking through the binoculars to see your favorite steed ramp it up in the final furlong to finish in pole position. Well, instead of spending your weekend afternoons at the races, you might want to do so at home – while getting your horse racing kicks in. You can do so with the $75 Horse Racing Game, of course, while sharing the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, and spirited moments among friends and family.

The handmade Horse Racing Game has been described as "easy to play but difficult to stop", and I do not doubt this claim, especially when you consider how the aspiring jockey in you cannot think of anything better other than to throw some money down on whom you think is going to rally past the finish line first throughout the week. This time around, you can more or less say that things are in your own hands, where all you need to do is pick your steed, roll the dice, and ensure that your stallion gets the best results with each dice roll.

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Mar 22, 2013 06:00 am | Edwin

Rocker Headphone Splitter

You know how you would love nothing better than to share some good news with your friends, right? Well, obviously watching a movie together works out great, but what happens when it comes to your favorite tune by someone whom you deem to be the best musician alive, ever? Sure, a good speaker would often do that tune justice, but you cannot be carrying a speaker around wherever you go, can you? This is where a good pair of headphones come in handy, but sharing half an earpiece is not the best idea around. I guess the $11.49 Rocker Headphone Splitter would be a whole lot better, as you get to wear your own pair of headphones without losing out on mobility and audio quality.

This is also the ideal audio accessory to use whenever your and your best mate are not rocking out to the latest band, but are playing a game or watching a movie on your tablet or smartphone. Couples would clearly learn to appreciate it, as it works great whenever you want to listen to some shared tunes while you are on a long road trip, on a long haul flight, out camping under the stars, or just cozying up with one another on the couch. Got to love the design, too, and the Rocker Headphone Splitter works with any standard 3.5 audio jack.
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Mar 22, 2013 05:30 am | Edwin

Philips DesignLine TVs livens up your living room

I am quite sure that majority of our readers are technologically savvy in the first place, otherwise you would not be checking out this site, would you? Having said that, most folks in the US would have upgraded their TV to a flat screen display that is slim, in order to comply with digital signals some years back, meaning chunky CRTs are not longer in vogue. As for folks living in Europe, it really depends on your budget as well as the necessity of getting a large, flat screen TV in your living room. Philips thinks that it would not make much sense to jump over to Ultra HD resolution TVs like most of the other major TV manufacturers have done, but will instead continue to concentrate on a Full HD display that emphasizes lots on the external aesthetics without compromising on internal quality, which is where the Philips DesignLine range of TVs were born.

At first glance, it would be safe to say that Philips has taken design to a totally new level, as their DesignLine range comprises of one seamless sheet of gradient black glass, where it will lean against the wall without the need for a stand or visible frame. Now that is certainly a work of art, although I am quite sure any home with boisterous children who love running around and kicking a ball about in the living room would leave the parents in a difficult position – either the TV or the kids must go. No prizes for guessing which of the two will remain at home, of course.

The new DesignLine TV is not only light but transparent, where its frameless glass front displays a smooth flow from black opaque to transparent in standby mode, ending up as virtually invisible when watching TV. The inclusion of 'Ambilight 3-sided XL' will deliver a floating appearance of the Philips DesignLine TV, as the projecting light matches the color of the on-screen content precisely onto the wall behind. You will find the DesignLine TV series arrive in 46″ and 55″ screen sizes, as they hit Europe and Russia in Q2 2013 for a yet undisclosed price.

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Mar 22, 2013 05:00 am | Edwin

Lego creation launches paper planes

Before there was Minecraft, there is Lego, and one cannot deny the fact that Lego has done plenty to kick start the imagination of many a young kid. The thing is, while Minecraft has more or less garnered a loyal following on the computer as well as on the Xbox 360 in addition to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, the physical and spiritual predecessor from Denmark, Lego, is still around – and growing from strength to strength, I might add. Lego bricks have long been used in creative ways to exercise the brains of your little ones (and adults alike), so much so that entire theme parks have been built around Lego bricks. Well, the more creative minds do come up with something interesting once in a while, and here we are with this motorized Lego machine. What makes this motorized Lego machine different from the rest is that it can fold paper airplanes, followed by launching them into the air afterwards.

If that is not brilliant, I am not quite sure how else to describe it. The motorized Lego machine is the brainchild of YouTube user “Hknssn,” where this fully-automated machine has its building blocks in a couple of Lego Mindstorms NXT sets and five NXT Servo motors. Measuring 150 centimeters in length and 40 centimeters wide, this machine relies on motorized rollers to pull paper from a tray, followed by rolling it along the system where it has been folded. At the end, you will find a compressor that will help launch the folded paper planes, much to the amusement and wonder for some starry eyed kids.

According to Hknssn, the current design of his Lego device is capable of launching planes up to three meters, although he believes that with some tweaking done, it would be very possible to come up with a model that launches paper planes as far as 10 meters, which would certainly have teachers in school up in arms if every one of their students had one of these in the classroom.

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