Solar Guitar Tuner

So you think that you are a guitar god, and all should bow down before you? Before you pluck those strings, might you be reminded that perhaps it is prudent for you to make sure that your guitar is in tune? This is where the $39.99 Solar Guitar Tuner comes in handy – not only do you no longer need to rely on the power of batteries, the Solar Guitar Tuner will be able to run just about anywhere, even if you are stuck on a remote island without a single power point in sight

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Nevada lets Google’s driverless car hit the open road, requires it to bring a driver

Driving through Las Vegas can be distracting — bright lights, sun-powered death rays and international Consumer Electronics Shows have a tendency to catch a geek’s eye — good thing, then, that Nevada’s deemed Google fit to test its autonomous automobile on public streets.

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R2-D2 Dark Roast Edition makes your coffee astromech-style, puts brew into ‘homebrew’ (video)

Has there been a gaping R2-D2-shaped hole in your gadget life ever since the Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 Edition bowed out? The good crew at Instructables knows your plight and has designed the R2-D2 Dark Roast Edition to give your astromech desires an almost literal jolt of energy.

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High-tech tank top doubles as yoga coach

A little more to the left. (Credit: Electricfoxy) Fitness technology is hot. Wearable technology is hot.

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‘Glanceable media’ and the always-on paradox

Glanceable media — visual nibbles of information or entertainment that convey meaning without much intervention or interaction — has rich precedence in the physical world.

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Kickstarter talks to us about product ‘pre-orders,’ won’t force refunds when creators flake

Kickstarter has proven an incredibly effective venue for connecting project creators with monetary support — inventors pitch directly to consumers , indie filmmakers meet indie producers and food trucks get the financial push necessary to take their restaurants to the road. With the latter two, backers don’t necessarily expect goods in return, save for an overvalued t-shirt, bumper sticker or film credit.

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LG’s Google TV-enabled sets coming to US end of May

LG revealed two Google-loaded TVs at CES, but never gave us prices or told us when these LED models might dangle their skinny bezels in stores. In briefings at Google last week, we heard that the 47-incher (47G2) and 55-incher (55G2) would sell for $1699 and $2299 respectively — although Amazon already has them listed significantly cheaper than that. Now, to complete the jigsaw, Reuters has quoted LG exec Ro Seogho as saying that these Google TVs will ship in the US from May 21st

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JLR Gear 12V Car Power Port

Driving all around the city with my realtor has made me realize how much some people’s work forces them to live in their cars.

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Retro Duo Portable NES/SNES Game System

Despite all of the 3D graphics that your eyes are flooded with these days, do you sometimes harken back to the good old days when you were able to just have some basic fun with 8-bit and 16-bit graphics, being pulled into the game by its storyline instead of eye candy? Well, assuming that your mom has yet to throw out your collection of NES and SNES carts from your room during your college years away from home, it is time to retrieve that box, blow off the dust on top of it, and delve into the magical world of classic gaming with the $89.99 Retro Duo Portable NES/SNES Game System . As its name suggests, this is a portable NES/SNES Gaming system which can hook up to an external TV for big screen gaming if the need arises, but otherwise, you can always enjoy gaming on its built-in display as well

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Black Bean Games releases MUD FIM World Motocross title

Coinciding with the recent start to the 2012 season, Black Bean games has officially launched the MUD FIM Motocross World Championship game

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