USB Mini Fridge

It's simple science: The more time your hands spend typing, the warmer your can of Sunkist gets. This $33 5V fridge for one ensures that one can keeps its cool while your other can keeps that groove in your office chair filled. Display Post-it notes like mommy-approved first-grade drawings, or use it to hide any daddy-beverages your boss would in no way approve of.

I haven't decided if this is the ultimate proof of my Coke addiction or if it's just really nerdy. I suspect it's a combination of both. Is there a Coke Anonymous for Techno-Geeks?

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Computer Control Chamber

There's not a kitten calendar in this world that can improve bulletin-board walls, so consider this space-age pod the perfect excuse to kick them over Office Space-style and start anew. Fully-loaded at $10,200, the six-way adjustable seat is the most basic part of this cubicle replacement; once seated, you're treated to refined lighting, an electronically filtered air-circulation system and a programmable rotation feature that can follow the sun for optimum natural light throughout your shift.
I DO realize that wanting this makes me a geek.....but like who cares?!?

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Personal Air Conditioner

The only boss who spends money during the summer is George Steinbrenner. When yours switches off the A/C early to cut costs, be ready with your own $25 personal air conditioner. Just two D batteries stand between you relaxing, and you sweating like Britney's custody lawyer.

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Crystal Cube Firejewel Necklace

This Necklace Will Light Up Any Outfit

There are a couple of ways a girl can get that "glow" people talk about:

1. Get pregnant. We hear this is a sure-fire way to glow. Of course, it involves several complications, some of which will be with you for the rest of your life. Possibly living in your basement.
2. Expose yourself to low levels of radiation. This one's nice because you might get a bonus super-power with it. But, once again, it leaves you with lifelong issues. Course it might not be that long if you pick the right irradiated materials.
3. Pick up one of these: the Crystal Cube Firejewel Necklace.

If number three sounds like the option for you, we'll fill you in. It's a solitaire necklace with a single AB-coated^* 10 mm Swarovski crystal as its focal point. Inside that crystal is a tiny LED. The 17" neckwire which creates that hip, floating "illusion" look is also functional. It carries the current from the clasp, inside which is housed one, small, easy-to-replace, 3-volt battery. When you close the clasp, it creates a circuit and voila. You glow.

Each necklace comes in a small gift box. Choose between a white, blue, or pink LED. Battery included.

^* We took this opportunity to look up finally what "AB-coated" means, and it's pretty cool so we thought you might like to know. It stands for Aurora Borealis, so named for the changing colors reflected in the result. That unique, iridized look is achieved by blasting the crystal in a vacuum chamber with a vapor of metal atoms. Neat, eh?

Product Specifications

• White, blue, or pink LED.
• One CR1025 3V battery for 50 hours of use. (Eject by inserting a paperclip through hole on bottom clasp.)

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Circuit Board Necklace

An emerging technology piece on ZDNET turned us on to research being done at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China on new ways to recycle circuit boards. Their methodology involves mixing up a nonmetallic dough made of the main ingredients polyester and crushed up circuitboards, which doesn't sound very tasty to us even though they called it "dough." But their facts were great. For instance, did you know that "printed circuit boards (PCBs) form about 3% by weight of the total amount of electronic waste" and that "disposal in a landfill is the main method for treating nonmetallic materials of PCBs, but it may cause secondary pollution and resource wasting"?

So adorn yourself (or a friend) and save the world at the same time. Made from recycled printed circuit boards, these pendants are a little over 1.5 inches in width and come on an adjustable-length waxed cotton cord. The circuit boards used are pre-consumer waste, aka they've been printed wrong. So they've never been soldered, which means none of the lead concerns that sometimes accompany reused circuit boards. They come in a gift box for ease of gifting.

Note: Each necklace is unique, just like every snowflake. Only with more circuit board than your average snowflake. So yours won't look exactly like the one in the picture, but it'll be the same shape, style, and size.

Get your here.

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Circuitboard Business Card Case

Use That First Impression To Show Your Technological Sophistication

This saavy little business card case with its techno-appeal will make you the envy of all your peer vice presidents and CEOs. Add insult to injury by showing off this case to people in your organization that don't even have business cards! Ouch. Holds 10-15 cards (depending on your business card thickness) - yet is small enough to comfortably fit in any pocket or case/bag.

Real circuit boards come in many colors and have varying degrees of wiring in them. Consequently, so do these business card holders. Revel in their uniqueness!

Dimensions: (2 1/4" x 3 5/8")

Get yours here.

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Zipit Motorized Clamshell Package Opener

We all love to order all kinds of products and cannot wait to have them arrive at our doorstep. Then the item is here all dressed up in those ugly postal packages and enough tape to take you hours to remove. You of course get out your trusty pair of scissors or pocket knife and start hacking away at the tape that is keeping you away from your precious item. With this device you can easily open the package and have your new item it your hands in no time. This cool gadget is a motorized tool that will break through that tape in just a few seconds.

Get your own Zipit by clicking here.

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A Techno-Geek Watch

This watch is an innovative and especially Geeky gadget that actually gives accurate time as long as you can read the 28 LED’s that illuminate in sequence to tell the current time, day of the week, and date. You may think that this cool looking watch is hard to use, but honestly it is easier than you can imagine. Arabic numbers are used for hours and tens of minutes while Mayan numerals are used for the numbers 1 through 9, which are engraved into the case beside the LED. You can amaze your friends by telling them the time and letting them try to decipher it without giving them the specifics. To learn more or purchase click here.

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USB Plasma Ball

Plasma balls have had their day, but today they are coming back stronger than ever due to the fact that there are USB versions available.

The cool USB Plasma Ball will give your desk the excitement you need to get through a grueling day of work or at least spark the interest of our co-workers. If you work at home without others around you can still enjoy the unique plasma ball and give your mind a break.

The way this works is that there are gases trapped inside the plastic sphere at low pressures. Another current at high voltages are pushed into the plastic sphere by way of an electrode found in the center of the sphere. The energy that is created causes the electrons to be stripped or separated from the gasses, which makes the plasma. Oh, to get geeky when the electrons are separated from the gasses it leaves “positively charged ions and spectacular gaseous and electrically conductive environment”. The high voltage now arc’s up through this plasma toward the lower voltage end of the sphere. The arcs are hotter than their environment, thus the glow. If you want to see, the arcs move around touch the sphere. Your touch is causing a lower voltage from the electrode thus the arc will quickly move to your hand.

What do you need to cause all this to happen? Well, you will need the Plasma Ball, a USB cable, and of course your computer with a USB port. The USB Plasma Ball is only about 6 inches tall so it will never be in your way but will provide you with some exciting color to your otherwise dull workday.

To buy your own USB Plasma Ball visit here.

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Athens Multi-Screen Monitor

I took one look at this and started to weep. I weep because this Athens five-screen Bluetooth-enabled monitor is so beautiful, so stunning, and would be so awesome with Doom 3. The resolution is a jaw-dropping 19200 x 2400 pixels with 16.7 million colors. And the whole thing has a depth of only 2.5 inches. You could also get it in a 2 to 4 display screen configuration (dubbed Gemini, Cinerama, and Grand Canyon, respectively) if you don't have the cash for the big Athens.
No price yet but I anticipate it to be astronomical!

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Do you often have problems with perfect strangers stopping you to ask the time? Me either, but just in case, here is how to stop people asking you the time when walking down the street. They will be able to tell you as the digital display is right in front of them. You wouldn't set the time wrong to confuse them, would you? But it's fun.
As with Henry Ford, this is available in any color as long as it is black the Digital Clock T-Shirt has an electro-luminescent panel on the front that displays the current time in glowing green numbers. And if the static display doesn’t fit your style you can select up to 8 different flashing patterns or even switch it to a stopwatch mode.

The shirt is powered by 4 AAA batteries which are held in a pocket inside the shirt and will last between 12-36 hours depending on the flashing mode selected.
The shirt is hand-wash only. Get one here!

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments

Are you or someone you love affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis? If so, I hope you are keep up to date on the latest in treatment options.

When I was first diagnosed, I was scared and not sure where to turn. My doctor gave me some information and then I started to research. The more I learned, the less afraid I became.

I tried several popular drugs but they were not working so my doctor kept switching until we found a good match. Between that and physical therapy, I'm doing great. Just don't get discouraged if the first attempt at drug therapy doesn't work. Sometimes it takes awhile.

Rheumatoid Arthritis does still bother me a bit emotionally. I get upset when my body simply can't do some of the things that I would like it to do. I try to remember that it could be worse. But sometimes I still get frustrated.

One of the things that bothers me is when drug companies, people that are not themselves affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis try and tell me that they understand and tell me what it's like to live with it. I prefer to hear from real people like myself. Not some corporation, no matter how well meaning.

Personally, if I were writing an ad for one of these companies I would use real people who actually have this and have them talk about how the drug has helped them personally and what side effects they have personally had to deal with.

That's one of the things I like about the ads for the drug I'm currently taking, Humira. They have people who at least look and act like me. That gets my attention more than some guy in a lab coat telling me he knows how I feel. He doesn't unless he has this disease.

Educate yourselves. Talk to your doctor about the latest in treatments and whatever else you do DON'T GIVE UP!

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The USB Arrow Optical Mouse

Now this is a usb mouse that I can get into. Why does every mouse have to have the same design and shape? They don't and I am a big fan of the arrow shape on this one. It's simple, it's small and it is slick. Why not make your surfing a little more fun. You can purchase this for $12 at USB Brando.

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Remote Controllable Lawmmower

Hate cutting the lawn as much as I do? I usually out wait the mrs in the house until she gets fed up with looking at it and does it herself. The Evatech GOAT Robot 22T lawnmower might solve all of your problems. That is if you can afford the $12,000 price tag to go with it. It is fun to dream though I guess for a minute.

The Goat is radio controlled from up to a half a mile in discatnce and can cut those nasty hills being able to tackle 70 degree slopes. And it reaches speeds up to 8 MPH. Wow! What a machine. You could really chase down the kids playing in your yard with this one. You can take a look at a really cool ad for it by going to the website Evatech.

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Accenda Sunshine Voice Activated Talking Alarm Clock

It seems like every day that someone comes up with an alarm clock “like no other”, and we have reported on many here at Coolest Gadgets. One of the most unique that I have seen lately is the Accenda Sunshine Voice Activated Talking Alarm Clock.

The Accenda Sunshine isn’t just an alarm clock that you set before you go to bed at night, and use only when you get up in the morning. This is one that you can use all day. For example, you can record a memo for you or someone else to hear, and then set the alarm to remind you of an event. You can record up to three individual alarms for this personal touch during the day.

The clock also can audibly tell you the time. All you have to do is just say: “what time is it”, and it will tell you the time and day of the week. It also has another bonus feature that will turn on the TV when the alarm goes off.

The Accenda Sunshine Voice Activated Talking Alarm Clock runs on three C batteries, or it can just plug into the wall. You should be able to purchase this product at the Smart Home site for about $69.99.

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Earth 4 Energy - Home Energy Machines

If you are interested in learning exactly how to generate power and reduce your bill then this is the perfect resource for you!

With the ever increasing costs of living, there is no better time than right now to stop throwing money out the window and start generating our own electricity.

Whether you want to simply reduce your power bills or completely eliminate them - Earth4Energy has a solution for you.

Why pay $1000's for solar or wind power when you can build your own

professional system for less than $200?! (in your own backyard)? To get more information just go to Earth4Energy.

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Tesla All Electric Sedan

Tesla Motors, maker of a high-end electric sports car, says it will build an all-electric sedan in Southern California.

Thursday's announcement was made in Hawthorne, California, where Tesla unveiled the Model S sedan at a base price of $49,900, after a federal tax credit of $7,500.

That's less than half the price of its first model, the Roadster.

Started in 2003 and bankrolled by PayPal millionaire Elon Musk, Tesla has attracted investments from the Silicon Valley elite, among them Google founder Larry Page.

It is widely believed that the Model S sedan will be built near the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation facility in Hawthorne. That aerospace company, more commonly known as SpaceX, was founded by Musk in 2002.

SpaceX recently won a NASA contract to deliver cargo to the international space station when the space shuttle program is retired next year. That contract, worth $1.6 billion, was won over such industry mainstays as Boeing and Lockheed.

The promise of a high-performance, all-electric vehicle became a reality with the startup's first model, the Tesla Roadster, a car with the look, speed and price tag -- a steep $109,000 and up -- that rivals other high-end, high-performance vehicles.

Recently though, the economic downturn has forced Tesla to delay production of their would-be flagship Model S until 2011. They've also had to lay off more than 80 workers, which is about 25 percent of the company's staff.

Nonetheless, Tesla predicts it will manufacture 20,000 Model S vehicles a year. That would make it more of a mass-market vehicle than the Roadster; only 1,200 of which are produced yearly.

The company faces many challenges, the foremost of which is convincing consumers to pay almost $50,000 for an all-electric sedan when they could pay thousands less for another brand of upmarket sedan or a gas-electric hybrid.

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Custom Cameras

I found a great new site: Custom Cameras. They have digital and disposable cameras for every purpose under the sun. It's a really cool site. For example, they have cameras for weddings. Wedding Cameras are designed for just the right speed and exposure to capture your special day. What is really cool is that they can be personalized. The same is true of their disposable cameras. These cameras are great to take on a hike or camping trip. Actually they are great to take anyplace that you might not want to take your expensive digital camera.
They also have my personal favorite and the reason I found their site: Underwater cameras! How incredibly cool is that?

You are probably wondering about the cost. They are not bad. $4.99 for a personalized wedding camera. The others run about the same.
A personalized camera is a great idea; one I wish that I had thought of first!
They have cameras for any and ever occasion under the sun and I highly recommend looking into this site. One warning: You could spend a great deal of time here!

Anyway, you really need to go and have a look at this site. Check out what they have. I'm sure that you will find something that you simply can't live without. I certainly did!

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Dog and Cat Pencil Sharpeners

Well this one is a little odd. I guess it doesn't bother him too much as he lets out a little woof woof as the penicl is being sharpened. Good idea, strange though. Check them out.

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LG Reveal Cell Phone

I finally updated my cell phone, not because I wanted to but because my other half put mine through the washing machine. I am pretty impressed with my new LG Reveal so far. It's light, easy to learn and the buttons are just about right for texting and entering in all of my old phone numbers. The battery went down pretty quick but I think it's because I had a bubble on the front page showing useless news all day. So far the only thing I have to complain about is that I can't get weather for my city to display. It thinks I am somewhere an hour away. It picked up my bluetooth voice pretty quick as well and have had no problems to speak of.

Here are the specs:

LG Reveal (660) features:

• Full QWERTY Keyboard
• Camera (2.0 Mega Pixel)
• Camcorder
• Windows Live Messenger
• Picture Messaging
• Video Messaging
• Text Messaging
• Downloadable Games, Screensavers, and Ringtones
• Expandable Memory (8GB)
• Full Track Music Downloads
• MP3 Player

Bluetooth V1.2 profiles supported:

• A2DP (stereo headset)
• HF (hands free)
• HS (headset-mono)
• FTP (file transfer)
• DUN (dial-up Network)
• OPP (object push profile)

In the box: Phone, Standard Battery, AC Adapter, and Quick Reference Guide

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