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LA Thief Hijacks $2.6 Million iPod Shipment
Posted by Kristin Wenzel Categories: Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video,
According the the LAPD, an cunning identity thief - in an oh-so-stylin’ hawaiian shirt, as shown in the security photo on the right - used a fake ID to gain access to a shipment of 12,000 Apple iPods worth 2.6 million dollars. The thief walked into a freight forwarding facility and apparently drove off with the cargo unhindered.
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| Los Angeles Police Department Online
It sounds like something out of a after school special cartoon, or something. Wizzard Software acquired MediavoxRX Technologies, and with the company, their “Rex” talking pill bottle. Users can either record their own information, or, using text-to-speech technology, the pharmacist can type in the label information and it will be read to the customer. The theory is that this will help prevent accidental overdoses or misuse by customers who are visually impaired, elderly, or have trouble reading.
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To the best of our knowledge this doesn’t actually exist yet, but it seems scientists are getting closer every day. Researchers at the University of Zurich had volunteers inhale the peptide oxytocin before investing in a faux transaction. The group that took the oxytocin turned out to trust the fake investment bankers more than the group with a placebo, proving oxytocin’s ability to enhance trust in human relationships.
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I can tell you that portable usb drives can be quite convenient. They fit right in your pocket and hold a decent amout of storage space. I can also tell you that growing up Swiss Army knives were very handy to have around. Need a toothpick, scissors, nail clipper, corkscrew? I’d whip out my SAK and go to town. For $69.99 , not only is this defenitly a cool way to display your drive in public, it has a built in ballpoint pen and LED light. Disguised as a knife, you’re bound to see longer lines at airports.
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Absolute genius is the only words that can describe this product. If you live by yourself, don’t bother reading this and consider yourself lucky. If my wife eats my Chocolate Chocolate Chip one more time, it’ll be because she cracked the code on this baby. Keep your roommates and kids guessing with this one of a kind ice cream lock and guarantee that people in your household will hate you for it. They’ll only hate you because they know that if it wasn’t there, they’d be in your stash.
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Samsung announced May 30th that they had begun to mass produce a new, more dense memory module. The “new” chip was actually designed in 2003, but it’s taken a while for the technology to catch up to the concept. Based on 70 nanometer technology, the new chipset from Samsung promises 50% faster memory - approaching 16MB per second - along with 4GB of storage.
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New technology may level the playing field, or more accurately, the court, making sure that hoop dreams (or even just a back-yard game of one-on-one) are pleasures no longer reserved for those with good vision.
Ultra-lightweight sound-emitting devices embedded in the ball and placed on the backboard allow blind and visually impaired players to shoot hoops with more independence, since they can hear the location of the ball and the basket. The prototype isn’t perfect, but shows quite a bit of promise in opening up the world of sports to anyone who wants to play.
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Gross, yet sadly intriguing. If any of you try this mod/hack/disgusting feat - let us know, and take pictures.
“Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine” is a cockroach-controlled mobile robot system. The system uses a living Madagascan hissing cockroach atop a modified trackball to control the three-wheeled robot. Infrared sensors also provide navigation feedback to create a semi-intelligent system, with the cockroach as the CPU.
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I sometimes wonder why I can’t come up with gimmicky-yet-functional gadget ideas that might make me rich. Probably my lack of creativity coupled with the fact that I have no desire to do an actual work. I digress. Anyways, check out the Power Strip Liberator. All it really amounts to is a one foot extension cable. The allure here is that you can plug in all of your huge power blocks into any surge protector without having to shuffle around to make room. These things are only $1.79. Genius.
Now this is great. Instead of playing with light sabers, talk with light sticks. This little device scans your highly creative and artistic doodles and displays them in the air for your friends (or anyone around) to see and enjoy. Simply doodle, scan, shake and share. Repeat the steps as needed. Would be pretty sweet to do at a sporting event to talk some smack to the opposing team, however, I’m not sure if they’ll be able to read it from large distances. At $39.99, I’ll let someone else try it out and report back to see how well that works.
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