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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Gizmodo Australia- Gadgets

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I Wish I Had This Do-It-All Portable Power Station When I Flew Abroad

I just came back from a two-week vacation in Europe. I took loads of gadgets. How did I keep them charged? Why, an unwieldy gadget cornucopia consisting of two AC splitters, a USB wall wart, and an external battery for topping up on the go. If only I’d had the Belkin TravelRockstar, I could have lightened my load.
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I Really Want This Impossibly Complicated Wrench

Between adjustable wrenches and socket sets, mankind has plenty of perfectly adequate tools to fasten and loosen nuts. But that doesn’t stop me from wanting this (concept) irising wrench all the same.
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This Race Car Bed Is A Giant Extension Of Your Kid's Hot Wheels Tracks

Combining race cars and kids’ beds was a better pairing than even chocolate and peanut butter hooking up. But when you add die-cast cars into the mix, and turn a race car bed into a giant extension of a Hot Wheels stunt track, kids may never want to play outside again.
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Three Spinning Chambers Puts A 30 Dart Barrage In BOOMco's New Triple Tornado 

Hasbro’s been hogging the toy blaster spotlight lately with its new Rival line, but Mattel’s got some fun additions to its BOOMco line enroute too, including the Triple Tornado (originally called the Spinsanity 3X at Toy Fair 2015) featuring three spinning chambers that hold a total of 30 darts.
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'Holy Grail' Of Superconductors Could Revolutionise Electronics

The smell of rotten eggs may make you think of a nasty garbage can situation, but someday it could help power your high-speed trains. Hydrogen sulfide — the chemical compound that emits a powerful rotten egg smell — is a superconductor with enormous potential.

19 AUGUST 2015

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This Weaponised Frisbee Is Straight Out Of A James Bond Film

Joerg Sprave, the internet’s favourite weaponiser of perfectly safe and innocuous objects, is back with a build that will up the risk factor at your next picnic. Because while getting hit in the head with a Frisbee might hurt, getting hit in the head with a Frisbee covered in surgical scalpels is a guaranteed hospital visit.
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This Was The Motorised Scooter Of 1918

Here in the early 21st century, many parks and zoos offer motorised scooters for people who can’t or would rather not walk around. But it’s far from a new concept, as you can see in this photo from 1918.
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A Giant Flying Eye Will Only Reinforce Fears About Spying Drones

Otto Dieffenbach, the same master drone builder behind that flying R2-D2, is back with a simpler creation that’s sure to strike fear into anyone worried about their privacy: a giant two-feet wide eyeball that can be piloted to peer into any window.
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New Challenger Approaching: Fossil Shows Off New Android Wear Watch

At the Intel Developers Conference — the company’s chance once per year to talk about more than just chips (but also chips) — Fossil along with Intel took the covers off its first wearable, an Android Wear smartwatch that still remains mysteriously unnamed.
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Some People In Idaho Made Special Ammunition To Shoot Down Drones

Have you ever wanted to shoot a drone out of the sky but just didn’t have the right kind of bullets? You’re in luck, you violent-minded human, you. Snake River Shooting Products just started shipping its Drone Munition. “PREPARE FOR THE DRONE APOCALYPSE!”
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