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  Beer Robot Will Revolutionize the Keg Party

  Because we know that you, dear reader, love beer as much as we do — here’s the robot of the month: [via UberReview]
  From what information I could gather, this appears to be intended for commercial use, in bars and the like. …

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  Laser Attack Helicopters Battle for Living Room Supremacy

  Nothing reveals the true spirit of Xmas quite like battle toys. And when it comes to battle toys, nothing beats a laser attack helicopter [via Geekdad]

  One of the biggest selling toys last year was the mini RC helicopter. As mentioned at Geekdad, they are …

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  Techno-Doping Will Destroy the Olympics

  The starting gun fires and all you hear is the snick snick snick snick of the cyborg legs scissoring down the track. Forget testing the limits of a natural athlete. We know that we’ve reached the pinnacle for meat and bones. But we are just getting started at testing the techno-doped athlete. …

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  Rock Stars Will Blast Video From Their Guitars

  Not since Jimmy Hendrix lit his guitar on fire at Monterey has the world seen such a visual display on the face of the trusty rock’n'roll axe — presenting The TV-Guitar <natch>. The invention of Ben Lewry of Lewry Guitars, builds a laptop -esque visualizer display …

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News From The Future

1. Unlike Travel -- First we take Berlin, then we take the world 2 Jun 08
   Mobile maps taken to the next level. Build your own excursion to happening places, clubs, bars, food, culture, art, welness and other thrills. Leave Lonely Planet in the bin.
2. Britain Releases Secret Files on UFO Sightings -- SPACE.com 15 May 08
   What they saw has never been explained. And they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official reports.
3. All You Need to Know About Giant Monsters in 5 Minutes » SlideShare 15 May 08
   Thanks to the nice people at Slideshare, you can now get my 5-minute introduction to giant monster appreciation, which I performed live at the Ignite show in San Francisco a couple weeks ago.
4. Clever Uses: Cure Poison Ivy and Jellyfish Stings with Vodka 14 May 08
   In fact, the article offers a total of 10 unusual uses for the popular beverage, from flower preservation and insect repellent to toothache reliever and jellyfish-sting soother.
5. Meet the Spacecraft That Could Save NASA a Fortune | Wired Science from Wired.com 14 May 08
   Reusable spacecraft architecture is a bit of a novelty for NASA, which has traditionally built spacecraft from the ground up for each new mission -- at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. No lo. […]
6. Megaquake set to strike within a decade | New Scientist Environment 2 May 08
   Sometime in the next 10 years we can expect an earthquake of a similar magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra quake that triggered the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.

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