Articles Survival Testing How long can a washing machine work non-stop? If you guess the correct time, you'll win a 1000 pounds Pen, XXI Century. It does look too goofy to be a pen, but PenAgain will certainly make you forget about hand cramps. The end of the blondes? According to scientists its pretty near. Damn it I dont wanna be exterminated! Dude, where's my wheelbarrow? Two guys are doing some crazy tricks on wheelbarrows...and are inventing a new sport Be a Woman Alba d'Urbano lets you become, well, Alba d'Urbano. Toys for big kids A toy car is attractive to a person of any age...only difference between toy car for toddler and one for grown man is the size..and the price. Mobile Phones - a new thing? Thought mobile phones, or cell phones as they are called, were invented recently? Think again! Meat! Fight 100 000 monsters at the same time. Or what can several guys produce in four days in a semi-dark attic with no females Flipster A portable movie theather with a somewhat small screen and a hefty price tag. Good concept though Bond Style the leglendary Zippo lighter can be lit in more than 280 ways. Extracting fire from a Zippo is considered an art form. Autonomous bomber Unmanned combat air vehicle is ready to defend us from anything - in 5 years from now. The stupid user Is it a genetic decease or are the bastards just plain friggin stupid? Author: Fuzzy Logic Die drummer, Die! Are you annoyed by people who tap melodies? Are you one of people who like to annoy others by tapping with your fingers? Then this might be just for you... The joy of minimalism This year, the competition for the best website less than 5 KB in size will be judged by Bruce Sterling and Susan Kare. Dance, everybody dance! A marker: an anti-monopoly tool! You can liquidate the protection on Celine Dion's disk with a marker. If, of course, anyone needs Celine Dion. Fossil Wrist PDA A handheld computer for those who are not strong enough to lift a Palm Pilot Computer-in-a-wall In 1999, several public computer kiosks were installed in India. They were made of brick. Heal Everything! The Museum of Questionable Medical Instrument contains a vibrating chair, the recto rotor and much more Kaboom: Play with Arafat Scandal around a terrorist simulator: democracy is at war with policical correctness P5: Essential part of reality In the computer world, everything is constantly evolving. Now it is the time to change the way we input data - keyboard is too 2D... The mightly PalmBot A robot with an old hand held computer instead of brains. When they explode What is the maximum speed a CD-ROM drive can spin a CD at without having the CD explode? Only experimentation can tell Custom Shape CDs Come on, do you really think that a round piece of plastic is cool? O are you one of those left behind by the evolution who still use paper? OQO: The tiny giant And you thought that Palm Pilots were cool? Think again. OQO, developed by former Apple engineers is the ultimate personal computer. The mighty Half Keyboard Those odd but useful things you can find in the stores for disabled. This one could be very useful for designers or porn addicts Safe-T-Man: your 24/7 guard Ever wanted to have a personal all-time bodyguard? Now you can, and very cheap too! Soup up your keyboard - Color Keys! Either useful or not, hooleon makes quite a lot of interesting products. One of them are the color-coded keyboard keys. Formal Preform Guess what can a plastic cylinder 11 centimiters long, with a thread on one end, can be used for? SMaL [spy] camera An extremely small digital camera that will surely become a hot item in circles of third world coutries spies. T7S: Watchdog that never sleeps Sanyo is preparing to release a robotic dog aimed at guarding property. Some major caveats are present however. In the name of Science Google has stepped on to the distributed computing bandwagon. Or is it all the part of the government conspiracy? DataPlay: Mini-me-cd A smaller version of a compact disk...or even a minidisk! But as usual with some major drawbacks. Honda Asimo and Sony SDR-4X The great and wonderful future or just a couple of dancing secretaries in space suits from hell? Sony Clie How yet another Palm clone transformed into one of the best PDAs in existance today. A Persian rug for your mouse Who said mice dont deserve a nice surface to hover on? They're sensitive creatures you know... The ever-so-wonderful flags It is hard to represent a whole country in one symbol - national flag. Some attemps at doing so come out great, while most just plain suck. The power of the pen A new cool way to transport files between computers and ste..err share music and software. No batteries required. CD-R media Chernobyl style, baby! Fuji is creating glow in the dark CD-R media to scare your pets away at night, while Yamaha is drawing pretty pictures on them using super-advanced laser and CD-RW drive. The other magic wand These devices were initially used for nothing but [self]satisfaction. But like just about everything nowadays, the process of making these has grown into art. Extreme Ironing - 'nuff said A sport that didn't make it into 2002 Winter Olympics: skiing down the hill while ironing a shirt. Notebook Theft Protection A way to finally stop constantly worrying and make your notebook clamor and uproar when someone tries to steal it. Hitachi WIA: The Wearable PC It lets you read books, surf the internet, and do your work anywhere, anytime - until the batteries run out. Palm Graveyard What those barbarian tech-degenerates do to those poor devices who are just trying to be helpful and nice Watch out for that tree! Two wires, a 3-volt battery, and a snowboard and you can ski down the hill with a speed of an old, degenerate chicken. Free Stuff! Is there such thing as free beer? YES! Well kinda. Get the awesomest stuff there is! Enroll now! Vinyl Reborn. Behold. Wanna be a DJ, but think you will fail miserably? As usual, computers are there to help. Now, $2300 dollars later, even your grandma can be a DJ. Making use of the dreaded Furby toy In a quite creative way. It is a wall that talks. It is a mirror that looks back at you. And it can become very annoying. What will we think of next? Every one of us has a odd ideas from time to time, but only less intelligent ones of us actually patent theirs... The warzone of the future Will have lots of laser cannons and robots. And it will be located...in your office or on your desk. A whale that should not be It is impossible to believe to what limits humans can be taken by their own stupidity. Learn on old mistakes. And dont blow whales up. Handheld PCs to the ghetto! Latest technology that is used to help close digital divide in third-world countries. The ultimate server! I have set on a quest to build the ultimate machine! Fear! XXXX! XXX?! XXXXing XXXX!!! Or how the stuff in cartoons is becoming the [dreadful and retarded] reality. Who did you kiss? All the stuff you've been doing "on the side" is now in public domain. Interactive...virus Those guys will find a hole in a solid concrete wall. The new virus is in wild. It is first pseudo-true cross-platform virus as well. A new humane way to annihilate insects Or one more reason why Brits are one of the most odd people on the planet. In a good sense :) Let the fun begin! Some games to jump-start plethora of orgasmic fun for you this wonderful new year. The mixes of 2001 What's been the peak point of modern music in the past year. Listen to them all while you still can catch up! Author: Petrol Oh what a great year it had been! A short, completely useless and biased recap of year 2001 along with some scoop on what to come. Lots of links to waste your time on. Got MP3? The new WinAmp media player beta has been released. It wont let you view your porno in 3d just yet, but it will surely make your MP3 collection cooler. Author: Syke Dolls for older boys. Playboy has released "anatomically correct" collectible dolls which are modeled after it's best and most popular models. Do-It-Yourself potato cannon That shoots potatoes well over 100 yards [300 feet]. It uses gas, so be careful while constructing it! Author: Lannie Gadgets for girls Or are females a lost cause of digital millenium? A small plastic ring It wont give you control over the dark forces, but will make you feel more secure... Not your ordinary wrist watch Or is it? Digital Angel is one more uber-cool high-tech gadget that will never make it past the prototype stage. And if it does, it is doomed to fail :)