For Valentine’s Day Give the Gift of Conception…

 

Okay, so weve reported on GIANTmicrobes before, Im sure you remember the humorously educational stuffed toys modeled on electron micrographs, then enlarged a million times its actual size. Each plush including its micrograph image and all the info about the microbe it represents. The collection is still growing, with nearly 100 microbes in the series including the Common Cold, Brain Cells, Kissing Disease, Ebola, Bed Bugs and more. I mean, is there anyone among us that doesnt know someone that can use an extra brain cell? and how about the person that always complains that you gave them a cold? Well,

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Bionic Bopper Cars for those with deep pockets

I know there is this Occupy Wall Street movement and what not, with the working class really frustrated at the way things have turned out for them, but still, there are some others who are above all that is going on below, living in their very own reality. Of course, this elite class have virtually bottomless bank accounts, leading them to be able to afford Christmas toys such as these the $17,000 Bionic Bopper Cars. If you have watched Real Steel in the cinemas already, then you might be able to identify better.

The Bionic Bopper Cars are actually motorized boxers which are controlled by a couple of drivers who do battle to deliver chin-lifting uppercuts for victory.

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Amazon Now Accepts Old Kindles In Exchange for New Ones

Now Kindle owners can trade in their old models and receive credit for a new one, or anything else that Amazon sells. Its kind of like taking your old, read books to the bookstore and trading them in for new ones. Almost.

Any Kindle can be traded, from the white elephant that is the oversized DX to the original Kindle. As with all traditional in trade ins, you wont get much for it. The DX is at the top of the heap, and will fetch you $135 in mint condition.

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Xume, Quick-Release Magnet Adapters for Lens Filters

The promo video for Xumes quick-release camera filters starts off in typical infomercial style, with a klutz ham-fistedly trying to do something thats actually pretty easy. But this doesnt take away from the neatness of the product, a filter attachment that uses magnets frikkin magnets! to speed up an otherwise tedious task.

Its ingeniously simple. A magnetic ring screws into the filter thread of your lens, and another screws into the thread of the filter. Now you just bring them close and the magnets grab each other, snapping together like an Apple employees lips when he realizes that youre a tech blogger.

The downside is price, as to be effective you need to equip every filter and lens you own with its own ring.

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VMworld: Silver Peak offers WAN optimization for free

At VMworld this week Silver Peak Systems is introducing a free version of its WAN optimization software for virtual environments as well as an upgrade to its flagship virtual WAN appliance designed for data centers.

The free VX Express (VX-X) software is limited compared to paid versions of Silver Peak products. It only supports connecting one site to one other site, has no management platform and is ineligible for maintenance, the company says.

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