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Black & Decker Pivoting Automatic Paint Roller

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The pivoting rapid roller from Black & Decker brings the paint roller into the modern day. You fill the pot attached to the roller and get painting. This eliminates the need for a cumbersome paint tray and applies the paint straight from the container to the wall.

Other nifty little features include a kickstand so you can keep the paint off the floor when you put it down, a pivoting head for easy access to almost any spot and a splatter guard to protect you from paint splashes.

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Equipios x-Ar Exoskeleton Gives Humans Super Strength

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The exoskeletons we see in Sci-Fi movies are usually huge whole-body structures and used for complete war. Now Equipois have the x-Ar which makes your arms stronger for use in a variety of roles. The manufacturers envision a world where the heaviest of manufacturing jobs can be carried out by both men and women, surgeons’ arms don’t falter as they do long operations, and assembly lines can be sped up.

Equipois have used their patented ZeroG technology to produce a wide selection of these machines, which they claim will pay for themselves in a year or less due to the efficiency savings they will make.

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iPhone 4 7-Piece Toolkit For DIY Repairs

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If you’re into repairing or modding phones yourself then this little kit should get you really excited. NewerTech, suppliers of hundreds of accessories for Apple-related products have designed a 7-piece toolkit to help you gain access to, and modify, your iPhone 4.

The NewerTech kit includes 2 screwdrivers to fit the 2 different types of screws that are used on different batches of iPhone 4, and even includes a set of the easier-to-use screws for you to put back in afterwards, making it easier to open next time. …

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OCD Chopping Board for Vegetable-Lovers Everywhere

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If you’ve got a case of OCD and like to have your vegetable cut up perfectly, or if you’re just having guests over and want to make your dish perfect, then the OCD Chef Cutting Board is exactly what you need.

The wooden chopping board has a grid printed on it so you can chop the vegetables to precise lengths, or dice them in perfect cubes. If it’s that perfect angle you’re after then don’t worry as this is catered for (pardon the pun) too – lines and arcs come out from one of the corners of the board for you to get that perfect slice on your cucumber.

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GMail Gets Background Sending, Saves You Time

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Here’s another productivity- and efficiency-based reason to use Gmail – background sending. This new Gmail Lab lets you quickly return to reading and processing email without having to wait for the current one to be sent.

To turn the feature on, just go to the Labs tab under Settings and enable Background Send. This one is a no-brainer. Just use it. I’m pretty sure this is one that will soon become a standard feature.

MyWi App: Save Money on iPad 3G, Buy a Wi-Fi iPad and Tether to your iPhone

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If you want an iPad with 3G but don’t want to pay the extra money then you can tether it to your iPhone and use your iPhone’s unlimited data plan. The app to do this is MyWi and allows you to use your iPhone as a 3G modem for your iPad.

If you hadn’t guessed by now, this only works on Jailbroken iPhones so there is a risk involved. The app costs $10 and comes with a 10 day free trial.

Buy now!
Price: $10
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

PowerGramo Offers Business-Grade Skype Solutions

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PowerGramo is an enterprise-level Skype call recording suite. There are a few different versions of the software, costing between $15 and $45 for the license, and all can record Skype-to-Skype calls. The basic version will allow you to record conference calls and export to OGG and WAV formats, but as you go up the software grades you get more and more advanced features.

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Automobile Cigarette Lighter to 120V AC Supply Looks Like a Coffee Cup

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Converting your car’s cigarette lighter into a full household power supply is nothing new, but this one has all the wizardry contained in a box the shape and size of a takeaway coffee cup. This makes it the perfect size to fit in your car’s cup holder!

Also no more fiddling around to find the end of the cigarette lighter adpater to plug your gadget into, as well as it having 2 standard power outlets.

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Wireless Chime Turns Your Mailbox into an Inbox

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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that sometimes we do get real mail – you know, those paper letters that end up in our mailboxes. If you want your mailbox to behave more like your email inbox though you don’t need to look much further. This wireless mail chime will let you know when you’ve got mail just like Mail or Outlook.

To set up the mail chime you stick a sensor on the inside of your mailbox door, and place the receiver in your house somewhere. When your mailbox door is opened, the box will beep and light up red, alerting you to the fact you have mail.

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UltraSonic Pest Repeller is Disguised as a Nightlight

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Pest control is a tough nut to crack sometimes, but an ultrasonic pest-repelling device might just do the job for you (I’ve had good results myself with one). This one in particular is a nightlight and repeller – when the device is plugged in it lights up with a blue glow, and emits an ultrasonic sound that will scare away any pests in your house.

The design of it makes it look just like an ordinary nightlight and no one visiting your house would be able to tell its actual function.

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