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Do you like to do a spot of reading just before you retire for the night? If a bedside lamp is too bright for your partner who can’t wait to nod off, there is always a more gentle approach - the Super Slim LED Page Light. This thin and lightweight solution allows you to continue flipping pages without disturbing anyone else around, boasting a quartet of bright white LEDs that reflect the light within the lens and projecting it onto the page subsequently without blinding you. All you need to do is place it on the book or current page and you’re good to go. Being highly portable, this $25 gizmo makes for a great traveling companion.

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Hughes Network Systems aims to bring Internet connectivity to just about anyone, and they want to do it without compromising on performance either. In fact, the company has just announced the availability of the fastest consumer broadband satellite Internet access plans ever offered. These new service plans are known as Elite and ElitePlus, will operate over the HughesNet service, offering rural Americans a chance to surf the Internet without being bogged down by slow connections, boasting access speeds that on par with terrestrial broadband services utilizing affordable consumer equipment. The Elite plan is said to offer download speeds of up to 2Mbps while the speedier ElitePlus features download speeds of up to 3Mbps.

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What’s a BBQ without some yummy corn on the cob? I happen to love biting the corn nibblets right off of the buttered cob, but some just don’t like getting their hands dirty. Where’s the fun in removing the corn from the actual cob? That’s the best part! And yet, tools such as this are created for just that reason.

The Corn Zipper is a stainless steel gadget made for doing exactly that. The Zipper is designed to strip a cob of corn, two rows of nibblets at a time. One swipe of the Corn Zipper is enough to completely strip the rows of corn, allowing you to eat the vegetable using utensils, rather than greasing up your fingers.

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I saw that new Incredible Hulk film last weekend. While I was more impressed with this franchise reboot than Ang Lee’s The Hulk, that isn’t saying much. I mean, that 2003 Hulk movie isn’t hard to top.

I only bring up this new version of The Incredible Hulk because the film showed a very practical gadget for those who have been infected by gamma-induced Jekyll and Hyde syndrome. In the film, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) wore a wrist monitor that showed a digital readout of his heart rate. If it went above 200, then he was about to turn mean and green. Fortunately, the device had an alert that went off before that happened.

Perhaps Bruce should have purchased the Mark of Fitness MF-180, which features an out of zone alarm. As you can see, it affixes right to the finger to monitor vital signs. This out of zone alarm allows a regular person to avoid too much intensity for a workout.

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At a time where furniture design is more focused on form than function, there is always a cult of rebellious designers who say “Screw that!” regarding the typical standards of the design trends. While it’s not a typically pretty piece, Luis Eslava’s Welcome Table is a brash rebellion against the tables of Ikea and other decor fitting home surfaces.

Inspired from the hospitality of door step welcome mats, the Welcome Table invites your guest to make themselves at home, moving the floor mat to the table surface. Want to put your legs on the table? Don’t worry about being rude! This table is made for your rudeness!

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If you’re like me, then you hate the high costs that you have to pay on your electric bill. In the past ten years that I have lived in my current home, my energy bill has doubled.

Perhaps I should find a way to supplement the cost of my energy bill by using renewable energy sources that aren’t tied to “the man”. And what better renewable energy source is there than the power of the sun?

In all honesty, I wouldn’t know where to begin with installing solar panels. I mean, how do you hook them up so you can get some practical power going? I do know that installing solar panels can be just as expensive as the panels themselves.

I could use some solar panels that have a peel-and-stick backing. Say, now there’s a great reason to purchase the Power-Ply 380 Peel and Stick Solar Panels.

All a user needs is a flat roof for these individual 8 x 4 foot tiles, and installation costs alone are reduced by 70 percent. This sounds like one those “too good to be true so it probably is” devices, but I think it is a step in the right direction for individual energy production. Any way to reduce the energy bill is always a good thing.

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Most bathroom scales these days come in some sort of futuristic, metal design, but this digital scale takes on a more natural approach being encased in wood. I know that wood and water don’t really go down well together in the long run, but I believe this has been treated so that it won’t rot in the damp bathroom

Who would believe a simple platform scale could add a touch of elegance to a bedroom or bath? These scales do, because they’re crafted of a sturdy wood composite in assorted finishes: choose cherry, birch, rattan or teak finishes with wood veneers or antique white. And with an easy-to-read digital readout, auto shut-off feature, non-skid, pivoting feet and low-maintenance, wipe-clean surface, they’re every bit as practical as they are handsome. Uses two 3V lithium batteries (included).

It will cost you $59.95 to make such a fashionable home statement.

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If you’re a frequent backpacker and love to adventure across exotic locations around the world, then might I suggest you get the SteriPEN JourneyLCD Handheld Water Purifier? After all, this device helps you take the guesswork out of the water purification process by using universal symbols.

Journey’s integrated LCD screen displays the user’s dose selection (1/2 liter or 1 liter), battery status and countdown timer. The LCD screen also tracks the number of uses and signals when lamp usage approaches its life limit. At 10,000 cycles, lamp life for SteriPEN JourneyLCD reaches a new high (purify 1 liter 4 times a day for nearly 7 years!). Like all SteriPENs, the Journey is Fast (48 seconds for 0.5 L (16 oz.)), Light (128g /4.5 oz.), Effective, and even easier with it’s innovative LCD screen. The Journey mates with the SteriPEN pre-filter and is sized between our Adventurer and Classic. Journey ships with two non-rechargeable (disposable) CR123 batteries.

You will be able to pick up this nifty traveling gizmo for $129.95 a pop.

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