If you are looking for a great conversational piece to liven up your home then you much check out your possibilities with the Kobi-Oki Chimp. This interactive chimpanzee will have everyone laughing and enjoying your new friend. The children will not be the only ones wanting to cuddle and hold Kobi-Oki since he is so irresistible.

Every time some one tickles or scratches his belly or pats him on the head, he puts on a show. Kobi-Oki makes realistic sounds, moves his mouth and head when he is given attention.
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3D Designer Scott Klinker has demonstrated a prototype of a 3D photo booth.

The 3D Photo Booth (actually called The Icon vending machine) works by using a 3D scanner to get the image and then a 3D printer (no idea how that works) to produce a mini model of the subject (mini me springs to mind here). The model reminded me of Han Solo after he’d been carbonated.

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We all need a bit of relaxing time and this Audio Bubble Light is the sure ticket. This cool gadget dances to the sound of music with lights and bubbles from your CD player, iPod, or computer. It even has four pre-recorded nature sounds to enlighten the bubbles.

The Audio Bubble light has four swirling colors, which are red, yellow, blue, and green. The light will soothe and relax anyone after a long day at work or school.

It can hook up to any external sound source such as your CD player, so you can listen to your favorite music or if you decide you may enjoy the soothing sounds of nature. Either way the dancing bubbles are sure to change your mood into a quiet and peaceful one.
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After reading Marc’s post on his new LED flashlight I thought I’d have a look around and see what other LED bits I could find.

Thanks to the Red Ferret Journal I found the trend setting (not) LED Cap available at Alibaba who also stock the LED Dog Tag.

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Torches. You wouldn’t believe how much there is to know (and obsess about) when it comes to light sources. But what has this to do with gadgets? Well, I’ve just upgraded one of my torches to an LED light source and the result is more light for longer – can you ask for more of a torch upgrade?

Maglite are one of the more common household names when it comes to torches – every cop you see on TV is toting one of the big “D” cell monsters, ready to light up a parking lot or whack someone over the head with it if they get out of line.
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There is no reason why the next generation of MSN Messenger should not be considered cool. First of all, it is no longer called MSN Messenger, instead Microsoft has renamed it to be Windows Live Messenger, (in fact is MSN Messenger 8 beta), to integrate with the introduction of Windows Live, an online application fully equipped with several features, by Microsoft.

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According to industry innovator Airgo Networks, Inc., they have announced that NETGEAR, Inc. will ship the world’s fastest consumer wireless networking solution, based on Airgo’s third generation True MIMO chipset technology, a move to meet the needs of hi-speed, long range, wireless networking, to support new multimedia applications, requiring huge bandwidth demand. The NETGEAR wireless product line, named RangeMax 240, consists of router products, USB products for desk top and work station PCs, and small adapter cards for laptops. All these products support True MIMO Gen3 with data rates up to 240Mbps, providing consumers with faster-than-wired speeds over a wireless network; almost five times the speed of some conventional wireless networking technologies on the market today.

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Do you find your pet becoming lonely and then destroying things around the house when you are at work or gone just long enough to run to the store? If so, they you may wish to give him your voice while you are gone with this talking bone, then he will feel as if you are still there with him.

Now your dog will be able to hear your voice any time even while you are away. All he will have to do is pick it up or just nudge it and out will come your reassuring voice.

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