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HooToo TripMate Wireless N Portable Router and Power Bank Gets 50% Reduction to $39.99 Shipped, This Week Only

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HooToo’s TripMate HT-TM01 is currently being offered for only $39.99 shipped, this week only, originally priced at $79.99. Instantly convert a wired network into a wireless, so that multiple users can share the connection. Generate a private Wi-Fi network simply by connecting an existing wireless network. Product page. Continue reading for a video review and more information.

Notable features:

  • Personal Cloud: sharing files or streaming movies in attached USB storage devices via self-generated Wi-Fi.

  • Portable Travel Router: instantly convert wired network into Wi-Fi (AP,Router,Bridge).

  • Power Bank: built-in 6000mAh battery, more power, more fun.

  • Portable Size: slightly larger than a chocolate bar and weights only 4.8 oz.

  • HooToo 12 Month Warranty with friendly customer support.

[via Amazon]

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24 Pictures Showing How the Rich Kids of Snapchat Spend Their Days and Money

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Where there’s a social network, you’ll find plenty of rich kids who either inherited money or started their own company at a very early age and cashed out. Though you won’t find much of the latter here, these 24 images do show how some extremely wealthy children / teens spend their days and money. First up, someone who bought a brand new &pound1.2-million Bugatti using their AMEX Centurion black card. Continue reading for more.

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Spray-On Solar Cells Could Make the Technology Affordable for Everyone

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While solar panels may have been first used in space during a 1958 mission, they still aren’t affordable for the average consumer, ranging from $20,000 – $30,000+ for a full home installation. University of Toronto researchers aim to change that, after developing nanoparticles called colloidal quantum dots that don’t lose their electrons when exposed to air. This means they can be painted or sprayed directly onto surfaces such as roofing shingles. Continue reading for a video and more information.

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30 Interesting (Yet True) Facts You Might Not Have Known About

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Did you know that there is actually an official sport called banzai skydiving? That’s right, it involves throwing a parachute out of a plane and then jumping after it, the aim being to freefall to the ground. The longest time ever recorded between skydiver and parachute leaving the plane and linking up is 50 seconds. Craig Glenday, editor of Guinness World Records, has used Banzai Skydiving as an extreme example of the book’s policy to keep records for record categories in which only the life of the participant would be put at risk. Continue reading for more interesting, yet true, facts you might not have known about.

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When You’re Stuck in a Tiny Cell for Years, These 19 Inventions Come Naturally

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When you’re incarcerated for years, trapped in a tiny cell with nothing but a bed and toilet (sometimes a small television), inventing random things to either pass time or escape, comes naturally. For example, a makeshift chessboard made from cardboard boxes / soap, homemade battery-powered sparking device (lighting cigarettes), and even a tattoo gun. Continue reading for more.

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7 Cool Gadgets That Will Make Office Life Easier

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Let’s face it, office life can get quite boring to say the least, and if you have to deal with annoyances such as finding a lost key, an extra power outlet, drawing straight lines when drafting something, or just a chair that never seems to have enough cushions, things can go from bad to worse. Fortunately, there are these gadgets / ideas that might help make life easier. We’ll admit that #7 is more for show than function, but it’s still cool nonetheless. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of what skateboarding tricks look like at 1000-frames-per-second.

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12 Award-Winning Images from the Nat Geo Photo Contest

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The 26th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is still running and accepting submissions until June 30, 2014. Official categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place; and Spontaneous Moments. The grand-prize winner will receive an 8-day National Geographic Expedition to Alaska for two aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion or National Geographic Sea Bird. Above, we have an entry from Bru Gregory who shot the aquatic photo with a Nikon D3100. Continue reading to see them all.

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Remote-Controlled Syma S107G Helicopter Gets 88% Reduction to $14.98, This Week Only

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Syma’s S107G R/C Helicopter is currently being offered for only $14.98, this week only, originally priced at $129.95. At approx. 7.5″ long, it easily fits in the palm of your hand and is fully functional, equipped with latest Gyroscope technology, which makes this helicopter an instant hot seller in the RC World. Product page. Continue reading for a video of it in-action and more information.

Notable features:

  • 2 selectable frequencies let’s you fly up to 2 helicopters at once.

  • No assembly required, ready to fly! Equipped with the latest gyroscope technology.

  • Full 3 channels : up, down, left, right, forward and backward.

  • A 25-30 minutes charge is equal to a 8-12 minutes flight.

  • Recharging takes place via the transmitter or USB cable.

[via Amazon]

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Starbucks Offers to Send Employees to College for Free

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Today, Starbucks announced that it will provide a free, online college education to all of its workers, without requiring that they remain with the company, through a partnership with Arizona State University. This offer is open to any of its 135,000 U.S. employees that work at least 20 hours a week and have the grades and test scores to gain admission to Arizona State. For a barista with at least two years of college credit, the company will pay full tuition; for those with fewer credits it will pay part of the cost, but even for many of them, courses will be free, with government and university aid. Continue reading for more information.

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