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Study: Sports Cars Really Do Turn Women On

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2008-09-05 17:00:44 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Despite containing drivers with notoriously small packages, women really are turned on by exotic sports cars, according to a study recently conducted by British insurer Hiscox (!). To test the theory that high-performance cars get people hot, Moxon had 40 men and women listen to recordings of the three Italian exotics and a Volkswagen Polo....
 
Tags: cars, exotic sports cars, luxury car engine, testosterone, car, steady relationship, relationship, exotics, body
 
 
 
 
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Guy Ghetto Rigs License Plate Flipper

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2008-09-05 16:00:47 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Orlando Payano is a Queens truck driver that doesn't like paying tolls. So what did he do? Simple, he jerry-rigged a license plate flipper . Apparently, Orlando Payano mounted his license plate on a hinged piece of metal then ran an attached cable through his cigarette lighter. When he went through a toll booth, all he had to do is pull the cord...
 
Tags: license, payano, orlando payano, orlando, tolls, pays tolls, avoid tolls gizmodo, ez-pass tag, port authority officer
 
 
 
 
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Gungan Delight: A Jar Jar Binks Salad

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2008-09-05 15:00:34 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
A Star Wars fan and culinary artist wanted to make a Star Wars-y dish, but was reluctant to eat any of the cool characters. The solution? You guessed it -- Jar Jar . Jar Jar Binks was easily the worst thing about The Phantom Menace. If I could create a scrumptious salad out of him and serve him up with a tasty crostini, perhaps I might have my...
 
Tags: jar jar, jar jar binks, edible jar jar, easily, star wars-y dish, tuberous root vegetable, cuts easily, star wars fan, tasty crostini
 
 
 
 
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Epic Failure: How Not To Parachute

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2008-09-05 14:00:52 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
 
This is a video of basejumper Hans Lange vampire suiting around in Norway. Everything goes smoothly until his parachute fails to deploy properly and he ends up tumbling down the mountainside until he's stopped by a tree. He caught it all on film thanks to a helmet cam. Hans, you are one lucky mother -- an improperly deployed parachute is better...
 
Tags: parachute, parachute fails, helmet cam, story short, lucky mother, deploy properly, person view, bookbag, hans
 
 
 
 
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Sure, Why Not?: The Enter Doorbell

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2008-09-05 13:00:40 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
The Enterbell is just that, an Enter key doorbell. Pretty straightforward. No ess curves required to understand this one. Unfortunately, it's currently only a concept created by Li Jianye. Wait a minute -- a concept? How hard is it to glue an Enter key to a regular freaking doorbell? Not very if you don't glue your hand down your pants first...
 
Tags: enter, enter doorbell, enter key doorbell, doorbell, key, enter key, geeky doorbell speaks, glue, sweet knocker
 
 
 
 
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Turn Your Scooter Into A Mobile Hotspot

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2008-09-05 12:00:02 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Is your scooter just not geeky enough for you? How about turning that bad boy into a mobile hotspot? This how-to shows building instructions for putting together a scooter that doubles as a roving wireless hotspot, GPS device, pirate radio station, and even has enough juice to amplify an electric guitar in order to play songs over the web....
 
Tags: scooter, wireless scooter, mobile hotspot, wireless hotspot, doubles, gps device, electric guitar, hotspot dvice, spinal cancer
 
 
 
 
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The New Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Ad

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2008-09-05 11:00:57 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
 
Remember when we posted that Microsoft was finally gonna stop taking it up the Vista and combat those "Get A Mac" ads ? Well here's the first one, featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. It has a shoe theme. And, while I did like the commercial, I didn't get the commercial. Is there any getting to be got? It seems like an old Seinfeld episode....
 
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Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly, Hilarity Does Not Ensure, PEW PEW PEW Does

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2008-09-05 10:00:07 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Mad scientists at Stanford have created helicopters that can teach themselves to fly difficult acrobatic maneuvers simply by watching another helicopter perform them. Start building that bunker . The dazzling airshow is an important demonstration of "apprenticeship learning," in which robots learn by observing an expert, rather than by having...
 
Tags: helicopters, autonomous, autonomous helicopter field, autonomous helicopters, asshole, expert pilot, expert, software engineers peck, georgia tech aeronautics
 
 
 
 
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This Is What Would Happen...

2008-09-04 16:30:57 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
 
If a large meteor hit earth because Superman is dead or we couldn't blow it up like in that movie Armageddon which totally did not make me cry when I watched it. Watch the video for death and destruction set to Pink Floyd, sweet! CG Animation Shows What Happens When Large Meteor Hits Earth [techeblog
 
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WTF!?: Crystal Embedded Contact Lenses

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2008-09-04 15:33:16 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Ah yes, rocks and eyes . I mean, what a perfect match. Enter "Sparkle", a contact lens with tiny Swarovski crystals encrusted around the edge. I've got to admit, this has got to be the most brilliant eye-care product I've seen since pepper spray. Seriously, what could go wrong? Well, besides looking sexy. I'm gonna make myself a pair, I'll let...
 
Tags: tiny swarovski crystals, contact lenses, swarovski, actual ball balls, brilliant eye-care product, sparkle, pair, vision bornrich, regular contacts