Do you know your own blood type? Usually you have to make a special medical test in order to know your own blood type, but not anymore. Thanks to this simple and not expensive DIY kit you can now find what is your blood type at home in just a few minutes. You just need to take a few drops of your own blood and put it on a special card, then compare the results with a chart and you’ll know what your blood type is. Everything you need is included in the test kit and after you make the test you can even protect the test chart showing your blood type with the special laminating sheet (also included) and carry the results anywhere you go. This is a useful thing to have, but also comes as a great and quite original gift especially for people interested in medicine for instance…

The Simple DIY Blood Type Test Kit is available for $8.99

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Tux Droid is a wireless programmable robot specifically designed for the Linux platform, it provides the Linux user with a new way to access the digital world without sitting in front of his computer. Looking as a cute penguin resembling the Linux mascot, Tux Droid reacts to PC events and talks in more than 10 different languages. Based on the widgets principle, Tux Gadgets are mini-applications that reside on users desktops and delivers a variety of personalized information such as email, weather forecast, horoscope, media player, news, games, quizz etc. through Tux Droid. The Gadgets are easily accessible with the remote control. In order to manage easily the different gadgets, Kysoh has also developed a graphical interface called Tux Gadgets Manager. These gadgets are developed in a TGF (Tux Gadget Format) format, made in the spirit of ODF file and provides a wide range of actions such as: modify and configure Gadgets without any programming skills, modify easily the graphical interface to customize it or add new gadgets (available on the community website) by a … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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If you are looking for a fun and really addictive gadget for a gift this is the perfect choise given the upcoming holidays are quite clsose. Puchi Puchi is the onomatopoeic name for this delicious cell phone strap/keychain adornment. In Japanese, “puchi” is the sound that bubble wrap makes when you pop the bubble. This little device has eight bubbles for unending popping fun. A small speaker does a pretty convincing pop sound and, much more importantly, the tactile feel is pretty authentic.

It’s meditative, it’s cheap, and it’s a great gift for yourself or somebody else since the idea is so simple, clever, and unexpected. Just don’t get too addicted to this because with Puchi Puchi the bubbles never end…

The Puchi Puchi Bubble Wraps cost $15 each.

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Apple’s mobile phone called the iPhone is alrady a big hit and is still gaining more and more fans. But you probably know that the device has one big flaw among some other small ones and I’m not talking about its functionality here. The bigger problem is that the rechargeable battery is built-in into the device and you can’t easily replace it yourself if it starts to act funny. Or that was the problem until recently, now you can order a special toolkit that comes with the needed tools to open your iPhone and replace the original battery with a spare one. There is a manual with instructions in the battery kit so you’ll know how to replace the battery with the new one, but you can also watch the video below so you’ll know how to quickly and easily open your phone…

You should have in mind that although the replacement battery is also a 1400mAh, 3.7V lithium-polymer like the original one, this is a … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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These portable hand held deices can help you protect your privacy when you need to. With the help of a portable mobile phone jammer you can block GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz signals all around you in a small radius. The jammer can block the mobile phone reception in a radius of about 5 to 10 meters around you and is small enough to fit in your pocket and not be seen by anyone. The device uses a 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery that can provide up to an hour and a half operating time and them must be recharged. You have two modes of operation a normal one and a high power mode in which the jamming range increases, but also the life of the battery becomes shorter than the normal 1.5 hours…

If you are feeling paranoid or want to block your GSM so that nobody can listen or trace you without your knowledge this portable GSM jammer can help you, but it is … [ Read the rest of the story ]

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