A slightly different take on the popular flying alarm clock has been launched. Instead of the original spheric body, this new model is designed to look like a helicopter.

The Helicopter Alarm Clock launches a rotor and makes really irritating sounds until you catch the little noisemaker and put it back.

Here’s a video showing the helicopter [...]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Most of us know someone who has suffered from breast cancer, and may have unfortunately had to have a mastectomy because of that. When women lose a part of their body that has always made them feel beautiful, they tend to lose a certain sense of confidence and femininity. [...]

By Evan Ackerman
I don’t know what it is, exactly, but there’s just something about the alien figure in this UFO nightlight that really, really freaks me out. Maybe it’s the expression. Or the shape of the head. And I’m an adult (sort of); would you really want to put something like this in a little [...]

This two animal inspired gadget combos, available in the shape of a pink pig and a green frog, connects to your computer’s USB port and can help you with two things: heating up your frozen fingers and loosen those unwanted muscle tensions.

Simply press the ears on the animal of your choice to start your home [...]

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If I stop to think about some of the most influential musicians and bands in the history of Rock, The Beatles are certainly high on the list. Unfortunately the British musicians have been slow to license their music in the digital age. I believe they are one of [...]

By Evan Ackerman
This is a demo of Microsoft’s SecondLight table, which takes their totally awesome Surface technology and adds a see-through dimension that looks like black magic. Or semi-transparent magic, I guess. SecondLight is just like Surface, except it uses a display that switches back and forth between transparent and opaque so quickly that you [...]

By Luke Anderson
If you have a rather large room that is in need of a large train set, then have I got the perfect thing for you. These Hand Crank Locomotives are made from cast aluminum, with cast-iron wheels which glide along a 30′ diameter track. They are entirely kid-powered, with a simple hand-crank for [...]

Firing your Snowball Blaster is a simple process, pack the snow into the forming chambers, pull back the slingshot firing mechanism and let rip on targets up to 50 feet away. There are three forming chambers, which make three snowballs that are said to be perfectly spherical - so I am guessing that this thing [...]

By Luke Anderson
Here is probably one of the strangest tool sets I’ve ever seen. What you see is a set of finger-mounted sockets. These plastic tools fit on your finger with what appears to be a zip tie (hopefully there is a mechanism for loosening it, unlike regular zip ties). This allows you to grip [...]

By Luke Anderson
I’m not sure how many of you are cat owners, but of those that are, I wonder how many of you actually buy toys for your feline friend. I used to, however, I have discovered that my cat tends to lose interest in most of them, opting instead to chase after my feet, [...]

Going now on Etsy there are some most excellent Halloween+OSX-themed decorative pillows.Your options are: “Count Macula”, “Spooker”, Mac-o-Lantern and “Finderstein.”
Available from Throwboy on Etsy for $39. [Etsy via Nerd Approved, Slippery Brick]

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The online chat feature of Google is something that people tend to overlook, namely because there are bigger and better discreet chat clients out there; but don’t be so quick to dismiss it. If you work somewhere that has strict firewall rules, it can be a quick and easy way to fire of an IM. [...]

According to the maker it takes only one hit of the caps lock trainer key to bring that electronic shouting habit to a swift and final conclusion. Sean Ragan describes the details of the key:
A standard 101-pattern caps lock key has had its lettering removed by wiping with a paper towel soaked in acetone, and [...]

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In some parts of North America it has already begun to snow. And while the bitter chill might not be fun, snowball fights always are. And now you can gain a technological advantage in the backyard, the biggest advantage since the ice ball.
The snowball launcher can form 3 snowballs in its chambers and [...]

Color co-ordination is definitely not one of my strong suits.  Ask my girlfriend and she’ll tell you what a mess I make just picking out matching clothes.  For anyone like me who’s basically ‘design-challenged’, here are two awesome tools which will help you get perfectly color coordinated.
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This portable toy blaster is capable of making and launching up to 50 softball-sized snowballs - “allowing rapid, long-range assaults during neighborhood snowball confrontations.”

Simply place snow in the forming chamber and close the lid, and it packs three perfectly spherical snowballs. To blast your mark, place one snowball in the muzzle, aim the launcher, [...]