Electronics (Audio/Video)

Cool gadgets, toys, and games.

Ultimate TV Antenna

The MegaWave MTV-1 set-top antenna is the best indoor TV antenna yet invented. It's only 20 inches long and there's no tweaking of "rabbit-ears" or tuning knobs. You can just sit back and relax as you enjoy local programming.

This antenna will supposedly be useful for Digital Television too, so I guess it wouldn't be a waste of money even if all of our regular TVs become useless overnight.

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New antenna a boon for channel surfers (CNN)

AM Radio Booster

The Select-A-Tenna can widen your daytime listening range up to 300 miles. It also reduces night time fade-out by around 90%. The Select-A-Tenna Model 541 is a passive device that requires no wires, no batteries, and no plugs. It works by simply placing it next to your radio and tuning the knob to the same station frequency as your radio.

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3D Printer

With Z Corporation's color 3D printers, a company can quickly, cheaply, and easily make just about any realistic color prototype in only a few hours using CAD data. The objects look so real that you may not be able to tell the difference between the prototype and the finished product. Simulate woodgrain, have detailed coloring, intricate artwork, labels and other text. This isn't the same boring, fairly simplistic stuff we've seen before. You can print full-color complex objects from linked chain to freely moving ball bearings peeking out of an object they are encased in.

In the near future, for those of us without a business and the money to buy one of these 3D printers, we should be able to go to any modern copy center with our CAD data and have them print out a realistic 3D model for us. After these 3D printers become even cheaper, people who have the space and some extra cash will finally have a chance to buy their own. Amateur artists will be able to design original 3D CAD sculptures and then bring their creations to life in only a few hours in the privacy of their own homes. Families could let their imaginations run wild and create all kinds of things. Print out models for school projects, presents made with love such as knickknacks for mom and grandma, original toys straight out of little Timmy's imagination, and so much more.

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Teleportation

Quantum Teleportation is something to keep an eye on if you're interested in Star Trek style futuristic inventions. Most people didn't think that Quantum Teleportation was possible and now many are saying that it probably won't lead to a useful Star Trek type of teleporter, but they're making the same mistake again. If Quantum Teleportation was thought to be impossible, why make any more statements about the impossibility of anything else? With imagination and the ability to learn from past experiments, humans can learn do just about anything if given enough time.

Experimental Quantum Teleportation - The Innsbruck Experiment

Prof. Anton Zeilinger

IBM: Quantum Teleportation

Wired News: Beaming Is Believing

Wikipedia - Quantum Teleportation

Super Tiny Light

The Microbeam Flashlight was named the best overall keychain flashlight by The Wall Street Journal. Never be without light again. This tiny light is so powerful, it can be seen up to a mile away. Perfect for lighting your way to the car, front door or anywhere additional lighting is required. Attaches to your key chain. Powerful LED bulb lasts over 100,000 hours or 11 years of continuous use. Super-extended battery life from two premium, replaceable lithium batteries (included). High-impact, polycarbonate housing provides exceptional durability.

I bought my sister one of these and she loved it. The light really is as bright as they say. Great for emergencies too. If the lights go out, you'll always be able to find your way.

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Personal Miniature Golf

The Putting Challenge Ultimate Edition has 72 electronically changing contours automatically created by a patented breakthrough technology.

Four 18-hole courses on two skill levels (2 Amateur and 2 Pro).
Authentic Game Mode or challenging Practice Green Mode.
Computerized keypad displays and announces player's turn, hole number, penalty strokes, average putts-per-player, and even cheers for a hole-in-one.
Automatic ball return rolls the ball right to your feet after every putt.

For indoor use only (wall outlet required).

I hope they make a version of this technology for indoor miniature golf. It would be great to have the putting areas change shape from day to day. Imagine how much fun that would be and how much repeat business a miniature golf place like that would get. Until then, there's always the commercial edition which is better than nothing.

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