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  • Electrolux will clean the oceans of plastic debris, then make vacuum cleaners

    Electrolux will clean the oceans of plastic debris, then make vacuum cleaners

    Did you know that, according to Electrolux, a Swedish appliance manufacturer, there are gigantic piles of plastic debris floating about our planet's oceans? Some of these are as big as the state of Texas! Way to go, humans! So, Electrolux's proposal? Collect all that trash, then turn it into vacuum cleaners. You couldn't make that up if you tried.

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  • Make One, Drop One toy program

    Make One, Drop One toy program

    Oh, overprotective mothers, is there anything you can’t ruin? Some moms got together and created the ToySociety in Australia created a “Make One, Drop One” program for kids. Essentially, you make a nice toy for your little one you leave another one in a plastic bag hanging from a spot unavailable to dogs and their [...]

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  • Recycling may save, but trash can power your home

    Recycling may save, but trash can power your home

    If you live in Spain that is. University of Zaragoza researchers have been looking into using various forms of solid waste to generate electricity for the nation, up to as much as 7%. What is it lately with all this decaying matter being useful? The process involves all sorts of big, scientific sounding words like incineration, [...]

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  • Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones

    Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones

    Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today's bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they're added throughout the holiday season.



    If your BFF's HTC has a code name like Blue Angel, Harrier, or Canary, trust us: the time has come to intervene and forcefully bring that particular chapter of their technological life to a close. It's 2009, after all, and with devices like the Pre, iPhone 3GS, and Droid all coming to market in the past few months, there's never been a better time to be a smartphone lover, buyer, or -- in this case -- giver. Of course, in the States, giving a phone as a gift isn't the easiest thing in the world since you've got contracts to worry about, but it can be done -- even if you've got to drag the lucky recipient kicking and screaming into the store and hold their hand to the dotted line. So let's get to it, shall we?

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  • Free GTA IV multiplayer this weekend on Xbox Live

    Free GTA IV multiplayer this weekend on Xbox Live

    Good news, everyone. (I hope people understand that reference.) Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City comes out tomorrow, and to help grease the wheels a little bit, this weekend will be a free-play weekend on Xbox Live for GTA IV. That is, if you have GTA IV but don't subscribe to Xbox Live Gold, you'll be able to play online multiplayer this weekend.

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  • FYI: Seven-day Sirius trial now includes Howard Stern

    FYI: Seven-day Sirius trial now includes Howard Stern

    Just a quick heads up to anyone looking to try out Sirius XM. There's a free seven-day trial you can sign up for that, among other things, Opie and Anthony trash Memorial Day weekend radio, and Ron and Fez debate which animal Fez could beat in a foot race. Oh, and knissors.

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  • MIT Researchers Track Trash to Encourage Recycling

    MIT Researchers Track Trash to Encourage Recycling

    MIT researchers are tracking trash to encourage consumers to recycle by illustrating the amount of energy required to dispose of waste. For the Trash Track program, the MIT research team is planting special tags on different types of waste to track their journey through disposal systems in New York and Seattle. The tags are wireless monitors, [...]

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  • How to Destroy a Hard Drive? Blend It

    How to Destroy a Hard Drive? Blend It

    Erasing a hard drive. How do you do it? For home use, you don’t need to worry, but when you’re selling a computer, you really don’t want your information to stay on there in any form. I don’t care about the porn so much, but I do worry about bank details and my secret (and [...]

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  • Lip vacuum will make you look so beautiful

    Lip vacuum will make you look so beautiful

    He loves you. He really does. Look at him over there eating his sandwich. He wants you. But how can you make him go the extra mile? How can you make him hike up his pants and walk over to you and really notice you. You could watch him from his driveway, sure, and drive away when he comes out. You could do that. Or you could go to the park he goes to with his beautiful dog and make sure he sees you reading his favorite book that you took from his trash. Or you can give yourself beautiful, sensual lips without creams or injections.

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  • Disposable Grill Claims Green Credentials, Remains Useful

    Disposable Grill Claims Green Credentials, Remains Useful

    When does a disposable barbecue grill, with toss-away tray, rack and stand, become an eco-friendly, recyclable barbecue grill? When the PR people say so, that’s when. The trouble with anything recyclable is that the user needs to actually recycle it and, if we know people, the EZ Grill will be tossed in the trash after [...]

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