Caption contest: Optimus Prime moonlights as clothes dryer
What does a superpowered Transformer do in his spare time — you know, when he's not too busy starring in some of the worst written pieces of escapist cinema? Well, for one Taiwanese fella, there's nothing Optimus Prime likes doing more than supporting a bamboo stick used for hanging washed clothes. Seriously, the dude spent $1,600 on scrap metal, built a 14-foot model of his son's favorite mech superhero, and now has it serving as a spectacularly ornamental pivot for his washing. C……
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Jan 22nd 2010 | 41 Articles
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/wilson-electronics-sleek-signal-booster-reviewed-surprise-it-w/
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Wilson Electronics Sleek signal booster reviewed: surprise, it works!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/nexus-one-dock-to-cost-45-imminently-available/
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Nexus One Dock to cost $45, imminently available?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-……
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Rice University nanodragster rolls on carbon buckeyball wheels, lives life .0005 inch at a time
Drag racing and nanotech seemingly go together like peanut butter and… very small rocks, but that hasn't stopped a team of researchers at Rice University from creating a microscopic car dubbed a “nanodragster.” Its wheels are buckeyballs, the rear composed of 60 carbon atoms each, while its front wheels are made of p-carborane. This gives the car more grip at the back, meaning it'll pop wheelies just like a real dragster — though only when running on a road paved with gold. Even then……
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