While it may seem like having a regular old garden gnome could be a cute little addition to the home landscape, the idea of a garden gnome itself is quite mundane. If you’ve seen one you’ve seen ‘em all, they’re all quite alike. It’s like having one of the seven dwarfs watching over your garden, which is great if you’re a Walt Disney fan. But now, to make things a little more interesting for the gardens of the sci-fi...

Texting is a new norm of communication between mobile users and more so it seems with the younger generation of users. While it seems like a harmless method of getting information across or connecting with friends, this practice isn’t as harmless as you’d think. According to Judith Gold, an assistant professor of Epidemiology at the College of Health Professions and Social Work, frequent texting could be one of the prime reasons it would be possible for youth to experience...

Swine Flu is something that every world citizen has to take seriously. Even the religious sects of the world have started taking measures to help out and not just by simple prayer. In Italy where about 30 swine flu deaths have been reported, the Catholic church has decided to intervene and offer some form of prevention. Through a method designed and invented by Luciano Marabese, the city has begun to provide its church goers with a form of what...

The iPod’s environment consists of a plethora of accessories but one of the most popular forms is the iPod Dock. Although there are iPod docks that come in a large variety of shapes and sizes with all kinds of features there are some that stand out. There are may already be quite a few iPod compatible car stereo systems but nothing like this so far. The XML8110 Mechless Mobile Audio system combines a full fledged iPod docking station with...

For as long as you can probably remember the US has had issues with their Mexican border situating. In a nutshell, it’s the illegal immigrants getting through that are the issue. These immigrants are prepared to face all sorts of challenges to make their way to the land of opportunity, the land of the free. Most of these challenges include getting shot at by ‘patriotic’ Americans living in the area of crossing or the border security, starvation and other...

Stealth technology, although a reality today, may keep radars from detecting planes but that doesn’t mean the population has gone blind and wont ‘see’ them coming. The movies have also sparked our curiosity. From the Harry Potter franchise to the new G.I. Joe movie we’ve seen characters envelope themselves in material that renders them invisible to the naked eye. That technology is almost a reality thanks to the efforts of researchers at Imperial College, London. Their idea, much like...

Samsung’s Corby series of mobile handsets are designed to be colorful and cater to the funky social networking user. Some of the models feature swappable colorful rear panels to suite your mood or if you seriously want to stand out in a crowd. As the perfect accessory for the Corby range Samsung has announced the launch of a Corby Bluetooth enable headset the WEP490. The WE490, aside from also having changeable cases to match the handsets, will also feature...

Make a grab for this one as soon as you can, if you have a hundred thousand dollars to splurge. Behold, it isn’t going to be up for grabs for too long but as long as it is, there shall be tall claims that this Neiman Marcus can live up to its 150 mile/hour top speed and a battery operated engine that can drive it 150 miles on a single charge! These ‘Mission One’ bikes are set to what...

There would be a time when we could brag about a plastic free world. However, though we finally have a phone that has not a bit of plastic in it, it ends up being unaffordable. Courtesy: a luxury branding. The cool phones in this line by Bellperre are surely something to watch out for, especially when you think about the expensive leathers (alligator, shark, lizard and buffalo) used in the making of it. There are various elements that can...

How can you make use of empty cans? Simple – make a Pac-Man figurine and worship it, just like we’re seeing it done here (minus the worshipping part). Why, you can can even get more innovative and shape some Pamela Anderson sculpture, and you don’t need to fret about the curves either. These are cans we’re dealing with here. Remember?...

ANA (All Nippon Airways) is considered the second largest airliner in Japan. The company has announced that their flights that ply between Narita International Airport, Tokyo and JFK Airport, NY will be equipped with iPhone and iPod connectivity ports. This will also be available for passengers in the economy class. Now passengers will be able to enjoy their iPod/iPhone videos on the screen provided. This will save battery drains, since there is a charging facility available when your device...

A new company that goes by the name of ‘Cranberry’ has revealed that their DVD can last a thousand years. There’s no word on the scratch-proof-ness of the DVD but what we do know that the DVD, called DiamonDisc, is a sure competitor to written works and paperback records. Surely, digital media is also a subject of some fatal wear and tear, no matter in what form you store it. Hence, someone could really make use of something like...

There aren’t many of us who would dig this, but hey, there still are some of us who survive without a watch or a phone that cannot predict the weather. Ambient Devices have come out with such a forecaster that can predict what the weather would be in the coming days of the week. It’s called the Cirrus 7 forecaster and it is capable of telling you what the weather in the next 7 days is likely to be...

Make it big on the home entertainment front with the cool new Dell Inspiron Zino PC. Firstly there’re those strikingly awesome looks that can make your PC setup look a lot livelier than the cliché sleekness. It provides with 8GB of RAM, Windows 7 (64-bit), 512 MB Radeon GD 4330 graphics card, 1 TB hard drive space and an optional TV tuner that can be bundled along with it. It is powered by a 1.8 GHz dual-core AMD Athlon...

You can definitely expect an oil rich sheikh to turn his Murcielago into a huge mirror. But some dude across the Atlantic has tried the same to get attention. Isnt the revving of a Lamborghini enough to turn heads? [Autoblog]...