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The 'Mop Romper' Lets Your Baby Do the House Cleaning

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:55:34 +0000

New mothers, if you're exasperated at having no one to help you clean your messy house, why not let your baby do the dirty work? Your crawling infant can help you out when you dress them in a "baby mop," which is basically a romper with mop heads attached to the arms and legs. As your child crawls around on the floor, the mops on the romper pick up dust, dirt and hairballs. Plus, it will help keep your floors nice and polished too!

Nevada Gives Thumbs-Up To Driverless Cars on the Road [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:22:08 +0000

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A bill has passed in Nevada that makes it legal for Google’s fleet of driverless cars to take to the state’s roads.

The hope is that in the future, these automated cars could avoid the crashes currently caused by distracted driving. Several companies are already hard at work creating the technology necessary to make it happen.

New Straw Lets You Eat and Sip All At Once

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:28:08 +0000

You know the drill. You get to the bottom of a bowl of soup or the milk remnants of your morning cereal, and you’re left with two choices: spoon up the rest in tiny increments, or tip the bowl to your face like a four-year-old. Now you have a third option. The Sip N Spoon [...]

Get the Shave Of Your Life With a $100,000 Razor

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:34:38 +0000

For the low, low price of $100,000, you don’t have to worry about replacing a dull razor blades for 10 whole years!

The Zafirro Iridium razor features solid white sapphire blades, which are hypoallergenic and almost completely resistant to oxidation and corrosion. But it’s actually the razor’s handle, made from the rare metal iridium, that makes the Zafirro so absurdly expensive.

Japanese Scientists Use Human Waste to Create Meat [VIDEO]

Wendy Gould — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:33:33 +0000

If you weren’t vegetarian before, perhaps it’s time to make the switch. Scientists in Japan have now created a way to synthesize “beef steaks” from human feces. The discovery was made after a Tokyo sewage plant approached scientists, asking them if they could figure out a way to utilize all the sewage sludge lying around.