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Solafeet Tanner Eliminates Unsightly Foot Whiteness While You Work
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Eliminate those pasty white feet with the Solafeet foot tanner. Surely, the a lack of tan lines on your ankles will more than make up for exposing your bare feet at work. More »
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Microwavable Boots Keep Your Feet Warm, and Your Microwave Stinky
7:50AM Gizmodo US Edition | Winter is almost upon us, and chilly feet can be a chronic issue. Thankfully humanity no longer has to suffer this unpleasantness with the introduction of CozyFeet microwavable boots. The modern-day equivalent of warming ones feet by the fire, these boots “contain a special blend of natural wheat grain and dried French lavender that, once heated, stay warm for up to two hours” after just two minutes of microwaving. Wow, it makes all those electric heated-boots seem clunky and old fashioned because, hey, what’s more modern than a microwave? They make no mention, however, of how this affects the taste of your food; I’d like my frozen pizza with a waft of foot-odour thanks! CozyFeet cost about $US24. [Gadget Shop via Shiny Shiny] More »
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Foot Warmers Are Only a Power Source Away
3:10PM Haroon Malik | Holy crap! We’ve just solved one of life’s great mysteries, and wanted to let you in on it. Keeping your feet warm when you cannot be bothered/are too much of a cheapskate to invest in a gadget based solution has always been a problem, but we’ve sussed it. Here’s how: get your feet up close and personal to your PSUs. That’s all there is to it. Nothing more, we promise you. More »
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iWalk is So Much More than Just a Prosthetic Foot
10:49PM jenneth | A group of MIT and Brown researchers and engineers have debuted a prosthetic foot that propels the user forward using “tendon-like springs and an electric motor,” meaning it is even more like the real thing than traditional prostheses. Professor Hugh Herr, head of biomechatronics at MIT’s Media Lab, and a double amputee himself, tested the device, describing it as “wild – like you’re on one of those moving walkways in the airport.” More »
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