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Friday, August 7, 2009
Gadgets

Accidentally Take Your Gadget Swimming? Rice Is Your Friend

12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Who hasn’t accidentally left a phone, camera or MP3 player in a swimsuit pocket and gone swimming? It’s a harrowing experience, but there’s hope: Dunking the gadget in rice is a somewhat surprising yet very effective drying method. More »
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Science

Rice-Sized Solar Panels Produced Noodle-Sized Power

6:20AM Mark Wilson | Researchers from the University of South Florida have developed a minuscule solar panel that’s just 1/4 the size of a grain of rice. Yet when you combine 20 or so of the cells, they can create 7.8 volts of electricity. Sounds good so far, right? It gets better. More »
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
Games

Bento Box Nintendo DS Is Delicious, Sold Out Like the Real Thing

9:30AM Matt Buchanan | The thing I actually miss most about living in Japan is the food (except their horribly disgusting take on Italian, the only really bad eats there). I think it’s one of the few places that they they even try to make the lunches super-cute (check out mini-Bashcraft’s Pokemon bento @ Kotaku). But just like the actual non-tasty plastic version you play games on, the sign on this bento box Nintendo DS made out of rice says it’s sold out. Sad. [Alafista via DVICE] More »
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