Vitamins

Cameras

How To Develop Film With Coffee And Vitamin C

11:04PM July 6, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Remember film? That stuff your baby pictures were taken on? Developing it is something of a niche hobby these days, but if that’s your bag, you’ll like this strange (and relatively easy!) method. The main ingredients? Instant coffee and vitamins. More »


Science

Of Body Hacking, Ben Franklin And Your Data-Driven Future

12:00AM June 13, 2011 | Jack Loftus

In colonial times, Benjamin Franklin was fond of keeping a list of “13 virtues”. If he violated one, he would check it off, and use it as motivation to improve his moral standing. He was an original body hacker. More »


This Pill Is Filled With Stupid Music Instead Of Cool Drugs

7:20AM May 27, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The Vitamin is a tiny MP3 player that combines our hobbies of music, gadgets and prescription-strength home pharmaceuticals into one.

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Gaming

Japan’s Cyber Gadget Game Suppli Vitamin Supplements Are Taken Orally, Not Injected Buttockally

8:45AM April 8, 2008 | Jason Chen

These Japanese Game Suppli vitamins come in two varieties, “Blue Berry”, which refreshes you after a gaming session, and DHA, which boosts your attention during a session. It’s not quite as crazy as eyedrops, which incapacitated Matt for a good ten minutes. There’s only one other nation, Korea, that could combine the dubious gaming benefit of vitamins with the seriousness of professional gaming. And since these are for Japanese gamers, who don’t really play twitch shooters all that much, we can only guess that they use it for one reason only: to keep the convoluted storylines of Final Fantasy XII and Metal Gear Solid straight. [Cybergadget via Akihabara News via Uber Gizmo]

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