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Science

Prune Fingers May Help You Hold Onto Things

4:50PM September 14, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Scientists know a lot about the body, but they don’t know everything. Take, for example, the pruning that occurs when you spend too much time in the water. Scientists don’t know why these wrinkles occur only on the hands and feet. More »


Vegas Gets Huge Ice Popsicles, Water Tornadoes, Laser Fountains

12:20PM December 22, 2009 | Adam Frucci

City Centre, the newest mega-resort in Las Vegas, boasts a few awesome-looking attractions, including gigantic ice popsicles, water tornadoes and laser-coloured fountains. More »


Gadgets

Accidentally Take Your Gadget Swimming? Rice Is Your Friend

12:00PM August 7, 2009 | 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 »


Wet X-Light Surround Basin: The World’s First “Musical” Washbasin

4:10AM May 8, 2008 | Sean Fallon

At this point we have seen iPod docks fitted to just about everything under the sun, so it should come as no surprise that a company decided to develop a sink capable of playing tunes from your MP3 player. Fortunately for designer Jan Puylaert and the guys at WET, their X-Light Surround Basin should be considered as more than just a gimmick—it actually looks really cool with the transparent, light-diffusing acrylic polymer (PMMA) basin revealing the speaker system underneath. Throw some LEDs on this thing and it would be like a party in your bathroom.

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