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Let’s be honest here, the iPod and iPhone does pretty much everything that we want it to do, except massage you. Human Touch has now launched a massage chair that can be controlled by the touch of the iPod or iPhone, taking care of that little problem. Human Touch Connect is the very first massage chair that lets its users personalize the chair to their own needs through internet connectivity. Human Touch Connect is connected through a Bluetooth link on the iPhone or iPod touch to directly start many massage programs, expertise and user friendly functions. The Human Touch Connect is available…

The TungstenW biometric wallet is a new way to know that your cash, credit cards, and I.D. are safe and secure rather than being in an ordinary wallet. Before actually using the TungstenW biometric wallet you need to use a computer to hook it up to. From there you can program it with a fingerprint. This will allow only you to have access to your wallet. The wallet comes with Bluetooth connection that allows you to join it with a Bluetooth-enabled handset. This will sound an alarm whenever you roam more than 10 feet away from your wallet. The wallet is available in gold, green, black, pink and white fiberglass…

It seems to be a lot easier to copy and counterfeit currency nowadays and there are constant concerns about using or being given a fake bill. The U.S Department of Treasury has recently refreshed the $100 bill, in an attempt to curb the counterfeiting epidemic that has taken over in the last few years. The new $100 bill was designed with a tighter security feature called Motion -  there are over 650,000 embedded micro-lenses which allow images to shift when the thin bill is moved. There is a blue 3D security ribbon on the front of the bill and when it is moved, the hidden images of bells and 100s switch…

Have you ever looked at a scene of a family on vacation in 1950s and thought “you know what would go really well here? Star Wars!”. Yeah, me neither. But now that I’ve seen it, it’s all sorts of great. Flickr user Franco Bambilla took a series of vintage postcards and added in either Star Wars or aliens and called in “Invading the Vintage”. For what reason he did so, no-one knows. But let’s be glad he did. You can check out the rest either on his Flickr page or his personal site. [Source: Buzzfeed]…

Cows just aren’t used for their milk anymore. The first passenger train fueled by beef-based biodiesel traveled from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, Texas yesterday. This is a yearlong test in hopes to see if beef-based biodiesel is capable of running the Amtrak Heartland Flyer passenger train. The test is also to see if the new biodiesel can cut fuel costs, reduce emissions and make sure that the ride if just as comfortable for passengers. The fuel is a mixture of 80% diesel and 20% biofuel called B20. The yearlong trial has been funded by the Federal Railroad Administration and has a $274,000 grant…

Chinese farmer turned inventor, Wu Yulu, is finally getting some recognition after designing and building homemade robots. Yulu has faced some hardships in his life: a fire that burnt his house to the ground, being splashed by battery acid, and the stress of being heavily in debt. Yulu is finally getting a break and people are highly intrigued by his new inventions. He has built almost 50 robots which can pour drinks, use lighters to light cigarettes and even paint. He’s even designed one that can help with chopping up food for meals. After working on his creations for nearly 20 years, Yulu’s robots…

No self-respecting Internet user can possibly have missed the many and varied Hitler parodies based on scenes from Constantin Films’ 2004 film, Der Untergang (“Downfall”). They’ve been everywhere, with one particularly hilarious example depicting the defeated German leader’s reaction on hearing the iPod touch lacks a camera. Now they’re gone. YouTube has begun removing videos that feature content from the movie because Constantin Films has suddenly decided to use Google’s Content I.D. system to take down the clips. Which is strange, as these things have been flying around the…

Welcome to Wauconda, Washington, a small town that sold for $360,000 on eBay this week – a bargain if you’re looking for a chance to own a district. Wauconda is 25 minutes from the Canadian border and sits on Highway 20. The new owners, Maddie and Neal Love, got: a restaurant, store, gas station, a four-bedroom house and a zip code after a month long bidding war. Interestingly, the town is also known to host a couple of ghosts, including the spirit of a young Indian fighter. The Loves are both unemployed and are selling their home and all their possessions to buy the town and move there. The deal is expected…

Google takes on the world’s governments today, publishing details about how often countries around the world ask it for user data or instruct it to censor information. The data is available using Google’s newly-introduced Government Requests Tool (illustrated above). Interestingly, Brazil took the top of the list with 3,663 data requests the US took second place with 3,580 and the UK came in third with 1,166 such requests. Sure, we know Google has withdrawn from China in protest against that country’s censorship, but it was unable to publish those figures as they are state secrets. Brazil…

The Thrifty Phone Watch – because we don’t already have enough gadgets that keep us distracted from important work and other tasks throughout the day. Apparently as technology advances, people are getting lazier and need a device that’s with them at all times. You don’t even have to hold this one, so bonus! The futuristic gadget is multi-purpose and especially helpful when you have no free hands to hold a phone, or are at an event which doesn’t allow iPod’s or other devices. The Thrifty Watch Phone is a video camera, MP3 player and PDA. Who needs all of those things when you can have just one and leave…