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After nearly 20 years as an electrical engineer, I suffered two horrible blows last year - literally and figuratively. First, I was hit by a bus and second, my position at a premier semiconductor company was outsourced to penguins in Antarctica . While physically I am in one piece, the bus a ccident has traumatized me. Symptoms include gadgetary hallucinations and horrid lapses in vocabulary. So I've decided to travel the U.S. looking for new gadget s (hellooo Mid America! Like engineers, farmers are a great source of ingenious gadgets). M-I-C...K-E-Y. Just call me The Gadgeteer (someone should tell the bus company whose bus hit me, there's a gadget called brakes!)

This flying saucer stays balanced

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Posted by The Gadgeteer on November 7, 2008

Here’s a demonstration of a flaying saucer from ThinkGeek. The Micro R/C 4-Channel Flying Saucer costs $69.99. The flying saucer incorporates accelerometer technology in a package not much larger than your outstretched palm. Similar to the technology in the iPhone and Nintendo Wii contoller, the accelerometer senses tilt on two axes and adjusts the power of each propeller to keep the flying saucer balanced in the air.

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The Discovery Channel’s bug gadgets

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Posted by The Gadgeteer on October 30, 2008

Greg Adler, assistant editor of PC World shows off bug gadgets from the Discovery Channel’s online store. He shows off a remote control tarantula and a battery-operated Venus fly trap that actually catches flies.

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Cool UBC flash drives

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Posted by The Gadgeteer on May 22, 2008

UBC flash drives have become a true fashion accessory. This YouTube video shows a variety of fancy UBC drives, including drives that look like jewelry, hot dogs, hamburgers, doughnuts, even wine bottles.

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