“Smart” Clothes Washer Saves Energy

This clothes washer is supposed to be “smart”, and I simply don’t buy that. You see, the only thing that separates this from any other washer is that it uses a computer to determine the best time to run the wash based on the cost of electricity at any given moment. I’d think that a truly smart washer would not only determine the best time to run a load of laundry- it would measure and dispense soap, water and any other cleaners you used automatically. It would know the difference between your designer ties and your jean jackets. It would be nice if the machine dried and folded the laundry too, but I know that I’m now asking for something that is beyond the scope of one household machine in the year 2010. A guy can dream, can’t he?

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14-Wheeled Skateboard

This fourteen-wheeled creation from flowlab us supposed to make turning a skateboard an easier task. I’ll never be able to verify this because it doesn’t matter how many wheels you put on a skateboard; the second I step on it, I’m falling on my ass. Maybe if they put brakes in the wheels, then the board wouldn’t fly out from beneath me.

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