Ritek Yego Flash Drive is All About the Ménage à Trois March 27, 2007

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With every peripheral and its mom operating via USB, a lack of ports can actually be a problem. The Ritek Yego is a fairly standard USB flash drive, but the shape allows two other USB devices to be plugged into it with the help of a little hot pass-through action. So it is really just a USB flash drive hub. –Travis Hudson

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Relaxone: What Happens When a Crazy Inventor and Big Bird Have Sex March 27, 2007

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This is 1999 news, so apologies to anyone who already has the Relaxone gathering dust in his or her attic/can swear by its healing qualities/had a boiled egg for breakfast/got trapped in one when the lid got jammed and is still suffering flashbacks. I just thought you might want a break from cellphones.

So what is this thing? It is the brainchild of Swiss crazyman inventor and experimental psychologist Hugo B. J. Soder, although I would go as far as saying that this man is a conceptual artist, a genius, the Eggman, and if ever there was a vacancy for the job of God's design guru, then Soder should get it, the reason being this spherical thing you see here.

Now, you probably want a description. It's a massage chair with speakers, but that doesn't really do the Relaxone justice - because I am sure that it promotes world peace, trims your merkin, cures cancer and clips hanging chads in Florida. Mr (Doctor? Professor? Lord? Duke? His Experimental Celestialness?) Soder's own blurb after the jump. Just in case you're curious, like.

Chinese Gamers Told To Donate Blood March 27, 2007

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Anyone playing World of Warcraft (WoW) take note, because a tenner a month is nothing compared to what some Chinese gamers have to endure for their online gaming thrills.

The makers of the Cabal MMORPG in China has told 120,000 players - who it banned for trying to hack the game - that they must donate blood in order to be allowed back into it. Around 100 players have signed up to give a pint of the red stuff to get their gaming thrills back.

The company, Moliyo, to be fair, is also offering free accounts to new players that donate blood. The move is the company's way of helping a national blood drive as the hospitals are finding it difficult to attract donors after thousands of them, in the past, contracted HIV for their charitable efforts.

Blizzard [makers of WoW] listen up, because I'm rolling up my sleeve, and have a few pints of the good stuff ready to go in order to help reduce my escalating monthly gaming bills.-Martin Lynch

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W580 Walkman Phone For Jogging Bloggers March 27, 2007

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Sony Ericsson’s Walkman line of phones is getting crowded these days. I recently covered the launch of the skinny W880/W888 and the W610, but now we have the W580 Walkman Phone.

Not due out until Q3, the W580 is pretty thin slider at 14mm thick. This is a quad-band phone with a 2Mp camera and an impressive 512Mb of storage. Unsurprisingly there’s a Memory Stick Micro slot that can boost that up to 1Gb. The phone uses the TrackID software which will retrieve the song name, artist and album information based a on a few seconds of a recording you take from the in-built FM radio.

Sony is highlighting the ability to take photos and add text for publishing to blogs, and there’s a pedometer to measure distance, performance and running speed for you active types.

No prices yet but it will be available in white or ‘urban grey’, as opposed to rural grey, I guess.-Martin Lynch

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The Luxury Sleeping Pod March 27, 2007

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Here’s something that looks like it would certainly help you get to sleep but, on the flip side, make it a real bitch to get up in the morning.

The conceptualised egg-like pod is the brain-child of designer Alberto Frias and, unlike many other concepts, you can actually order one of these for about £5,500.

Called ‘Transport’ it boasts a small opening to crawl inside onto the waterbed, where you will be greeted by an LED lightshow and music coming from the in-built speakers, all designed to lull you to sleep.

The first one was sold last year and production is ramping up. We’ve come a long way from bunk-beds. -Martin Lynch

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