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Car seats for your kids are never an exciting thing to purchase.  They rarely feature designs different from every other car seat developed in the past twenty years.  Yes, they might have more safety features, but usually you’re going to get stuck with some pastel car seat probably featuring Winnie the Pooh or some Disney princess.  Which seems a bit unfair once you think about it.  After all, your kid doesn’t really care what their car seat looks like till their later years of sitting in one.  So why not buy a car seat that will look attractive in your car.  Well one designer has decided to create a car seat inspired by racing gear.

The designer, Rory Craig will be pitching his design idea to Sparco Motor Sports.  They are known for their racing inspired seats and safety harnesses.  The car seat will work for your child through all three of the stages they will go through in a car seat.  Which means you’d never need to buy a new car seat.  The body of the seat is made out of carbon fiber which means it will be very lightweight and strong.  It took the designer $4,000 to create the seat, hopefully the next model he creates won’t be quite so expensive.

Source: OhGizmo

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Microsoft offers its famous Zune PMP with the lower price. Check the list below. * Zune 4GB $99.99 * Zune 8GB $139.99 * Zune 16GB $179.99 * Car Pack $69.99 * Home/AV Pack $59.99 * Dock Pack $39.99 From the list above, we know that the 4GB, 8GB and 16GB of Zune models have received a $30, $10 and $20 discount, respectively. [Source] Tags: gadgetry, sat-nav, laptops, lcd (Read the full post about ‘Microsoft Zune Price Cut’…)

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Here’s an interesting Japanese compact dictionary, SII’s SR-G9001. It’s your typical black and white ( 5.2” VGA screen) dictionary with many different volumes (30 in total) ranging from standard, to language and technical. Fairly normal so far, BUT there’s a catch, it can be linked to a PC, and proprietary software allows access its data base and word search directly from a PC (PC only). I like the idea of a connected dictionary and would like to see other manufacturers follow this example. (Read the full post about ‘The SR-G9001 Digital Dictionary, Your Computer’s Best Friend’…)

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It was a three gadget race for last week’s coolest gadget crown and laziness won out with the winner being: Robot Legs. They will reduce the load on your legs by supporting your weight as you walk. You just sit on the unicycle-type seat and the leg frames bend like knees. They run on two motors which are controlled by signals from the sensors inside the shoes. It all sounds great but I must say that when I first saw those pictures, I did wonder how the boys might fare… I preferred my mates response on Twitter: robots legs cause I’m lazy.. too lazy to comment as well see you sunday Congrats to Decide What to Buy for again submitting a coolest gadget winner. (Read the full post about ‘The lazy winner of last week’s coolest gadget is…’…)

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AT&T has yet another LG handset for the masses, and this time round, the Incite will hold the distinction of being the first full-fledged LG smartphone in the US. Take a gander at the specifications below and figure out whether $199.99 with a 2-year contract is well worth it. (Read the full post about ‘LG Incite From AT&T’…)

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Do you or your kids have some valuables that need stashed away and kept safe?  Well Discovery has a safe that can only be opened by the sound of your voice. Which would be handy for hiding things away from either your spouse or your siblings.  Hopefully though this safe offers better voice recognition than the diaries that get released every so often that claim the same things.  To crack those diaries all you have to do is hear the person say whatever it is to open it.  Then match the ups and downs in their voice and you’re in. (Read the full post about ‘The Discovery Voice-Activated Biometric Safe’…)

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We all know iPhone owners do everything with their phones but talk, and a software company has heard them loud and clear. The free iPhone app OpenTable enables users to make restaurant reservations by tapping a few buttons — without (gasp) having to speak to a human.

The app uses the iphone’s GPS or triangulation to find participating restaurants near you. If that doesn’t work out, there’s also an option to manually select a location and restaurant. After picking an eatery, you can tap an available time slot and hit the "Confirm" button, and you’re all set.

I had my doubts about this app.

(Read the full post about ‘Hate Talking to Restaurant Workers? Download This iPhone App’…)

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FROM GAMERTELL - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has been out for less than a week and it seems the expansion has already claimed its first official casualty… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: cool gear, cable, speakers, tests (Read the full post about ‘Swedish teen suffers seizure after 24-hour World of Warcraft: Lich King marathon’…)

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FROM GAMERTELL - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has been out for less than a week and it seems the expansion has already claimed its first official casualty… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: cable, Ogg Vorbis, equipment, Gadget (Read the full post about ‘Swedish teen suffers seizure after 24-hour World of Warcraft: Lich King marathon’…)

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2008 has not been kind to Yahoo.  It began with a buyout offer from Microsoft that they promptly screwed up, and was followed by the disintegration of their ad deal with Google and two rounds of layoffs.  Now it appears CEO Jerry Yang has finally had enough. Yang announced his resignation last night, saying he will remain on the board of directors and reclaim his old title of “Chief Yahoo.”  Yang has been under the microscope of his shareholders ever since he rejected Microsoft’s offer of $33 per share for being too low.  Yahoo’s shares are now trading at a mere $11 each.  He now appears to regret his decision. (Read the full post about ‘Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang announces resignation’…)

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