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#underseacable When Alcatel-Lucent lays cable at the bottom of the sea, it does so using a variety of massive tools, ships and repeaters. They look a little something like this: More »

#tables Don't worry, your coasters and coffee table books will be perfectly safe on this table. About the only thing designer Jon Gilmore's Nova Black Hole Illuminated Coffee Table can destroy is your wallet. More »

#retromodo Inspired by a 7-11 Slurpee machine, Mariano Martinez invented the frozen margarita maker using parts from an ice cream machine in 1971. Salute this fine piece of engineering with a frozen concoction of your choice this Labor Day. More »

#photography Green. Definitely alive, at one point. Is it an alien landscape, captured by some NASA probe and enhanced in post production? Hulk's blood? Not quite, but close. The answer is a bit more earthy than that: More »

After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison blasted HP for ousting disgraced CEO Mark Hurd, he reportedly did what comes naturally to men of his stature and disposition: He offered the man a job. More »

#robots All the adorable ApriPoco robot needs to control your home are a series of verbal commands and a little IR connectivity. Utter robot home domination—it's a feature, not a bug. More »

#electriccars Electric car "range anxiety?" Real, says GM, anyway. So, to limit the potential for mass hysteria as future commuters' e-tank gauges slide slowly towards E, a solution is needed. Mitsubishi's portable, networked charging stations could be a start. More »

#censorship Looking for a hooker? Don't go to Craigslist. The popular free website has censored the adult services section indefinitely following a complaint made by a group of state attorneys general regarding illegal ads promoting prostitution. More »

#unconfirmed Are you ready for FaceTime video calls using a larger, slightly more pixelated than the iPhone 4 Retina Display version of yourself? Well even if you aren't, someone is, and they're testing it out at this very moment. More »

#alcohol I'm really into whiskey, but I think I'll pass on tasting Gilpin Family Whisky. Why? Because this single malt whiskey is made from urine. Specifically, it's made from the sugar rich urine of elderly diabetics. More »

#life Remember as a kid you only wanted one thing at a time? A bike, a doll, a football. Now, we're all caught up wanting everything we see, and a lot of it we don't need. Let's try to want less. More »

#fan The imitation/knockoff market never ceases to amaze me. This bladeless fan from Abiko is a knockoff version of the Dyson Air Multiplier. But unlike typical cheap imitations, Abiko's version, at $223, is almost as expensive as the real thing. More »

#cameras One things for sure: putting your iPhone 4 inside a Canon SLR isn't as useful as adding a SLR lens to your iPhone. But with this custom-made getup, you won't think about dropping your iPhone every time you hold it up. More »

#unconfirmed Xbox 360's IPTV service isn't dead, it's just been sleeping (for a long time). But it might be finally be awaken and headed to AT&T U-Verse if these screenshots of AT&T U-Verse technical support tools are to be believed. Engadget's source also says that Xbox 360 IPTV service is supposedly being tested right now and an official release could be coming in a matter of months. [Engadget] More »

#cars The SSC Ultimate Aero II, the second generation of America's fastest supercar, looks like a space pod that combines Ferrari angles with Wall-E's Eve curves. It could also be the fastest production car in the world if it reaches 270MPH. [Jalopnik] More »

#googletv A Google TV beta tester leaked a video of Google TV running on the Logitech Revue and it pretty much looks like what we've seen already but just realer. He also shows off the Logitech Revue and its keyboard. More »

#google In the video, Eric Schmidt is caricatured as a creepy ice cream salesman who offers free Google ice cream in exchange for a full body scan. It was funded by ConsumerWatchdog and aired on a jumbotron in Times Square. More »

#wifi Turns out, it's really easy to get your entire building to come to your party. Just rename your Wi-Fi network to PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT APT #434 and watch all the tech-savvy folks roll in. [Reddit via BuzzFeed] More »

#kanye The 'tubes are buzzing this AM with Kanye's two-hour Twitterized heart-dump. Pure and honest (?), it was also hard to follow. So I edited it. Lightly. Because even Kanye West needs an editor, and dude, we media aren't so bad. More »

#laborday It's Labor Day weekend-three days of family obligations and hectic travel! How do you make it bearable? Pick up some new gear, of course. Here are a couple of recent products you could use to enhance your weekend. More »