Not only does this boat look really cool, but it is solar powered on top of that! This boat, 13 months in the making, is now ready for launch. Dubbed the PlanetSolar, it is preparing to embark on a round the world journey using only solar power, scheduled for 2011. I assume that this grace period is to ensure that all of the bugs are worked out and the driver has time to get a life insurance quote or two.

To give you an idea of the scale of this boat, it is 50 feet wide, 100+ feet long and 25 feet tall. I assume that the flat, “don’t hang out here in rough waters” deck is hiding a lot of sub-surface living area.

Be sure to check out the PlanetSolar homepage for a cool video and more pics.

I’m a fan of LEGOs, and this is awesome. This crazy robot solves a Rubik’s Cube insanely fast. If someone had traveled back in time to the early 80’s to tell me that one day a robot would solve the Rubik’s cube in ten seconds, that would be awesome. Also, I’d be all like “now way!” or something.

Hey, I was like 12, gimme a break. Also, give me some phentermine , I need to get rid of this baby fat… err… not-so-baby fat. Why is it that when you’re young and you have extra weight, it’s called baby fat… then you’re supposed to gain five pounds in college… and when you’re old, they call it a spare tire or a beer belly… I mean, can’t we just say “hey kid, you got a gut on ya” and stop pretending it’s ‘baby fat’.

I love LEGOs, but I would totally NOT make this machine… mine would be an R/C monster truck!

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This reminds me of a joke… a joke about a guy at a bar. He orders a fuzzy navel… they don’t have that- but they have the next best thing- a hairy bellybutton. Then the guy wants a sex on the beach… they don’t have it, they have the next best thing sand in your underpants. So, when it comes time to pay his bar tab, the guy says ” I don’t have money, but I have the next best thing- foodstamps” Dun dun- Tshh!.

Mediocre jokes aside, what we have here is a miniature foosball table.. it is pocket sized if you will. Perfect for those days at the office when you’re supposed to be writing up that differin review , but you can seem to get motivated because you work in a tiny cubicle and your boss is a jerk. So instead, you pretend you’re a world class soccer champ. We’ll call it a mini vacation, and payback for that Saturday you gave up last month.

The mini game is about eleven bucks, and there are two varieties- foosball and rod hockey.

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This is an awesome invention- it plays notes as you put them down on the table. It looks like a great learning tool, and I imagine it would help people to compose music as well. It has a looping option so that you can tweak your composition until you get it just right.

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I’m a sucker for LEGOs. I played with them as a kid, and as a young adult, I used LEGO technics to make rubber band powered vehicles. I even tried to make a remote controlled car out of them, but the donor vehicle I used was really weak. So when I saw that LEGO now produces a pull back motor, I was intrigued. I still have a bunch of LEGOs with gears and wheels. I’d like to buy a LEGO kit with a pull back motor, even though I’m not sure how long I would sit there and play with it.

I’s also like an MP3 player. This sweet little Sansa would do the trick. It stores 1GB of data and is refurbished, rockin’ a sale price of just $14.99. I’d buy one so that I had some tunes while I rode my mountain bike- because I need some exercise! I used to ride my mountain bike everywhere, and now I just kinda sit around the house while my bike collects dust. On the other hand, I have a lot of fun playing video games, and I’m starting to get good at playing my bass guitar, but surely I could squeeze an hour of bike riding in there somewhere. Maybe I’ll try to find one of those bicycle motors. That would be awesome.

I’m not sure if I fully understand how this device is supposed to improve your fuel economy, and to be honest, I’m not sure I really believe it works. The theory is that it cuts electrical interference that your radio, A/C, etc produces… and because of this reduced electrical noise, your car’s ECU can better regulate fuel economy. They claim an average of 18% better fuel economy. If it worked, it would be well worth the eighty bucks.

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