Safe Drinking Water

Here is an invention that seems way past due.  A portable water filtration system that can filter out bacteria and virus.  Hand these out to folks who don't have access to clean water where they live or during a disaster and suddenly they aren't as dependent on rescue agencies delivering drinkable water.

It's called the Lifesaver Bottle and was invented by  Michael Pritchard.  Watch the TED video below and be amazed.

[Image Captured from the Lifesaver Web Site: http://www.lifesaversystems.com/techinfo.html]

GoateeSaver

As a man who consistently has uneven sideburns, a crooked mustache and oddly trimmed beard. This device might be just what I need.

"It reflects your personality
It declares your individuality
Your goatee is much more than just facial hair
Your goatee helps fashion your identity"

Start dropping those Christmas hints for your very own GoateeShaver.

[Note: As you watch the video, the female actress break character as she moves off screen....right around 58 seconds.]



[via CraziestGadgets.com]

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Medieval Study Discipline

The Study Ball might get you a referral to social services if you use it on your children. If you use it on yourself, then I guess that would be a kind of self discipline and totally OK. Wife might think you have taken a turn towards Kink Town. Dog might think it's some kind of tricky fetch game. Neighbors will just probably say, "That's just crazy old Gunn......you should have seen the time he tried hitch up the neighbors Great Dane to a cart made out of old skate boards. Now that was something!'


Anyway. Set the timer. Lock this to your leg. You won't be able to take it off until the allotted amount of time passes. The little poster on the web site creeps me out just a bit. It is reminiscent of how I used to view school as a child.

My mother used to achieve the same end through the use of the timer on the kitchen stove and a few stern looks. Other than the cost of the stove, it was free. Probably just as effective.

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