Sugar Editorial Picks
Sep 21, 2009 -
Dance Dance Revolution sparked a worldwide rhythm and dance craze when it launched in Japan a decade ago. Since then, game console manufacturers like Nintendo and Sony have created dozens of videos merging exercise and gaming for adults and teens alike. With the Zippity Learning System ($80), LeapFrog delivers the concept to the preschool set.
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Sep 15, 2009 -
When Nintendo branded its latest video game technology, the Wii, it must have had families in mind. Moms can do yoga, dads can practice golf swings, teens can bounce to Rock Band, and now the wee ones can get involved with games like Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart's Pet Rescue ($40). Preschool-age tots who are awestruck by their older siblings slinging the remote around the living room can do the same as they search for lost pets in an adventurous learning environment.
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Sep 14, 2009 -
Video cameras used to be a coveted commodity amongst the elite. Practically priced and small enough to fit in a pocket, almost everyone can have one now. While capturing still moments is important, there are some times in our lives where a moving picture is worth millions of words.
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Sep 15, 2008 -
I thought I had a good eye for recognizing electronics as art, but it's nothing compared to artist/photographer Britney Badger, who has created compositions of disassembled household appliances and photographed them to breathtaking effect.
I was fascinated by what I found inside when I started taking electronics apart when I was younger, so these pieces really appeal to me. The price for an original?
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Aug 21, 2008 -
Lisa Bonet went for a walk with her daughters in New York City. While Zoe, 19, may be older, it was 18-month-old Lola who toted a more mature toy. The lil girl happily occupied herself with a BlackBerry Curve protected by a blue gel cover while she rode in the stroller.
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Aug 30, 2007 -
In the high-tech world we live in, power strips are as essential as light bulbs. But just as you turn the lights off when you leave a room, you should also get in the habit of turning off your power strip when you're not using it. This helps prevent what eco experts call the "phantom load."
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Jul 24, 2009 -
Smoking regular cigarettes is known to cause a whole slew of health problems from asthma to emphysema and lung cancer. For some reason though, people keep smoking, so someone came up with the brilliant idea to make electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes.
These battery-powered electronic cigarettes provide inhaled doses of nicotine, although no flame, tobacco, or smoke is involved.
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Jan 08, 2007 -
Last night Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivered his annual speech to open 2007's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas - showing off his usual hair-do and some exciting insight as to what lies ahead this year in electronics.
His speech touched on ways to link computers and the other hardware people use to play music and movies - and not just handheld devices. He showed off a new technology called Sync, to be built into a dozen Ford vehicles this year, that would connect music, address books and cellphone ring tones with the car stereo.
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Jul 16, 2008 -
I know you remember those telephones that were huge in the '80s; you know, the ones that had a clear plastic exterior, so you could see the inner workings of your phone while you twirled your hair and chitchatted with your buddies?!
If that appealed to you then, you might be into this electronic tape dispenser now! I've never actually stared at my tape dispenser and thought what goes on inside there, you fascinating animal?, but far be it from me to say you don't.
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May 10, 2007 -
The blog world is a buzz right now about a $200 battery-powered electronic cigarette that you smoke just like the real thing - only it delivers nicotine as a vapor.
Designed by China's Golden Dragon Group, the Ruyan "e-cigarette" was reportedly created for "health" and "pleasure" reasons and is battery operated. The company said it expects sales to double in 2007 as it expands overseas.
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