Sharp QuadPixel TVs , just hitting stores now, take the usual three colors found in LCD-screen pixels — red, green, blue — and add a fourth: yellow. According to the company, this has the effect of producing images with more vivid colors, reducing power consumption and a slightly boosting resolution. QuadPixel’s benefit over competing sets is debatable, though in a demo yesterday Sharp had me convinced that the tech support is the absolute best aspect of these new TVs.

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NOTE: Commercial for the WTF You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me Blanket is after the jump. The Better Marriage Blanket is an actual damn product , officially signaling the end of mankind. Or maybe just flatulence -related divorces! It’s basically a comforter with a layer of activated carbon sewn in so when you rip a squirty one your partner doesn’t have to smell it. Unless they’re into that sort of thing, in which case I have a blanket beyond their wildest dreams. Hit it for the I know I shouldn’t be surprised this exists but I’m still disappointed with humanity.

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It’s Anti-Toot!: The Better Marriage Blanket

It looks like it could be mildly painful. Watch this 700 frames-per-second super slow-motion video to see the results. This is making us hungry! Via Gizmodo

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Does it hurt to be shot in the face with a cupcake cannon?

Eye contact can make a huge difference in a conversation. That’s a weakness of webcams, which require you to look away from the lens if you want to see the person you’re talking to. That problem’s solved by Iris 2 Iris, a device that’s built like a Teleprompter, and lets you look directly into the lens while you’re looking at the webcam image of someone’s face at the same time. The system has a Logitech webcam built in, and the company says it works with all PCs and laptops. The problem is, this is one bulky unit to place on your desk. Couldn’t this be miniaturized into a small prompter that clips onto the top of your existing monitor? You could hide a webcam behind its one-way mirror and it would work beautifully. Like this SeeEye2Eye does . Another benefit of a smaller setup: It would be a whole lot cheaper than the Iris 2 Iris’s $2,443 price. Ouch. Iris 2 Iris , via Red Ferret

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This is a mic stand that looks like a robotic hand . I want to smash it with my guitar and set it on fire , just like Jimi Hendrix would’ve. It was designed and built by artist Chris Conte ( THIS JERK ) for Adam Gontier, the front man of Three Days Grace.” Now I’ve never even heard of Three Days Grace, and you better believe I’m not gonna start listening now. As a matter of fact, I bet you $4 if you play their album backwards it’s all about robot worship and cyborg orgies. Not cool, guys, not cool. The greatest mic stand ever made [dvice]

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Here’s an attractive solution to the problem of gathering energy offshore: Harness both wind and wave power at the same time. A company named Floating Power Plant plans to build Poseidon 37, a 754-foot-long floating power generation station that can output 50 gigawatts of wave and wind power each year. Great timing. Just yesterday, the U.S. Government approved the country’s first offshore wind farm , to the consternation of numerous environmentalists. Even though Poseidon 37 is so beautifully designed it looks like it could have been dreamed up by Jonathan Ive , it still might be considered an eyesore by purists. Isn’t it odd, though, that potentially exploding and oil-leaking offshore rigs are lurking offshore all over the place, but we’re just now getting around to installing a clean source of energy like this? And the environmentalists don’t like this, either? Via Inhabitat

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Elegant floating power plant to crank out 50 gigawatts per year

This is a designer shower head that was on display at Milan Design Week 2010 that looks like a deer’s face. Water comes out of it’s mouth and is perfect for the outdoorsy type and furries. But not me. I want a shower head that looks like a woman’s face. I also want to pour green food coloring in the hot-water heater so it look like she’s vomiting on me. What?! I don’t judge you for your fetish, Mr. Cuckoo Clock F***er! FREAK YOU’RE A FREAK! Okay maybe I do. You know, this post really took a turn for the worst about midway. Deer Stag Shower Head [ohgizmo] Thanks liquid tension, now pour this food coloring in yourself and let’s get this party started!

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The BallP, or Ball Inverted Pendulu, is a 20-inch, 16.5-pound robot that balances on top of a bowling ball, using it to roll around wherever it wants. It’s got motors, micro-step controllers, gyroscopes and accelerometers on board that keep it upright, even with a heavy load like a cinderblock sitting on its head. The whole thing was created by Dr. Masaaki Kumagai, director of Tohoku Gakuin University’s Robot Development Engineering Laboratory. It’s pretty impressive stuff, especially when seen in action. If only we all had such solid balance. IEEE Spectrum via Engadget

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Ball-balancing robot refuses to fall down

Did you ever have that creepy feeling that your webcam might be working even when you don’t want it to? This little guy extinguishes that fear right away with his little robotic arms. Once you’re done with your video conference, this webcam from Gsou of China has robotic arms that automatically lift up, covering his cyclops-like eye to assure you that none of those evil hackers can possibly spy on you. Wait a second. Is it really that easy for hackers to spy on you through a webcam without your knowledge? It might be a little tricky with our webcam , whose blue LED lights up whenever it’s on. Besides, we’re never doing anything we’d be ashamed of, anyway. Really. Via Ubergizmo

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Cute webcam’s robotic arms give you anti-peep protection

I never made it to see Avatar because I was banned from the local theater for trying to sneak one of those beer helmets into the new G.I. Joe, but blah blah blah, boner boner boner. Oh yeah GW, you’ve still got it. Hit the jump for the uncensored version in case the other F word post wasn’t enough to get you off today.

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