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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/brandogems.jpg" width="500" height="288" style="display:block;" /OK, who gave Brando the rhinestones?/p pWith Valentine's Day a little over a month away, we're all scratching our heads as to how to get our loved ones jewelry that we can actually play with. Luckily, the $33 USB Thumb Drive Bracelet showed up just in time to ship from overseas. Hiding a discreet 8GB of fold-out USB flash storage behind two dazzling lines of glued-on "decorative crystals," your girlfriend will just think you're cheap. But you'll know the truth./p p(Well, you emare/em cheap, and the bracelet has a hidden USB drive). [a href="http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00763"Brando/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/Biodegradable-credit-card.jpg" width="482" height="262" style="display:block;" /While most of us can't avoid the convenience of credit cards (and their reusable nature is commendable), their plastics aren't so good. Now Discover has launched the US's first biodegradable credit card./p pConstructed of biodegradable PVC, 99% of the card's substance is said to be reabsorbed by the environment given exposure to soil, water, compost and microorganisms within 9 months to 5 years of its being thrown away./p pSo where did this magical biodegradable PVC come from? Treehugger speculates that since the idea is relatively new/rare, it might be purchased from a company named BIOflex who makes a PVC from a mix of limestone, plasticizer, and 20 percent petroleum./p pIf you're a Discover member, you can find the new biodegradable card under their "Standard Designs" section. Hopefully the bigger guys like Visa and Mastercard will quickly follow suit. [a href="http://www.discovercard.com/customer-service/account/choose-design.html?gcmpgn=0809_ZZ_srch_gsan_txt_1"Discover/a via a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/discover-launch-biodegradable-credit-card.php"Treehugger/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/vunow.jpg" width="807" height="313" /While even Blu-ray players are getting into the media streaming business, Verismo Networks has announced the $100/$150 VuNow PoD, promising everything from YouTube to BitTorrent in a clean Apple TVesque interface./p pThe palm-sized $100 VuNow PoD is standard def and equipped with ethernet, Wi-F and 2 USB ports out of the box. /p pIt's almost hard to summarize everything that the VuNow plays back if you spring for the full (extra $30) codec package. It streams YouTube, Cinemanow, and all sorts of internet-based TV while magaging BitTorrent downloads. Plus it recognizes every codec under the sun through a NAS, networked PC, or just good old USB-based storage.br / img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/vunowcodecs.jpg" width="804" height="216" /I know, many of you are shaking your heads at the standard def thing, but the VuNow will also be available in high definition (with HDMI) for $150. Luckily, the high def version includes that whole "premium codec package" thing for free. /p pBoth models are available now on VuNow's site. [a href="http://www.vunow.com/index.php?page=shop.product_detailsflypage=flypage.tplproduct_id=17category_id=6option=com_virtuemartItemid=22"VuNow /avia a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/vunow-another-n.html"Wired/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/wii_fit_wal_mart_01.jpg" width="494" height="420" style="display:block;" /Now this is just low, Walmartmdash;about as classy as us putting up a game called emWii Should Maybe Protect Our Employees From Being a href="http://gizmodo.com/5099819/walmart-worker-trampled-to-death-by-deal+crazed-black-friday-shoppers"Trampled To Death/a/em next to the break room. [a href="http://kotaku.com/5120353/wii-fit-moves-out-of-electronics-into-womens-clothing-department"Kotaku/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/carmice.jpg" width="807" height="220" /Sometimes you don't want a mouse that looks like a mouse. Sometimes you want a mouse that looks like a Hot Wheels toy./p pRoad Mice are $45, officially licensed sports car versions of wireless optical mice. Infused with scroll wheels and LED headlights, the Ford Mustang, Chevy Z06 Corvette, Dodge Charger SRT8 emand more/em are all ready to burn through some spreadsheets during your otherwise humdrum workday. /p pPlus, we're pretty sure that there's a decent cruising for chicks/internet porn pun you could tell all of your coworkers 100 or so times before realizing that it probably wasn't all that funny in the first place. [a href="http://www.roadmice.com/"Road Mice/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/simonpatent.jpg" width="501" height="350" style="display:block;" /Over at Technologizer, they've assembled a fantastic list of vintage electronic game patents, including this original patent drawing of Simon./p pOver 30 years later, the game is still in production (though we're not sure you can still find the full sized version on store shelves)mdash;and that's a lot more than you can say for Atari's a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_Me_(arcade_game)"Touch Me/a predecessor (which Simon essentially cloned and improved)./p pAnd if you like classic electronic game patents, there's a lot more at the link. The list of 33 images includes the first lightgun patent, Wac-a-Mole, the NES, and R.O.B. [a href="http://technologizer.com/2008/12/29/patentmania-the-golden-age-of-electronic-games/"Technologizer/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/vent_miser.jpg" width="500" height="327" /File these under "new to me" category, but while I'd seen programmable thermostats before, I'd never encountered a vent that opened and closed on a timer./p pThe battery-powered Vent-Miser features a clock that opens and closes the vents at programmable intervals, completely independent of your thermostat's settings. So if your A/C doesn't need to keep your guest room cool on weekdays or if you only need to heat your bedroom at night, the Vent-Miser can automate this process for you, possibly saving you a few bucks in the process. /p pAt about $25 a pop, the vents definitely lean towards investment rather than instant payoff, but they're a neat idea if you live in a house with crummy HVAC. [a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vent-Miser-91667-Programmable-Saving-6-Inches/dp/B000MWRFX6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8s=hiqid=1230558694sr=1-3"Amazon/a via a href="http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/29/vent-miser-programmable-energy-saving-vents/"OhGizmo!/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/FG9D0GXFP8NLDLG.MEDIUM.jpg" width="500" height="375" style="display:block;" /While most of us will never fight crime with an arsenal of custom gadgets, we could build our own net shooter to foil pesky coworkers who just want to use the copier./p pConstructed mostly of PVC pipe, the DIY net gun is capable of shooting a "90 square foot net 15 to 25 feet using 80-100 psi of compressed air." The construction process itself looks a little daunting for the rookie builder, requiring either a heat gun or propane torch for bending the PVC, but it's otherwise just a lot of sawing, wrenching, gluing and swearing./p pWhile we don't want to pressure you into taking on a project that may (and will probably) lead to your arrest, building a badass net gun does seem like a noteworthy New Year's resolution... [a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/SWCBGT5FOD6V7TC/"Instructables/a via a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/how_to_build_a_net_gun.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890"MAKE/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/Picture_70.png" width="415" height="390"Your standard a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/t_qualizer/t+qualizer-equalizer-t+shirt-video-210857.php"animated equalizer t-shirt/a is generally considered obnoxious enough. But when you stick an Apple logo on the front, well, it's a statement that can't be ignored./p pAs clearly explained on Jetsobox, the $45 Apple Tqualizer "rocks and looks the business !" with a sound-sensitive, multi-color equalizer display. Powered by four AAA batteries, the shirt is hand washable with their removalmdash;because you wash your clothing now, don't you, you hippie-gone-Apple-consumer sellout. [a href="http://wholesale.jetsobox.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProdproductId=555"Jetsobox/a via a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/29/light-up-apple-rainbow-logo-t-shirt/"technabob/a]br object width="506" height="417" class="left gawkerVideo embeddedVideo"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6btxBRrnLiQhl=enfs=1" param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6btxBRrnLiQhl=enfs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="506" height="417" class="left gawkerVideo"/objectimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/6btxBRrnLiQ_07.jpg" style="display: none;" class="embeddedVideoThumbnail"/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/wiiwii.jpg" width="340" height="315" /Amazon has published a list of their top selling products from the holiday season (they broke records again with 6.3 million items ordered on December 15th alone). So can you guess the biggies?/p blockquotepAmazon said best-selling holiday items this year included the Samsung 52-inch HDTV, the Apple iPod, the Acer netbook computer and Nintendo Wii./p/blockquote pSure, "Samsung HDTV" and "iPod" aren't exactly model specific, but we get the point. Big HDTVs, iPods, the Acer Aspire One (along with other netbooks, surely) and the Nintendo Wii were the hot gadgets of Christmas 2008./p pBut geeze Amazon, doesn't anyone buy books anymore? [a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5goNkpfpVj_uHeYQinvcZSNep4awA"AFP/a via a href="http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=newsnewsid=34794"Maxconsole/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/
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