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Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we discussed the Greener Gadgets conference taking place Feb. 1st in NYC (with a 20% coupon for BB readers), a tale of sexual discovery and Atari joysticks, gas station milkshakes, why there isn’t a Wiimote-based teledildonics rig, a remote-controlled Mothman flyer, a bicycle with an interesting knit carbon fiber frame, the SR-71 Blackbird in LEGO, Krups and Heineken’s BeerTender (and why American craft beer may or may not be the best in the world), knock-off retro game consoles that can use legitimate cartridges, Voltaic Systems’ new solar bag that can recharge a laptop, a carbon fiber guitar, and AT&T’s heinous plan to start filtering internet traffic.

And our new links triumvirate: deals, assorted links, and Modern Mechanix.

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Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at this curved monitor prototype from Alienware, more shots of that scooter clad in old appliance parts, mittens for smokers, some sort of zit-cooking heat gadget, an awesome tank with MiG turbines that shoots water at fires, a tiny climate control unit from Herman Miller that is not a space heater, a nice folding electric scooter prototype, an attractive lamp made from cups, saucers, and spoons, the confusion between audio compression and data compression, Sony BMG’s ricockulous plan to sell MP3s via physical gift card, Guinness’ take on videogame world records, a ghastly overpriced bed so advanced you’ll never have to leave, an update to the handy Solio solar charger, a system that turns your mattress into speakers, why I decided not to go to CES, a man making a vacuum tube by hand, and technologically keen wireless headphones from Sennheiser that are way expensive.

And one of our first round-ups of retro tech from our friends at Modern Mechanix, as well as a contest where you can win a $500 vacuum for sharing your suckiest gadget experience.

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Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at this “Love Mattress” concept design which many rightfully pointed out would be a pain to keep clean, some boring earbuds with a slick birch wood shell, a new media streamer from Archos that can’t quite do HD for some reason, a clever new conical power strip, an attractive, expensive new glass monitor from Dell (I know!), a tribute to Classic Space LEGO with extra greebles, a hot rock for cooking, coupons from the gubbermunt for digital TV convertor boxes, an upcoming game and guitar that lets you learn to play with a Guitar Hero-like system, Belkin’s new RockStar headphone hub, and a brief notice that the new Indiana Jones-themed LEGO sets are now on sale. And some deals (although nothing special).

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Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at this fantastic dismembered baby head theremin with glowy LED eyes, why fake or unlikely design mock-ups can be useful, why the Infinity Razor is junk, how to make money from Apple Keynotes, how the new TSA ban on batteries will affect you, a neat time lapse hack for SLRs, hilarious warnings from Amadana, a nifty, expensive ceiling fan with retracting blades, a blender with a tach, a microscope with an LCD screen, how the RIAA may/may not actually be going after CD rippers, a tool for escaping a car, and the Japanese art of wrapping stuff in cloth. And some links and deals.

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