Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Joel Johnson 2:27 pm Fri Nov 16, 2007

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at this juice-infusing "Turkey Cannon," the first in-game footage from the new Ghostbusters game, a device to discover hidden cameras in your home, old news footage from the Japan Tech Expo '95, a Chewbacca backpack (add your own wookie smell), an expensive ratcheting corkscrew, a company that makes motion-based microgenerators gets some funding, a strong, simple fridge magnet, a device that plays music when you're on the can, a water filter that adds flavor, new fire-resistant hard drives and safes, a very nice yet overpriced dock radio, a lamp shaped like a mushroom (sadly just a concept, I think), a must-watch video that lays bare the utter failure of modern telco customer service, a man creating 300 game concepts, hearty all-beef calculators showing the Russians still like their gear Russiany, a folding keyboard, a surprisingly witty Ford Sync commercial, the latest in no-muss turkey roasting, a heart-stopping recreation of the battleship Yamato in LEGO, and an easy way to return your poison toys.

And some deals, including your chance to get in on that Amazon "Customers Vote" promotion. (Worth doing even if you don't follow through.)

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Traintrackr is a light-up circuit-board map of the London Underground or Boston Metro

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Short Post, just one paragraph

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Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

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The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

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