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Visionary Lenses: Red and Purple

February 15, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  X-Men movies made the Oakley Juliet with the ruby red lenses into an icon. Deep ruby-red lenses are very difficult to find. Most of the aftermarket lenses are yellow [...]

Valentine’s Day 2011

February 14, 2011 // 0 Comments

How  better to demonstrate your love for your honey-bunny, pookie-bear, or snugglie-poo than by mathematically plotting a heart in three-dimensional space? The best part? [...]

iPad Keyboard Cases

February 11, 2011 // 0 Comments

When  the iPad first came out, Apple released a tablet version of their wireless Bluetooth that came with a dedicated dock. We thought it was a pretty useless accessory. [...]

MOS : Hayden Planetarium FirstLook

February 10, 2011 // 0 Comments

For  the past year, the Museum of Science has been busy renovating the Hayden Planetarium. This Sunday, the Planetarium will reopen it doors and unveil to the public the [...]

Shun Knives FirstLook

February 9, 2011 // 0 Comments

There is no kitchen equipment more important than a good knife. A good knife can make cutting, slicing, and chopping tasks precise, effortless, and even pleasurable. It may [...]

Pelican 1650 Case retrofit

February 8, 2011 // 0 Comments

We posted a FirstLook of a telecope transport case yesterday. The case was originally designed for the military to protect and ship electronic equipment. It happens to [...]

Meade LX200 Telescope Case

February 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

The interns have been researching various options for transporting the two telescopes. There are few telescope case makers and their cases are typically custom-fit units [...]

Handpresso Outdoor Set FirstLook

February 4, 2011 // 0 Comments

Once in a while an item gets put aside and, for one reason or another, never makes it back on to the review schedule. Last March, we posted a preview of the Handpresso [...]

Year of the Rabbit

February 3, 2011 // 0 Comments

Lepus, the Rabbit, is chased across the February evening skies by the great hunter, Orion. The Greeks who named this constellation, envisioned the hare forever eluding [...]

Logitech K800 FirstLook

February 2, 2011 // 0 Comments

Keyboards have been with us for a long time. If one includes typewriters, keyboards have been around for well over a 100 years. The computer keyboard came into existance [...]
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