Generally, we advise against filling your home or office with pepper spray, but if you're particularly paranoid about burglars breaking in and vigorously ransacking your belongings then perhaps this is the gadget for you. The Burglar Blaster is a movement-triggered automatic pepper spray, which - if you don't shut it off within 40 seconds - will fill a 2,000 square feet space with eye and throat mauling gas.
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Burglar Blaster: Motion-triggered pepper spray, for when sirens aren’t enough [Video]
iPad 2 gets “Will It Blend” treatment [Video]
Asking "will it blend?" is a tech cliché by now, but we still can't help but watch agog as Blendtec do their usual with the new iPad 2. The new Apple tablet may be so rare that online orders aren't shipping for 4-5 weeks and queues outside stores trail round the block, but that hasn't stopped Blendtec's Tom Dickson from snapping a brand new white iPad 2 in half and then jamming it in his industrial-strength blender.
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Nokia “tweener” tablet tipped in mobile gaming push [Video]
Nokia's tablet ambitions may see the company slotting a so-called "tweener" device in-between smartphone and the currently available slates, according to Nokia EVP Tero Ojanperä. Speaking at SXSW this week with Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka, the Nokia exec suggested that the existing crop of tablets wouldn't be the last word in innovation, and predicted something somewhat larger than a smartphone could find a niche.
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New Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 teaser confirms rear camera [Video]
The fast-approaching Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has made a fleeting appearance in a new teaser video from the company. Promised for later this month at CTIA 2011, there are no specs revealed for the new tablet but its brief sighting is enough to confirm a rear camera with flash.
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MAGIC W3 Win7 smartphone video demos: HD playback, Photoshop, more
AdvanceTC's MAGIC W3 Windows 7 smartphone grabbed attention last month with its combination of a chunky phone form-factor but full-fat Windows install inside. The company has sent over some videos of the MAGIC W3 in action, and as you might expect it's a flexible little beastie.
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OS GSR-110B portable generator uses flexible solar panel [Video]
A Japanese company has developed a highly portable backup generator which uses a flexible solar panel to fit 40W of power into a 3kg package. The OS GSR-110B combines a 24W internal rechargeable battery with a 16W solar panel that pulls 1.2m from the side of the unit.
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Junkyard Jumbotron makes instant multi-screen displays [Video]
MIT researchers have developed Junkyard Jumbotron, a way to take multiple devices - whether smartphones, notebooks, tablets or indeed anything else with a browser - and then instantly piece them together into one large display. The app, currently a free beta, uses QR codes to learn where each display is relatively positioned, and then spreads a single image across those multiple screens.
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Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet First Drive
The was a time when having a convertible meant sacrificing rear seats and trunk space, but more and more vehicles are losing their heads and offering sunlit driving. Nissan, though, claims it has still managed a world’s-first with the Murano CrossCabriolet, so far the only crossover AWD drop-top. On offer is a lofty driving position with room for four, along with a fast-shifting roof and all the safety kit you’d expect; Nissan invited SlashGear down to its Dallas showcase to take the Murano CrossCabriolet for a spin.
Samsung’s Galaxy S II gets glowing prototype preview [Video]
Samsung's Galaxy S II may have been soundly teased before its MWC 2011 debut, but it's still one of the dual-core Android smartphones we're most interested in from the show. mobile-review has managed to acquire a prototype Galaxy S II, and has wasted no time in putting it through its paces in a preview.
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iPad 2 Guided Tours give the official walkthrough
Apple's iPad 2 is only a day away, and the company has thrown up a range of iPad 2 guided tours walking through the main functionality of the refreshed tablet. Of course, there's always the full SlashGear iPad 2 review if you want to know all the details.
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VeriFone launches anti-Square security campaign [Video]
VeriFone has been making headlines recently with its NFC plans and potential Groupon button, but it seems the payments expert is also hoping to solidify its place in the market by sinking its upstart competitors. The company has kicked off new campaign claiming mobile payments service Square suffers "a serious security flaw": because the Square credit card reader, which plugs into the headphone socket of your iPhone or iPad, doesn't encrypt the data from the card, a malicious third-party could write an unofficial app that illegally collects your details.
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Voltitude folding electric bike packs Swiss style [Video]
We're big fans of folding bikes here at SlashGear, ever since reviewing Sinclair Research's seriously small A-Bike, but an electric boost to our feeble geeky legs is always welcome. Swiss firm Voltitude is promising just that, a compact bike that can fold and unfold in seconds and which uses a 9.5Ah Li-Poly battery good for up to 18 miles.
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