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"This handy 3-in-1 gadget has a few tricks up its sleeve. Not only is it a 2GB flash drive for storing files, it also has a built-in rechargeable battery that lets you charge your iPod or iPhone when you’re stuck away from civilization. The Macally PowerLink ($50) also features an iPod/iPhone dock connector and a USB connector for syncing and recharging.” The site says the product is coming soon. [via uncrate]

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Vaja makes some unique case for gadgets, especially the sleek ivolution lady hoster (for iPhone) or the sporty ivolution SP (for iPhone 3G). Prices start at $85. Sorry, we couldn’t link to the products themselves since the site is flash. 

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Alice Wang‘s clever inventions put a new spin on sleep-related devices.  With perfect sleep, instead of “setting when you want to wake up, this clock allows you to set how long you want to sleep.” With tyrant, the alarm clock “steals your mobile phone and randomly shuffles through your contact list and calls someone every three minutes after the desired wake up time.

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Matthew Kozak made a fractal scene of a self-replicating robot. “Several years ago, I built a robot whose sole purpose in life was to create an even smaller robot just like himself… So much like himself, that this robot endeavored to create yet another tiny robot, ad infinitum. This continued for a while until an extremely tiny speck of robot tried to endow purpose upon a cloud of molecules with ruinous result.”

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You can now download a free trial of the creature creator by the long-awaited create-your-own-universe game, Spore. I saw a demo at SXSW two years ago and it was highly engaging.  “With Spore you can nurture your creature through five stages of evolution: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. Or if you prefer, spend as much time as you like making creatures, vehicles, buildings and spaceships with Spore’s unique Creator tools.” The game is also available for pre-order from various retailers. 

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The Sanctuary is “a place to put the multitude of personal items we all carry around so they are easily located again when later needed and, always fully charged. The simple and compact design conceals a universal charger compatible with over 1500 electronic devices from most major brands and a USB port allowing hundreds more electronic devices to be charged using just The Sanctuary. Users can from now on charge their cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, iPod, MP3 player, and bluetooth headset simultaneously in one location.”

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Mmmm, geekiness. “Created by Sam Potts from the The New York Times. Click the image for a large version.” [via Epic-Fu]

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Damien Weighill, an illustrator from London, would like to draw your face. From the site: “Real people don’t read your blog. A fact that I wasn’t made aware of when I signed up for these things; It now seems so obvious. If you are reading this and you do happen to be a real person then why not send me a photo (one which includes your real face) and I will draw a picture of you and post it here to serve as everlasting proof that sometimes facts are wrong.” I’m looking for a photo to send him now!

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