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Best of the Week

by Thomas Houston on April 12, 2009 at 05:25 PM


Been another long week here at the Switched offices, but we stumbled on this absurd car-ready crock pot earlier in the week, and it set us off on a flurry of excited Googling for other crazy AC-powered car gadgets. Although our favorite may be the passenger-seat-ready sandwich maker, you can buy a portable pizza oven if that's more your thing. In other news, A Wyoming Dad took a hammer to his daughter's cell phone after she rang up a $5,000 bill; unfortunately, the family didn't have a text messaging plan.
  • Some New York City middle schools testing out Nintendo's 'Wii Fit' as part of the P.E. curriculum. As much as we love technology here at Switched, we can't help but thinking some chalk, a four square ball, and asphalt would be a better idea.
  • 'Rock Band' (and its brethren) is arguably the ultimate party game, but the guitar, drums, and other peripherals take up a lot of space (especially if you're living in a small studio). Fortunately, AK Designs, a furniture company that focuses on gamers, has released a new ottoman that stores all your hard-rocking gear.
  • A couple has created a Twitter-enabled cat door. This was going to happen sooner or later, and it's only a matter of time before this thing is mass-produced and available in stores across the country. The two cats are equipped with RFID tags on their collars, and a message gets sent to Twitter every time they step through the special door. If you really want to read about two cats' comings and goings, head over to their riveting Twitter account.
  • Baseball season is finally here, and we've got a roundup of the best baseball gadgets out there.

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