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This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Robot Land theme park breaking ground in South Korea - Engadget
  
• Electric man power strip- Technabob
• IBM files for patent for armor to help you dodge bullets like Neo - Gizmodo
• United Airlines unplugs number for complaints - AOL Travel
• Get everything made in bamboo! - Ubergizmo
• Telling time just got more annoying - OhGizmo!

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Skullcandy Deal: Save 10% on Headphones 
• Scala Rider Q2 Bluetooth Motorcycle Headset Review
• Accessories Discount: Save at Accessory Geeks
• Hot Vette: The New Corvette Stingray in Transformers

Remember last year, a lot of people went nuts over the new Chevy Camaro that was Bumble Bee in the movie Transformers?

This year, you won’t be surprised by the sick looking car that’s going to be roaming around the trailers for The new Transformers: Rise of the Fallen.Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was unveiled in Chicago yesterday.

Check out all the photos here.

And to go along with our car theme, here are also some cool pictures for the cars in the upcoming flick, Fast and the Furious. Check them out here.

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This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• String together some Daisy-Chainable X-Mini II Orb Speakers - C-NET Asia
• Why Obama doesn’t use a cordless phone - Gizmodo
• Retro Transformers wristwatch - OhGizmo!
• The light bulb that thinks it’s a speaker - Machines that Go Bing!
• Another Wii? - Ubergizmo
• Shoplifters beware of the T-34 - Engadget

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• TomTom Deal: Save $100 on Select TomTom GPS
• Oprah is a Lego! Legos Presidential Inauguration Display
• Expiring HP Deal: Save 30% off Select HP Pavilions
• Bluetooth Car Speaker: Speaker Hooks to Steering Wheel
  

Not too long ago, I wrote a post about how Nike had released the Transformers shoes to celebrate the release of the movie. Well, it looks like they now have a bit of competition.

Reebok has come up with a shoe of their own, the Voltron series. You guys remember them don’t you? The cartoon show that featured five lion robots that formed into one giant fighting machine.

Before you get too excited for this piece of footwear, I must warn you. This shoe is only available in Singapore at the moment. Score one for Transformers.

I see an intergalactic battle on the horizon.

Source: LimitedEdt.com

Just when you thought the Transformers craze was over with, Nike keeps it going when they come up with a Transformer of their own. The Marine Convoy.

The Nike Free 7.0, or The Marine Convoy as this character is named, is an original character created by Nike which bares the swoosh logo and is even donning a pair of the Nike’s himself.

But for all you Transformers nerds who are looking to stand this up next to your model of Optimus Prime, I’ve got some bad news. Unless you can find it on eBay or anyone else, it’s currently only available in Japan for about 2,500 Yen.

Source: Gizmodo via Hype Beast.

Seeing how Transformers has been around since the 80s, I’m a little surprised to see that Nike has just started to jump on the product bandwagon.

Well, better late then never I guess they say, and so here is the new line of shoes that the Swoosh released today, honoring the Autobots and Decepticons.

But after a closer look at the shoe, I’m not so excited. Besides the crazy pastel color schemes, there is nothing else that really says “Transformers” about them. I mean, they don’t transform into anything so what is so fun about these shoes? At least they could have put something in the heel of the Air Trainer III so that when you stomped, it screamed, “I am Optimus Prime.”

That could be your last hope of trying to scare off anyone who wants to put you through the ground when they see you walking around in these shoes.

Read this post at 100% Injury Rate about the shoes. It’s quite funny.

Source: 100% Injury Rate, Freshness Mag.

Keeping up with the Transformers theme, here’s the trailer for the video game.

YouTube - Watch Transformers

Moviegoers packed into theaters Tuesday, catapulting Transformers to No. 1 at the box office.

The movie set the new Tuesday record for gross in a day by bringing in $27,450,000.

They should tack on another $10.00, cause I’ll be going to see it real soon.

Source: Box Office Mojo, MSN