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Christmas Shopping For Your Nephew

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the provided-he-doesn't-want-fire dept.

colenski writes "My vote for the coolest toy of the decade so far has to lie with the EyeClops Bionic Eye. As one reviewer noted, simply, "Microscopes never worked this well or looked this good when I was a kid." An ingeniously simple and brilliantly designed product, the EyeClops plugs into your TV and magnifies anything you put it on 200 times. Brain dead simple to use, EyeClops is a cheap $40 US / $60 Cdn gift that your nephew or nerdy niece would probably freak over. Here's some cool and disturbing pictures I got after about 20 minutes playing with it. Check out the money shot." I always struggled to focus through a microscope as a kid, and this looks like a great inexpensive present for a little kid since every cool chemistry kit is totally nerfed now. Any other fun ideas?

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  1. Nothing really beats... by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing really beats giving your nephew a hooker for Christmas.

    1. Re:Nothing really beats... by deniable · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nothing really beats giving your nephew a hooker for Christmas.

      What would he do with a rugby player? Protection racket?

    2. Re:Nothing really beats... by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, props to you for spotting that he was working a flanker.

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  2. Re:or nerdy niece??? by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shock? What shock? Nobody will know what the hell the kid's talking about. The shock will likely be on the kid's side anyway when he finds out that none of his friends talk to him anymore and when he finds himself stuffed in his locker at the end of most of his schooldays.
    Damn nerds speaking gibberish.

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  3. Re:or nerdy niece??? by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, if you want to shock teachers you need to give him plutonium, preferably weapons grade. That'll shock them. So will a stun gun.

  4. Re:Canadian Price by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess companies still like to think that the US dollar is worth twice as much.

    Or maybe they've seen too many Canadians crowing on the intarweb about the loonie being on par with the dollar and say to themselves, "Screw those guys, if they want it they can pay more."

  5. Money shot. by WK2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check out the money shot.

    It's not that kind of money shot. When I read that, it made me think of what I would have been doing if I got one of these when I was a kid. I would have looked at my butt on TV.

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  6. No, I'm New Here by New+Here · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, I'm New Here

  7. Re:Great present. by servognome · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pity kids can no longer get chemistry sets. How many genius chemists are we going to lose due to that again?
    How many genius aerospace engineers did we lose due to banning lawn darts?
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  8. nephew/niece? by mblase · · Score: 4, Funny

    EyeClops is a cheap $40 US / $60 Cdn gift that your nephew or nerdy niece would probably freak over

    I couldn't help but notice that the submitter is working under the assumption that all Slashdot readers are unable to get girls*, let alone have children of their own.

    * The idea that Slashdot readers might be feminine themselves is practically a violation of dogma.

  9. Microscopes worked great for me as a kid by throatmonster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course I was a nerdy geek and spent the time to learn how to use real microscopes. I examined a lot of things (including semen) and learned a lot of things (except, of course, the social skills needed to get the semen inside, or anywhere near, a female).

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    1. Re:Microscopes worked great for me as a kid by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

      "I examined a lot of things (including semen) and learned a lot of things (except, of course, the social skills needed to get the semen inside, or anywhere near, a female)."

      Two words:
                            "Paintball Gun"

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  10. Re:or nerdy niece??? by mblase · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nah, if you want to shock teachers you need to give him plutonium, preferably weapons grade. That'll shock them.


    You gotta watch out for that, or this might happen...
  11. Re:Exactly. by SharpFang · · Score: 2, Funny

    when he's over a submachine gun? I agree.

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  12. Re:Price disparity by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Modded flamebait by a touchy american who refuses to accept that his currency is in a nosedive. Heh.

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  13. 40 USD by drfrog · · Score: 2, Funny

    is actually around 35 cdn

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