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Christmas Cheer

Submission + - Gadgets for a budding geek

fprintf writes: "As much as I hate to admit it, it looks like my 13 year old son is following in my shadow and preferring interesting, scientific based toys. He calls them "knick-knacks" and in the past has been really interested in Lava Lamps, Newton's Cradle and anything magnetic. It seems the ones that generated the most interest were small and relatively inexpensive. For example, a small laser pointer keychain I bought him at age 11 still provides tons of entertainment.

Yesterday I showed him ThinkGeek and he really liked the Levitron.

I wanted to ask the Slashdot crowd what were some other really neat, interesting gadgets? Is there anything cool in the under $50 range that you would like in your stocking this year?"
Medicine

Submission + - Study links personal music players to hearing loss

fprintf writes: A recent NY Times article discusses links between personal music players and hearing loss. This is not anything new, as personally I had received hearing loss from listening to my Sony Walkman cassette player many years ago. However given the widespread use of the personal music players, I see people with earbuds in everywhere, is there a technical solution to the potential danger? Would better headphones that account for ambient noise help?

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