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Alternative Holiday Gift Ideas For The Before It’s News Gift Giver

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| ELECTRONICS |

1. Telekinetic Mindflex Duel Game - ✰✰

The son of the original Mindflex, Mindflex Duel pits one user’s mind against another in a test of pure telekinetic willpower.

Move over, Obi-wan Kenobi

This incredible game has two lightweight headsets. The objective is to levitate a ball and move it across a futuristic-looking game board. The game features five interactive challenges. Once you master them all you may be ready to attend the Jedi school of mind control.

Although the mind-busting game normally goes for $99.99, Amazon has it on sale at a (yes) mind-boggling price of only $79.99. Go here to order it before it slips your mind.

Video demonstration here. 

2. The amazing MindWave - ✰✰

The incredible MindWave educator

If the Mindflex isn’t brainy enough for you try the MindWave on for size. This whiz-bang gizmo turns your computer into a private tutor. The manufacturer states that their product “takes decades of laboratory brainwave technology and puts it into a bundled software package for under $100. “

Interacts with math, memory and pattern recognition applications

Unlike the brain machine in Total Recall, the makers of MindWave assure you that their device “safely measures brainwave signals and monitors the attention levels of students as they interact with math, memory and pattern recognition applications.”

Ten apps are included with experiences ranging from fun entertainment to serious education.

MindWave sells for $99.95. For complete information and to order go here.

Santa loves holiday carolers [Galaxy]

3. The Advanced BCX ULTRA Radio Frequency Plasma Ray Tube – ✰✰✰

Want to take a flyer on the fringe? Then the Advanced BCX ULTRA Radio Frequency Plasma Ray Tube is for you.

Literally, for the person who has everything, or just wants a whole new life: The Advanced BCX ULTRA Radio Frequency Plasma Ray Tube brings Rife- type radio frequency instrumentation into the 21st Century with unequalled precision and performance.

It does almost everything except comb your hair

Inventor Royal Raymond Rife

What the heck is a Rife-type radio frequency? The description states the device was created by “The Greatest Scientific Medical Genius Of Our Age, Royal Raymond Rife.”

If that doesn’t answer all your questions, the manufacturer claims that “By exposing disease organisms to highly-modified forms of their own unique frequency, viruses and bacteria can be eliminated by the millions leaving healthy tissue unharmed.

“Validated by nearly 80 years of research, this technology can be used for experimental research purposes on pathogens and other metabolic deficiencies like Arthritis, Fungus, Virus, Candida, Migraines, Infections, Herpes, Lyme disease, Depression, Kidney Insufficiency, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Liver Congestion & many other conditions.”

How to order it

The Advanced BCX Ultra: $2,695.00. Comes complete with handheld Ray Tubes!

The optional Vortex Ray Tube tabletop unit’s just $1,295.00 (No tubes to hold.)

For complete information and a special order form go here.

Have you been naughty or nice?

| BOOKS AND VIDEO |

4. UFOs in Wartime: What They Didn’t Want You To Know by Mack Maloney* – ✰

UFOs in Wartime traces the early days of UFO sightings and incidents starting from as far back as Alexander the Great’s encounter with them, through World War One and the 1930s right up through every war including the current Iraq-Afghanistan wars.

Many of the incidents are culled from the eyewitness testimony of military men—what they saw and experienced relating to UFOs in the theaters of war.

An exciting read—A great gift idea! Paperback or Kindle edition version both at $7.99

Available at Amazon. Go here.

*Mack Maloney received a BS in journalism and a graduate degree in filmmaking from Emerson College. He was a sports reporter for two years after college before joining GE. Mack started writing military books in 1984, and has been writing full time since 1987, penning over 30 books.

5. Mysteries of the Multiverse: 25 True Stories from Time and Space by Terrence Aym – ✰

Discover for yourself…

The horror that drove a British sailor mad…

The amazing truth about an American base on the Moon…

The astonishing story of America’s ancient war against a race of fiercesome giants…

How genius Nikola Tesla nearly destroyed the world…

Why a Russian engineer invented a working time machine…

The evidence for terrifying, giant five foot spiders in the Congo…

A Russian spy trawler’s eerie encounter with a deadly ghost ship…

…and many more otherworldly tales that truly are stranger than fiction!

This new book dares you to explore astonishing facts

Another world exists just below the comfort level of what we think is real. It’s a world of half-remembered nightmares and shadows slipping through the night—a place few want to dwell in for too long a time…It’s the world of the hidden multiverse.

Mysteries of the Multiverse explores the reasons why impossible artifacts exist; reveals the myths that hide truths; delves into the secrets of time anomalies and time travel; searches for lost cities on other worlds; and confronts phantoms head on—embrace the mysteries. Learn the secrets few humans have known until now…

Mysteries of the Multiverse is available now at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

eBook $2.99 … Paperback $7.99

Learn more about book here.

Amazon Kindle and paperback here. 

Barnes and Noble nook format here.

Morgan Freeman’s ‘cosmic kaleidoscope’

6. Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman (2 DVD Set) – ✰

This exciting documentary, hosted by actor Morgan Freeman, probes the questions of existence. Freeman goes to some of the greatest minds on Earth and explores with them the twists and turns of quantum physics, the mysterious origins of life, the true meaning of time, and much more.

Includes comprehensive commentary and insights by leading scientists in the fields of astrophysics, quantum mechanics, string theory, astrobiology, and cosmology.

Price for 2 DVD set is $35.98. Find out more at Amazon here.

Alien kids spy on four-armed Santa [Galaxy]

7. Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality by Dean Radin – ✰

Dean Radin explores the paranormal and ESP from the perspective of quantum physics and string theory in Entangled Minds—a book many reviewers called remarkable.

Entanglement and the psychic experience

The publisher asks: “Can we sense what’s happening to loved ones thousands of miles away? Why are we sometimes certain of a caller’s identity the instant the phone rings? Do intuitive hunches contain information about future events? Is it possible to perceive without the use of the ordinary senses?

“Albert Einstein called entanglement “spooky action at a distance”—the way two objects remain connected through time and space, without communicating in any conventional way, long after their initial interaction has taken place.”

Although Einstein didn’t like it, entanglement exists and is one of the foundations of modern quantum physics.

Psychic phenomena proven true

In this breakthrough book, Radin reveals that telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real. The phenomena are proven, based on scientific evidence from thousands of stringent laboratory experiments.

Entangled Minds is a rational, scientific understanding of psychic phenomena and a great reference book to consult when confronted by debunkers and skeptics.

$11.20 at Amazon. Go here.

“Why does Johnny always want a flying saucer?

8. Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs DVD - ✰

A veritable UFO extravaganza

Dan Aykroyd busted ghosts and dealt with The Neighbors…can he bust open the UFO mystery?

“Front and center is Aykroyd (who has appeared in movies ranging from Ghost Busters to Driving Miss Daisy, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award), who muses on topics ranging from sightings around the world to alien abduction to what he would do if he could travel in time. Though Aykroyd’s comments on scientific topics are unrevelatory, his descriptions of personal encounters seem lucid and grounded in experience.— Bret Fetzer

Amazon $4.99. Go here.

STOCKING STUFFERS

9a. From across the pond: Control A Boss remote – ✰

From retailer’s description:

Despite its wide range of commands, this remote might not persuade your boss to change his/her annoying habits, but it will help to bolster your own self esteem. There are buttons to switch off ego and control shouting and even ones to command the purchase of donuts/coffee/lunch.

Batteries not included. Or required. Powered by positive thinking.

From Gizmo and Widget £3.83 – Go here.

SETI says that ‘It’s only a matter of time…’

9b. A Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) gift certificate – ✰

Your SETI gift certificate looks like this

Make a contribution to science AND send a unique and impactful gift.

A unique gift for a friend or loved one that is truly out of this world! A gift SETI-ficate includes free membership to TeamSETI through 3/31/13 (limited time offer, new members only). SETI can send this e-package to your recipient to print and keep along with your personalized message, or to you to print as a special gift or stocking stuffer in time for the holidays.

SETI, the Institute and its members all over the world, share a very important wish: to learn, to explore, and to find other life in the universe. And without supporters like you, SETI could not have come this far in their profound scientific journey of exploration.

Every contribution will go directly to supporting the scientists of the SETI Institute in the ever expanding exploration of the infinite cosmos.

Certificates issued for donation of $15 and up. Go to order page here.

SETI Homepage

SETI gift shop on Facebook

9c. The Night Before Christmas App by One Hundred Robots. For children – ✰

For generations of families, Christmas wouldn’t be complete without reading this beloved poem. Now, this cherished classic is brilliantly recreated in a charming, contemporary way that captures all the enchantment and “joyful good cheer” of Saint Nick’s annual visit. The story can be enjoyed with or without sound and provides the option of a “Read to Me” experience. Bring some real holiday magic to your iPad this year with a Night Before Christmas that will entertain children of all ages.

A measely $1.99 fom iTunes. See App here.

Santa, I want a robot kit so I can build a girlfriend!
 

| ROBOTS |

10. Robot construction kits - ✰ ✰ ✰

Robots.net recommends three different robot construction kits: “Most beginners will learn some useful skills from any of these and advanced builders will enjoy scavenging for parts. While we’d be happy to play with any of these, the growing number of kits makes them seem a bit more mundane than in previous years. But they’re still enough fun to make the number ten spot on this year’s list.

“The VEX Autonomous Robot Starter Bundle ($399.99) is good choice. It offers a nice selection of drive train train and chassis components. You get a choice of several development environments but all of them are proprietary with the associated license restrictions and hardware limitations. The Swirling Brain notes that the slightly older VEX system, known Revell Vexplorer Robotics System ($156) is worth checking out, “This is a good Vex starter kit. Or if you just want to jump in go for the big kit!”. The Revell version doesn’t include a microcontroller but, with a little ingenuity, you could probably use an inexpensive Arduino (see gift idea #3) to do the job.

“The Bioloid Beginner Kit ($339) is another good choice. It’s a collection of modular, RC-servo type joints controlled by an Atmel AVR ATMega128 micro. Like the VEX kit, the included development software is proprietary but it can be tossed and you can use the same AVR tool chains that professional AVR developer use (AVR-GCC, WinAVR, OSX-AVR; all GPL’d free software).

“The LEGO Mindstorms NXT ($224.99) is probably the most widely used robot kit and integrates with the LEGOs. Nearly everyone has some LEGOs lying around somewhere, making this kit that much more useful. Like the others, it comes with proprietary software

Go to the robots.net article for further information. http://robots.net/article/2708.html

Robot construction kits from $156 to $400.

Bioloid – Comprehensive Educational Robot Kit — Advanced

A high performance, advanced programmable robot.

The Bioloid Multi-bot is the first robot of its kind to be built around serially controlled servo technology. This allows the user to construct a wide variety of robot configurations, including the autonomous exploration robot, quadruped puppy robot, hexapod spider robot, dinosaur robot and bi-pedal humanoid…all with one controller board.

The kit is made up of many identical injection molded building blocks that the builder can mix and match at their discretion. The CM-5 module, shown below to the left of the three connected servos, is an Atmel ATMega128 based mcu module, which houses both the controller and the robot’s rechargeable battery pack (9.6V). The controller board uses serial connection to communicate with each of the servos.igh Performance

From $900 to $1,200. Check it out here.

Bioloid Comprehensive Robot Kit Demonstration Video. (Really cool)

Santa greets his alien counterpart! [Galaxy]

To make sure you’re in the holiday spirit, here’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas—NASA Style

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, NASA-style

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the stars
Not a creature was stirring, not even on Mars.
The space boots were hung by the airlock with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The robots were nestled all snug on their tires,
As visions of upgrades danced through their wires;
Mom put on her headset while I counted prime numbers,
We had settled our brains for a long winter’s slumber,
When out on the dome there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my sack to see what was the matter.

Poem continued at PhysLink.com http://www.physlink.com/fun/nasachristmas.cfm

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES!

Terrence Aym

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