Handy Salt Meter Figures Out Salt Level In Your Food

The Japanese are well known to have an extremely healthy diet, so much so that you will find plenty of centenarians there, more than in any other country in the world. Of course, with the introduction of McDonalds and other fast foods, it might be a matter of time before that record falls. Still, despite the perception that Japan has a healthy food culture, it has been said that a fair number of Japan's most popular dishes do come with enough fat and salt which can raise one's blood pressure to a new record (not a good thing at all) if you are not careful in your indulgence.

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Canada getting ready to sell GM stake

Canada's federal government and the government of the province of Ontario have started searching for an investment bank to sell the rest of their combined 140 million shares in General Motors, according to an unidentified source, Bloomberg reports. That represents a 10-percent stake up for sale. The news doesn't come as a surprise because Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in December that Canada wanted to sell its shares of GM stock, a point that was reiterated yesterday by one of his spokespeople. Canada invested $9.5 million for 175 million shares of GM's stock in 2009 as part of the company's government bailout.

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2014 Toyota Corolla and Tundra production underway

After months of leaked photos and speculative reports, Toyota finally unveiled its 2014 Corolla to the world in early July at a star-studded California party. The confetti has been swept up and the champagne flutes washed and stored, and now the real work can begin: production. Toyota has announced that its new C-segment player has begun rolling off the lines at its plants in Mississippi and Ontario, Canada this week ahead of the planned start of sales in September. What's more, the refreshed 2014 Tundra pickup has also segued into production in San Antonio, Texas.
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Lucra 2.2 helps define long hood, short deck

If not for Fast & Furious 6, most of us would have probably never heard of Lucra Cars or its incredibly powerful and lightweight LC470.

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See the light with iblazr, the external flash for your mobile device

. Do you like to take pictures with your mobile device but often have issues taking those pictures at night or in low light with your mobile device's flash. Do wish there was an external flash that synchronized with the camera apps on your mobile device. The iblazr, a Kickstarter project from Vlad Tislenko, may be the device you are looking for. The iblazr is being touted as “The LED Flash for Smartphones and Tablets” by its designers. It's a rechargeable 4 LED flash that attaches to your smart device via the audio jack. It's designed to work with iOS and Android devices, and it can also double as a flashlight.

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Unitcom AEX15X1-32GB 15.6-inch Notebook

Here's the newest member to Unitcom's 15.6-inch notebook line-up, the AEX15X1-32GB. The system sports a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD display, a 2.40GHz Intel Core i7-3630QM processor, an Intel HM77 Express Chipset, a GeForce GTX 670MX 3GB graphics card, a 32GB DDR3 RAM, a 128GB SSD, a 1TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, WiFi, Bluetooth and runs on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (SP1) OS. The AEX15X1-32GB is available now for 189,980 Yen (about $1,907).

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Magic 8 Ball Hacked To Show Images Instead

The Magic 8 Ball has been a fair number of things in the past, where among them include a flash prank that we talked about a couple of years back, a rather rectangular version which sullies the namesake of the device, and one with an internal OLED display thanks to a hack. The avid DIY enthusiast might want to check out this unique Magic 8 Ball that has been specially hacked to deliver up to 60 image responses (of fortune or failure) to the curious person. The person behind this hacked Magic 8 Ball is a certain Jason Poel Smith, where the 20-sided fortune die inside has been removed only to be replaced by a digital picture keychain instead.

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