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Natto Fermented Soy Beans are Great for You!

Back in the 70s, my dad was an exchange student in Japan for couple years where he had developed a taste for natto, fermented soy beans in Japan.  One of his favorite sushi is also Natto Maki, which is a sushi made with natto of course.

Well, these natto fermented soy beans have proven to be great for beating cancer and all types of diseases and plus, I find myself eating these nattos and liking them more and more.  Of course

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Balding DIY – How to Stop Balding Naturally!

Balding can be one of the most traumatizing experience for men and women, especially if they care for their hair.  Of course, as for me, I think it’s perfectly okay to be bald, perhaps you would look more “mature”, not that I am bald anytime soon.

For those of you looking to stop balding, there are remedies such as rogaine or propecia, both of which are not natural but may stop/cure balding.

Most of balding is ca

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Medical Device Hack – DIY Cellphone Digital Microscope!

Here’s an awesome hack involving a cellphone and a microscope! An engineer has made a DIY cellphone digital microscope that can actually be pretty darn useful. I think this hits the sweet spot that perhaps, many of our smartphones can be recycled as devices such as these.  Kudos!

Now an engineer, using software that he developed and about $10 worth of off-the-shelf hardware, has adapted cellphones to substitute for microscopes.

“We convert cellphones into devices that diagnose diseases,” said Aydogan Ozcan, an assistant professor of electrical engi

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Portable Stepper!

Remember I got the manual treadmill couple months back?  It’s been working great but I found a better solution for people living in small apartments, Portable Stepper!

This Portable Stepper not only save space, it allows you to step in “elliptical” motion.  I might have to get this real soon.

This is the compact elliptical trainer that provides the same lower leg motion as full-sized elliptical trainers but is small enough to slip under a bed or sto

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Weight Hack – How to Make Smart Bathroom Scale that Logs Your Weight!

In these days of high tech gadget, I have no idea why every bathroom scale doesn’t come with an SD card slot so it will automatically record your weight over time but here’s a great hack showing you how to make a smart bathroom scale that does all.

On this project I hacked a digital bathroom scale, for write (log) my weight variations over time, on a memory SD Card. I write the information (time date + weight) on a comma separated values (.CSV) file so I can quickly build a

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Ultrasonic Tooth Cleaner

Editor’s Note – Here’s an awesome ultrasonic tooth cleaner that’s also very affordable, worth a look.

If you hate dentist visits as much as I do, consider trying this Ultrasonic Tooth Cleaner to keep your teeth clean and healthy.

Using ultrasonic wave technology, it can effectively remove cigarette spots, tartars, and calculi of coffee and tea. Powered by 2 AAA batteries, it comes with 6 different shaped fittings to clean al

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Driving Hack – How to Get More Mileage on Your Car by Driving More Efficiently!

Recently, I found out a “secret” on how to get more mileage from your car without any kind of gimicks or gadgets but by doing less, waaaay less.

I admit I am a city boy or city man if you want to call it that.  I used to drive very fast, tailgate everyone, cut off everything.  That’s just the environment I grew up in South Korea where yelling at your fellow drivers was just like eating breakfast.

Well, I have done that over 15 years of my life but sadly, my fast life has come to an end.

Of course, I did go from 15.4 miles per gallon to a whopping 19

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Mental DIY – How to be Happy!

I’ve probably been a very happy guy most of my life.  When I was growing up, my friends would tell me to stop smiling even.  Well, good thing I ignored those advices, I am still a very happy guy most of the time.

Here’s some tips that can help you to be happy all the time like me:

Smile a lot. I like to smile like ALL THE TIME.  Smiling has proven to increase your serotonin levels and make you live longer and healthier. Rest a lot.  Although I probably work more than most of you 9

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Health DIY – How to Have More Energy!

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Recently, I’ve had some life-changing experiences and would like to share with the world on “how to have more energy”.

About a week ago, I got really, really sick.  I mean so sick that I could barely blog. (although I kept blogging…)

So somehow, I stopped drinking (after drinking everyday for practically most of my life on a daily basis) and also did some things that changed my life completely around.

Now, I am so FULL of energy, I feel like superman!

What did I do?

Well, to put it

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Medical DIY – EyeWriter that lets Paralyzed People to Write with Eyes!

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Before this eyewriter, the only way a paralyzed person who’s eyes are the only body part that’s not paralyzed could write was to use morse code.  Well, here’s EyeWriter, a DIY invention that allows such paralyzed person to write using their eyes.

I think this gadget has a lot more possibilities going on forward, great DIY.

Tony Quan was diagnosed with ALS in 2003. The disease has left him almost completely physically paralyzed except for his eyes. With EyeWriter Tony can now draw with his eyes.

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