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Kraft Invents The Twinkie Of Bagels: "Bagelfuls"

Ever toast, spread cream cheese on, and eat a bagel, and be like, damn, this is taking too long? Kraft's Bagelfuls, essentially, a bagel Twinkie, are for you. A "Bagelful" is a frozen bagel tube with cream cheese inside. They're kept in the refrigerator and then toasted, microwaved, or even eaten straight from the box. If you've given up on life, be sure to try one of these delicious "Baglefuls."

Kraft's $100 Million Idea: Cream Cheese-Filled Bagels [Brandweek]

2:56 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Ben Popken
13,238 views, 68 comments

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Best Buy Starts Venture Capital Fund

Best Buy leveraging its business acumen into the exciting field of venture capital investing. Called Best Buy Capital, it will, according to several job postings, "serve as a source of innovative growth options for the enterprise rooted in smaller, more innovative, and potentially disruptive opportunities." Sounds great! I have an idea for a new kind of digital tortilla chip clip. You know how you get down to the bottom of the bag of tortillas and you get the chip pieces that are small? And then when you try to dip them in salsa you get salsa all over your fingers? Well with my chip clip you would be able to grab a bunch of the chip pieces together. All dip, no drip! Plus, your fingers won't start to burn from the salsa exposure, irregardless of how long you use it. It would also have a digital timer and be USB-powered. Best Buy Capital, if you're interested, drop me a line. Inside, via DiversityInc Careers, a job posting for Best Buy Capital so maybe one of our readers can get a job there and then invest in my project... More »

6:48 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Ben Popken
1,881 views, 7 comments

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Plastic Battery Invented!

Engineers at Brown have invented a battery that uses plastic, instead of metal, to conduct electricty. The new device, "marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a battery." More »

6:55 PM on Wed Sep 13 2006
By Ben Popken
152 views, 3 comments

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New Device Tells You When You're Being Annoying

Good news for Luke Johnson! Thanks to an intrepid MIT scientist, a new device will soon allow even the most clueless social reject to know when others find him boring or irritating. More »

7:15 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By consumerist.com
414 views, 3 comments