Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide! We know as well as anyone what a ridiculous mess it is shopping for tech gifts for your family and friends, especially when you tack on the crowds, the traffic, and hearing Jingle Bell Rock 80,000 times. Sure, it seems like you’ve got an infinite number of options to comb through, but with our Holiday Gift Guide we’re aiming to simplify that gadget gift giving experience and pinpoint a most excellent present for just about anyone.
Here’s how we do our thing: the HGG is actually a series of smaller guides broken down first by whom you’ll be buying gifts for, and then by price range. Today we’re starting with him, easily the most discerning gadget giftee; in a few days we’ll go to her, then son, daughter, dad, mom, and so on. The guides will be collected in a landing page which can be helpfully sorted by price and recipient (which will be up soon). We’ll publish a new guide every few days through Christmas, so you’ll have plenty of time to shop around online and in stores, and we do suggest you check out all the guides — especially since you never know when you’ll find something you want for yourself.
Enjoy, and happy holidays!
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Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide, 2008! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Far from being the first artificial heart we’ve seen, the latest iteration unveiled by a team of French scientists is easily the most sophisticated. Built from technology used in satellites and airplanes, the prototype heart is said to “beat almost exactly like the real thing using electronic sensors to regulate heart rate and blood flow.” Reportedly, the device boasts “the same tiny sensors that measure air pressure and altitude in an airplane or satellite,” enabling it to theoretically react in an instant if the patient suddenly needs more or less blood. Thus far, the heart has only been tested in animals, and now gurus behind it are hoping to net approval from authorities in order to forge ahead with clinical trials. Of course, a “lifelike” heart made from polymer and pig tissue won’t come cheap, with initial pricing estimates putting it just south of 200 grand. Or, just enough to give you a heart attack.
[Via DailyTech, image courtesy of AP; thanks, Allislost]
Prototype artificial heart unveiled, expected to cost $192k originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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