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Compact Disc-Powered Paper Airplane Launcher

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I don’t know about you, but I haven’t touched a compact disc in years. They have to still be good for something besides drink coasters. Well, they are. It turns out they can make a great paper airplane launcher.

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Crazy DIY created this clever CD-powered launcher for paper airplanes and demonstrates it in this sound effects-filled video. Sure, it takes some of the fun out of launching them the old fashioned way, but there is something very satisfying about seeing a paper plane launched in this way.

As if we weren’t lazy enough, now we can have our paper planes launched for us as well. It’s hard to tell how far it goes in the video, but I’m betting this machine helps get more distance than tossing by hand.

[via Reddit via Laughing Squid]

Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Jensen JENCD470C Stereo CD player with AM/FM and Vertical Loading CD Player at $32.79

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New Disc with Million-Year Data Storage Capacity is Created

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Want toData storage on discs began in the year 1956. It was then that IBM built the first computer that could save information in disc form. Today we have come a long way since those good old days....

Sony and Panasonic Are Working Together on 300 GB Optical Disc

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The two giant firms have made a pact to come out with something big. This will be in the form of a disc that will carry more information than previously possible. Sony and Panasonic have decided to...

Philips Exits Home Entertainment Business

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Philips has announced that it has agreed to sell its audio and video business to Funai Electric Co. Philips has made audio and video items such as home theater speakers, smart phone docking stations...

The CD celebrates its 30th birthday, recalls a time when it was cool to play music with lasers

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The CD celebrates its 30th birthday, looks forward to retro kitsch retirement

Like so many other technologies, it's tough to pin down an exact birthday for the compact disc. If we're tracing things back to the world of LaserDisc as a potential commercial product, we're talking years or decades earlier. As far as laboratory testing is concerned for the tech as we've come to know, love and subsequently abandon, the we're going back to the mid-70s in our journey. For the sake of simplicity, let's go with the first commercial record to be released on the format. That would be 52nd Street by one William Martin Joel, a release that came a few years after the album's issuing on vinyl, to coincide with the Sony's CDP-101, which let audiophiles do more than just stare in wonder at the shiny plastic disc they just bought.

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Sony unveils in-car receivers with App Remote, taps into your smartphone music from October

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Sony unveils incar receivers with App Remote, taps into your smartphone music from October

Sony has been big on smartphone integration for car audio lately, having already launched its MirrorLink receivers earlier in the year for the more well-heeled drivers among us. The company is bringing that mobile tie-in down to Earth through a new quartet of in-car CD receivers. The MEX-GS600BT, MEX-BT4100P, MEX-BT3100P and CDX-GS500R all bring in App Remote, which lets the faceplate buttons steer local music or Pandora streaming radio coming from Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Walkman devices paired through a Bluetooth wireless link. The old-fashioned USB connection is still on offer for these and the HD Radio-toting CDX-GT710HD, while the whole collection can graft on the optional SXV200V1 tuner to carry the full Sirius XM satellite radio lineup. Differences across the line aren't completely clear from Sony's wording, although both the MEX-GS600BT and CDX-GS500R carry two USB ports as well as 5-volt RCA preamp outputs. You'll be waiting awhile to slip any of these receivers into a DIN slot, regardless of which one you pick: the GS500R ships in October for $199, and the rest hit the shops in November for between $149 to $249.

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Back to School 2012: Otterbox Defender Series for Original iPad

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The Otterbox Defender Series is available at Amazon for $20.99. Summer is in full swing. Lazy days by the pool or at the beach are all that is on your mind. Unfortunately school will be starting...

Panasonic DMP-BD75 Blu-ray Disc Player Bestseller at Amazon

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The Panasonic DMP-BD75 Blu-ray Disc Player is available at Amazon for $68.99. If you are in the market for a new Blu-ray player then Amazon is a great place to look. They have all the latest brands...

The Philips 32PFL3506/F7 32-inch HDTV Bestseller on Amazon

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The Philips 32PFL3506/F7 is available at Amazon for $299.99. If you are in the market for a home entertainment system for your house them Amazon is a great place to buy. They have so many brands and...