9 Buys that Are Cheaper Online

woman shopping online Best Online Buys There's no doubt that shopping online is fast and convenient, but is it cheaper than hitting the store? In the cases of these nine items it is. From inexpensive entertainment to big-ticket purchases, you can expect significant savings from buying online instead of in-person. Here's what's cheaper on the Internet and what to keep in mind before you check out. Photo credit: Thinkstock Sports...

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A Keyboard Made of Bananas & Play-Doh

Even though MaKey MaKey was designed by two Ph.D candidates from MIT, their goal was to make something for the kindergartener in all of us. It's a device that allows you to turn anything that conducts electricity into a functional computer key. It looks like it might be difficult to hook up, but it's actually very simple - so simple a 4-year old was able to do it without trouble. The team, Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum, have dedicated themselves to designing easy-to-use invention kits. "We believe that everyone is creative, inventive,...

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America's Weirdest Restaurants

By Colleen Kane | CNBC  Novelty and theme restaurants seem to be more common outside the U.S., especially in Asia, but we’ve uncovered 20 unusual dining experiences right here in the USA, serving cuisines from the aggressively unhealthy to whimsical works of art. Some meals come with shows and some with surprises; some of the restaurants transport diners to another time, and one to another planet. It’s a rare diner who will want...

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New Planet Found, Smaller Than Earth, Orbiting Distant Star

Thirty-three light-years away, in the constellation Leo the lion, astronomers say they have found a world considerably smaller than Earth, orbiting a dim red-dwarf star. That's something to think about. While scientists have confirmed the existence of more than 700 so-called exoplanets since 1995, most of them have been giant -- many considerably larger than Jupiter. This new world, say the researchers who found it, may be only 5,200...

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