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Every month we search far and wide to bring you a dozen of the best new ideas in gear. These gadgets are the first, the best and the latest. Check out the gallery below to get the first look at what consumer technology has brought us this month.


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I like that 3D scanner. I can imagine using one of those to scan objects to recreate using a Makerbot. How cool would that be? I wonder if I can get a cat to sit still on the scanner long enough to get a good scan.

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