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X2 Underwater Jetpack by Supermarinovation at Gadget Show Live

Easily the best thing at Gadget Show Live, the Supermarinovation x2 is a "wearable personal underwater propulsion device" but it's much more fun thinking of the x2 as an underwater jetpack. With only three main components - two arm-mounted thruster units and a battery backpack - the x2 brings Superman-like flight to swimmers and free divers. Shown as part of the

Powered Bodyboard

Design Icon out of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has created this great concept for a powered bodyboard. Driven by three electrically-powered propellers, the board's deck has embedded solar cells to extend the battery life, while adjustable buoyancy lets the board both ride the waves and go completely submerged. I want one. All images courtesy of Design Icon.  

Zagg HZO – Waterproofing for Electronics

Zagg's protective films are popular "first purchases" for new smartphone owners and at CES 2012, Zagg shows off their latest protection mechanism. Todd chats to Bill from Zagg to find out what it protects against. The adage is that water and electricity don't mix, and by extension, water and mobile devices don't mix well either. Zagg hopes to change that

The Ultimate Hotel Room

Longtime readers of GNC will recall that we sometimes divert from the path of pure geek to cover other interesting topics and there's been a short series of strange hotels. We've had aircraft fuselages, boxes in the woods and undergrounds caverns. However, this has to be the ultimate hotel room at the Conrad Rangali Island Maldives Hotel, even if it