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Bewildering Gadgets: Stars of SkyMall

We take some of the most bewildering gadgets from the popular airline catalog and put them to the test.

By PCWorld Staff

What the Heck Does This Thing Do?

Nothing about flying elicits my curiosity more than SkyMall. How could there be so many gadgets that I didn't know I needed? Who buys an 8-foot giraffe statue for $1000? Do any of these gizmos actually work? (And, if you know of anyone who owns Mombasa the garden giraffe, please ping us.)

Following last year's Stars of SkyMall, we decided to try some of the catalog's more far-fetched items, in the name of ongoing research. PCWorld editors took a crack at home acupuncture, tried to regrow hair with lasers, and played a game controlled by brain waves. Here are our findings.

--Rachel Sadon

Republished with permission from PC World. (View original version.)

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