Top Tech Gifts for Black Friday 2015

Here are a few of the best tech deals hitting the market early for Black Friday 2015, combining terrific value with outstanding quality.

Best Big-Screen Buys

Are you in the market for a big-screen TV this holiday season, but don’t want to ante up the big bucks? Then head to Target (up to 7% Cashback) for its Black Friday pre-sale, starting on November 25th, for the Samsung 60-Inch LED TV ($698, originally $1,000) If you want to know what the 4K fuss is all about,

World's tallest roller coaster will be built in Florida

Plans are underway to build the world's tallest -- and quite possibly most terrifying -- roller coaster at a Orlando, Florida, theme park due to open in 2017.

Suitably called "The Skyscraper," the coaster track spirals up and down the side of a 535-foot-tall observation tower.

Judging by the looks of a simulation video (below) released by the developer, it's going to be one scary ride.

"The unique design of the coaster means more incredible, heart-pounding inside and outside loops, dives, spirals and inversions in a vertical area than riders have ever before experienced," says Bill Kitchen, founder of Orlando-based US Thrill Rides, which designed the Skyscraper.

The design is based on US Thrill Rides' rollercoasters concept, in which high thrills are delivered in a small diameter footprint.

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The coasters are boarded at the bottom of the tower, then make their way to the top before gravity takes over, with riders disembarking at the bottom.

 

The Skyscraper will be part of a $250 million entertainment complex planned for Orlando's International Drive called Skyplex, which includes an indoor theme park.

The developers unveiled the animated simulation of the Skyscraper at this week's International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo 2014.

Graphic renderings of the roller coaster can be found in the gallery above.