Archive for February 2011
Flashkus Concept Saves Your Data and is Ready for Recycling
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The latest concept design from Art Lebedev Studio is an unusual one. If the Art Lebedev Studio sounds familiar, you probably recognize the name as the people that teased us with lots of cool looking OLED keyboards for years. The latest project from the design house is called Flashkus.… |
February 15th, 2011
RURO: The Cutest Robot You’ve Ever Seen!
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This robot is probably too cute to be used as an effective security ‘bot, but it does have some interesting features for an educational robot. RURO the robot was designed to teach kids about recycling.… |
February 15th, 2011
View Quest Retro1 DAB Radio: Retro Enough for You?
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The name of this dock and radio combo from View Quest might be a bit strange, but hey, it does look plenty retro to me. This radio will also dock an iPhone or iPod and can receive DAB broadcasts in Europe and other countries that support that digital standard. For… |
February 15th, 2011
Want to Sound Like T-Pain Without an App? There’s a Mic for That!
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Following the success of Smule’s I Am T-Pain app, the R&B star collaborated with Jakks Pacific to make the I Am T-Pain Mic, so you can auto-tune your voice even if you don’t have an iPod Touch or iPhone and say silly things like “buy you a drank”… without people |
February 15th, 2011
LED Bench: For Raves in the Park
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“Home of Unusual Luxury.”… That’s the tagline of online shop Opulent Items. If there’s anything in their offerings that embodies that tagline, it has to be this LED park bench. |
February 15th, 2011
Robot Learns to Clean Whiteboard, Still Won’t Help If You Used a Sharpie
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After teaching a robot to flip pancakes and shoot arrows, Dr. Petar Kormushev decided to instruct his robot in a new skill that could come in handy at your next meeting – cleaning whiteboards.… |
February 14th, 2011
iPhone Photojojo Telephoto Lens Lets You Zoom Way In On the Action
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While the last iPhone telephoto lens that we featured didn’t look too portable, this one sure does. Also, it’s not that expensive. At $35 (USD), you can definitely check it out without feeling too much pain in your wallet. If you want to get closer to the action than your… |
February 14th, 2011
The 500-Dollar iRobot Telepresence Hack
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I get the fact that some people need telepresence, but ultimately even the cheapest options can cost you thousands. That’s why I really like this telepresence robot hack from Johnny Chung Lee. The best news is that it only costs $500.… |
February 14th, 2011
Windows Phone 7 + Kinect Could Bring Exciting New Gameplay
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Frankly, I haven’t been all that impressed by Windows phones over the years. Even with the improvements in Windows Phone 7, I feel like the platform is a day late and a dollar short in comparison with Android and iOS. That said, Microsoft does have one little advantage – the… |
February 14th, 2011
Lightsaber Detects Which Side of The Force You Belong On
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Whether you’re Jedi or Sith, you need a lightsaber in your bag of tricks, right? But what if you don’t know if your life’s calling is to work for the Dark Side or Light Side of the Force? Grab one of these Force detecting lightsabers, and you can find out.… |
February 14th, 2011
