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Text-Enabled Espresso Machine Prints Your Number on Foam

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This definitely isn’t your average texting setup, because it allows you to send a text message to remotely tell a coffee machine to start making your coffee. This espresso machine also prints the last three digits of your phone number on the foam, ensuring that no one will steal your…

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May 8th, 2012 by: Range

Game of Thrones Beer: Liquor is Coming

If you have read A Song of Ice and Fire or watched Game of Thrones…, you know that those in the 7 kingdoms love their beer. Or mead. Check out this series of beer labels done in the style of real beer companies, but with some of the house

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May 7th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Bouncers Using Facebook as Form of Identification

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It used to be when you wanted to go to the bar or a club, you just needed a drivers license or other ID that you could show them to make sure you aren’t under age. Well, now a new form of identification is being used at some clubs. Apparently…

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May 7th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Minecraft in Minecraft: The Inevitable Has Occurred

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The last time I posted about a Minecraft map that recreates another videogame I said I couldn’t wait for Minecraft: Minecraft. And now it’s here, albeit with a different name: Mineception…. It’s also more primitive than I expected, although in hindsight I didn’t really have an idea of

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May 7th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Touché Turns Everyday Objects Touch Sensitive, My Mind to a Puddle

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Disney’s Research Hub recently presented a new technology that can make a variety of materials touch-sensitive. I wasn’t even aware that Disney had a network of research labs, but after seeing what their team of nerds are capable of I’m never going to forget about them. Unless Hasbro makes real…

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May 7th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

TOUCHY Human Camera: The Truman Show IRL, Only Bulkier

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Are you using your smartphone to Instagram and Tweet photos all over the place? Get into the 21st century, thanks to TOUCHY, Eric Siu’s wearable camera that captures images from the perspective of its wearer.…

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May 7th, 2012 by: Range

MyndPlay Helps Cool Fiery Tempers Everywhere

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The saying goes that cooler heads will prevail, and that is especially true when it comes down to any kind of gaming. No matter how angry or frustrated you get, you always play better calm. The MyndPlay headset will force you to cool down, and has been use as such…

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May 7th, 2012 by: Range

Custom Pokemon Onesies for Being Weird and Reenacting Battles of Old

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Pokemon Onesies are not unheard of – I’ve seen them on plenty of infants.  But, my friends, a revolution has come.  This revolution is called Pokemon Onesies for adults…, and it is here to stay.  At least until society judges you, but then you can just move to Japan,

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May 7th, 2012 by: Jack Kieffer

Tiny LEGO Star Wars Scenes Need to Be Made Into Actual Kits

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A while back, we featured a gigantic LEGO diorama of the Death Star landing bay, and it was pretty awesome. It also took over 30,000 bricks and months to build. This is not that… LEGO set, but it is nonetheless just as awesome.

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May 7th, 2012 by: Technabob

Social Media Shoes: Like and Tweet on Your Feet

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Social media is everywhere these days. You can’t watch a TV program, enter a store or pass a billboard without being asked to “Like” or “Follow” these entities on Facebook, Twitter or other social networking websites. So what’s next? Social media wearables, I suppose. We’ve already seen some concepts for…

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May 6th, 2012 by: Technabob

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