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art lebedev’s data dolls store nothing but themselves

filed under: design | geek art & craft

Art Lebedev Matroshkus

If you’re unfamiliar with the Russian craft of Matrushkas, they’re those little stacking wooden dolls that fit inside one-another, gradually getting smaller and smaller. Designer Art Lebedev has taken these traditional dolls and put a geeky spin on them, adding data storage measurements to each one…

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June 17th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

black box server casemod should survive a plane crash

filed under: computing | hacks-mods

Black Box Casemod by Brett

I’m not sure why nobody ever thought of this before, but I think it’s a cool idea. This clever casemod took the shell from an old flight data recorder (a.k.a. “Black Box”) and transformed it into a Linux server…

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June 12th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

robot can understand several people talking at once

filed under: future tech | robotics

Robot Audition Three Speakers

Here’s a pretty impressive demonstration of a complex new speech recognition technology. The robot in this video clip is able to listen to three people speaking at the same exact moment, understand exactly what they each said, then process the data dynamically.

Be sure to have your speakers turned on for this video clip or you’ll miss how it works…

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July 28th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

iphone data plan pricing announced

filed under: media players | mobile tech

iPhone Rate Plans

AT&T and Apple today revealed what it will cost monthly to use your shiny new iPhone. The good news is that all of the calling and data plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail and mobile-to-mobile calling.

Plans start at $59.99 per month, depending on how many voice minutes you want. Also bundled in are 200 SMS text messages per month…

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June 26th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

best way to destroy a hard drive

filed under: computing | gadgets

BREAKS EASY Hard Disk Destroyer

If you’re concerned that someone might find your corporate secrets (or your nasty web surfing habits) on your used computer’s hard drive, check this out. The appropriately named BREAKS-EASY is a device designed to ensure that nobody can find the skeletons in your closet…

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February 23rd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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