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iPavement Puts Wi-Fi Hotspots in the Road
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Over the years, I have seen a number of interesting ways to have a city wired with Internet access. Some have tried basic mobile broadband service offered by wireless carriers. Other cities have wired their utility poles with Wi-Fi hotspots, and I’ve even heard of some places in Europe running… |
April 25th, 2012
Your Favorite Websites as Dresses: Lookin’ Good, Facebook!
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Each website has its own feel, its own audience, and its own style. While MSN is very colorful and vibrant, Wikipedia prefers to focus on basic functionality. These dress designs represent popular websites quite accurately, both in color scheme and the style of dress. Victor Faretina is the creator of… |
April 23rd, 2012
Monopoly Web Lovers Edition: Go Directly to Real World
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We’ve seen a few fan made videogame-themed takes on Monopoly.… Now here’s a design for regulars of the World Wide Web. Instead of streets and utilities, you settle on websites and software. Instead of free parking, you get free Wi-Fi. Instead of going to jail, you go to the real |
February 26th, 2012
Energy Stream Radio&TV 120 Packs Internet Radio and TV in a Portable Package
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With services like Pandora, XM and Sirius, you might think FM radio is well beyond its heyday. You’d be right. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t listen to FM with a modern gadget. This handy pocket sized device from Energy Sistem combines an FM radio with media player and… |
February 12th, 2012
Social Gaming: My How Far We’ve Come
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I’ve been playing video games since I could say “Atari 2600″. I know, I’m dating myself. But for years and years, the landscape of gaming was determined by what video game companies could cram into the hardware of their next console, and who had the best graphics.… |
September 29th, 2011
Meme Magnets: Nyan Cat Spreads Out
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Prove to your friends that know what’s what on the Internets with these funny meme magnets. While they’re not the only set of meme magnets you can find on Etsy, they are the only ones who really got Nyan Cat right…… |
August 15th, 2011
Sex Offender Busted Using Apple Store Mac to Check Facebook
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I can just hear the gears in sex offender Robert Nicholas McGuire’s perverted mind turning. I bet this guy thought that if he used the computers in the Apple Store in downtown San Luis Obispo that authorities would never know he was violating his parole. Apparently, the convicted sex offender… |
May 30th, 2011
Super WiFi Concept Uses Empty TV Channels For Long-Distance Transmission
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Our WiFi connection at home is largely confined to the indoors, and it doesn’t even reach all the corners of the house. So imagine my surprise when I read about a new technology that can send WiFi signals up to a mile away, and possibly even beyond. How? By using… |
May 2nd, 2011
Little Old Lady Kills Internet in Parts of Georgia and Armenia
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I would bet that most of us have heard about the price of copper skyrocketing. In fact, people all across the US and the world are stealing copper anywhere they can including from cell phone towers. A 75 year-old woman in the country of Georgia was scavenging for copper when… |
April 7th, 2011
Tableau: Magic Messenger Drawer
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From the same guy that cooked up the Proverbial Wallets comes a magical drawer that can transport messages to and from the Internet. John Kestner calls his creation the Tableau, and like the Proverbial Wallets, it adds a physical factor to digital processes. To “send” a message or object, all… |
December 10th, 2010
