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News ways to take online payments: Square and iPhone

There is a lotof buzz about the “new money” online. A classic Web 2.0 story of new technology taking on established giants – in this case the credit card and banking industries. In February 2009, Jim McKelvey wasn’t able to sell a piece of his glass art because he couldn’t accept a credit card as payment. Even [...]
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Five Steps to Quirky Success

I would add to this summary that quirky is not the place for complex electronics. i have seen some submissions that are clearly more complex that what they want to produce. they say anything that can be sold for under $150 is fair game but i think there should be more guidelines for what they [...]
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Paper-based battery could be in the works

In honor of the Copenhagen conference, here’s a tidbit of green-tech news… Maybe a energy storage breakthrough is around the corner: Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by e-mail, e-books and online news. The same feature that helps ink adhere [...]
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Amron Experimental

Interesting group of inventions by Scott Amron. 1. newsoap: brand new liquid soap packaged in old plastic soda bottles 2. TheEndo: magnetic clip 3. Brush & Rinse Toothbrush 4. Split Ring Key Blank “Keybrid” (today their paypal account is ‘unable to receive income’ so not sure what’ sup with that.) Amron Experimental.
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Inventors’ high-flying kites harness wind power

I can imagine a vertical row of these – one every few hundred feet. One proposed generator looks like a big, floating ball that rolls in the wind, a thousand feet off the ground. Another resembles a skeletal helicopter with four rotors and no pilot. Both would relay their electricity to Earth via cables, tethering them [...]
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LaserMotive’s Robot Wins NASA’s $900,000 Space Elevator Prize

Exciting news in the world of space elevator technology today. LaserMotive’s photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the 3-year history of NASA’s space elevator contest to climb a 2,953-foot-long ribbon, securing a prize of $900,000. via LaserMotive’s Robot Is The First Ever To Win NASA’s $900,000 Space Elevator Prize – Space Elevator – Gizmodo. also track their other [...]
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Recycling Billboards into Modern Residential Buildings

One proposal by Front Architects suggests turning large billboards into lofted homes – small houses to be sure, but located in some potentially fascinating places. via Recycling Billboards into Modern Residential Buildings | Dornob.
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Inventor Portraits and more

I enjoyed this blog – it shares my interests in photography, design and inventions. I bought some of these clever items: About 10 seconds after Pam Turner showed me how to thread her Spiral Eye Needles, I was an expert. It usually takes me longer to thread a needle than it does to sew a button, [...]
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Tokyo Architecture – How to Protect View of Mt. Fuji

An interesting article about a group that is trying to protect their neighborhood view of Mt. Fuji. New buildings keep being built taller and taller. The solution I propose? Just build a public park on top of each of those new buildings. Kind of like the public plaza or “sky lobby” in the new San [...]
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