Killed by consumer electronics. I can somehow relate to that. YouTube – New Laser Zaps Mosquitoes in SlowMotion.
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Joby Gorillamobile 3G – iPhone case and stand
My review for : Joby Gorillamobile 3G – Premium iPhone 3G/3Gs case and stand It’s a tripod for an iPhone. I have used mine for a while with my 3g and now that i can’t use the case with integrated mount i just use the stick-on mount onto a simple clear case and that slips onto […]
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Hookworms for allergies?
Learned about this amazing story on This American Life. Jasper Lawrence found that hookworms were capable of suppressing allergic responses in people who suffer from allergies, asthma and more. here’s a summary: Hookworms. That’s right. Meaning, in order to get this relief, one has to intentionally invite a hookworm infestation into their own body. And unbelievably, this […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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40+ Inspiring Ambigram logos
…an ambigram is a typographical creation where the word reads the same when upside down, or flips to create a whole new word…. i thought of a use case for this kind of logo. The back of a laptop screen. That would solve the perennial issue of how a logo there can logo correct only […]
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 […]
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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 […]
