If Apple made a pencil sharpener it would probably look like the IDRAW from designer Matt Marrocco, who describes his creation as a 'pencil sharpener for the modern age'. Matt has created two modern pencil sharpeners, one electric and one manual, and they are crafted from a combination of … [Read more...] about IDRAW Is the Ultimate Pencil Sharpener (Video)
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Catchbox Throwable Microphone Enhances Audience Engagement (video)
Timo Kauppila, Pyry Taanila and Mikelis Studers have designed a new type of microphone called the Catchbox which has been designed to provide an easier way to the the audience engaged in a discussion or debate. The Catchbox throwable microphone has been designed to provide users with a … [Read more...] about Catchbox Throwable Microphone Enhances Audience Engagement (video)
HiddenRadio 2 Bluetooth MultiSpeaker Blasts Past Kickstarter Goal In 4.5 hrs (video)
After successfully turning to the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to raise capital to make their original HiddenRadio a reality. The team behind the Bluetooth speaker have now returned to Kickstarter with a newly updated next-generation Bluetooth multi speaker in the form of the HiddenRadio … [Read more...] about HiddenRadio 2 Bluetooth MultiSpeaker Blasts Past Kickstarter Goal In 4.5 hrs (video)
Puzzle Facade Is A Giant Playable Rubik’s Cube (Video)
Puzzel Facade is a fascinating project by Spanish designer Javier Lloret, which transforms urban spaces into interactive, large-scale puzzles. Essentially, it is a giant Rubik's Cube that is displayed on the facades of buildings and controlled by a 3D printed interface cube. This innovative concept … [Read more...] about Puzzle Facade Is A Giant Playable Rubik’s Cube (Video)
Powerslayer Prevents Overcharging And Eliminates Energy Waste (video)
Velvetwire have created a new device called the Powerslayer which has been design dot help reduce the amount of unnecessary power used by USB chargers and has been created by Jennifer Lee and Eric Bodnar. The Powerslayer hopes to provide us with a chance for a smarter energy future, one device at … [Read more...] about Powerslayer Prevents Overcharging And Eliminates Energy Waste (video)
PiMSO Raspberry Pi Oscilloscope Created (video)
During the Open Hardware Summit the annual conference organised by the Open Source Hardware Association for a place to showcase open hardware. Adafruit spotted a useful use for the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC to create the PiMSO 200 Msa/S mixed signal oscilloscope. The PiMSO Raspberry … [Read more...] about PiMSO Raspberry Pi Oscilloscope Created (video)
Silic T-shirt Repels Water And Liquids Like Magic (video)
If your busy life life doesn’t allow you much time for washing clothes or you have the tendency to spill liquids on your white t-shirts on a regular basis, you might be interested in this new t-shirt called the Silic t-shirt. The Silic t-shirt has been designed combining silica and hydrophobic … [Read more...] about Silic T-shirt Repels Water And Liquids Like Magic (video)
Smarty Ring Control Your Smartphone And Notifications (video)
If you find yourself checking your smart phone a little more often than you feel you should, you might be interested in a new notification device called a Smarty Ring which has been designed to provide easily identifiable updates directly from your smartphone. The new Smarty Ring device is the … [Read more...] about Smarty Ring Control Your Smartphone And Notifications (video)
Moto G Goes Open Source
The Moto G is one of the hottest new phones on the market and its OS, at least certain parts of it, has gone open source. Anyone looking to get a glimpse at the OS and kernel development for the Moto G can download the files from Motorola’s SourceForce page. … [Read more...] about Moto G Goes Open Source
Jupiter, the BitCoin Mining Monster
I don’t fully understand how BitCoin mining works, but the guys at apparently got it all figured out. They’ve created a machine they call Jupiter that they say is capable of mining BitCoins at 100 times the speed of their competitors. It’s all made possible through four 28-nanometer chip-powered … [Read more...] about Jupiter, the BitCoin Mining Monster
PhoneBloks and Moto Maker
So as far as I can tell, we haven’t reported on PhoneBloks! It’s a new revolutionary idea of creating an easy to upgrade photo so you don’t have to keep buying a new photo year after year. Instead, you could just buy a new processor or whatever else your phone needs. You get to build your phone the … [Read more...] about PhoneBloks and Moto Maker
Does It Work: 3Doodler Demonstrated (video)
You may remember when we reported back in March that the 3Doodler had broken the $2 million mark on Kickstarter. Well the time has come for all the people who contributed, or at least contributed enough, to receive their copy of the device just in time for the holidays. Everyone else looking to buy … [Read more...] about Does It Work: 3Doodler Demonstrated (video)
