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Recycled Nintendo NES Becomes 6 Man Music Jamming Device
I don't know how many times I have wished that I never got rid of my Nintendo NES console. It has almost become something to grieve over, and I can't seem to get my butt out of the chair long enough to actually hunt another one down. I would just love to sit for a couple of hours and play Super Mari ...
Pentax K1000: Insane Complete Camera Disassemble
When you were young, I am sure you, just like me, loved to take things apart just to see how they worked. It's part of a learning process I think, or maybe I just want to tell myself that so I feel better about breaking so many things that were working, just to check out what they looked like on the ...
Augmented Body: Wear Cat Ears Controlled By Brain Waves
Just when I thought I would never see any crazy inventions from Japan that could ever top what I've already seen and written about before, I stumbled across these cat ears. As with most Japanese inventions, if you can get passed the initial feeling of being disturbed, it's actually fascinating.
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LifeProof iPhone Case: Protects Your iPhone From Life
I think this might be one of the most practical and useful iPhone cases I've ever seen. After learning about this, I've decided I need a LifeProof case not only for my iPhone, but for me too. How cool would it be to put on a cover that would protect us from anything life throws at us?
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World’s Smallest Hard Drive Is The Atari 810 Build
I certainly love technology, and I recently wrote about the world's smallest PC. For all of you who after reading that article are wondering what "side" I am on, I can safely say that I work mostly on a PC (or in Windows as someone wanted to label it instead). I have a Mac as well, but I use that so ...
World’s Smallest PC Makes Apple Shake In Their Boots
I must admit Apple has taken quite a great leap towards world domination with all their new technology and gadgets. It's like everything they do is perfectly manufactured to fit into everyone's lives. It's quite an enormous achievement really, and where it will end only the future will tell. However ...
User Experience Design: Notes From An Inspired Designer
Talented designers have always inspired me. They just seem to be able to present information and ideas in ways that would never occur to me. This designer that I'm sharing with you today is a perfect example of that.
I carry around two spiral Bit Rebels notebooks with me everywhere. One is filled ...
Stunning Slow Motion Video: Gelatin Cubes Jiggle Your Brain
I've written before about how much I don't like Jello. Well, it's not that I don't like it; it's more that I'm afraid of it. It's like an abomination of food. It goes up there in the same category as tofu, Spam and white chocolate. I think aliens might have put those things in our supermarkets even ...
Freezing Han Solo: Real Time Freezing Kinect Hack
The Kinect platform and the awesome technology it represents is breaking new ground each day. The hacks get more and more sophisticated, and there seems to be no limit to what can be achieved with it. Some go for that really futuristic user interface, while others create games and pretty much try to ...
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How The Internet Is Killing The Planet [Infographic]
The Internet can be a hazardous place to mingle around, and it's apparent people are taking all the precautions they can to protect themselves and their children. However, personal safety isn't the only concern when it comes to the Internet. There are far more areas where the Internet is causing som ...
How To: Turn Your Own Life Into An Infographic
There is no question that people lately are getting buck wild with infographics. Most of us are information junkies who can't get enough of the daily data that is constantly in our faces. We love it all even more when it's organized in a creative way where it's easy to understand, like an infographi ...
Interactive Billboards: Bringing Billboards To Life
Creating effective advertising these days can be a challenge. There are so many ads out there that compete for our attention. In addition to that, there are so many mediums to choose from. Campaigns with all different objectives are created every day to promote brands and services. Their purpose cou ...
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How Green Is The iPhone… [Infographic]
When everyone is talking about the environment, and how we can save ourselves from ending our luxurious living on a planet made out of dust, it's not hard to apply that thinking to pretty much any area of our lives. Even making a simple paper roll is causing further destruction of the ozone layer, s ...
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6 Major App Stores Compared [Infographic]
Ever since Apple launched the App Store, there has been a very public race going on. With the immense success Apple had with selling applications initially, everyone wanted to develop for the iPhone platform. Other brands also stepped up to try their luck, and in many cases, were unsuccessful in bei ...
2011 Insane Mobile Marketing Facts & Trends
It seems like the two hottest buzzwords right now are "mobile marketing." Everyone is talking about it, and new articles are circulating on social media sites about the topic everyday. If you are unsure of what all the hype is about, I have a very simple way to illustrate it for you. Once I did this ...