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German Company Develops Human Regenerator That Controls Aging
Scientists have struggled for a very long time to get a hold of this thing we all go through which is aging. Medicine and hygiene have added about 20-30 years to the average lifespan since a couple hundred years ago, but we want more life it seems. While some scientists focus on the human building b ...

Teacher Creates Groundbreaking New Transparent Lightboard
If you have ever even spent as little as one day in school, you know how boring it is to look at the blackboard. Many teachers have a problem with turning their back towards their students for a number of reasons, and without the ingenuity of people like Professor Michael Peshkin of Northwestern Uni ...

Epic Video Game Storefront Engages The Entire Neighborhood
Stores all around the globe apply different strategies to attract people to enter and shop. It is an art that is driven by technology and trends just like every other industry is doing these days. Some stores stay traditional and merely display what they have for sale and change it out as seldom as ...

Guy Builds 1:2 Scale Fully Functioning Hoverboard Prototype
Through history, there has been a great deal of iconic movie technologies that we haven't really been able to recreate more than with movie magic. Nowadays it is easier to bring something to life through computer graphics and effects, but we still ask if it is possible. One of movie history's most l ...

Circuit Scribe: Draw An Instantly Working Circuit Board
You need to sit down when you read this article because I believe there is a very good chance that you will not believe a word I am about to tell you. It's possible that you will think this is all a ploy but, I assure you that it isn't. It's something that is going to revolutionize the way we create ...

Future Retail Store: Gesture-Controlled Shopping Window Prototype
Along with everything else, ordinary stores are getting more and more technofied, and we're seeing features in stores that we haven't seen before. You might remember the Like Hanger I wrote about some time ago and how it had increased sales by quite a bit. People seem to like the thought of being ab ...

Kano: First Modular Computer Kit To Utilize the IKEA Concept
I think by now everyone is familiar with the Swedish furniture store IKEA, right? It is a multinational company which made its founder Ingvar Kamprad one of the top 10 wealthiest people in the world. Since then, a lot of people have tried to emulate the concept, which is that you buy the product but ...

New iPhone 6 Concept Sports Appealing Three-Sided Display
There have probably not been as many concept phones presented from people's imagination as for the iPhone. Each time that we're getting close to one of Apple's, (by now legendary), keynotes there are always a truck load of different iPhone concepts being thrown around. We have yet to see one that is ...

Neptune Pine: Most Feature Packed Smartwatch Yet
The number of smartwatches made available to us is on the rise and with every new one comes new innovative features. So far there has yet to be a smartwatch that completely blows away all the competition. The thing is that we here at Bit Rebels never thought that such a watch would come from a start ...

Home-Brew Touch-Sensitive Furniture Turns Annoyance Into Comfort
Some of today's technology was groundbreaking twenty or thirty years ago, but today it is quite outdated. One such outdated technology is the light switch. We have smartphones that we can communicate with anyone no matter where they are, but we still have to physically walk over to the light switch ...

Structure Sensor: iPad 3D Scanner That Must Be Seen To Be Believed
I am sitting here trying to understand what I have just seen. Believe me, through the years here at Bit Rebels I have seen tons of 3D scanners being presented only to linger in the shadows once their initial hype has faded. I sense this 3D scanner is going to be different though. This one brings a w ...
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10 Most Distracting Smartphone Apps When Driving [Infographic]
Compared to everyone else I don't think I even get close when it comes to the amount of apps on my smartphone. It is not by choice it is more because I never have time really to sit down and use them. There are hundreds of thousands of smartphone apps available and of course some of them are more di ...

LED Flip Flops Add A Light Show To Your Casual Footwear
As wearable technology spreads its arm around the world, we're bound to see more home-brew projects than actual consumer products. Why? Because there are way more people with ideas, than there are companies that so far dare to spend millions of dollars on developing this new form of technology. But ...

4 Ways To Protect Your Company From Security Threats
Running a business is hard work. In addition to running daily operations and business-related tasks, business owners are also faced with the responsibilities of managing their employees and keeping their data, personal and private information safe. In today’s time of constantly evolving technology t ...

Life-Size Raspberry Pi 3D Scanner Is A Revolution In The Making
The need for 3D scanners is becoming ever so evident as 3D printing is getting more popular. Now when even hobbyists are able to prototype their ideas in a way that was never available to them before, the need to be able to virtualize objects is of great importance. By virtualizing objects, you are ...