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DIY High Tech Rainbow Kicks: The High-Top Sneakers That Light Up
Light-up sneakers have come a long way in the past few years. If you want to show the world you have the most high tech custom sneakers ever, you might want to make these DIY high-top sneakers. You'll have to have a little 'know-how' when it comes to geeky crafts, but overall, I think it should be a ...
Hoop Tracker: The Smartwatch That Will Improve Your Basketball Skills
There are so many niche smartwatches that are available now or will be available soon. It started out that they were mostly designed for fitness, but now there is seemingly no end to what some of them can do. I think someday shopping for a smartwatch will be like shopping for a camera or TV. In othe ...
Knight Rider Fan Builds Perfect Replica Of The KITT Car
Fans usually take things to a whole new level once they get a creative idea into their manic minds. We have all seen the insanely creative Cosplay costumes, replica builds and all the other things that fans want to bring to our attention when they upload them to the Internet. Some fans take it way b ...
Kapture Smartwatch Is The Next Step In Wearable Technology
The world has entered a new stage of technology, the wearable era. Previously the only wearable technology we could even remotely call wearable was the Walkman. Times have changed, and now we're used to seeing all kinds of stuff that is supposed to make our lives a whole lot easier to live. We're al ...
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What A Phishing Email Looks Like And How To Detect One [Infographic]
If you are on your computer all day, it would probably be hard for a scammer to entangle you in the web of a phishing email. I've had my identity stolen before, so I've learned the hard way not to click on any links or download any attachments in email unless I'm sure about where they're coming from ...
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Mind-Boggling Internet Growth From 1984 – 2013 [Infographic]
For just a moment, think about what you were doing back in 1984. Were you in school, were you starting your first job, were you even born? I was just a kid in 1984, and I didn't even know the Internet existed, but it did. Back then, the Internet linked 1,000 hosts at University and corporate labs. I ...
Scientist From NASA Makes The Aurora Borealis In A Big Glass Jar
I thought it was interesting to learn the origin of the words 'Aurora Borealis' today. The Roman goddess of dawn is named Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind is Boreas. If you've seen the Aurora Borealis, you know it's an incredible light show in the sky. According to the Geophysical Insti ...
Sprayable Energy: Caffeine Jolt Absorbed Into Your Skin With A Spray
I think I can speak for most people, or at least most Americans, when I say that we often rely on a caffeine jolt to get us going in the morning. Caffeine comes in many forms, but normally they're all drinkable. Now you might be able to get that caffeine jolt you crave but in a non-drinkable format. ...
Reasons Why Your Doctor May Be An Early Adopter Of Google Glass
About a week ago, I caught an interview on Bloomberg with technology entrepreneur and investor Keith Rabois. He was asked what the chances are that Google Glass will become mainstream, and without hesitation, he said 'zero chance.' Since I'm so involved in the technology community, his comment took ...
Wearable Device For Athletes Measures The Severity Of Head Injuries
Here in the States, the football season is beginning beneath the shadow of the recent NFL concussions lawsuit. Two days ago, the NFL website reported that they agreed to settle the lawsuit for $765 million dollars. This money will be spread amongst 18,000 retired players, and also be used to fund mo ...
2013 Gadget Trends According To University Students
It seems like some people are always trying to determine the direction of gadget trends and sometimes without much success. It may be simpler than you think to determine the direction technology is heading, and it could be as easy as looking at the gadgets that University students bring with them to ...
TabletRocket Compares All Tablets To Help You Find The Best One
One of the most time consuming aspects of purchasing new devices is comparing the features of all the different ones. Whether it's a camera, tablet, laptop or smartphone, we want to know what features we will get for our money. That is one reason why social media opinions are so powerful. It's a lot ...
Guy Builds Incredible Iron Man-Based Gesture Controlled Hologram
Just a couple days ago, Elon Musk tweeted that he had somewhat recreated the Iron Man Jarvis interface. He also said he and his team created a rocket through gesture controls which was then 3D printed in titanium. Elon went on to say that he was going to post a video of the whole thing sometime next ...
Let Your Dog Go High Tech With 3D Printed Personalized Dog Tags
Usually we don't hear about the combination of 3D printing and dogs, but that all changes today. 3D printing must really be taking over the world if it's now entering the canine population too. If you are a techie geek who loves 3D printing, chances are, so does your dog. Now you can give your dog t ...
Digital Tattoo (RFID Implant) That Can Only Be Seen With A Smartphone
There is a growing group of people who combine a hacking mentality to biology. They are able to hack their bodies into doing things that have never been done before, and turn themselves into mini-cyborgs in the process. I wrote about one of these body mods in an article called Magnet Ear Implant. Si ...