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The iView: Eliminating The Dual Monitor Annoyance
I have always found it refreshing to see new and daring concept designs that truly eliminate the annoyances and boost productivity to new and ultimately satisfying levels. However, it is not always a simple solution that will enable us to reconfigure our daily ways of doing things. Sometimes it ta ...
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The History Of Mobile Operating Systems [Infographic]
I remember back in 1996 when nobody even knew what a mobile operating system was. I had just graduated from University and moved to Atlanta that year to work at the Olympics. I specifically remember all the bulky heavy computers we had to set up just to access the Internet and make everything run ...
PS Square: The Only Mobile Device I Would Ever Need
Concept design can sometimes take the form of futuristic technologies not yet stumbled upon. Usually they are odd and deal with features that we normally don't use at all. However, sometimes there are concept designs that strike you to the point that you would be prepared to put your life at stake ...
(i)Pirate Board Game: An iPhone World Interactivity Activated
There are a lot of really cool apps and games out there that really utilize pretty much every feature that the iPhone has to offer. With the invention of new features, I am sure that the iPhone will become even more interesting when it comes to apps that interact with the real world. However, unti ...
Going Green: iPhone 4 and iPad Covers Made From Plants
How can something made from 100% plant material look and feel just like plastic? I have no idea, but apparently it's possible. Just last week Bioserie released their brand new line of printed iPhone 4 covers made completely from plants (including the coloring agents and packaging). It's actually ...
Floor Plan Light Switch Let’s You Play With People’s Heads
In the best of worlds, everyone would live in a mansion with a console to remote control pretty much everything in their house. However, since that is not the case, we're left with a single switch in each and every room. Turning off the lights in the house before going to bed at night or before le ...
Immaterial: Converting WiFi Strength To Urban Photography
There is a new art form emerging, and it has everything to do with technology. Previously we were used to art being created using brushes, pencils and paint, but that landscape is changing. The new way of creating art involves using lights and stop motion capturing. It isn't so much about animati ...
Augmented Reality Virtual Mirror: Try Before You Buy Online
The number of people shopping online has skyrocketed in recent years, and it seems the technology to make that experience richer and more convenient is moving just as fast. We've written about augmented reality as it applies to making purchases before, and this is a new application to add to the li ...
360 Folding Mobile Phone: You Can’t Fold It Enough
There is a race going on now that most of us are aware of. It's the race that the cell phone developers are running. They try to stun us with their minds, and the features they come up with are the ultimate success barometer when it comes to design and usability. We have seen our share of crazy d ...
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This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]
I refuse to friend anyone in my family on Facebook. There, I said it. It completely creeps me out when my two worlds collide. There is a friend world and a family world. They are very separate and distinct in my mind.
I had an uncle that wanted to connect with me recently on Facebook, and whe ...
Mazda Envisions Creating Their Future Car Today
Cars are the mode of transportation that keep our butts moving from point A to B in a more personal way than using public transportation. However, we've grown quite aware that using gas is no where near what we should be using to transport ourselves, and we're slowly making progress in that area. ...
A Mini Cooper Turned Into A Badass Gaming Chair
Playing games has become an art form, and we're constantly trying to break the boundaries of the technology at hand. We're constantly trying to come up with new concepts that will astound the buyers and ultimately put the game on the top of the charts. Doing that doesn't always involve just coming ...
Thodio MacDec: Turns Your Mac Into A MacBook
We've all been taught to disconnect our gear from our computers ever since we started using bluetooth gear. It comes in the form of keyboards, mice and pretty much everything else that you can connect to a computer. It allows us to sit comfortably in front of our computers without having to strain ...
Living Room: The Ultimate Interior Decorating Gadget
When you start thinking about redecorating at home, the hardest part can sometimes be visualizing the new wallpaper, a new rug or even a whole different interior design. Usually we doodle on a paper in a made-up scale, trying to make sense of it all. We even go as far as to bring home the furnitur ...
Eco-Friendly Technology: A Disposable Cardboard Flash Drive
I admit, I have way too many flash drives around my house. I'm a shoe fanatic, and just to put it in perspective, I probably have a flash drive to match every pair of shoes I own. I find those little drives all over the place, and of course, I can't ever remember what's stored on them.
When I f ...