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BlackBerry: New Concept UI Uses Human Emotion Technology
The one thing that makes a cell phone a success is probably the user interface. If the UI isn't user friendly, you can be sure that the phone itself will do no good to the user and most likely won't become the success the developer wanted it to be. There have been plenty of trials and errors, and ...
Comfortably Update Twitter & Facebook While You Exercise!
Oh hell yes! Let's face it, up until now; it's been hard to tweet while we are exercising, right? You might ask, "Why do you need to tweet while exercising anyway?" There are two answers to that question. First, because I'm a twitterholic and second because aside from sleeping, exercising has got ...
FOKI: The Shoes That Clean The Floor
After a long day of hard work, sometimes it seems coming home is yet another time to get busy working. Even though you're off work, the work that awaits you at home can be even more important. Dishes have to be cleaned, beds have to be made and floors have to be vacuumed. It's all a part of our d ...
The Snakebot: Scarier Than Any Real Snake
Politics and war are big business. In countries all around the world, people are dreaming up new ways to outsmart their enemies to "win" a war. However, is there ever really a winner? In my opinion, everyone loses when there is violence in the world.
We've written probably a dozen articles on ...
Kee4: Apparently You Only Need 4 Keys On Your Keyboard
When you have been using a computer for over 20 years, you basically know that without a keyboard, you won't get much done. It has become an extension of your mind and body to some extent. It's an effortless interaction between a human and a machine, and it's only getting more intuitive with time. ...
Kinect Hack Makes Future Navigation Just Like Minority Report!
The more I get into this new and exciting piece of technology, the more I understand what a huge impact it will have. Not only will it impact gaming, but also pretty much every area that has to do with computers. Some "hackers" have prompted that the technology behind the Kinect is significantly m ...
Kinect: Hacked To Let You Interact As A Puppeteer!
Even though I hate to admit it, I must say that I am still very new to the whole Kinect movement. Sure, I have seen my share of vids and demonstrations, but I am still to get into the technology behind it. What's clear is that it is a truly interesting and useful tool in not only gaming, but in a ...
LEGO 3D Scanner: Bringing Real Objects Into A 3D World!
I have many times wondered how LEGO came to be. Someone must have been dying to be able to put together really complex builds and decided to create some tools to do it. Yeah, it's a simple explanation to an invention, and I am probably miles away from pinpointing it's birth reasons. LEGO is just ...
HolePunch: Here’s How You Bring Love Back To The Office…
I know a lot of people that dread every Monday morning because that's the day when a whole new week of endless working begins. It's not so much that they don't like their jobs, but because they like their free time a lot more. When you are self-employed, it's a whole different thing I guess. Sure ...
Weather Widget: Show Off The Weather In Star Wars!
I recently read about a little 1st grader girl who got bullied at school because she liked Star Wars, and she had a water bottle with a Star Wars theme on it. I mean, what is the world coming to? Star Wars has become a lifestyle for many, and I am sure for them these things doesn't go by unnoticed. ...
Hour Glass Traffic Lights: New Digitalized Ancient Approach
By the sound of it, there certainly seems to be a wave of new designs for pretty much everything that we encounter in our everyday life. With a mindset that nothing is ever finished being designed, there are people out there that constantly refine, invent and redefine our future in the most awesome ...
Phone Kerchief: Block Your Cell Phone From Ringing During Dinner
Throughout the years, since the cell phone was introduced into our lives, a sort of etiquette has slowly been formed about when it's appropriate to use it, and when it isn't. There are still times though where we use our phones even though a lot of people find it annoying and offensive. The most o ...
Arcade Pinball: Drool Worthy iPad Pinball Emulator Accessory
A friend of mine and I used to have enormous battles after school playing pinball. We were working on some software together, and during the pauses, we used to gear up Pinball Fantasies on our Amiga 500 to rock some scores. We had to time our battles since we usually played way longer than intende ...
iRetrofone: The Badass iPhone Dock To Call Your Friends On
Are you sick of using that new yet same ole iPhone to call your friends? Sporting a new iPhone isn't generating the same cool it used to. Also, who knows what microwaves are cooking your brain when using it. Even though there are scientific reports on pretty much every commercial cell phone out t ...
Second Life: Transparent Cell Phone Adds A Second Perspective
Apparently there are people out there that are very excited about the see-through (transparent) cell phone concept ideas. So much so that the idea has grown into a full movement where people are trying to make it a reality. It's easier said than done though. The technology of plotting pixels on a ...