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I've heard people say before that the pinnacle of success would be to have a Barbie doll or action figure created to look like you and sold in stores around the world. I can see how that might be the ultimate ego trip for some people, but personally, that's not geek enough for me. I think it would b ...

Social Media

Twitter Knows How Hot The Facebook IPO Is [Infographic]

So the Facebook stock has now been traded for a whole week. The price has dropped like a rock almost the whole week, and the stock has lost 1/4 of it's introduction price. It seems to be the reaction to the IPO being valued to high. People are saying it is also a reaction to Facebook not having a cl ...

Design

Survive In Style: Beautifully Packaged End-Of-The-World Kit

With some people running from zombies, which are apparently on their way to eat our brains, and others preparing for the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar, the future doesn't look so bright for our world. Maybe these things aren't really going to happen, but it does seem like sometime ...

Living Cyborgs: Now People Can Live Without A Pulse

Tricia Edgar

I’m a cyborg. I’m rather proud of this fact, even though it is a pain much of the time. You see, one of my body parts doesn’t work, so I rely on a medical device to do the work for me, with a little help from my brain. I have type one diabetes and wear an insulin pump. Unfortunately, so far being ...

Star Wars Recycling: Ships Made From Floppy Disks

I remember back in the '90s when my friend and I created software on the Amiga. We created everything from demos to some software for educational purposes that we thought was missing out there. It was back when all we used were those plastic 3.5 inch floppy disks to store our data. We had boxes of t ...

Lifestyle

Marvel Creates Inspiring New Hearing Impaired Superhero

Kimberly Erskine

I was diagnosed with profound hearing loss when I was two years old, and I received my first pair of hearing aids when I was three. Growing up, I was sometimes made fun of by other children who did not understand my hearing impairment or why I wore hearing aids. Hearing aids just weren't considered ...

Find Out What Your Favorite Video Games Smell Like

As we all sit and wait for the smell-o-vision technology to become a reality, the question still remains, what exactly would our favorite video games smell like? In case you don't know what smell-o-vision is, it's a layer of technology that will supposedly add a new dimension to gaming while assigni ...

Social Media

Ultimate Guide To Creating A Facebook Page [Flowchart]

If you have a brand or want to market yourself, one of the most important things you can do is setup a Facebook page where people can find out about you or your brand. It has become a necessity in order to reach the masses. However, it's quite an endeavor to setup your own Facebook page. Knowing whe ...

Social Media

Pinterest In The ’90s: What It Would Have Looked Like

Now that Facebook is on the stock market and seemingly everyone is voicing their opinion about it, it's hard to focus on anything else really. Every news website is cramming out estimates and predictions that vary from either a doomsday perspective or that Facebook will become the greatest stock eve ...

Trekkies Rejoice: The Dark Chocolate Star Trek Voyager Cake

Mikel King

For those of you who don't already know, Voyager is one of my favorite Star Trek series. I faithfully watched nearly every episode as it aired. If it wasn't for Battlestar Galactica, it might possibly be my favorite series. In either case it lands squarely in my top three. As a series, it holds the ...

Design

Paintbrush & Candy Box Packaging With A Little Flavor Savor

Andrea Robinson

I quickly get sucked into packaging design that embraces a genuinely extraordinary concept. These are design solutions that are more than practical and beyond functional where art and craft collide with commerce. I also take notice when graphics and illustration flow together on all surfaces of what ...

Lifestyle

The Sobering Effects Of Drunk Driving [Infographic]

Courtney Cox

It's Memorial Day weekend, and we all know what that means - bikinis, barbecues, and beer. What better way to remember the sacrifice of our service men and women than by having a raging poolside party that everyone will be too drunk to remember? It's the American way! Memorial Day weekend is one ...

Open Wide… The iPad That Dispenses Beer

We've always heard people say that you can do just about anything with an iPad, but dispense beer? That's one I hadn't thought of before. The best part is, all you have to do to make this work is attach a spigot to the front. I know beer lovers around the world who have seen this video are hoping so ...

Happy 35th Anniversary Star Wars [2 Timeline Infographics]