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I write a lot about how much technology has changed our lives, and how it's embedded into almost everything we do. One thing I think about but haven't written about before is how technology could have changed history one hundred or two hundred years ago. Or, how about if they had our technology thou ...

Android Driven Oven Lets You Control It From Your Smartphone

As we have concluded before, smartphones will soon control pretty much all of our everyday gadgets. Everything will get its controls built into our smartphones. It doesn't matter if it is an iPhone or an Android driven phone, they all have one thing in common, to control things. Practically every ne ...

Turn Your Long Fingernail Into A Super Accurate Touchscreen Stylus

Usually technology enhances our style and makes us feel good about ourselves, but every now and then, it hinders us. If you're a female geek who is typing on a touchscreen all day, you know that it's almost impossible to maintain long fingernails. Unless you can perform magic, it's very hard to type ...

Is This How The iPhone 5S & iPhone Mini Might Look?

The rumor mills are in full motion once again. There's no doubt Apple will announce something this year, but will it be the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 or perhaps the iPhone Mini? It's impossible to say really. People are speculating about it, and with that comes rumors - Rumors that grow strong when amplif ...

How To: Fold A Piece Of Paper So It Reaches The Moon

As a geek, you are most likely aware that there is a common misconception about how many times a piece of paper can be folded in half. Experts used to say that a paper could not be folded in half more than 7 times. Go ahead and try it. It's bizarre. Then MythBusters came along and busted that myth. ...

Immortalize Your Youth With A LEGO Self-Portrait & Become A Minifig

Erin Ryan

If you grew up playing with LEGO, you know how fantastic those building blocks and minifigs are to play with. Whether you are still a LEGO-loving child at heart or have a child who now loves it as much as you did, you can immortalize your youth with a self-portrait of you as a minifig. LEGO building ...

Social Media

Social Gifting: The Reasons Why This Is The Buzzword [Infographic]

If I had to choose one phrase that has been the buzzword in social media for the past 17 days of 2013, I would have to say it's "social gifting." There is such a flurry of activity swirling around it, and it reminds me of a few years ago when everyone started talking about Groupon. Only time will te ...

Celebrity Geeks You Should Know About [Infographic]

The world is full of geeks. Some look more like the stereotype than others, but they all have one thing in common, they are all geeks. It's easy to judge people by their exterior. For example, who would think that a model who charges thousands of dollars just to wear a designer's clothes and be phot ...

New Graph Search Feature Makes Facebook Your Ultimate Rolodex

Facebook recently called for a press conference. A lot of experts debated about whether or not Facebook might launch a new smartphone. Let's just say there were a whole lot of rumors floating around. I have to say, the most interesting thing to me was that they actually cared to hold an event at all ...

DIY Smartphone Hologram Display Puts A Twist On Reality

I don't know what it is, but there is something about holograms that keeps us mesmerized. The ability to manifest something real in a fake way is something that we are apparently very keen on accomplishing. As you might have seen already in my earlier realistic hologram article today, there has been ...

GPS Sports Watch Leikr Will Help You Track Everything

Exercising has almost become a tech fashion trend. No matter how little we exercise, we always want the latest gear to accompany us. There is everything from Bluetooth headbands that will blast music into your ears without the annoying constraints of cords, to shoes that track how many steps you tak ...

World’s Most Realistic Hologram Projector Device Now Available

The world is infused with technology. Wherever you go, you can always see something that has an electronic device in it. Even in the deepest woods in Canada or on the ice covered plains of Antarctica, you can see a plane fly by every once in a while. There is a lot to say about technology, and how i ...

Slow Wi-Fi Sucks: WiGi May Be The Next Step In Solving That Problem

If you are a heavy Internet user, which you probably are since most of our readers are geeks, you know how frustrating it is to deal with a slow wi-fi connection. It will make you want to pull your hair out strand by strand. It's funny to me how different our definition of "slow wi-fi" is now than i ...

Winbot: The Window Washing Robot That Does All The Work For You