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Are You A Digital Ninja?
It is becoming more and more popular for brands to use digital technology as a medium in order to get noticed. Along with that are more and more people who want to be known as an "expert" in that field. This is especially true in the world of advertising where the majority of the practitioners hav ...
The Oldest Computer Recreated with LEGO
LEGO is one company that has allowed people of all ages to be creative while playing. I am sure at one point almost everyone has created something with the colorful LEGO bricks. Spaceships, houses, buildings, cars, trucks, anything that you can imagine has probably been built with LEGO. Even buil ...
How To: Make A Captain America Shield From A Satellite Dish
You know by now that we are all about recycling at Bit Rebels. It's kind of funny because all of us have written about how fun it can be to take something you would normally throw away and turn it into something creative and unique, thus giving it a new life. It's become almost an unspoken contest ...
A Little Piece of Nostalgia: The Cassette Tape Lamp
Do you remember cassette tapes? They are little plastic rectangles that fit in a tape recorder, and they play music. Seriously, I bet there are people who read this blog that have never seen a cassette tape before. I know my son, who is 9 years old, has never seen one or even heard of one.
Whe ...
Old School Art & Technology Collide To Create Digital Collages
It must be a double-edged sword to be an artist or musician in today's world. As technology advances, there are constantly more and more tools and applications created that can help enhance and add a new level to your artistry. However, when you use and experiment with those tools, there will alwa ...
Share Your Smileys IRL With The Emoticon Calendar
I'm a big fan of emoticons and smiley faces. I know many people think they are silly and serve no purpose, but I like to put them in most of my tweets, Facebook updates and texts. I've noticed lately that on more and more apps I download, it asks if I want to include my "mood." I suppose emoticon ...
Kinect Hack: Air Guitar Prototype Makes Anyone A Guitar Guru!
With every hack that is revealed for the Kinect, I get more and more excited about the future. I don't understand why it took so long for us to understand the importance of the Kinect technology, and why there aren't more people looking into it (and that's not saying there isn't a lot of people doi ...
Kinect Hack: Minority Report User Interface Duplicated!
Not too long ago, it was considered the holy grail to create an exact replica of the movie Minority Report's awesome user interface. Until the Kinect came along, there really hasn't been any technology for programmers and hackers to play with to recreate the hand gesture driven technology. But tha ...
AR-Tees: Augmented TV Reality On Your T-Shirt
So far we have seen a lot of different ways to implement augmented reality into our daily life. Some involve business cards, packaging or even the world itself (directions and tourism), but have you ever seen it on a t-shirt before? It is definitely a first for me, and I think it's quite a nice ap ...
Anychair: You Won’t Get Any Work Done With This Chair!
I dare to say I am not exactly known for my many hours of sleep, quite the opposite really. Even though usually I would really like to sleep more, I don't sleep much. But then again, why sleep when there is so much to be inspired about in the world? I envy the people that get their 8 hours of sle ...
Star Wars Swimsuits: Swimwear For Ultimate Geek Girls
I always get surprised checking out the demographics for Bit Rebels cause they are always different from what I thought they would be. Did you guys know that more females visit Bit Rebels than males, and by quite a bit? I think it's awesome that so many geek girls are interested in technology and so ...
A Roof Shingled With Vinyl Records: A Different Kind Of Retro
It's easy to fall into the pits of ordinary thinking when you look at what every other person is doing and how they are doing it. I recently heard someone say that "if every one is thinking the same, no one is thinking at all" which is definitely true. We adapt to whatever the masses think is cool ...
BoomCase: Suitcases Recycled Into Awesome Portable Speakers
Bit Rebels is completely jam packed with stuff created out of old and used things. That's not to say we need to be dusted off or anything, just that there is a new use for everything old. There is really no telling what you can create out of old stuff when you put your mind to it. With a bit of i ...
What Do You Want In 2011? You Can Make It Happen!
I know that title is bold, but I believe 100% without any doubt that it is true. However, we all have lessons to learn along the way, and there are no shortcuts to success. We all know that, right?
For me personally, I want to be wealthy in 2011. What does wealthy mean to me? It's very differ ...
Frostie: Future Design Puts Sound To Your Air Guitar
Working with music, I often come across a lot of people who think they are the next big thing. Sometimes they are better than others, but there is always a reason why artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna and Celine Dion are world renowned, and it hasn't got much to do with luck. The world is full ...