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For These Kids The Neverending Story Never Ended
I remember when I saw the movie Neverending Story for the very first time. I was mesmerized, and I can still watch that movie just to get that retro kick out of it (yeah yeah, so bully me will ya). It's an iconic movie that most of us remember. It has somewhat of a Ghostbusters-feel if you know w ...
![Total Daily Consumption Of Data In The U.S. [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Total-American-Data-Consumption-Infographic-2.gif "Total Daily Consumption Of Data In The U.S. [Infographic]")
Total Daily Consumption Of Data In The U.S. [Infographic]
I recently wrote an article about the different kinds of data that we all rack up each and every day of our lives. It was portrayed in an infographic about how much a byte is when put in comparison to the different services we use. It was a staggering look at how the digital industry is changing e ...
Do Women Really Talk More Than Men?
I talk a lot. I admit it. Not only do I talk a lot, I write a lot, I tweet a lot and I chit-chat on the phone a lot. I just communicate a lot. I've always heard that women talk more than men, and I assumed it was true. I mean, have you ever heard of a group of guys staying up all night talking like ...
A Never Before Seen Look Inside An AT-AT Imperial Walker
Of all the things unleashed into the world, Star Wars is probably the one thing that keeps us wondering about technology the most. We see the gear, the vehicles, and the gizmos, but we never get to see the insides of them, at least not the really cool ones. The Millennium Falcon is a good example ...
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The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers [Infographic]
Ahh... video game controllers. If you are like a lot of geeks, you can graph your life based on what video games you played at the time. I remember being a little kid sitting in a bean bag chair in the cold basement of my parent's house for hours playing Frogger with a simple joystick controller. I ...
Artistic Inspiration: Laptops Created From Wood Scraps
It seems like everyday there are new articles published with ways we can help to save our environment. It's so important that we all make an effort to do what we can to be nice to our planet, after all, for the moment, it's the only place we have to live.
One thing I've learned and that we've wr ...
Can Your iPhone Actually Make You A Happier Person?
Last year when it seemed like everyone except me was doing the iPhone 4 freak out, I was perfectly content with my Android phone. I had the best time on the weekends hacking and modding it just for fun. I was convinced that iPhone users were truly missing out by not experiencing what an Android smar ...
Dirty or Delicious: The 5-Second-Rule Investigated
If you have kids, you are probably familiar with the 5-second-rule. It's a rule that claims that if you drop food on the floor, but pick it up within 5 seconds, it's still safe and clean to eat. My 10 year old son lives by the 5-second-rule. If he didn't, he wouldn't eat much since he drops food ...
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 ...
For Your Next Tweet Up: Twitter Inspired Beer Glasses
We have featured a lot of Twitter inspired designs, and one thing I'm noticing as time goes on is that they are getting more and more creative. It's a really neat progression to watch. It seems artists and designers are growing as fast as the site itself.
For example, it used to be that most Tw ...
Woman Attacks Over Missing Girl Scout Cookies
This is so funny to me because I love Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies and if mine came up missing, I might attack someone too. I mean, you just don't mess with a person's Thin Mints. She should have known better. Ok, maybe not, but I still can't stop laughing over this story.
Last Monday night a ...
Geek Inspired Design: Cozy Coffee Cup Cuteness
I love hot coffee and tea. I also love being cozy. So when I found this little cup sleeve design called a "Cup Cozie," I knew I had to write about it. This is the perfect little accessory for any geek like me who loves her daily afternoon trip to Starbucks.
Each one of these insulators is hand ...
Food Play: An Epic Playable Angry Birds Birthday Cake
How do you impress your kids these days? I mean, not that I am much for spoiling just for the heck of it, but in a day and age when kids pretty much have everything they wish for, what can you do to make their one day of the year so much more special than it already is? Well, it turns out there is ...
Whoa! Transformers Inspired Steel Megatron Tank Design
What would you do if you were bored and had 5.51 tons of steel lying around? Hmm... you could always do what this Chinese man did and build a super duper kick ass mind blowing Megatron tank with it. The person who created this handcrafted beauty calls himself Steel Legend. I'm dying to know exact ...
Kinect SwimBrowser: Surf The Internet Doing The Breast Stroke
We all know what great exercise swimming is. When I first read about this, I thought, "Great! Now we can swim, get exercise and surf the web all at the same time." That's true if you can hack your Kinect the way David Stolarsky did.
For the 2011 PrimeSense/OpenNI Developer Challenge, he created ...