Tag: paper

Why Technology Has Not Yet Killed The Term Paper
Like just about everything else in the modern world, technology has completely changed the educational process for both students and teachers. Kids are assigned work online and complete it in that matter, the student-teacher conference can be replaced by an e-mail exchange or a FaceTime chat, teache ...

Low-Tech Pokémon Go Lifehack To Catch Them All
It's an epidemic! Pokémon Go players are everywhere! It has even become so bad that land and property owners are asking the government to help stop people from going on private property. It's incredible really! The term "Catch Them All" has become synonymous with the community and it's never ending. ...

This Will Keep You Busy At Work: Fold A Millennium Falcon Origami Ship
People who are good at origami are like magicians to me. I've made a couple basic origami designs, but for the most part, I usually finish with a crumpled up piece of paper. It's definitely a skill that takes patience, determination and a little luck. Maybe what we need is just an illustrated tutori ...

This Unique Notebook Will Let Your Analog And Digital Creativity Flow
Now you can get your analog and digital mojo on at the same time. There is still something about an old fashioned analog notebook that is inspiring. It's so simple, with its pages and lead pencil. However, wouldn't it be neat to update it a little with an homage to our smartphones? After all, the sm ...

The 3D Printed Ultimate Sticky Note Holder Is A Charming Little Design
Sticky notes make me happy. Sure, we can take notes on our smartphones, but where is the fun in that? Digital sticky notes can't compare to all the colorful paper sticky notes scattered all over my house. If you, like me, need a way to organize all those stacks of stickies, you might like this creat ...

Summer BBQ Papercraft: A Grill & All The Fixins Made From Paper
This is the time of year for summer BBQs and creating special memories with friends and family. One of the best parts of summer BBQs is cooking on the grill. We've featured a lot of intricate papercraft on Bit Rebels over the years, but this is one I haven't seen before. This is basically a BBQ gril ...

E-Ink Paper Notepad From Sony Ready For Release This Year
In a technology climate where seemingly everyone is trying to produce a flexible smartphone or watch, Sony has spent a lot of time on what they believe could become a huge success on the notepad end of the tech industry. Their new product, the e-ink paper notepad, is a pretty interesting piece of te ...

Innovative Software Turns A Piece Of Paper Into A Touchscreen
How would you like it if that ordinary piece of paper that's sitting on your desk could be manipulated into a touchscreen? What if you could also do that with a book? You could use your finger as a highlighter to showcase certain pieces of text. You would basically be able to digitize a piece of pap ...

World’s First 3D Printing Pen Makes 3D Sculptures As You Write Or Draw
This pen, which is the world's first 3D printing pen, is going to blow your mind. Apparently it's blown a lot of other people's minds too because they are trying to raise $30,000 on Kickstarter, and with 32 days left, they've already raised over $600,000 at the time I'm writing this. There is a good ...

High Tech Wastebasket Moves To Catch The Trash You Throw At It
How would you like to throw a piece of crumpled up paper at the wastebasket on the floor, and regardless of where you threw it, it would make a clean shot to score you 2 points? Would having a wastebasket that is better at catching your garbage than you are at aiming be cheating, or would it make th ...

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. ...

Paper Tablets Showcase Science Fiction Worthy Features
CES 2013 is in full swing, and people are overwhelmed by all the incredible products being showcased. Each year it seems we are getting even closer to what we have seen for years in science fiction movies. It's kind of fun to see how the technology industry feeds off what movie makers dream up. It's ...

Qii: The Mobile Rollable & Foldable Keyboard
I couldn't even count how many times I've wished that I had a physical keyboard with me when I am out and about. The small touchscreen keyboard on my iPhone is too small to even make sense of when doing any kind of advanced work. Sure, there are a bunch of bluetooth keyboards, but they are usually m ...

Unimaginable Paper Pop-Up Houses Become Reality
As kids, I think we all came across one of those pop-up books every once in a while. You know, the ones where each page became a 3d paper forest or maybe a house. They were all kind of simple designs, but for a kid, it is a whole new world that pops up. Looking back at them now, we are not so impres ...

Creative Post-It Notes Now As Nintendo NES Cartridges
There are few things in the world that have greatly impacted our lives and yet been such an easy concept. Post-It notes are one of those things. It's a simple and straight forward solution to a problem that many people have. Solutions like these are always widely appreciated and successful. And boy ...