Tag: safety

This is such an innovative little design. How many times have you heard a knock on your hotel door and looked out the peephole only to see a partial view of the hotel hallway? I've done it a million times. When you look out the peephole, you can't see flush up against the wall next to your door. Tec ...

Technology

World’s Fastest Cockroach Robot Was Designed To Save Lives

The American cockroach is one of the fastest insects in the world (and the nastiest). People here spend a lot of money to keep those bugs out of their homes. Here in the south where I live, they can even fly. Our cockroaches are able to maintain their claim to fame when it comes to speed because the ...

Deter Burglars The Geek Way With A Fake TV

Getting robbed is one of the worst experiences ever, and if you are like many people, you take precautions to deter burglars when you leave your home. Whether you have your lights on a timer, you have a video system you can access on your iPhone or you use another device, or perhaps even a full-fled ...

Technology

Sweetbox Raspberry Pi Case: The Super Safe Way To Transport Your Pi

When the Raspberry Pi was first introduced, I think many people were truly excited but didn't think it would make the kind of impact it has. The fact that it didn't even come with a case seemed to confuse a lot of people. The mindset was usually, "Why would I buy a 'computer' when it's not even fini ...

Technology

iPhone Home Security Enables Video Feed From Your Front Door

Many studies conducted during 2012 told us that the most overlooked personal security areas were in our homes. We tend to spend way more time securing our smartphones and even our social networking profiles than we do protecting our homes. That's insane when you think about it. The fact that we are ...

Keep Your Lollipop Safe With The Wooden Candy Lollipop Case

We have all had it happen to us, the horrible experience of dropping something edible you just bought and seeing all the deliciousness go to waste. It especially happened to us as kids, right? It was either an ice cream, a hot dog or even a lollipop, and it sucked! With all the geeky ingenuity in th ...

Lifestyle

Shop Safely & Securely This Holiday Season [Infographic]

Britt Klontz

As the holiday season rolls around, shoppers and retailers alike are bracing themselves for Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness. More than $12.2 billion was spent on Black Friday 2011, and online sales hit $2.83 billion Christmas week of that year, up 16% from 2010. Both Black Friday and Cyber Mon ...

Social Media

The Secret Online Life Of Teenagers [Infographic]

The online life can be a treacherous one if you don't apply the proper amount of security. This has long been a debate that will most likely never be completely solved. Each day there are new ways you and your privacy can get into trouble. It's always important to make sure your information is safe ...

Lifestyle

The Truth About Driving Distractions [Infographic]

If you've been reading Bit Rebels for a while, you probably know that I live in Atlanta. Two days ago, there was a woman driving down the highway here while making a salad in her car. I've heard of people eating burgers and talking on the phone while driving, and I even wrote about this crazy driver ...

Social Media

How We Might Share Too Much Online [Infographic]

A couple years ago, social media was on everyone's mind, and it still is. Twitter had just become a huge deal, and we all started extensively using networking services all around the globe. A new addiction was born, and if you had it, you quickly became the go-to place for the latest and greatest ne ...

The Wrestling Approach To Fire Safety Is Way More Fun

The seriousness of the world can be quite exhausting at times, especially when you are an adult. There are things to attend to pretty much the entire time, and if you at some point find the time to endeavor into the land of possibilities, you can be damn sure someone will come around to change all t ...

It’s Great To Be Alive! Retro Safety Manual Uses Scare Tactics

I have always wondered why safety manuals usually have the same style when it come to graphics. Not only that, but they seem to make the people in the manuals happy as well, and that always freaks me out. It's like they say in the movie Fight Club, no one looks like that when they are facing certain ...

Social Media

Twacked: When Good Twitter Accounts Go Bad [Infographic]

It's a common theme on Twitter to see someone's account get hacked and suddenly start tweeting a bunch of horse manure. It's also quite common to see tweets that warn us about things not to click on. It can be everything from DMs to tweets, but the tweets usually say the same thing, "If you get 'thi ...

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Nissbaru & Toyazda: Clever Road Safety Advertisement