Archive for August, 2010

Cute Circuit’s Francesca Rosella came up with the idea for the M-Dress, whose main focus and function is to receive calls. The reason it is able to do so is the fact that there is a speaker and SIM card embedded in the sleeve cuff on the left hand side. More »


Self-dusting solar panels might just be the answer. Everyone can agree that the desert would probably be the best place for solar panels, and now the most crucial problem has also been fixed—the issue of how efficient solar panels would be given all the dust and wind in the desert. More »


Architect Adam Reed Tucker became one of 11 LEGO-certified architectural artists by designing miniatures of famous landmarks with LEGO bricks. His works, including the World Trade Center, the Gateway Arch, Fallingwater and some other models, are currently on display in the National Building Museum until September 5th, 2011. They are featured in the exhibit ‘LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition’ in Washington D.C. More »


From Htcyou:

For those DROID X users that have been waiting for their Froyo 2.2 update, there is a version that has been leaked, and you can now check it out on your phone! It has not officially been released yet, so I couldn’t image it being as good as the original, but while you wait, it’s something to calm your curiosity down with. More »


From Htcyou: Having already been released across several networks in the US, the Samsung Galaxy S has already kicked up a storm. But what if you bought your Galaxy S on one network and now want to transfer to another? Samsung have no problem with that- in fact, they’ve even given you the codes themselves, in the smartphone’s files. Switching carriers has never been so easy. More »


I’m sure you have all heard about the $35 tablet that the Indian government announced they were to bring out, but with the release date happening a year from now, Allgo Embedded Systems, who are based in Bangalore, have created a tablet of their own for $50 named STAMP. Jump in the competition whilst you can, I say. More »


Hi-ReS recently created a fun Chrome experiment called ‘Google Gravity.’ It allows you to experiment with the search engines’ page elements. According to the developer, “type ‘google gravity’ then click ‘I’m feeling Lucky’ and the above picture should come up.” I tried to experiment it with it but I don’t know what to do after it all falls because I can not view the video right now. Hopefully you guys will have more luck! More »


Despite the current trend of practically every computer company trying to push out as the next tablet, Fujitsu continues creating what they like to do the best, computer devices that have a little something extra. The Lifebook T730 and TH700 are their next line of notebook tablets. More »


The brainiac behind Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, recently became “unblockable,” causing a flurry of who-what-when-where-why-how’s throughout the Internet community. Yeah, that’s the right way to approach a community who’s constantly worried about privacy issues. More »


The Swype texting app is on a roll. Just five months after a Swype intern broke the Guiness world record, a British woman has managed to type the tricky phrase, “the razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human” in only 25.94 seconds on her Samsung Galaxy S phone. That’s almost 10 seconds faster than the previous record. More »


Motion Sensitive Wallpaper is no ordinary wallpaper we are talking about. It is actually wallpaper that lets you turn on the lights with just the swipe of your hand. Talk about awesome! More »


What’s more fun than blowing stuff up? Blowing stuff up in SUPER SLOW-MO!! That is exactly what Mike Senese did on Science Channel’s Catch It Keep It. He is co-host for the show as well as the engineer who set up the whole destruction. You can check out the details of how he blew up the Les Paul guitar using 100lbs of thermite in the following video on his blog. Or, watch it below: More »


Let me introduce you the “Wee Wee Aim Ball” — it sounds weird and funny at the same time its purpose is not to make you laugh. It is specially made for boys who have poor accuracy when they pee. More »


We have seen many gadgets and gizmos made out of legos but this Lego Car just tops them all, even though its not really made out of Legos. With just one look you’ll definitely think that this car was Lego inspired and its owner is a Big Lego fan. More »


RYNO is a new one-wheeled, self-balancing Electric Scooter! This little scooter was made by RYNO Moters. Sounds pretty amazing to me — it looks like half a motorbike, its slower too! But this little one-wheeled scooter can let you drive around comfortably without having that fear your going to fall off at any given chance! But the question is will RYNO catch on? More »


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