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Recycled Bike Art Is Going To The Dogs....

There is no right and wrong when creating original art, and for Israeli artist Nirit Levav, inspiration came in the form of discarded bike chains and man's best friend. Her life-size dog sculptures are examples of upcycling at it's finest and most creative. 

To H20 Or Not To H20, Matt Damon's Conflicted Water.org Charity Strike [Videos]

“Anybody have any idea what invention has saved more lives than any other in the history of humankind?” Matt Damon asked a room filled with reporters. The answer? “The toilet.” But how serious is this actor in requesting the world to relinquish use of the most important innovation known to modern man?

What Empathic Smartphones And Smart Cameras Tell Us About Ourselves

With the announcement of the Xpression, a new mood-sensing app, is the field wide open for advancements in mobile technology on a science fictional scale?

Infrastructure Scaling: The NewsBlur Story

With Google Reader shutting down, NewsBlur saw its daily users go from 1,500 to 50,000. They did not scale well, and now they posted some lessons learned from the event, and what others should know when they start a new online service.

Milestone's 1/12 Scale Model Urinal Set With Sink

Looking for that special gift for the model-maker who has everything? Consider this 1/12 scale pair of urinals from Japan's Milestone that comes complete with sink, tile wall and privacy partition. Little Jimmy will just love it! His parents, not so much.

Aussie Businesses Up Tablet Use

According to a forecast recently put out by Roy Morgan Research the use of tablets in business in the nation of Australia is going to go up over the next 12 months, both in the number of businesses using the tablets and the actual number of tablets being used. Gains as large as 50% are being estimated in some cases, though data varies by industry.

Engineering Students Unite To Save The World, One Invention At A Time – Enter To Win The James Dyson Award 2013 Competition!

Since 2010, the James Dyson Award has prodded engineering and design students from around the world to create and share their unique innovations with the ultimate goal of solving problems, and they're gearing up to see what 2013 has to offer the planet...

Get Cranky To Charge Up Your Cell Phone

With the season of outdoor back-to-nature adventures and severe weather on the way you want to keep your cell phone handy. Though it won't be very handy if the battery runs out and there is no electrical power for miles. To make sure that you will always have power for your smartphone you can keep the Emergency Hand Crank Cell Phone Charger on hand.

Time To Sober Up? Then Drink This

While not drinking too much in the first place is probably the best advice, most of us still manage to over-indulge at least once in a while. The general result of such activity leads to feeling like death warmed-over, thinking the sun came up too bright, and wishing the birds in the trees would shut up. Now there is help. Sober Up is a non-alcoholic shot of liquid infused with Eastern herbs to detox your body and clarify your mind.

Newman K1 Smartphone With Quad-Core CPU & 5-inch Screen To Be Priced Under $160

The new K1 smartphone from China's Newman offers users a wealth of advanced features including a 1.2Ghz quad-core MediaTek MTK6589 chipset, a 5-inch 720p display and front & rear cameras, all for under 1,000 yuan or $160.

Making The Most Out Of Quirky.com

Quirky.com is a great site aimed at inventors and something you can take advantage of to market your ideas into products, but not everything makes it to the production floor. How can you maximize your chances for your idea to become a product?

Retroarch: Your One-Stop Shop For All Things Emulation

Today, I'd like to talk to all of you fine folks out there who are trying to keep old-school gaming and nostalgia alive on the PC through the magic of emulation - I've a too you'll find very interesting. Old gaming hardware is becoming scarcer and scarcer and the games that we all once knew and loved are becoming more and more difficult to find.  There may eventually come a day when ROMs and Emulators are the only way to keep the passion - and the memory - alive. 

Happy Hacking Keyboard Could Be Just Your Type

While the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2 from Japan's PFU was designed with the needs of coders and UNIX system administrators in mind, its many attributes appeal to everyday, practical-minded keyboard users as well.

Cory Booker, The Social Media Mayor's #Waywire Disrupts The News Via Video [Videos]

We're familiar with celebrities tipping their toes in the social media waters. A number of actors now have their a number of pet projects. Some like Ashton Kutcher actually head up social media marketing firm like the Katalyst Network or Ian Somerhalder and his news activist site in beta called "Ryot," or Justin Timberlakes' current attempt at welcoming defectors back to MySpace.  But up till now, there's been no political figures actively involved in a social media enterprise. That was, until Cory Booker created #waywire.

Wasabi Warning: Use Of This Product May Set Your Face On Fire

The edge is where you play your best. Where the light meets the dark, where fear rises from the shadows to greet you, this is where you thrive. This is your water, your breath of air. And if you think you would eat a bowl of wasabi on a dare, read on. If you dare...

Make Your Own MacBreakfast At Home

Now you can make those fantastic and fun breakfast sandwiches right in your own kitchen with the help of the Breakfast Sandwich Maker from Hamilton Beach. You can make the sandwich any way you want it -- with or without eggs or cheese, any meat you want, and choose your bread from English muffins to bagels to pancakes.

Samsung Announces Galaxy S4

Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 today, an upgraded model to its very popular S3 from last year. There are better specs, new software offerings, but a fairly similar looking handset case. The S4 will be out this coming April.

Can Your Invention Make The Top 5 For The ClickStartMe Product and Invention Contest?

Are you ready for a no-holds-barred way to not only show that your innovative invention is the greatest thing since sliced awesome, earn funding for your idea’s creation as well as a nation-reaching marketing deal to sell it to the masses? Grab your blueprints and get ready to blow America’s socks off!

Robot Wheelchair Makes Walking Look Bad!

Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System or ROPITS for short, a new robot wheelchair designed by the people have at Hitachi the system, which can be used in conjunction with a tablet or a smart phone, will enable users to get from point a to point b without having to plan every inch of the path manually.

TeleSound Makes Sounds From Your Smartphone

The TeleSound is a Kickstarter project which aims at extending your smartphone with sounds. Pairing with your phone or tablet using Bluetooth, it will allow you to send sound requests to the integrated speaker, for the amusement of your cat or kids.