Gadgets
Socket To Me - The Old Power Bar With A Twist
by Doug Bonderud
A product to solve common conundrums, the Socket Sense lets power bars actually connect multiple devices. How electric.
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Add new comment QR Codes To The Rescue In The Gulf To Address The BP Oil Spill
by Ron Callari
While Quick Response (QR) Codes still have a long way to go in gaining
traction in the US, the BP Oil Spill may be the right catalyst to
introduce this technology to more and more folks who own smartphones.
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by Gloria Campos
Watch out! The Artificial Vision and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (VisLab) of Italy's Parma University has designed solar powered vehicles that can travel without a driver. They are planning to set a new worldwide milestone in the field of Vehicular Robotics from Parma, Italy to Shanghai, China, with the vehicles.
Electrolux Design Lab Finalists: 8 Brilliant Designs For The Space Age
by Toby
For the last few years, the Electrolux Design Lab has called for student design submissions that prepare for the 'space age.' This isn't the outer space age, it's the interior space age, ones that millions of people are predicted to inhabit by the year 2050.
Automatic Chef Rotating Campfire
by Chris Weiss
It's hard for something that calls itself the "automatic chef" to miss the mark, but somehow, this does.
Smart Cup Tells You When It's Safe To Drink Your Joe
by Toby
McDonald's has been sued for it. Tongues have burned from it. Private
parts have disappeared from it. And, of course, clothes have been
spoiled because of it. Hot coffee! Oh, yeah, tea too.
Sniffing Device Is Major Development For Severely Disabled Persons
by T Goodman
A sniffing device developed by Israeli researchers is probably the best invention to restore motor and communication functions that severely disabled persons ever thought would come about.
Quirky Community Develops The Ultimate Dog Leash: Kōsoku
by Lady Bee
Quirky, the first successful online 'social product development'
company has just released its 60th product in six months. The product,
which Quirky named the Kōsoku, "a dog leash so fly it gets a fancy schmancy Japanese name," is pretty cool, and it does seem to fit its billing of 'A new leash on life.'
Social Media Goes GTL With Jersey Shore Facebook Game & iPhone App
by Ron Callari
Love them or hate them, MTV is utilizing social media to promote the second season of its reality hit TV show, Jersey Shore.
This week, the network is hyping the much anticipated return of the
guidos and guidettes with a Facebook game and an iPhone app.
Google's Android Phones In China Could Become Google-less
by Ron Callari
As ironic as it sounds, Baidu - China's number one search engine is
negotiating with smartphone manufacturers to pull the ultimate coup -
replace Google Search with Baidu Search on all Google Android phones
in the country.
Social Media Reveal For 2011 Ford Explorer Does Not Connect The Dots
by Ron Callari
At 7:40AM EDT on July 26, the Ford Motor company introduced a major
departure in unveiling a new car with the launch of the 2011 Ford
Explorer on Facebook.
Departing from the "Mad Men" Days of traditional advertising and
revealing a new car on the floor of an Auto Show, Ford chose Social Media
to motivate buyers.
Rock-Paper-Scissors... All In a Glove
by John P. Barker
Here's that excuse you've been looking for to play with yourself in public...
Beat Summer Heat With 'Misty Shower', A Portable Shower In A Bottle
by Steve Levenstein
"Misty Shower" is a portable, hand-powered, extra-fine water mister that helps keep you cool when summer lays down the heat.
iPhone 4 Cover Looks Like Lunch, Prevents Screen Crunch
by Steve Levenstein
If the screen of your new iPhone 4 is so clean you could eat off it, keep it that way - with a faux food phone cover!
Wireless Bluetooth Receivers Give Future Tech A Natural Look
by Steve Levenstein
A new series of three wireless Bluetooth receivers from NGanu and TokyoFlash shows today's top tech toys can have a kinder, gentler side.
Concepts For A Digital Life... As A Chef
by Toby
You may never see one of these Digital Gastronomy gadgets in your kitchen, but restaurant chefs who use them would make a meal actually worth the $100 or so you spend on it.
Butts Get One More Way To Emit Something Shockingly Unpleasant
by Doug Bonderud
From Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district - known in India for its plethora of pickpockets - comes Shyam Chaurasia and his design for a pair of jeans that gives thieves the jolt of their life.
Resonating Ceramic Meta-Cloak In Development, Stoneware Dagger On Hold
by Doug Bonderud
Professor Elena Semouchkina and her team at Michigan Tech U have worked out a way to cloak small objects - without their grant fundind dissappearing.
Bike-Powered Washing Machine Can Travel With You
by Gloria Campos
What if every afternoon, after dinner, you could take a nice leisurely bike ride around your neighborhood and when you arrived back home your laundry was clean and inside a washing machine attached to the side of your bike? Crazy right? No! Someone invented a bike-powered washing machine that travels.
Got A Hard Pill To Swallow? It's Nothing For The Automatic Pill Grinder
by Boomer Babe
Hospitals break up pills for patients and put them in applesauce. Patients always taste the pills. But the Pill Grinder just might work. A powder can be absorbed much better by a hot cocoa, a side of mashed potatoes, ice cream... Oh, I could name more treats, but it would just make both of us really hungry.
