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Ideablob has a collection of projects that users of their system have submitted to a user response contest to win funding. Here is a quote from their About Us page: ideablob.com is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling […]
Patty Maes of the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab introduces what may be the must have gadget in the not so far future. The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector […]
Digital artist Jer Thorp writes: Holding a smoke alarm, battery installed, is somewhat like holding an unwound jack-in-the-box. While you know that it shouldn’t go off, there’s still a nagging suspicion that it might. I get a similar feeling when I check news websites in the morning – somewhere in the back of my mind, […]
By way of Ladyada comes this tidbit from this morning’s iPhone OS 3.0 press conference. She writes: Ryan Block from GDGT has some major news from the iPhone 3.0 press conference, pretty soon you’ll be able to make/hack/add any accessories to the iPhone – wow! We’ll see some Arduino projects shortly. 10:20AM – Apps talk […]
If you’re interested in learning more about the Parallax Propeller, or already a die-hard Propeller head, you may want to check out the Unofficial Propeller Expo being held on June 27-28, put on by one of Parallax’s forum members, Jeff Ledger. Bring your projects to show off, tools to work on collaborative projects, or just […]
If you remember the Google SketchUp Gingerbread House Competition, you may be interested in the new Student Bridge Modeling Competition: Are you in awe of the engineering that goes into designing a bridge? Do you have a favorite local, famous, or historical bridge you’d like to see in Google Earth? Now you have a chance […]
One of the frustrating things about traveling is the obligatory pay-wireless that so many hotels and airports provide. If you check your mail at the airport and again at the hotel, it’s pretty easy to run up charges equivalent to a month’s worth of broadband, not to mention that you have to give your credit […]
