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USB Folded Keyboard With MP3 Player – music while you work? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
Who said that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy? That’s ridonkulous. Everyone knows that hard work never hurt anyone, especially when you can combine it with some phat sounds and a weird look...
Light Shooter – full sized digital bow game turns you into a real live Robin Hood 27 Aug 2013 | 04:23 pm
Masasuke Yasumoto from Tokyo University of Technology has created an archery video game based around a full sized bow with integrated digital sensors. The Light Shooter game features a strain gauge in...
Commotion – open source tools to create your own private internet [Freeware] 27 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
One of the things that is so great about the Internet is its ability to bring people together, but often that precise quality becomes a victim of outside influences, whether it’s bad weather breaking ...
Mapping Arms Data – everything you didn’t want to know about arms sales across the world in the past 20 years 27 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
There’s something mind-bogglingly sad about a world where one of the most successful industries revolves around selling tools to kill and maim other members of the species. Preferably as efficiently a...
Mirror 180 won’t waste any space 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
The worst thing about getting ready in the morning with roommates or a significant other is sharing the bathroom mirror. You need your own section of mirror for hair (this includes shaving), makeup, a...
Keyport 2.0 took a good idea and made it better 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
The Keyport Slide was a grand idea that took your wad of keys and slimmed it all down into one tiny, neat package. As it was the first of its kind, there were a few design issues. Instead of letting t...
Bike Dynamo Charger – keep your phone powered up while you cycle and enjoy 26 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
One of the problems with using your smartphone as a GPS navigation or music system while out and about on your bicycle is the fact that you don’t have a charge point handy, as you do in a car. Instead...
Star Citizen – Chris Roberts’ successor to the Wing Commander game shows how game crowdfunding should really be done 26 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
Those of you who are old enough may remember Wing Commander, the most excellent space shooter game on the PC, which pitted humans against some fiendish Kilrathi ‘Furries’ in all out alien space war. T...
Who needs a salon when you have the Powered Nail Clipper? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
While keeping your nails trim and tidy on a day-to-day basis may not be a major concern for most of us, they do need a cut every now and again. However, nail clippers do require some level of precisio...
Emotiv Insight – The more you know, the more you thrive 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
We spend a lot of time paying attention to our bodies, but often ignore our minds. Living with a weak mind is just as bad as feeling sluggish day-to-day. There are plenty of activity trackers for how ...
