July 2009

Next-Gen Protection for Gadgets and Humans

d3o have come up with a rather magical invention that protects whatever it covers by simply deflecting the incoming object. You can already think of the many applications – pad your iPhone in it to make it bounce back when you drop it, or protect your head when you’re skiing down the mountain. The material [...]

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Gardenwatch Cam – watch your garden grow from your desk

The Gardenwatch Cam is a snappy little innovation that lets you record your garden growing by taking pictures at predetermined intervals (standard ones are 1 min, 5 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, 4 hours, 24 hours or set your own!) in JPEG format, and them playing them back to you in a Discovery Channel-style long [...]

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The “Electronic” Ruler – redefining stationary

I’m sure no one’s thought of this idea before – turning an ‘analog’ ruler into a digital one – but Shay Shafranek has done exactly that. Taking a circuit board, he placed a set of LED digits under a thing strip of wood-like material and added a reset button and little touch-sensitive buttons on the [...]

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Mimo Mini USB Monitor – expand your screen real estate

Having a dual monitor is pretty cool, but desk space, available sockets and video card troubles can be an issue when decided whether or not to buy one. Don’t worry! GfG have found a solution to your problems – the Mimo Mini USB Monitor. This is a portable 7″ screen that can be plugged into [...]

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Cardboard Gadgets, an Art Project

An artist called Kyle Bean has made some gadgets out of cardboard and lit their tracing paper screens with a simple circuit, all in the aid of awareness. His point is that gadgets today are almost out of date the moment you buy them – and he’s right! He’s also trying to get across the [...]

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Google launching its own operating system – Chrome OS

Google has taken the much rumored step of creating its own OS. Named Chrome after the browser of the same name, this new OS will have a windowing environment based on a Linux kernel (of course) and will naturally contain the Chrome browser as its browser-of-choice. Google expects Google Chrome Operating System to be available [...]

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USB Robot Flash Drive

Novelty USB flash drives are always popular – you think of it, it has probably been made! This little find is a rather cute retro robot that also serves as a 1GB flash drive – simply pop his head off to reveal a USB plug, plug him into the computer and away you go. To [...]

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Solar Powered Sun Jar

If you’re looking for something to brighten up your dark nights then the solar powered sun jar might just be for you. Throughout the day it charges via light from the sun and when it gets dark it releases its glow out into the night. For the spiritually-minded of you out there you might want [...]

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Facebook revamping privacy controls

If you read this blog, there’s a pretty good chance you’re also a Facebook user. If so, and you care about your privacy, you should probably set aside some time to take a look at Facebook’s new privacy controls when they are rolled out to you. Facebook is in the midst of reorganizing the controls [...]

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Gmail Tips – become a ninja!

Gmail user? Bet you didn’t know that you could sign out your Gmail session remotely?! If you did, then you might be considered a Gmail master. The Google Gmail team has put together a nice set of tips grouped by ‘belt level’ so that you too can become a Gmail Ninja. As much of an [...]

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