2330 Stories
Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.
Dirpy Lets You Turn Your Favourite YouTube Videos Into MP3’s
Want the dubstep version of "Because I Backtraced It" on your iPod? This dream has come true with Dirpy, a...
The Internet To The Rescue! Asinine Magazine Steals Article, Suggests Author Thank Them, Gets Pwnd On Facebook
What could have been a simple copyright infringement has become a full-blown circus after the internet got a hold of...
Windows Calculator: I Am Error
I've been using PCs for the better part of two decades, and in all that time, I've used Windows' calculator...
Will Netflix Doom Net Neutrality?
For some time now, net neutrality has been a 'cause celebre' for web geeks. The idea - that all traffic...
The Rubik’s Cube Piggy Bank: You’re Totally Never Getting Your Change Back
If there was one object today that, above all others, I was made to select and define as 'the pimpinest...
Your Halloween Costume Will Never Be As Ambitious As This. Ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pucbRCRHxk Oh, hey, I just realized I'm an inconsiderate jerk, and never asked you how your Halloween was. How'd it...
Google’s Demo Slam Slams Through Language Barrier In the Name of Fish Curry
Google has so much crap going on at once, I don't blame you if you've never heard of Demo Slam,...
America’s Educational Failures All Summed Up In One History Class
"You are only allowed to use your OWN knowledge, your OWN class notes, class handouts, your OWN class homework, or...
The Coolest Library In The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5LlSKKG3M It is ironic that this piece of video and creativity takes place within the confines of a library —...
Sorry I’m Late, Guys – Car Got Stuck In My Printer Again
Soon, you may have an entirely new scapegoat for not attending all manner of functions: a printer jam. 3D printing...
Automatic Typewriter Chooses Its Own Adventures – With Your Help
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16311288[/vimeo] I remember back in, like, grade 3, sitting on the old black and white Mac, playing text adventures at...
Zombie Reports Track the Coming Undead Apocalypse
With Halloween a mere 36 hours away, sightings of unsavoury creatures of all manner will be on the rise, and...
Cellphone-Wielding Time Traveler Spotted In Charlie Chaplin Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6a4T2tJaSU I've been engaged in a hot debate over the last hour with a friend of mine over just what...
A Time Line of The Social Buying Universe
While most have only heard of "social buying" in the last couple of years, it has actually been around since...
The Cassette Walkman Still Lives – I Was Worried There For a Moment
Sony has announced that the cassette Walkman will be discontinued in Japan, having ended manufacturing in April. As we speak,...
Chinese Vending Machines Give “Fresh” A Whole New Meaning
[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfaa2j_japanprobe-dot-com_webcam[/dailymotion] If you've taken a stroll through Nanjing, China lately, you might notice something peculiarly odd: vending machines. These things,...
Marvel Heroes Get TRON’d The F*** Up
I hang out with an awful lot of comic book dorks, and many of them have been cowering in fear...
Father and Son Send an iPhone Into Space
I am so frequently reminded of how I should totally have stuck with science a little more, if even to...
Robot Curtain Makes Privacy Cool Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhbUjVyKIc Niklas Roy's workshop has a large window right in front. After getting fed up of passersby peering in, he...
Atomic Tom Drops The Bomb On The B Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998 No, this isn't a terrorist threat. Atomic Tom, a New York based band was looking for a little exposure,...