2335 Stories
TECHi Inspiration spotlights the founders, startups, and visionaries building the future. From billion-dollar funding rounds to bootstrapped breakthroughs, this section tells the human stories behind the technology. The ambition, the risk, and the execution that turns ideas into industry-defining companies.
This Is Not The Backpack You’re Looking For
Kinda weird timing on this one, but some nerdy genius has come up with the Boba Fett backpack. Light on...
Want To Stay Home And Be Creepy? There’s a Wii Game For That
It can be a lonely life for creepy guys. Who do you have to talk to when you're stuck up...
This R2 Unit Can’t Repair Your X-Wing, But It’ll Be Your Xbox
If there is a more ambitious case modder than Brian DeVitis, I haven't heard of him. Not content with having...
100-Year-Old Talking Tree is Most Facebook-Savvy in Belgium (and Quite Possibly, The World)
My parents don't know jack about the internet. We're talking nothing more complicated than basic email. We're talking, like... you...
Wanna See Flickr’s 5 Billionth Photo?
It's always cool when a totally big-ass milestone is hit on something, sort of like Twitter's 20 billionth tweet, which......
iPhone Gaming Reaches A New Level Of Awesome
So the iPhone is the new king of mobile gaming, at least until Sony or Nintendo strikes back. But if...
Turning A Photo Viewer Into A Tablet for $170
Somewhere between DIY and iPad sits this hacked Insignia Infocast. The Infocast is a strange beast to begin with -...
$100 Origami iPhone Stand – Functional, Stylish, Expensive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU36zTVkOTY Craft time! Got a spare $100 bill lying around? Of course you do, you're made of money. Look at...
Because There’s Always Room For More Gundams
I have a couple friends who are big into building scale models of Gundams. I've never really understood the appeal...
A Safer Kind of 3D Advertising
3D is absolutely bloody everywhere now. Everywhere you turn, stuff's popping out of every surface at you - most of...
RFID-Ready Trash Bins Can and Will Betray You
Remember when internet refrigerators were attempting to become popular, way back in, like... 2001? Or, rather, I'm pretty sure all...
A Little Blinky Blinky For The Ladies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luOeJdosct4 Engineer Marc DeVidts is my favourite person today. Marc's unconcerned with not being totally fly and getting all the...
Mind-Controlled Moog Theremin Ain’t No Mozart, But It Sure Is Cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0So3q9cT0 It would be a day wasted if I didn't show you a bafflingly unique piece of musical technology, so...
A World Without Photoshop? Nooooo!
Most people have occasionally stopped to wonder what life was like before computers, but if you use Photoshop, you understand...
An Infographic To Explain Why Infographics Are So Common
Finally! Someone has taken the time to explain why infographics are so common on the web. Using an infographic. As...
Google Celebrates Chemistry and Continues to Channel Your Inner Procrastinator
Google should seriously rethink its doodles. Nobody is ever going to get anything done! This is the worst thing for...
Photoshop Feature Sneak Peak: Photobomb Tool
With Adobe's Creative Suite 5 barely a couple of months old, the Photoshop team is already hard at work on...
Old School GPS? Eat Your Heart Out, SteamPunk
We're all aware of the SteamPunk phenomenon - time-rich nerd takes high tech device and fancies it up with some...
Y’know, Steve Jobs Might Be A Cylon, Too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8dJSquyUl0 Sometimes, you're a BSG fan. Sometimes, you find yourself with an old iMac. Sometimes, you add a Larson Scanner...
Students Trek Across Canada in an Electrified V-Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7sFPBq9Ek A team of students from the University of British Columbia hope to set the record for the fastest coast-to-coast...