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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.
April Fool’s: Why The Tech World Needs Its Annual Carnival
Last year, when YouTube decided to Rickroll all its users - i.e. send all video links to Rick Astley's "Never...
Steel Mousepads Make YOUR Setup Look Totally Wimpy
Let me tell you about my rig. Seriously. Grab your milk and cookies, find a spot on the carpet, and...
Plant-o-Bot Concept Inspires With Environmental Message, Cuteness
Sometimes, it's a little hard to listen to dry, good-for-you messages about environmentalism. But a robot? That's cute? Where I...
Lightsaber Bookends Support Those Paper Thingies You Don’t Read
Who amongst us, the cognoscenti and intelligentsia of the world, hasn't dreamed of doing something as incredible, sweeping and artful...
Pink Floyd… in 8 Glorious Bits
Chiptunes - that genre of music that takes classic tracks and then covers them using 8-bit video game sounds -...
3D Printed Jewelery Makes Vanity Efficient and Futuristic
3D Printing has always been a bit of a confusing concept. It's always seemed a bit befuddling to think that...
Google Envelopes Snail Mail Concept to Please Both Luddites and Fans of The Absurd
Those of you are fans of both letter-writing and Samuel Beckett-like absurdity are really going to like this: Google Envelopes...
Unvarnished Lets People Leave User Reviews of… You.
Well it's difficult to imagine what might go wrong this idea. Unvarnished, which today launched into a private beta, is...
Five Steps to Building A Better Chatroulette Experience
Chatroulette. What can be said about this social media sensation that is gaining huge exposure? It is a fascinating piece...
Throw out your remotes and control your electronics with your iPhone
As we sit back and watch Apple slowly try and take over the world, it doesn't help that application developers...
Live your comic book dream and buy your way into the next X-Men movie
As reported yesterday on Entertainment Daily, a copy of the 1938 edition of Action Comis No. 1 featuring Superman's debut...
Impossible Project releases a new Polaroid camera. Yes, thats right, a new Polaroid.
Polaroid? They still exist? Everyone once and a while we rummage through our grandparents closet and stumble upon this old...
But No Star Wars Reference? I’m Not Impressed.
As a purveyor of offbeat geekery, I am absolutely obligated to show you this. Here’s a girl balancing 15 books...
Your Accommodations Do The Travelling For You!
I’m completely fed up with hotels that stay in once place, man. Had it up to here. Haven’t you? They...
New Keyboard Design Promises To Waste Countless Hours of Your Time
A true gentleman - a man who respects the finer things - realizes the value of slowing it down. Taking...
Unnecessary Lord of the Rings Blu-Ray Has Unnecessary Quality Problems
As soon as Blu-Ray high-definition films became available, geeks the world over waited with bated breath for one group of...
Beat Feet Turns Your Shoes Into Synthesizer
Alright, 'fess up - sometimes, when you're walking down the street late at night, you wish that you could tap...
When Recalling the Layout of Your Own Home Isn’t Enough
Y’know how in a room with multiple lights, you never, NEVER hit the switch you need on the first try?...
StickerYou Promises To Make Your Macbook Even More Nerdy
How many times have you been sitting at a Starbucks and, looking over at your fellow coffee-shop customers, been really...
New GM-Segway Concept Created Because People Didn’t Look Silly Enough on Segways
You know, you really gotta' admire the idea behind the Segway: create an efficient, easy way for people in cities...