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How to boost your wifi connection with a beer can

How to boost your wifi connection with a beer can

Whether you're working hard or hardly working, the Internet is needed for a lot of what you do—from researching for...

10 awesome photographs of abandoned automobiles

10 awesome photographs of abandoned automobiles

We love cars. Cars have made our lives simpler and easier to manage. We can go longer distances, run errands...

7 of the most unusual jobs that pay shockingly well

7 of the most unusual jobs that pay shockingly well

Have you ever wondered what is done to those who cannot pay for their airplanes? This may sound like a...

ScoreBig attempts to revolutionize crowded market of selling online tickets

ScoreBig attempts to revolutionize crowded market of selling online tickets

With a bevy of recognizable names in the online ticket marketplace, such as Stubhub, TicketsNow, and Ticketmaster, ScoreBig entered the fray...

GPS tech turns on a light for the blind

GPS tech turns on a light for the blind

The visually impaired don't get a lot of help when it comes to next-gen tech to help them better live...

Kinect

Kinect

The designers at Loft117 and programmer Jason Belmonti have teamed up to tap the Kinect for something that has been...

Where ‘toy’ ends, and ‘badass’ begins

Where ‘toy’ ends, and ‘badass’ begins

Add to your personal list of things that don't need to exist (everyone keeps one of those, right?) this remote-controlled...

Driving to a different tune with Soundtracks

Driving to a different tune with Soundtracks

Are you about ready to throw your car stereo in the trash? You're about to be. Students Robbin Ingvarsson and...

You can get your LEGO on in the tub, too!

You can get your LEGO on in the tub, too!

Okay, so the LEGO thing has been played out over the Internet for far too much, and I might have...

The beautiful art of making an hourglass

The beautiful art of making an hourglass

https://youtu.be/zBrpVbTiAsc?si=kobNwUIxDSJCrpWA There is something beautiful about this video, directed by Philip Andelman. It is difficult to explain. Perhaps it is...

You’ve seen LEGOs before, but not like this

You’ve seen LEGOs before, but not like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWd3vgLaA_M I don't know what it is about LEGOs, but they are awesome. But what is even more awesome is...

HP Gets Comfy With New Reclining Touchscreen

HP Gets Comfy With New Reclining Touchscreen

Once upon a time, Steve Jobs said that Apple didn't want to get into touchscreen desktop computing because it was...

Furniture of the Future: A Visibly Invisible Chair

Furniture of the Future: A Visibly Invisible Chair

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18703979[/vimeo]I'm not going to claim how this could possibly work, but a fellow by the name Ben Alun-Jones has created...

‘Brickify’ Does Exactly What It Says On the Tin

‘Brickify’ Does Exactly What It Says On the Tin

If you've ever wanted to convert your favorite logo/photo/image to Lego, now's your chance. The team at Carsonified has rolled...

Mattel Amps Up Its Psychic Toyline

Mattel Amps Up Its Psychic Toyline

In an age where the bulk of practicing geeks can remember a childhood full of He-Man action figures and other...

Laser-Guided Slingshot is High- and Low-Tech All At Once

Laser-Guided Slingshot is High- and Low-Tech All At Once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcq4_EhIoM Maybe the Jenga Pistol I posted earlier today didn't tickle your fancy. Maybe your fancy has nerve damage. Maybe...

The Cassette Walkman Still Lives – I Was Worried There For a Moment

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,...

Father and Son Send an iPhone Into Space

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

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...

Yamaha’s Silent Guitar Is Not Only Silent, But Near-Invisible

Yamaha’s Silent Guitar Is Not Only Silent, But Near-Invisible

It would be uncustomary for me to let a day go by without showing off something designy and musical. Taking...