What do you do when your conventional strategies for attracting mobile app developers haven’t always been successful? If you’re Microsoft, you build web apps. The company tells ZDNet that it has been repackaging dozens of popular websites as Windows Phone apps in an attempt to get the site owners to …
There’s no doubt that technology has changed the field of archaeology in profound ways. New tools have taken archaeologists to places they couldn’t go before and opened the door to countless new discoveries. They’ve also shed some light on some of the—err—more creative interpretations of artifacts.
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Tomorrow morning an Apple event is set to take off bringing on a set of new devices starting, first and foremost, in the iPad arena. The 5th generation iPad is tipped to appear alongside the 2nd generation iPad mini, both of them ready to work with iOS 7 right out of the box. The desktop […]
Sure, these three tasty-looking conceptual chocolate bars would make for
an artistic snack time, but unfortunately the winning trio will most
likely stay confectionary fiction. But it doesn’t hurt to appreciate the
imagination that went into designing them!
As a general rule, we’re in favor of any gadgets named for one of our favorite girl group jams. We’ve also got a soft spot for those projects looking to send a little love in the postal service’s direction — lord knows it can use it. Mr. Postman, naturally, fulfills both of those quotas. The smart …
I’ve seen my share of sci-fi movies and I know how giant robots can be pretty imposing. But these robots made from cut cardboard look like they couldn’t really do any damage – even the deadly, but tragically-flawed ED-209 from Robocop.
These awesome little cardboard robots were made by Etsy artist Cardboard Myth, and they’re the perfect thing for your desktop toy collection, don’cha think? I sure do. In addition to ED-209, you can find a Gundam-style mech, as well as a couple of totally original creations.
What’s really impressive about these robots is that they all offer articulated limbs, so you can position them like plastic action figures.
Just be careful not to get them wet, and definitely keep them away from open flames. Paper robots hate fire.
You can start building your own cardboard robot army over at Cardboard Myth’s Etsy shop, where these each sell for about $34(USD).
Unless you grew up to become an architect, you’re probably wondering if you wasted your toddler years playing with blocks when you could’ve been learning more valuable skills. But worry not—thanks to designer Scott Jones, anyone can put their longstanding block skills to good use with this lovely modular Bloc’d Sofa, which can be rearranged into countless seating configurations.
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What do they want from us?
(Credit: CBS News/Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
I can see the movie now.
“Revenge of the Giant Oarfish” will star Kevin Costner as the grizzled old fisherman tasked to save America from ugly, angry sea creatures that not only appear on our shores, but somehow manage to squeeze their way into our sewage systems and bathroom sinks.
Pre-production seems inevitable after a second oarfish washed up on a Southern California shore.
After the discovery of an 18-foot specimen off Catalina Island last week, what were the chances that another one, this time 14 feet long, would turn up Friday in nearby Oceanside?
Yet, as CBS News reported, here were little children, wide-eyed with fascination at the arrival of another of these serpent-like creatures. For this menacing-looking specimen was discovered by a bunch of third-grade students on a beach study trip.
“I was thinking ‘I have no idea what that is,'” young Alexandria Boyle told CBS News.
If those aren’t words from a horror movie, I don’t what they are.
Suzanne Kohin from the National Marine Fisheries Service was equally astonished. She told CBS News, “These two events that we hea… [Read more]
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CISPA, the bill that grants legal immunity to large information-collecting companies from being sued for sharing the personally identifying information of all their customers with the US government, has risen from the grave once again. The “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act” was introduced in the Senate by Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). […]
Touchscreen devices were pretty phenomenal when they first arrived on the scene. Now of course, we’re getting a bit pickier about how we interact with them. Games are better played with a separate controller as you don’t want to cover the screen, listening to music normally needs an external speaker, and you almost have to get a stylus if you want to be able to write rather than type.
There are a plethora of options out there that are ripe for the picking, but inevitably, if you wait for a few months, something better will normally come along. Particularly in the stylus world, we are over saturated with choices, but the writing tip always seems to be huge. You can hardly take notes and be able to read it later. This is especially the case if you don’t have clearly legible handwriting in the first place. The TruGlide Apex is hoping to change that, with a point that is literally a fraction of the size of a normal stylus.
This is a brass barrel with a metal body that holds in place a rigid rubber nib. It’s the same kind of differenec using a fine point pen would have versus a ball point. It’s neat, smooth, and though it’s a bit chunky, will feel familiar to those of us that prefer pen and paper. Simply twist it to turn on and off, and you’ll need one AAAA battery to have it functioning. One of these will cost you around $49, or $60 if you also want a stand to go with it.
Crowdfunding available on Kickstarter
[ TruGlide Apex Fine Point Stylus will let you write legibly on an iPad copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
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