Lego (or, if you’re pedantic, LEGO) is lots of fun. Lego Mindstorms is more fun. But what if you want to go to maximum fun? That’s where the Brick comes in. This $70 brick works with regular Lego and allows you to add unique features to your models including motor controls and light handling. The device is very similar to the actual Mindstorms brain but won’t take up most of… Read More
Has an inconsiderate parking job by some uncaring oaf ever ruined your day, or at least prevented you from parking your vehicle? Of course it has, we’ve all been there, fuming helplessly – but no more! A pair of frustrated Canadians have set up a Facebook group and a Twitter account specially designed to shame lousy parkers.
Smart bulbs, like the ones that come with the Philips Hue lighting system, are pretty cool… until you realize that physically flipping the switch is sometimes faster than unlocking your phone, opening the right app, and controlling the light through your mobile device.
But what if you could achieve the same connectivity-based cool factor with the speed and ease of simply flipping a switch? Read More
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, rheumatoid arthritis, Type 2 diabetes,
atherosclerosis… These are just five of the more than 40 identified
amyloid diseases, serious diseases that currently have limited
treatments and no cure. But, after 10 years of research, bioengineers
at the University of Washington (UW) have created a novel protein that
can stop the amyloid protein in its tracks….
The young electronics company Xiaomi is exploding in China and seems posed to take over the world. In the four short years since its founding, Xiaomi has become the electronics brand to watch in the most populous nation on earth. Xiaomi is the now the real deal — thanks in part to its unabashed appropriation of design cues from companies like Apple. Read More
At this time is year there is nothing quite as lovely as gathering around the campfire, roasting marshmallows on sticks, and making them into S’mores. It makes you dream of getting to have them at home. To make that dream come true — and easy — a Microwave S’mores Maker is just the thing. Just as tasty without the burned ones — and without dropping any in the dirt.
Modbook has been making tablets out of Mac portables for years, combining the Apple computers with Wacom digitizers to let digital artists have all-in-one graphics-creating powerhouses that run full OS X software and come with ample pressure sensitivity. Now, the company’s latest effort incorporates the Retina MacBook Pro, and it’s turning to Kickstarter to fund this effort that… Read More
If you’re a Star Trek fan, you know of the insidious hive-mind known as The Borg Collective. And now they are out to steal our beer–and keep it as cold as their frosty hearts.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When funding cuts give you a damaged athletic track, you… cut corners and pave the turns into right angles? That’s exactly what staff at a Heilongjiang, China sports center did when governmental bigwigs sprung a surprise visit and employees wanted the track to look sharp.
Octopi are kind of known to be the world’s greatest escape artists. Thanks to the flexibility of their rubbery body, they can squeeze through even the tightest opening. Now, researchers at Italy’s Biorobotics Institute have invented a robot that does the same. It’s called PoseiDrone.
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