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Computers & Peripherals:
• Logitech F710 Wireless Gamepad $29.99 plus $5 shipping (normally $50)
• PNY Turbo Plus 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive $42.99 plus free shipping (normally $70)
• PNY Turbo Plus 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive $42.99 plus free shipping (normally $70)

Home Entertainment:
• Samsung UN32EH4003FXZA 32″ LED LCD HDTV (720p) + $200 Dell GC $277.99 plus free shipping (normally $95)
• Rocksmith 2014 Edition Game (Xbox 360 or Playstation 3) $39.99 plus free shipping (normally $80)
• Frozen Planet: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray) $14.99 plus free shipping (normally $50)
• JBL CS480 5.1 Channel Home Theater Speaker System $245.42 plus free shipping (normally $600)

Personal Electronics:
• Mini Jambox by Jawbone Wireless Bluetooth Speaker $106.99 plus free shipping (normally $200)
• Refurbished 2nd Gen Asus Google Nexus 7 FHD 7″ 32GB Tablet $169.99 plus free shipping (normally $230)
• Apple $100 iTunes Gift Card $85.00 plus free shipping (normally $100)

Microcontrollers and other electronics components have been getting smaller and cheaper. A company called Ynvisible proves that these parts can be made much thinner as well. The company recently launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for Printoo, a set of modular electronics that are paper-thin and flexible.

Ynvisible partnered with other electronics manufacturers to create an open source Arduino-compatible platform. The company has skinny versions of everything from a microcontroller board to a battery.

Aside from finalizing the design of its flexible boards and lining up suppliers, it looks like the company has finished much of the work even before they set up the fundraiser.

Pledge at least $45 (USD) on Kickstarter to get a Printoo kit as a reward; higher pledges have more robust kits as rewards.

[via Gigaom]

Braille helps visually impaired people read, but there is a lot of printed material that is never converted to that writing system. Blind people also miss out on using mobile devices because obviously they can’t feel the text on screen. MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group attempted to address this issue with its FingerReader prototype.

FingerReader is a ring that reads printed text out loud using a small camera and complementary software that analyzes text and reads it aloud. The ring also has vibration motors that are used to guide the wearer. The ring vibrates when the user veers off the line being scanned or when the user has reached the end of the line. FingerReader can also be used to translate text, making it doubly useful.

Of course it’s far from perfect and is just a research prototype at this point, but its inventors are not ruling out the possibility of developing FingerReader as an actual product. Head to the Fluid Interfaces Group’s website or read their FingerReader paper (pdf) for more info.

[via BGR]

I recently changed smartphones after I had lost mine whilst after dropping it from my motorcycle, consulting it for directions when I was stopped. A few cars drove over it, and I was surprised that it still worked with a completely shattered screen. Nevertheless, I was happily surprised when I no longer had to fight the autocorrect on my new phone. If you’re going to change phones, check out the new and affordable LG Lucid 3.

The LG Lucid 3 is powered by Android and comes free with on a 2-year contract with Verizon, or you can get the contract-free version for $299.99(USD). The 4G LTE phone runs the latest and greatest Android version 4.4.2 KitKat, has a 4.7-inch screen with a 960 x 540 display, a quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, a 5MP camera and a 2,440 mAh battery.

The Lucid 3 won’t impress you if you want the latest and greatest, but it will get the job done in most situations, and is an inexpensive way to get a phone running the latest version of Android.

 One of five inventors of the LEDsafari lamp interviewed an African
student who was recently trained to build his own LEDsafari.  The
student is very enthused about the invention because it is going to
bring affordable light to his continent, giving Africans more time in
the evening to study, to discuss, to work, to create… It will make
them more productive and, thereby, richer.  A simple, cheap, safe, and
environmentally clean lamp, this student hopes, will ‘light up the Dark
Continent.’