Vuvuzela Hero?
It had to happen. (Actually, it’s just a photoshopped concept) Ringtones are next. Photo by geekosystem.
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Everyday Behaviors Can Produce Clean Energy
According to a story at Fast Company, all vibrations are good vibrations in the world of energy harvesting. Whether it’s a road under heavy traffic or commuters pounding the sidewalk pavement, micromovements on any surface can be converted into clean energy by power-scavenging devices fitted with piezoelectric (PE) crystals. These pressure-sensitive materials — normally made
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TechCrunch Disrupt Award Winner
CNNMoney takes a look at the Winner of the $50,000 TechCrunch Disrupt Award, Soluto. In a field filled with Web-based and mobile apps, Soluto stood out starkly. It’s old-fashioned, runs-on-a-computer software. But the startup trounced all others by tackling a universal problem: PC troubleshooting. Soluto’s software monitors the PC it’s installed on for common annoyances
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Instant Store, Just Add Customers
Vendr seamlessly adds storefront capabilities to any website or blog with just a few lines of code. It does that by adding a “Store” button; when clicked, it dims the background page and overlays a brightly lit store that provides customers with an engaging and fluid shopping experience. Both physical and digital goods can be
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Pepsi Hides Video In Barcodes
VentureBeat reports tha beverage giant Pepsi announced a new experiment around barcodes in collaboration with a startup called Stickybits. Using a barcode-reader application on a smartphone, users can scan barcodes on Pepsi products like soda cans or bottles and access videos and links hidden in the code. Users can also upload their own videos, photos
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What Makes #2 Pencils So Special?
Most of us pick up pencils and lose them without giving it a second thought. Pencils are a bit more interesting than you might, think, though. Mental Floss answers a few not-so-frequently asked questions about everyone’s second-favorite writing implements, including when pencil sharpeners were illegal. What makes #2 pencils so special? They’re the absolute middle
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iPad By The Numbers
With millions of units sold, thousands of apps, and e-book sales numbers that might be making Amazon nervous, the iPad appears to be a continued success. Mashable checks in with the infographic below for the full skinny on the state of the iPad. Photo by Mashable.
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SpaceX Goes Into Orbit
SpaceX hit an important milestone by sending its Falcon 9 rocket into space, reports VentureBeat.SpaceX’s promise of commercialized space travel seems to be inching closer to reality. Back in 2008, it successfully launched the Falcon 1 after three unsuccessful tries, but that was more of a “proof of concept” vehicle, while SpaceX plans to use
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APIs For Fun And Profit
If APIs are “crack cocaine for developers,” as Mashery CEO Oren Michels told Jolie O’Dell of Mashable.com, then Michels is a dealer. His company specializes in creating and managing APIs for companies from Netflix and MTV Networks to Etsy and Cafe Press, and has recently published a survey on how developers use APIs. Whether for
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iPad App For Gardeners
A British inventor recently came up with a gardening application for the iPad and sold it to an American company reports This Is Somerset. The iPad, the latest must-have gadget to be launched by Apple, was released in the US in April and a clever gardening application by a Somerset entrepreneur was selected to be
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