Category Archives: gadgets

Top 10 Tech Stories We Almost Posted This Week [PICS]

We sniff out a boatload of tech stories every week, but this week was unusual — it was outlandishly rich in bounty and packed with punchy techo-… Continue reading

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Terminator Vision App Sweeps Hackathon [VIDEO]

Augmenting vision with details about whomever you’re looking at is no longer just a trick for artificially intelligent machines in a post-apocalyptic 2029. Continue reading

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15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes [PICS]

In the same way that bar codes don’t have to be boring, quick response codes can also be creative. Thanks to a 30% tolerance in readability, you… Continue reading

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15 Beautiful and Creative QR Codes [PICS]

In the same way that bar codes don’t have to be boring, quick response codes can also be creative. Thanks to a 30% tolerance in readability, you… Continue reading

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Money-Shredding Alarm Clock Is Completely Unforgiving [PICS]

This design concept might be more sight gag than real product, but it’s clever nonetheless. Bringing new meaning to the phase “yo… Continue reading

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Meet Your Makers: 21 Smashing Photos from Maker Faire [PICS]

Maker Faire was held over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the fest brought with it the usual assortment of crafters, tinkerers, h… Continue reading

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Grant From MythBusters Offers Advice for Aspiring Hardware Hackers

If you’ve always wanted to tinker with hardware — up to and including building robots — but didn’t know how to start, Gr… Continue reading

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Magic Chair Appears To Stand on One Leg [PICS]

Has this chair somehow defied the laws of gravity? In the picture above, you’ll notice there is someone standing on it, supported by a s… Continue reading

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HOW TO: Make Your QR Codes More Beautiful

The QR code: A thing of beauty or an eyesore? The magical barcodes that can be scanned by a smartphone to launch an offline-to-online experienc… Continue reading

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Spy Shots: Windows 8 With a Ribbon Interface? [GALLERY]

Microsoft is experimenting with a ribbon interface for parts of Windows 8, and we have a gallery of leaked screenshots showing examples of an ea… Continue reading

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