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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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