Latest Stories in Gadgets
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Buycott app helps keep your money out of the hands of Monsanto, Koch Bros., and more
This app helps you put your money where your mouth is by only buying products from companies that reflect your principles.
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Monitor your world from your smartphone with these tiny wireless sensors
Keep an eye on temperature, humidity, light levels, and more in your garden or home with these rugged little wireless sensors.
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Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet
This rugged Android tablet could bring backcountry travel and emergency survival into the 21st century.
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40+ gadgets in your pocket, without the e-waste
E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.
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New portable water filter uses nanoparticles to remove biological and heavy metal pollutants
Using a simple and low-cost technology, researchers have built a point-of-use water filtration device that produces potable water at a cost of less than $3 per year per family.
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Make a fire-powered smartphone charger
This DIY charger can boost your smartphone battery while in the great outdoors with help from a camp stove or other heat source.
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Researchers use off-the-shelf 3D printer to build bionic ear
If this cyborg ear is any indication, the high-tech hearing aids of the future might be built with a 3D printer.
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Just what we needed Dept: The 3D printed gun
And the inventor says it's all "about liberty."
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For this mobile phone charger, just add water
A micro fuel cell could extend mobile battery life and charge up portable devices, with just the addition of a little water.
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Internet of Things extends under your sink with new water and electricity sensor technology
New water and energy sensor technology from Belkin analyzes home water and electricity consumption and helps save both money and resources.
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Glowing algae makes for a living night light
With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.
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World’s smallest wireless LED lamp casts a big shadow
Billed as the world's smallest wirelessLED lamp, the MR16 delivers quality light, energy savings, and eliminates the need for a light switch.
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This gadget turns your BBQ into a cellphone charger
A small fuel cell activated by the fire in a campstove or charcoal grill can provide power for mobile charging and LED lighting, while you cook.
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Microsoft puts disposable wifi routers into magazine advertisement
Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.
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Wind-activated garden lights from the Instructables Green Design Contest
A clever entry in the Instructables Green Design Contest is this set of wind-powered garden lights that twinkle with the breeze.
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Just what we needed Dept: The Pet Treat Maker
Like your dog is going to reject your home-made dog cookie if it doesn't look like a bone.
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Flipperbot robot walks on the beach like a sea turtle
This sea turtle-inspired robot is helping researchers understand how the animals make their way across the sand.
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Move over, Harlem Shake. It's time for the iPhone shake.
A new micro kinetic charger is in the works that will charge your iPhone, just by shaking it.
