Latest Stories in Gadgets - Page 15
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Ridejoy iPhone App Makes Ridesharing Easy and Safe
The free app offers several ways of finding and posting rides for longer trips while verifying that your companion is legit and trustworthy.
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Student-Designed FlashFood App Reduces Food Waste
FlashFood is a mobile food recovery network, powered by social media, that feeds the hungry by collecting excess food from restaurants, caterers, and conventions, and delivering it to nearby community centers.
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Wooden Touch Pad Computer is 98% Recyclable
The computer is made with a minimum amount of hazardous materials, uses very little energy over its lifetime and is easy to repair.
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Turn Your iPhone Into An Environmental Sensor
The Lapka Environmental Monitor is a set of sensors that allow you to detect anything from whether or not your food is organic to the most comfortable room in your home.
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Nest Thermostat Reviewed by Jacqui Cheng
Who knew that a thermostat could get so many people excited? But is it worth buying, or was it over-hyped?
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New App Uses Your iPhone Camera as a Touch-Free Biosensor
Monitor and track your heart rate on the go with your smartphone camera and a new app, which turns your phone into a touch-free biosensor.
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DARPA Funds Development of Robotic Earthworm
The robot can slink around just like a worm and take quite the beating.
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Swiss Army Knife Makers Debut Portable Solar Chargers
The creators of the most popular survival tool want to help you charge your gadgets off the grid.
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KittyCam Technology Reveals How Much Wildlife Is Killed by Outdoor Cats
Our outdoor cats are blamed (and rightfully so) for some significant losses of wildlife. But how much do they catch? A new study took count.
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Stone Spray is a 3D Printer for Architecture
The machine uses natural soil or sand to create structures as strong as concrete.
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K-TOR Hand Crank Generator Puts A Socket In Your Pocket
Instead of wondering if your batteries have enough juice to see you through an emergency, why not carry an electrical socket in your pocket?
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Clever Collar Lets Sheep in Distress Send Texts
Why cry wolf when you can text it?
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3D Printed "Magic Arms" Help Little Girl Give Hugs, Demonstrate How Technology Can Change Lives And Maybe The World
Best use of 3D Printing. Ever.
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Fujitsu Lets Customers Assemble Their Own Computers
The program opens up computer assembly to the masses.
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A Modern LED Design Even Edison Would Appreciate
A new design for the LED harkens back to the shape of the incandescent bulb we all know and love.
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Use Your Houseplant to Control Your Computer
Botanicus Interacticus is a project that would like to turn your fern into a computing tool, or even a electronic musical instrument.
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Your Office Is In Your Pants: How The Smart Phone Is Changing The Way We Live And Work
For years, we have been watching how technology has been shrinking and networks have been expanding; Now it is all converging on your phone.
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How One Teacher Built a Computer Lab for Free
The problem? An underfunded school needed computers for the classroom. Budget? $0. Staff involved? Just one: Robert Litt, a sixth-grade teacher.
