August 2010
agencies suffering from 'cognitive... →
I recently read Clay Shirky’s ‘Cognitive Surplus’. He argues that for decades, technology (i.e. TV) encouraged us to squander our time and as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up…
Aug 14th
YouTube Annotations can now click through to other... →
YouTube Annotations is about 2 years old. It’s a system that video uploaders can use to direct traffic to other videos, and has been used in lots of fun ways, including ‘choose your own adventure’…
Aug 14th
Home energy monitor for less than $30 →
We’ve looked at a variety of home energy monitors in recent years, including Google’s offering, the attractive Wattson device and a smattering of others we recently rounded up. We…
Aug 14th
How Starbucks Plans to Capitalize on Free Wi-Fi →
Starbucks stores nationwide now have free Wi-Fi, but details around the second piece to the coffee retailer’s digital strategy — the Starbucks Digital…
Aug 13th
Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt, 4 Fried Mozzarella... →
Denny’s new Fried Cheese Melt consists of four fried mozzarella sticks inside of a grilled cheese sandwich. See Also: KFC Double Down via Eater This is a blog post from Laughing…
Aug 13th
Giant metal people deliver electricity to your... →
Most big public works projects get opposed by the people living near them. So one group of designers wants to fight NIMBY (not in my back yard) opposition by turning giant electricity pylons…
Aug 13th
Trial gear and showers for runners at Tokyo Adidas... →
First we saw Gap partner with fitness chain Crunch to turn its rotating New York City concept store into a workout haven for a month. Now, sports brand Adidas is pushing the idea even…
Aug 13th
Grocery IQ Is a Brilliant Grocery List Application... →
iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and manages your grocery shopping list with an impressive feature set. You can search and add items to your list manually or by scanning barcodes,…
Aug 12th
Microsoft Research reveals RearType, puts QWERTY... →
We’ve seen a few wacky split keyboards in our day, and even the occasional back-typing peripheral, but Microsoft Research has just congealed the core ideas into a…
Aug 11th
Pure CSS Icons, Pure Madness? →
Think Vitamin contributor Faruk Ateş recently dropped me a note to let me know about a recent trend he has noticed, that of creating web site icons in pure CSS. Have a look at the…
Aug 11th
Sharpie Liquid Pencil writes and erases like a... →
Doesn’t look like we’ve ever covered a pencil on Engadget before, but this is just too nifty to pass up: the Sharpie Liquid Pencil uses liquid graphite to write like a pen, erase like…
Aug 10th
Moustache Mugs →
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Aug 10th
Smart Hangers Help Suggest Outfits →
A group of Japanese designers have created a different way of tagging real world objects.
Aug 10th
6 Ways Eye Tracking Is Changing the Web →
Tracking eye movement is more than just a great way to test website usability. It’s also a way to help the disabled, to remotely drive cars and to reinvent multimedia reading. From open-source…
Aug 10th
Bing Maps' Taxi Fare Calculator keeps your... →
We’ve all been there — you step into a cab in a foreign place, ask your driver to head to your destination, and then he / she asks you if you’d rather take the highway or go direct. Or,…
Aug 4th
Sleeping In on Weekends Might Help You Catch Up... →
Contrary to what we’ve heard in the past, scientists suggest in a new study that grabbing an extra hour or two in one night can help restore your performance after a week of…
Aug 4th
StarWars Crew →
The entire StarWars Crew. From left to right: Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), and Mark…
Aug 4th
Google Enables Multiple Account Sign-In →
Good news for users of multiple Google accounts (i.e. one for work and one for personal): now you can sign in to more than one of them from the same browser…
Aug 3rd
Quantum memory may topple Heisenberg's uncertainty... →
A quantum memory may be all scientists need to beat the limit of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, according to a paper published in Nature Physics. According to a group of…
Aug 2nd
FC #5 - (i)Pawn by Etienne Mineur →
Shared by reBlog @ Eyebeam (i)Pawn is a game using analog pawns on a digital tray. It recognise the different pawns and propose different narrative paths according to the players. See demo video…
Aug 2nd
Inception + here + there →
I can’t be the only one who’s noticed the similarities between the promo poster for Inception and the “horizonless projection of Manhattan” map made by BERG (here’s a post by Jack Schulze…
Aug 1st
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Abridged Script →
Vampirin may not be right for you, consult your physician. This script is currently being featured on Cracked.com. To read it there, follow this link.
Aug 1st