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Last weekend at Culturefix in NYC, enterprising music makers gathered for another Handmade Music event. If you missed out on the phototheremin soldering workshop or any of the perform... |
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This veeeeery devious concealment, which opens with a detachable magnetic clasp, is one of eight produced by design student Yi-Ting Ching as part of her Master's thesis called Secret Stash 2010. Th... |
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Problem: So this Lazy Old Geek finished up my bed frame with lots of
storage. Being Lazy and Old, I like to lie down more than sit up and
being a Geek, I like to surf the internet and play on my lapto... |
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Having some acrylic and a laser cutter available, I set out to make an
acrylic dock for the iphone4. Being a nexus one owner myself I
took pity on a couple of friends and decided to make some fo... |
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Ive always wanted lights to flash with the bass in my truck but the
store bought lights don't work very well so I decided to build them
myself. I used 100 each of red, green, and blue LEDs. I
accid... |
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I was intrigued by those mushroom lamps by a Japanese artist. I
didn't like the on/off button, though, and I wasn't thrilled about the
prospect of making mushrooms out of glass. Here's my ver... |
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You're having a party. You want your friends to come, you trust them to
bring their friends, but you don't want the entire city there. Now how
do you shout out a whisper? The Sealed with a Tweet ... |
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I made this wooden stepladder based on some plans I found online .
I didn't follow the plans very closely (my bolts and dimensions were
different) - I just used the general layout of the stepladder... |
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Dont you hate when you cook Pizza in your home and you can´t cut
the Pizza in equal slices …well that happened to me and I decided
to make my personal Pizza accesories . No odias cuando ... |
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Materials: Effektiv: base with legs, add-on unit (high), door; Metrik door handles
Description: Cat box hacks are becoming so common on Ikeahacker that this hardly counts as a hack. I thought I'd s... |
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ViewSonic hasn't settled on a name for this thing yet, vacillating between the ViewPad 100 and the ViewPad 10i. What it has settled on is a pretty delicious for factor for an Atom N455-based Windows ... |
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That Folio 100 (alias Smart Pad) from Toshiba we'd been hearing about? Yep, totally real, and totally Tegra 2-powered -- a theme that we think is going to be pretty popular among tablet makers this s... |
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It's kind of hard to outdo yourself with only two dimensions when they read 21 and 9, respectively, so Philips has decided to do the only thing left for a trendy display maker: go 3D. Though we saw (... |
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Mercedes-Benz just announced a new app that connects its in-car navigation systems with its customers' iPhones. Mbrace version 2.0 still lets drivers unlock their vehicles and, more importantly, find... |
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We've seen enough home theater 3D already to be well and sick of it, but mobile 3D is still an upcoming sector, one which Sharp seems to be making a bid for. It's showing off a mobile device prototyp... |
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That's not a PMP wirelessly mirroring the TV's dipslay. It's a Samsung remote control that first blew us away at CES in January when Samsung's ultra-thin LCD 9000 series TV was first announced. So wh... |
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There was a time when Skyfire on Windows Mobile meant full Flash all the time. The 2.0 version on Android reigned that in a bit, really only supporting Flash video and little else, something Android ... |
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There are some things that you just long for irrationally in a sort of trade-your-next-10-years-of-Christmas-presents sort of way, and this new 3D Cinema 21:9 Platinum HDTV from Philips is one of tho... |
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Lest all the paper-based leaks weren't sufficient evidence for you, we've now got ourselves an insider at one of Verizon's brick-and-mortar outlets informing us that Fascinate launch kits are being d... |
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As absurd as it might seem to dock a 9.7-inch tablet atop what amounts to a glorified boom box, let's be real: the iPad's meek speakers are easily outclassed by its ability to swallow gigabytes worth... |
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Stuck with an ODD-less netbook or laptop, but can't quite shake the urge to watch a Blu-ray Disc on your next flight? If you call Japan home (or you know a good importer), Buffalo has just the soluti... |
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We told you it's a busy time for laptops! Following up on its recently announced SF and NF series, Samsung's unleashing two more families of lappies and we're here to tell you all about 'em. First up... |
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AMD's Eyefinity technology is one of the best ways to fill every inch of your peripheral vision with pixels. However, it's certainly not the cheapest, relying on DisplayPort-capable monitors -- input... |
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Looks like options for iOS gamers are only expanding. Not only has Apple just announced the new Game Center, but Aurora Feint has just announced that its OpenFeint social network will soon enable int... |
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If Samsung's Galaxy Tab reads like a how-to for making a decent Android tablet, Toshiba's Folio 100 seems to serve an opposite purpose (starting with that unfortunate name), which is disappointing f... |
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Gone is the day when headphones could be respectable without some kind of corporate tie-in or Lady Gaga endorsement. Alas, even Harman's revered AKG division has roped in the venerable Quincy Jones f... |
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Samsung's Galaxy Tab has only just finally, officially been revealed, but it looks like the company is already doing at least a bit of talking about its next tablet (and the future of the Galaxy Tab)... |
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Apple certainly took its sweet time releasing iTunes 10 yesterday, and we're beginning to think it's because the company was making a last-second change to its new Ping social-network-for-music: the ... |
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We just got to handle the Folio 100, after witnessing it bolted to a wall earlier, and we have to admit that it's lighter and thinner than it looks at first glance. Unfortunately, it still feels pret... |
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So, you've been waiting for a Mophie Juice Pack for your iPhone 4? You're not alone. Well, we have word that it'll be available as soon as next week for $79. We even managed to get hands on with a pr... |
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Well, it looks like you still won't be able to actually make calls over WiFi, but Verizon Android users can now at least keep their WiFi connection active while using Skype Mobile -- something that w... |
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Designer Art Donovan has a lovely line of handmade steampunk lighting that he sells direct (inquire within, as they say). No idea how they're priced, but they sure are purdy. Donovan Design (Thanks, A... |
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This tombstone was shipped from Jamaica to Cincinnati, where US Customs and Border Protection at the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport discovered it was filled with 50 pounds of marij... |
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Manjaro makes short documentaries about people around the world who work with monkeys and apes. You can watch them on Vimeo. The series is entitled Monkey Business. (Via Arbroath)...
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I subscribed to the Internet Archive's RSS feed for noir films. This movie, called Two Dollar Bettor, looks good! Bank controller John Hewitt is a much-respected member of the community. One afternoon... |
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Mat Mets of Make: Online visited a great science store in Kansas City called HMS Beagle. While in town for the Kansas City Mini Maker Faire, we had the chance to visit the HMS Beagle, which is a gem o... |
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A homeless man having a hot tub soak at a suburban Portland home allegedly called 911 requesting "a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows in it." Police arrested him for criminal tresp... |
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Robert Popper discovered this one, and suggests that it is very likely the new "Pardon Me." But oh, there's more. Desiré Dubounet is the nom de drag of a fellow named Bill Nelson, whose website procla... |
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is making its way into the public consciousness. The film Salt has an interrogation scene where a spy spills some secrets while a scientist looks at his br... |
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It seems like a forever since Sandisk rolled out a new MP3 player, so they certainly picked an interesting day to announce one, being that it’s the day before the Apple event which is sure to un... |
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GMail already has incredible spam-filtering abilities, but what about the completely valid but non-essential email that buries messages from your work, your boss, your loved ones… you know, the... |
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With the supposed debut of Apple’soft-rumored, iOS-driven, $99 iTV just a day or two away, a lot of entrenched set-top box manufacturers are starting to feel a heat which might turn out to be t... |
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One of the most commonly cited problems facing Windows Phone 7 is that it’s a paid mobile operating system competing with Android, a free and proven alternative. Microsoft absolutely must make ... |
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Look, no one’s going to deny that Blizzard’s popular space RTS Starcraft II has some skills it can teach you. How to zerg rush. How to manage the economy of a group of steroid-buff space ... |
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Last year, the director jumped ship. Last month, the budget seemed to be heading in the same downhill direction. But despite the bumps and unexpected turns, Irrational Games' Ken Levine says the Biosh... |
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Buy an iPhone from any certified distributor and you’ll get Apple’s cellphone locked to a network, or unlocked ready to accept a SIM. What you won’t get is the option to have your i... |
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Wikileaks has every reason to be paranoid about its website, it’s data, and the servers it uses. After releasing thousands of Afghan war documents that riled up the U.S. government, you need to ... |
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Microsoft has announced a well overdue update to the Xbox 360 controller, and more specifically the D-Pad. Major Nelson has the details in the video above.
It’s pretty much universally agreed a... |
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Apple is expected to double iTunes song previews to at least 60 seconds, maybe even more, a new report has alleged. Multiple sources told CNET that the Californian gadget maker is considering doublin... |
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Geeks both retro and contemporary alike are salivating at Disney’s upcoming sequel to Tron, Tron Evolution… and Disney’s not about to rest on their laurels and let that opportunity ... |
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Autodesk will bring AutoCAD, its flagship CAD software, to the Mac in October. In addition, the American software developer will unveil a brand new iOS application called AutoCAD WS that will let peop... |
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One of the showpieces of my father’s library is a shelf filled with dozens of volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition), a multi-multi-thousand page compendium of every word, we... |
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With Samsung’s elusive Android-based tablet, the Galaxy Tab, just days away from an official unveiling at Berlin’s IFA conference, the question is less what specs it’ll boast — we&#... |
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The website Android.com.pl has posted specs, images and video of the yet to be released LG E900 smartphone powered by Windows Phone 7. Some specs posted about the phone reveal that it is powered by Q... |
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A semi-official confirmation has appeared today concerning an alleged iPhone 4 revision supposed to fix the nasty antenna issue, better known in the headlines as Antennagate. The bomb was dropped by ... |
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As of today, third-parties are only allowed to connect to your Twitter account using the secure OAuth method. As a result, malicious apps cannot suck out your credentials into the cloud and legit clie... |
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Borders has stepped up the attack against Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s NOOK with a price-cut of its own on e-readers. The Kobo eReader will drop from $149.99 to $129.99 while the Aluratek... |
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If you’ve held off buying Borderlands in the hope there would be a Game of the Year (GotY) edition, then you’re patience is going to be rewarded.
Posting on Twitter, developer Gearbox Sof... |
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Here at Geek, we’ve tended to smile favorably on V-Moda’s great line-up of earbuds and cans… but let’s face facts. Even the best headphones tend break, and break, and break al... |
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