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  • Radio interaction

    Iona Cube Wi-Fi internet radio“Based on the Iona platform technology shown at CES 2007, the device works by simply turning the Cube onto one of four sides and it will automatically change to the programmed radio station. A fifth side contains the...
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  • Ads & widgets

    Jangl Turns On Audio Ads“People generally use Jangl to place calls or SMSs to other web surfers without exchanging your real number. The new advertising initiative is called Mobile Media Platform and provides a set of APIs for publishers and ad...
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  • Digital pillow

    Bluetooth: Bluetooth purCushion Pillow Lets You Phone While Flat-Out“The purCushion may be a boon for people, like myself, who relax by lounging around on the floor or sofa, and love to chat on the phone: it’s a Bluetooth pillow. Much more...
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  • Haptic stick

    Tactile Wand concept aims to aid the visually impaired“Obviously taking a few cues from another familiar “wand,” this would-be device employs a sensor on the front to determine the distance to the object it’s pointed at, which...
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  • Testing the waters

    Real estate 3.0 meets social networking#“Love That Place, which just launched earlier this month, is a social network designed to let users search, discuss, rate and register interest in property, whether it’s for sale or not. Property owners...
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  • Quick environments

    Multisensory pop-up spaces“Eventscape’s Kapsel is a multisensory functional space that can be set up anywhere in a busy office or elsewhere to create an oasis of relaxation and calm. Based on a lightweight tubular frame, the space can be skinned...
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  • Energy monitoring

    Cool screensaver monitors the health of the power grid“You can actually watch the grid begin to buckle and collapse when a blackout is approaching. Since grid collapses occur randomly and very infrequently, you’d have to be staring at your...
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  • Search syntax in spreadsheets

    GoogleLookup Gives Us Another Reason to Use (and Love) Google Docs“Syntax: =GoogleLookup(”entity”; “attribute”)where “entity” stands for the name of any subject/item you want information about (i.e. a famous person like Audrey Hepburn; a city like...
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  • Lowering inhibitions

    Scanning the brains of jazz musicians“The scientists found that a region of the brain known as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a broad portion of the front of the brain that extends to the sides, showed a slowdown in activity during improvisation...
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  • Built in cameras

    A ball-shaped camera that takes pictures while playing catch“When the photographer throws TosPom to the object, the object’s face will be taken automatically as the object catches it, and the picture will be shown on the display. With TosPom, the...
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  • Technology gap

    Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK)“When Mr. Hampton looked into his rearview mirror he saw his daughter sending a text message on her cellphone. “Katie, you shouldn’t be texting all the time,” Mr. Hampton recalled telling her. “Your friends are...
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  • Watching online

    Serving Up Television Without the TV Set“When the fourth season of “The Office,” an NBC comedy, had its premiere in September, one in five viewings was on a computer screen instead of a television. The episode attracted a broadcast audience of 9...
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  • Simple scheduling

    SXSW: This Year’s Twitter? A Simple Scheduling App That Brings Order to the Masses“Each day’s festival events are laid out in their own tab. Click on a tab to browse the events and pick which panel, film or music show you want to attend...
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  • Smell alarm

    Safety: Japan Develops a Fire Alarm that Sprays the Smell of Horseradish“In an innovative solution to the problem of deaf people not being able to hear fire alarms, Japanese researchers have developed one that sprays the strong smell of horseradish...
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  • Wearable sounds

    Sound Candy“Wear Sound Candy on your body, record your favorite sounds to it, and jump! Hop! Run! Sound candy mutates the recorded sound according to your movement. Play creatively.” Architectradure Read More...
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