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  • DIY TV channel

    YBox2 Kit - DIY Set-top box“The YBox2 is a DIY networked set-top box. Connect it to your TV and you can design customized content to be delivered direct from the Internet. This project is great for people who want a new platform to experiment with...
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  • Covering cables

    Cable Camouflage "Even with the myriad systems for keeping them organized, it’s almost impossible to beautify gadget-charging hubs. So it makes sense then to stop trying to hide all these wires and start making them into something that can be...
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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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  • Cube control

    Cube-Shaped MP3 Player Lets You Roll It Around to Control Playback "Hacked Gadgets uncovered this device, which is built from scratch by an Japanese engineer calling himself ChaN. The MP3 player uses a three-axis accelerometer, enabling it to sense...
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  • Finding neurons

    A robotic brain-computer interface“Our approach consists of implanting a small robotic device (and accompanying control algorithm) with many individually-motorized electrodes that each autonomously locate, isolate, and track a neuron for long periods...
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  • Mind toys

    Mattel Mindflex reads Minds at Toy Fair 2009 "When you focus your concentration, a small foam ball starts to levitate as the sensor signal controls an air stream in the Mindflex base. The more you concentrate the higher the ball rises. When you relax...
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  • Fashion games

    StyleHop Matches Social Gaming With The Fashion World“instead of using a Hot-Or-Notesque stream of outfits to gather ratings, StyleHop offers a series of social games, each of which ask for a few ratings at a time so users don’t get bored. Included...
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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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  • Small projections

    Meet SunView: the first commercially available pico projector“little silver box is the first commercially available pico projector — created in by Sunlink International in collaboration with iView Limited — and is currently trickling...
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  • Domain name rule change

    Get ready for .smith, .sports or .love on the Web“Under the new system, individuals, companies or groups could apply to have any string of letters established as a domain name. It could be a vanity name, for example — .smith — or a category...
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  • Phone carrying culture

    How We Carry Our Mobile Phones“80% of Women in Milan carry their phones in their bags, while only 30% of Women in Los Angeles do (studies also reveal that 50% of people who put their phones in their bags report frequently or always missing calls...
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  • Pet tracking

    Garmin DC 30 GPS dog collar turns hunting into a videogame“Here’s one for the hunters. Strap the Garmin DC 30 collar onto your hunting dog, fire up your Astro 220 receiver, and you’ll not only know where your dog is, but you’ll...
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  • Plant analysis

    Plant Sense and the GardenGro Sensor“After connecting the sensor to your computer and telling it whether you want to monitor an existing plant or analyze soil for a new plant, place the sensor (pictured above) in the soil/next to the plant for 24...
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  • Urban camouflage

    Sqish: the camouflaged satellite dish“The Sqish, a rectangular wall-mounted dish, has circumvented this problem in an unusual way – when you order your dish, you send in a picture of your wall, and they send you a “squishoflage” sticker to cover...
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  • Facial similarity

    Eyealike Updates Image Recognition Software To Help You Find The Perfect Mate“The concept may be a little strange to some (the word superficial comes to mind), but physical attraction is obviously an important component for many people looking for...
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