Addicted Gamers May Hav...
A study by an international research team has shown a correlation between frequent gaming and a greater volume of grey matter in a part of the brain linked to an internal reward system associated with addiction. Take a few minutes to parse that sentence, I’ll wait. The study,...MiniatureMoments: 3D Pr...
A UK startup called MiniatureMoments has created a fairly unique keepsake for you and yours. These things are 3D-printed negatives that appear when you hold them up to the light. They are translucent and are about as big as a passport photo and custom-designed with your own portrait. The...Square Updates Mobile P...
After hitting $11 million in mobile payments volume per day, Square is announcing more news—an update to the startup’s flagship iOS and Android payments apps. As you may know, Square Card Reader and companion app transforms any iPad, iPhone or Android phone into a full point of...Bag Week Review: Missio...
Bag Week continues with our review of Mission Workshop’s Sanction backpack. It’s a weather-proof pack made for short trips on your bike or long walks in the rain. It’s their smallest backpack, far smaller than the Vandal I reviewed last year. But at 1000 cubic inches,...
Pictures Of Fujifilm’...
Fujifilm’s retro-styled X100 threw the photography world into a loop with its combination of retro styling, serious photo chops, and the actually innovative “hybrid viewfinder.” I had my issues with it , but it still hits me right in my retro-bone, and I look forward to...What’s In A Domain Na...
Twitter was recently successful in obtaining the domain name Twiter.com after filing a dispute with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and has apparently grown an appetite for more. Last week, the company filed a complaint for the transfer of Twittter.com (with a extra...Students Hack The Kinec...
The Kinecthesia is a Kinect wired to a set of motors that allows the blind to navigate a room or open space, relying on feedback through the motors to assess objects in their path. The project, created by University of Pennsylvania students Eric Berdinis and Jeff Kiske, is worn like a...
Stumbling Towards The F...
Did you hear that Lenovo is releasing a 10.1-inch tablet powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU ? Exciting news, I know: quad-core on a tablet is huge. But is it really? Do we really have to be doing this? Is this what the struggling tablet market needs: a spec war? But what’s a tablet...
This DIY Nixie Clock Us...
If you want to recreate what it was like for hobbyists before the advent of the integrated circuit, this clock is for you. This thing uses “215 discrete transistors, 518 diodes, 472 resistors and 101 capacitors on a massive 10″ x 14″ printed circuit board” to...