Cubely 3D Printer
March 20, 2010
The Cubely in an interesting 3D printer that uses 80/20 girders for its chassis, and whether you’ve been thinking of a 3D printer, the Cubely can be used to directly manufacture or can be used to create the precursors to large volume traditional manufacturing, including vacuum forming, injection molding, casting and others. The best part is, the core device must be able to be built using standardized, commodity components that are widely available and under $1,000, making it more accessible to folks. The main goal of Cubely is to get 10,000 Open Hardware 3D printing devices in the hands of 10,000 citizens worldwide by Jan 1, 2013. Sounds like a lofty goal, but it’s good to aim high, right?
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Nokia Design By Community Wants Your Phone Design
March 19, 2010
Do you think that Nokia phones aren’t as cool as they could be? Well, you might be able to have some say that instance, as Nokia has launched its Design by Community initiative, allowing users to create their ideal concept device. You’ll be able to tweak the screen size, screen type, keypad layout, buttons, and screen ratio. The weird thing is that there’s a meter that lets you know whether you’re creating a device that’s “too way out there” or “not ambitious enough”. whether Nokia is trying to get a fresh perspective on things, wouldn’t having a meter to nudge citizens in a assured direction be counterproductive?
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Unconfirmed: Apple Sells 90,000 iPads On The First Day Of Pre-order?
March 13, 2010
While these figures are far from official figures by Apple, it’s still very interesting to take a peek at what some citizens have analyzed by the latest Apple iPad pre-orders. It seems that, based on the order numbers from purchases, and taking into detail the 15,000 online orders that come in a typical day, the fruity company has managed to snag about 91,000 iPad pre-orders in just six hours, which is certainly an amazing feat. It still remains to see how successful Apple’s iPad will be in the distant run, but whether the pre-order numbers are anything to go by, Apple certainly has something good on its hands.
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Lunch.com Launches Communities: Yelp meets Wordpress meets Wikipedia
March 12, 2010
[SXSW] We published about Lunch.com when it launched in April 09 at Web 2.0. Lunch.com connects citizens with similar interests via the proprietary “Similarity Engine” and provides them a platform to publish and share opinions and reviews about various topics.
Today, Lunch.com announced the release of “Communities on Lunch” a new feature that allows users to manage their own review websites on the Lunch domain, with a combination of their own substance and contributions from others. Anyone with a passion is able to become a community manager, using Lunch’s broad range of tools to create, choose and share the most valuable composition. substance creators can choose from ratings, reviews, wikis, lists, and Twitter-length micro reviews to express their opinions and share their advices. The community manager can set a simple editorial guideline by providing review templates to the community members to ensure consistency of composition.
We have private beta invites,check the complete essay.
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Nanometer makes for high performance batteries
March 9, 2010
With so many devices these days relying on a whole lot of battery ability, it is no surprise to see battery technology advancement high on the agenda of many companies. After all, you'd hate to run out of juice just before you finish that crucial phone signal, right? Here's a new method that could potentially change the way we look at batteries - minuscule tubes coated with a chemical fuel which functions as a potential source with 100 times more electrical potential by weight than conventional batteries. Each moment these nano-scale "fuses" burn, they will drive an electrical current along their length at staggering speeds, resulting in a raft of energy applications. While it will take a fair bit of moment before such technology hits the mainstream, whether ever, it is still encouraging to know that citizens are looking into it as an alternative source of energy.
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Shoulder Mounted Cheeky Monkey Bot
March 9, 2010
Did you always wish that you had an annoying sidekick to go through life with you, just like how many of the heroes do in the stories? Well, it’s not quite as gallant and intimidating, but the Cheeky Monkey is probably as close as you’ll get to enlisting a sidekick to join forces with you. Controlled by a remote control that can be easily hidden in your pocket, the Cheeky Monkey additionally has Velcro on its rear end in order to prevent it from falling off. The infrared sensing eyes that it sports will help it keep its eyes trained on the citizens that it’s entertaining, which is rather cool. whether you’re not controlling it via the remote, apparently it’ll perform a variety of actions. Video on it after the jump.
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1Cross Tech MIDhybrid
March 8, 2010
The 1Cross Tech MIDhybrid could definitely confuse a whole lot of citizens when they lay their eyes on it - after all that, is a specially designed e-reader which features an E-Ink display on the left, alongside a tiny LCD display as well as a keypad on the right. A hinge in the middle lets you fold the 1Cross Tech MIDhybrid in half either way. It will run on a Marvell processor with Android 1.6 as the operating system of choice, assisted by Bluetooth and 3G connectivity and a front-facing webcam. No notion on pricing nor a release date though.
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