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Adafruit Industries announces a new wearable technology platform.
Wearable electronics gets a new boost, with a new platform from Adafruit Industries, the brainchild of DIY-goddess Limor Fried (hacker handle: Ladyada). The new platform, dubbed the Flora, points to a future where people are wearing TV screens--or at least, something vaguely like them--on their T-shirts.
You've had a long week, and let's face it, none of us are too happy having learned how sitting all day is wreaking havoc on our bodies. So...
Use a Toilet Paper Roll and a Sandwich Bag to Protect Your Ties at Home or On The Road [Clever Uses]
Following news that Pac-Man is NP-Hard, theorists determine the computational complexity of Scrabble.
Having been invented in the US in the mid-20th century, Scrabble is now available in dozens of languages and sells in numbers measured in hundreds of millions. That makes it one of the most popular games in the world.
Advances are opening solar to the 1.3 billion people who don't have access to grid electricity.
The falling cost of LED lighting, batteries, and solar panels, together with innovative business plans, are allowing millions of households in Africa and elsewhere to switch from crude kerosene lamps to cleaner and safer electric lighting. For many, this offers a means to charge their mobile phones, which are becoming ubiquitous in Africa, instead of having to rent a charger.
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Inspired by Wikipedia, Waze lets app users draw its maps.
Getting a map and directions in your car used to require a several-hundred-dollar investment in a GPS device. The popularity of this equipment led to fast growth for companies like TomTom and Garmin, the dominant makers of "personal navigation devices," as well as profits for companies that supplied digital street maps, like Navteq and Tele Atlas.
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It's tax preparation season, and while you're busy collecting receipts and waiting on your employers to send over your W-2 forms, now's the time to figure out the best way to prepare and file your taxes this year. Do you buy an application to do your taxes, or use an online service to do the job? This week we want to...
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