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Cardboard bicycle ‘close to mass production’: tough, green and just $20
Posted On 16 Oct 2012 By Deepak Dhingra. Under: Uncategorized.
Cardboard never ceases to amaze. Having been deployed in gramophones, stereos and even digital cameras, one inventor now believes it can be used to make the ideal bicycle. Izhar Gafni, from Israel, spent 18 months just folding the material every-whic...
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Kickstarter brings crowdfunding to the UK on Halloween
Posted On 10 Oct 2012 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
Whether you're currently keeping calm, or simply carrying on, we've got some good news for you steadfast Brits: Kickstarter makes its official launch in the UK on October 31st. Sure, its arrival was rather inevitable, but All Hallows' Eve will mark t...
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World’s oldest color film footage discovered in museum archive (video)
Posted On 13 Sep 2012 By Steve Dent. Under: Uncategorized.
Cached away for over a century, the world's first color moving pictures have been shown for the first time yesterday, according to the National Media Museum in the UK. The celluloid, shot by inventor Edward Raymond Turner in 1899, was actually in bla...
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Bluetooth dock adapter Pear disappears from Kickstarter, founders promise return under new name
Posted On 06 Aug 2012 By Mat Smith. Under: Uncategorized.
You might remember Pear, a recent Insert Coin debutant that connects your favorite iDevice dock to (almost) any Bluetooth-connected smartphone. However, you probably didn't notice its swift disappearance from Kickstarter just before the weekend. The ...
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Insert Coin: Stabil-i case reduces iPhone camera shake, fits in your pocket (video)
Posted On 28 Jul 2012 By Jason Hidalgo. Under: Uncategorized.
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Ah, stability, a commodity valued by videograph...
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Insert Coin: Botiful telepresence robot for Android (video)
Posted On 27 Jul 2012 By Zach Honig. Under: Uncategorized.
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Remote-controlled cameras are nothing new -- he...
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Insert Coin: Pear brings Bluetooth to your Apple-compatible speaker dock
Posted On 12 Jul 2012 By Zach Honig. Under: Uncategorized.
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. What a lovely set of speakers. Let me just dock...
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Kickstarter sends some love to Europe, will support UK projects beginning this fall
Posted On 09 Jul 2012 By Zach Honig. Under: Uncategorized.
Kickstarter's US-based micro funding site has seen measurable success on this side of the Atlantic, and it looks like the company is planning to capitalize on that momentum, bringing its service to the United Kingdom later this year. A company spokes...
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Insert Coin: LUMOback Smart Posture Sensor thrums when you slouch, charts your laziness (video)
Posted On 28 Jun 2012 By Steve Dent. Under: Uncategorized.
LUMOback wants to show all those DIY posture dilitantes what's what with its Smart Posture Sensor, an app and hardware combo that tracks your carriage and vibrates when you hunch. The thinnish 8.5mm sensor is worn like a belt, and on top of the tacti...
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Microsoft patent app wants SMSs in your spreadsheet, so you can Excel while you excel
Posted On 15 Jun 2012 By Steve Dent. Under: Uncategorized.
If you're too busy racking up commissions to submit your expense report, a Microsoft patent application might let you text that steak-dinner-schmoozefest straight to a spreadsheet in accounting. That's one use that pops to mind for the proposed inven...
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