Nowadays you must go digital with your documents. You cannot remain stick on your paper documents in Digital age. OK then, digital good, paper bad. But you have a lot of paper documents and I bet that you wonder how to scan such an amount of documents. Buy a scanner and proceed to work? Of [...]

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Allegro Multimedia unveiled the prototype of Guitar Wizard. Forming a strategic partnership with US Music Corporation’s SoundTech Professional Audio Division, the two companies have combined to develop a gaming package that can teach aspiring rock stars how to play real music on a real guitar. The product will include both the SoundTech Ediface Digital Guitar [...]

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Zachary Paisley show us how to construct a mammoth Rubik’s Cube out of a Subwoofer in… 164 easy steps!. Beside of interesting reading Zachary made a good job with this project. Link VIA PCNews Verdict: 10/10 A interesting project, well done by Zachary No tag for this post.

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One more step for Transformers to become reality: Foster-Miller introducing a totally new, ‘transformer-like’ robotic platform. The current TALON robot is designed with a manipulator arm and gripper for identification and neutralization of roadside bombs and related tasks. Similarly the SWORDS robot is fitted with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon for use by infantry forces [...]

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Pultius remote is half a meter (almost 20 inches) long and come to solve an old problem: a remote control with as many buttons as there are channels on TV. Link VIA Slippery Brick VIA Engadget No tag for this post.

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Winter is near (I think so… ) and I like ski. A good ski gloves is essential. Solaris line of heated ski gloves are based on Interactive Wear’s new iThermX technology platform. The heat supply is governed by a microcontroller and monitored by sensors. Energy is only supplied when the temperature drops below a pre-set [...]

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The ammonium dichromate volcano illustrates what happens in a chemical reaction. Russian name this experiment: “desktop volcano”. Personally I hate chemistry but this seems to be fun. Link :www.mntc.ru [Russian by Google Translation] VIA makezine No tag for this post.

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Spoke POV is an easy-to-make electronic kit toy that turns your bicycle wheel into a customized display! The project includes a free schematic design, open software (this is good) for uploading and editing stored bitmap images, and a high-quality kit with all the parts necessary to build your own. Specification & Features Can be used [...]

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No more air conditioner in the future. Say hello to Water-cooled windows: Two layers of glass are separated by a half-inch gap filled with circulating water that literally drains away the sun’s heat. Link [sp] VIA 1 2 No tag for this post.

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After FRONT unveil how to sketch your furniture in the air, an interactive table and chairs that can change colour has been developed by Japanese researchers. On display at the Siggraph show, the Fuwapica furniture uses sensors embedded in the table-top to work out the colour of items placed upon it. Link BBC No tag [...]

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