The internet of things has worked its way into just about anything you can think of. From powerstrips to thermostats. It only makes sense that it has worked its way into the pillow. This is the Wake-Happy Pillow: Wake-Happy has some pretty interesting functionality. It acts as an alarm clock, and also helps to reduce [...]
Appsbar enables wholesaler to engage customers with mobile app VC Distributors has earned appsbar.com’s App of the Day award as an example of how small businesses are able to engage in mobile outreach by utilizing the DIY app builder at appsbar.com. The app serves as the mobile platform for a San Diego based wholesaler [...]
Ubisoft's smash hit that was two years in the making was officially released on Tuesday morning at midnight. Watchdogs the game that caters to the seasoned computer gamer who may be just a little too old, sophisticated or hipster to enjoy a traditional first person shooter (fps) has finally hit the street. Watchdogs is a [...]
Earlier this week we were wondering if the Beats by Apple deal would really get done, and if so, what were the hold ups. After all it was back on May 8th that the humongous deal for Apple to acquire beats for $3.2 billion dollars was initially leaked. With those leaks came a promise that [...]
You may know Levar Burton from his days as Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: The Next Generation. You may remember him from his role in Roots or if you're like me, you learned to read watching countless hours of Burton on Reading Rainbow. Reading Rainbow had an incredible run on PBS for 21 years. [...]
There are a ton of learning apps out there. Many are good, but more often than not, they just seem to offer the normal learning environment just in a new interactive form. However, we just came across Field Day, a unique new learning app. Field Day incorporates project based learning, and has proven to be a [...]
We just came across some interesting news: Fluendo is moving to the U.S. Fluendo is an incredibly interesting company, that makes a ton of great products. Their main offering, ONEPLAY, is one of the best media players available. ONEPLAY is based off of the GStreamer open source framework. The major benefit of ONEPLAY lies in its [...]
We just came across an incredibly interesting low-tech innovation. This is the WarkaWater. The device is the brainchild of Italian designer Arturo Vittori and Swiss architect Andreas Vogler.Laura Secorun Palet, NPR.com, "A Simple, Elegant Invention That Draws Water From Air," 26 May 2014. The two visited Ethiopia in 2012, and witnessed first-hand, the water shortage. Only [...]
According to several reports, Samsung has been hard at work preparing a new smart watch that can serve as a standalone device - not requiring users to have a phone near by. According to The New York Times, Samsung, "is making another run at that perennial technogeek dream, the wrist communicator," and looks to [...]
Its no secret that we love power - external power sources, chargers, and just about anything power-related that you can think of. Most of the time, we look at some wildly inventive devices. However, we just came across a re-imagining of the wall charger. This is the ENERGI 2K from Tylt: It looks just like [...]
