One Spark is absolutely blowing up. The Worlds First Crowdfunding Festival already announced that this years event will up the the total private investment opportunity from $1 million to $3.25 million. Then, last Thursday, March 20th, the inaugural One Spark Berlin was announced. The festival will, "expand into Berlin, Germany producing One Spark Berlin in mid-September 2014."
The internet of things is coming to everything under the sun. We've seen wristbands, watches, headbands, basketballs, and just about anything else you can think of when it comes to humans. We've also seen an onslaught of new "internet of things" devices for dogs. Dog trackers can let you know when your dog is awake, [...]
A BGR article from Monday March 24th shows an image of what is purportedly a mold of the new iPhone 6.The mold - again, purportedly, there is no way of knowing with any sort of accuracy if it is authentic - was posted online by a third-party phone case maker.
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo a Vinci, The Visitation by Rembrandt, and Irises by van Gogh. What does these fine works of art have to do with each other? Those three world class, high end pieces are worth billions of dollars alone. They are some of the most popular works of art in the world. [...]
LG has unveiled a new smart bulb called Smart Lamp. The device, with a simply descriptive name, is what you would expect from a smart bulb. The LED bulb is rated at 10w but with LED technology that gives off the same amount of light as a 60w incandescent light bulb. Like it's competitors, the [...]
Parchment announced that it had closed a $10M round which brings the EdTech company's total funding to $45M. The company's work entails probably the least sexy aspect of education: transcript and other paper-based document management. In-fact, it almost seems that the nature of managing transcripts, and other such monotonous tasks, makes any solution that much more worthwhil
It looks like the California DMV may be the latest in a string of big data breaches. While the alleged data breach at the California DMV is nowhere near the size of the Target theft, for some, the thought is far less comforting. Security expert Brian Krebs, from Krebs On Security, and the same writer [...]
It's widely known that one of President Barrack Obama's favorite things outside of politics, running the country and his kids is basketball. On the campaign trail in 2008 he made in stop in North Carolina and took on some of the UNC Tarheels. He's also been known to unwind by watching basketball, both the NBA, [...]
Plexr, a One Spark Creator, has a very strange app, so strange that it may just blow up. Think about it. What did you think when you heard of Snapchat for the very first time? Or Vine? Or Whisper? All a little bit strange, but now they are all at the top of the app stores. Plexr falls into the same sort of category.
Check out the lightweight portable Plinth tablet stand, the incredibly functional Lupo key-finder, and the badass customizable Open-Source Skirmos Laser Tag System
