Megalo Mini: Small Enough For Your Keychain, Powerful Enough to Charge Your Phone

Again, it is no secret that we love external batteries. Kyle has been known to walk around conferences with tens of thousands of milliamps in reserve. Anyhow, there is a real balancing act when it comes to finding the perfect external power source. You can load up and get a big, bulk battery with tons of [...]

Localesh: A Virtual Farmers Market

Update: Daniel Emailed us and told us that: Localesh is actively looking for food advocates to help us sell produce in the SF Bay Area. Earn 20% commission plus discounts and support local farmers. Email: localesh@gmail.com for information.  Also, here is the link for the sales advocate sign up page: localesh.launchrock.com     With all the technology at our disposal, how [...]

NewViewWear: Wearable Camera and Clothing Line

We've seen a fair amount of life-logging, wearable cameras. That said, we just came across a new, creative take on the wearable camera. NewViewWear takes the wearable camera and incorporates a line of clothing. Before diving into the clothing, the camera is worth examining, as it looks to be one of, if not the, most [...]

The ODIN: Android Powered Smart Projector

There are a ton of different projectors on the market. Most are fairly bland, with just your general projection functionality. However, we just came across a real game-changer. The ODIN projector, from Dos Owls. The ODIN is much, much more than a projector: According to the creators, the ODIN is, the first "Android 'Smart' projector [...]

ZipGrade: Grade From Your Phone

   Grading is still one of the most time-intensive processes for teachers. Sure, there are scantrons, but you have to have access to the grading machine. Come exam season, you have to fight to get access to the Scantron machine. However, grading just got a lot easier. We had the chance to ask John Viebach about [...]

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GM Says Google’s Self-driving Car Could Be a ‘Serious Threat’

On Thursday, May 29, General Motors acknowledged the threat that Google poses to traditional automakers. According to Mark Reuss, product-development chief at GM, "Google could become a “serious competitive threat” to the auto industry if it continues to push its self-driving cars."Tim Higgins, Bloomberg Tech, "GM Executive Says Google Could Be ‘Competitive Threat’," 29 May 2014 This comes [...]

Ballmer Victorious In $2 Billion Dollar Bid For Clippers

$3 billion dollars could be you Beats Music and Beats by Dre headphones, but $2 billion could by you the Los Angeles Clippers. As we speculated earlier this week former Microsoft CEO, Steve "sweaty pits" Ballmer has emerged victorious in his bid for the Los Angeles Clippers. The tenured, computer executive is actually good for [...]

This Is The Smart Watch You Want

Right now we are all being inundated with more and more smart watches. Just yesterday we reported that Samsung is working on a stand alone smart watch capable of working without being tethered to a phone. But as many have pointed out it could be too late in the cycle of already released Galaxy Gear [...]

SpaceIL: Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon

We have seen some pretty adventurous crowdfunding campaigns before, but most of these are destined to fail. However, we just came across an Indiegogo campaign that is both adventurous, and has the possibility to succeed. The project in question has/had a chance to succeed without Indiegogo. Anyhow, Space IL is looking to raise $240,000 to [...]

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Petra’s Planet for Schools: An Into to Social Media for pre-teen Students

       Social media has come to dominate nearly everything. Children are rapidly becoming the most active participants on social media. However, there is no real introduction to the various platforms, no real awareness of the norms. There is no real way to prepare kids for what they might encounter, or how they should act [...]