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Eubiq: put an outlet where you need it
I hate cords. I trip over them all the time because I have to drag them across the room to attach them to the outlet. They’re ugly. Also, they give me Tourette’s Syndrome. Which is why I love Eubiq. Eubiq is a power track that allows you to move the plug anywhere along the maximum 3.6 meter track. You just pull the plug out and put it back in wherever you want and you can put in as many plugs as you need. The tracks are shielded and the plugs are grounded so you don’t have to worry about little ones shocking themselves. I saw a system like this at a local net cafe and was really impressed, though the plugs they had were a bit fragile. Terrific idea though. [GT]
Eubiq [viaCoolest Gadgets]
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Finger Drums: Electronic Drum Beat Maker
The Electronic Drum Beat Maker deserves a tip of the (high) hat. We’ve had finger drum sets before but these really look like you’re really playing a (really tiny) set of drums. Every time you hit a drum head it lights up and plays the beat. You can play a sequence and record it to play back later. Which reminds me: What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend? Homeless!* $19.95. [GT]
Finger Drums [via Gizmodo]
*It’s true, it happened to my cousin.
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New wind turbine quieter, produces more power downtown
Somewhat resembling a mangled clutch of giant paperclips, a new wind turbine design has all the downtown lads and lasses talking — and they can be heard above its operation, because it’s (as turbines go) super-quiet. Since it uses vertical instead of horizontal processing, it gets more energy from the kind of wind action characteristic of urban environments, and also runs more quietly. It should produce 3 times (1.2kW) the typical output of urban turbines when it comes out. The inventor, Ben Storan, was given £3000 by the British Standards Institute for his design. [GT]
New wind turbine spins success for winning student (via Treehugger)
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Electronic wave hypersensitivity in Japan
Similar to electrosensitivity to electromagnetic radiation, Japanese have begun reporting cases of electronic wave hypersensitivity, where exposure to electronic waves result in intense internal pain which can only be controlled with prescription medications, and is aggravated by proximity to electrical towers, appliances, computers and mobiles. My personal experience with this has generally been that the doctors are dismissive, but the engineers think it entirely possible. [GT]
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Ikan knows what should be in your kitchen
We’ve all had the problem of coming back from the shops and finding that there was one item we forgot to put on the shopping list. Ikan is a new brain augmenting device that takes the form of a home barcode scanner. Once you’ve finished using a product, you scan it and Ikan adds it to your online shopping list, which you can either print out or send to an online grocer. Ikan is currently looking for people to beta test the product, so no word on pricing yet. [GT]
Ikan (via The Red Ferret Journal)
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iPhone microscope mod: just add loupe
As we know by now, the iPhone is the Chuck Norris of mobiles. But those geniuses over at MAKE have come up with a feature that I’m willing to bet Steve Jobs never thought of: microscope.
Explains member Curiouslee: “The iPhone camera lens is flush with the back of the perfectly flat back of the device making it easy to hold a pocket magnifier loupe in front to convert the camera into a microscope.” Can it also be combined with a telescope for voyeuristic-lawsuitilarity? Only time will tell. [GT]
iPhone camera as microscope (via Makezine)
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"Living goddess" fired for visiting US
Sajani Shakya was a ten-year old girl, one of the three most-revered Kumari, who are regarded as a living incarnation of divinity by Buddhists and Hindus. Though not permitted to leave Nepal in order to remain pure, Shakya traveled to the US to promote a documentary about Kumari, whereupon her outraged temple elders sacked her. Boing Boing also reports that despite traditions where Kumari live in near-total seclusion, the defrocked goddess has a taste for gadgets, spotted at Silverdocs snapping with her DSLR and shooting with an HD camcorder. [GT]
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Daily Tech Hotlinks for 03-July-2007: Prince, Wikipedia, AllOfMP3.com, John Edwards, Grand Theft Auto
– Prince outrages the music industry by giving away his new album for free with the Mail on Sunday.
– The Wikipedia user who prophesised the Chris Benoit murders claims he was simply vandalising the site, and had no idea it would turn true just hours later. Ever thought he maybe gave Benoit the idea in the first place?
– AllOfMp3.com is finally shut down by the Russian authorities, who have no doubt objected over all those pirate TaTu albums escaping the country…
Burning with Upgrade Rage
Gary Cutlack writes…
It happens once every 18 months, regular as clockwork. A terrible feeling of inferiority washes over me. I feel ashamed in public, unable to look strangers in the eye. I’d rather stay home. In bed.
It is because my mobile phone is considered “old” even though I’ve only had it for 18 months. The screen is a bit scratched. It works perfectly, but the screen is a bit scratched.
LEGO Mindstorms robotic Rubik Cube solver
A particularly clever student called Daniele Benedettelli has built a LEGO robot capable of solving a Rubik Cube.
The mammoth task that took us six months during the spring and summer of 1983 is now fully automated…
