Archive for July, 2011

Restaurant Coupons from Surviving the Stores

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

This is a neat little find that will save you money when you go out to eat. Surviving the stores lists a large number of restaurant coupons for popular eateries like Black Angus Steakhouse, Carl’s Junior,  Chuck E. Cheese’s, Denny’s, IKEA, Mrs. Fields, Starbucks Coffee, Taco Bell, T.G.I. Friday’s, White Castle and many more.

Cool Steampunk Memory Keys from back2root in the United Kingdom

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

For creating such unusual memory keys in steampunk style you would need some wood, a few old pocket watches and a lot of talent and creativity. All memory keys featured below were created by an artist from the United Kingdom under the name, back2root. The covers of these USB drives are made out of different types of [...]

Cool iPod Nano Watch Conversion

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Finally…a reason to get the new iPod Nano! The idea of turning the Nano into a watch is one thing, but actually making it look and feel right is completely another. Enter Scott Wilson, formerly the global creative director for Nike Watches. He’s the man behind TikTok and LunaTik, well-designed, engineered and manufactured watch kits [...]

World’s First GPS-Enabled Goggles

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

The world’s first GPS-enabled goggle is here. The Zeal Transcend GPS Goggle features a micro LCD display mounted inside the goggles, so you can view all pertinent information without having to do anything but glimpse downwards towards the bottom of the lens — a key feature when barreling down a double black diamond, or even moreso [...]

The Twenty Dollar Knee Replacement

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Tens of thousands of amputees in the developing world wear an inexpensive prosthetic called the Jaipur Foot. But poor patients who lose a knee joint have few options: a titanium replacement can cost $10,000, and crude models don’t work very well. Now a team of Stanford engineering students has designed a knee that’s not only [...]

Solar Power Gathering Roof Tiles

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

The Dow Chemical Co. has developed a new roof shingle that doubles as a solar panel. The shingles, which can be incorporated into rooftops alongside traditional asphalt shingles, use low-cost thin-film cells of copper indium gallium diselenide. While Dow expects to profit greatly from the Powerhouse Solar Shingle — the company predicts it will bring [...]

The 10 Million Dollar Light Bulb

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

With the flick of a switch, Philips Electronics may have just dramatically lowered America’s electric bill. In September the Dutch electronics giant became the first to enter the U.S. Department of Energy’s L Prize competition, which seeks an LED alternative to the common 60-watt bulb. Sixty-watt lights account for 50% of the domestic incandescent market; [...]

Tank-Bred Bluefin Tuna

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011