You may not have heard of Google's Innovate or Die competition, but it was a $5000 contest for coming up with a method to provide rural communities with water—an endeavor that doesn't sound glorious, but is quite important to thirsty people. Aquaduct, the winning team, created a bicycle that can both help transport water quickly and easily, but clean that water at the same time! Congrats to Aquaduct, whose team of 5 easily averted a tense situation by being able to divide up the prize with simple math. [Google - Thanks Diem!]
It may sound counter-intuitive to cool your grill, but Wellbas has created this water-cooled barbecue grill so that you can cook your meals without charring. Which is negative for health (they claim) ... 查看全文
Rico at The Gadget Blog asks “How have high fuel prices affected your gadget-laden lifestyle?” Really, if you’re not careful, you can take up your whole gadget budget ON your car (and as Rico points o... 查看全文
Filed under: Fit Gadgets, Fit FashionIf you run from your home, it can be a pain finding a place to carry a key. And, if you don't have a road ID of some sort, it's a good idea to carry your license. ... 查看全文
WSO2 is releasing on Monday WSO Mashup Server Version 1.5, an open-source product for deploying mashup services featuring Google Gadgets support and interfaces to relational databases and other data s... 查看全文
Looks like The History Channel is jumping on the Batman bandwagon, coming out with a feature on batman’s gadgets tonight (July 21) at 9:00 pm. Replay available a few hours later, July 22 at 1:00 am. M... 查看全文
This LEGO Minifigure Ice Lollipop Mould is an official silicone mould to make lollipops or frozen treats in little LEGO men figurines. Fun! Via interior design room, oh gizmo ; image: lego.com Tags: l... 查看全文
We all know minimalism is currently king in the gadget design world. Fancy shapes, switches and knobs have been eschewed in favor of clean and simple designs that take a backseat to interface. So we a... 查看全文
I've blogged before about the lovely steampunk jewelry on offer from Etsy seller FringeLore, but over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our John has spotted this wonderful new range of items made with vintage t... 查看全文
Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel's discovered this fantastic, apocalyptic hand-cranked hard-drive erasifier: The hard drives come out of the cage in mid-write, heads skittering across platters. D... 查看全文