Do you try out just about every program with “freeware” slapped on it? Does your computer have seven programs that all do the same thing? Are you on a first name basis with many developers?
If any of these are true, you may be addicted to freeware. As a fellow sufferer (Hello, my [...]

If you happened to be a chronic user of nightlights as a child, this branding project by Ashley Payne might be right up your alley.  The nightlight plugs into any ordinary socket and by the magic of networking routes music from your Zune to your nightmarish, monster-filled  bedroom.  Not only reacting to low light levels [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
Besides dropping in price, digital picture frames have advanced quite a bit over the past few years. The resolutions and image quality have definitely improved, and instead of having to rely on a small set of buttons or a cramped remote for navigating through hundreds of photos, they now feature intuitive touch screen [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
If you’ve been looking for a clock that’s hard to read, takes up a lot of space and is inexplicably expensive, you probably won’t find anything better suited than the Clock Delay from STUDIObloomm. It uses three cogwheels to represent the hours, minutes and seconds with the current time being shown at [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
While cars like the McLaren F1 or the Bugatti Veyron will always be in my dreams, back here in reality the Chevy Volt tops the list of vehicles I would actually buy. In fact there’s a lot of excitement over GM’s second attempt at an electric car, which is kind of surprising since [...]

By Luke Anderson
As a child, many of us spent countless hours as young construction workers. No, we weren’t hundreds of feet in the air balancing on steel girders, but merely snapping together plastic bricks. We created everything from castles to space ships. Now someone has given us the option of making our own lighting fixture [...]

By Luke Anderson
If you have an older laptop, there’s a good chance that you can’t take advantage of newer add-on cards. Since the introduction of the ExpressCard slot, many manufacturers have been focusing on creating products that fit the newer standard. Since many people still have only a CardBus slot, this ExpressAdapt adapter will likely [...]

By Luke Anderson
How often have you been sitting at a bus stop or stuck in line at the DMV wishing you could play some Pac-Man? Sure, if you’ve got an iPhone you could just use that to play. However, if you’re not too bad with a soldering iron, then you could just make your own [...]

Beema is a inner city trick bike by Andreas Martin that allows you to take on any obstacle that the urban area throws up; chairs, banks, rails or just the street. It fills the gap between FMX, scooter and BMX. Besides the the stunt riding it gives you the possibility to overcome distance inside a [...]

“GoGreen” is the new phrase that seems to echo around the world. With many joining the bandwagon, it shows that many of us are trying to make a conscious effort to adapt to a more sustainable lifestyle. PhotonSynthesis is a device by designer Vivien Muller, which is a solar-cell bonsai lookalike, tree charger. You can [...]

By Jonathan Kimak
Not long ago I wrote about the DIY USB bat signal that you could create yourself. But for those of you that would rather have the work done for them there is the Batman alarm clock that comes with a built in bat signal.
The Bat clock has the usual alarm clock features, 12 [...]

The most rudimentary design can be the smartest, especially when dealing with one of the most basic food groups: spaghetti! Everyone knows that the other food groups can be eaten in excess (for example: the candy group or the soda pop group), but every good mother knows that spaghetti must be well portioned for perfection. [...]

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