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Toys
Etch-A-Sketch Freestyle Seems Like Cheating
6:30AM Jack Loftus | The Etch-A-Sketch Freestyle aims to eliminate those wobbly, pixel-edged circles that occur on the original. It’s cheating. More »
Gadgets
ScribbleBot Makes You Feel Like You Know How To Draw
11:00AM Sean Fallon | So you can’t draw. No problem — ScribbleBot can help. I mean, you still won’t have any talent, but you can at least feel like you do for a short period of time. More »
Software
9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application, Has Nothing To Do With Farts
3:20AM Sean Fallon | So, is the age of 10 becoming the new benchmark for career success? We already have an 8-year old Microsoft Certified Professional and now we can add a 9-year old iPhone developer to the list. More »
Gadgets
16 Drawing Contraptions That Are More Artistic Than You
2:20AM Sean Fallon | Drawing doesn’t come easy to all of us. I worked as a professional artist on and off for years and God knows I have seen some horrible stuff. Like someone put a pencil between their butt-cheeks horrible. Like other tasks, we have turned to robotics in an effort to make the process a little easier. OObject has compiled 16 of these contraptions—everything from devices that draw intricate geometric patterns to a crazy boot contraption that pushes around dirt from a nuclear test site. It may not technically be drawing, but I am partial to the 1100 barrel paintball gun built by the Mythbusters that paints the Mona Lisa instantly. [OObject] More »
Software
Apps We Like: NetSketch Collaborative Drawing Shares Your Chicken Scratch Over WiFi
4:27AM John Mahoney | NetSketch is a US$8 drawing app with Bonjour-like sharing abilities–if you’re on the same WiFi network, it will automatically detect drawings and let you jump in to collaborate PictoChat style. Coming to classrooms and lecture halls this fall. [NetSketch] More »
Gadgets
3D Drawing Pad Makes Your Dirty Doodles Come Alive
11:30AM Benny Goldman | With the 3D drawing pad, your ugly scribbles will look like high-tech masterpieces. The paper on the pad has a special background that makes black pencil marks appear 3-dimensional when seen through those classic blue-and-red specs. A pack of 50 sheets (with glasses) is only US$4, an awesome deal if it really works. I know what you’re thinking, but I’m more mature than that. I would use my 3D pad to draw ripe, juicy watermelons and big, long rocket ships. [Product page via Coolest Gadgets] More »
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