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Gadgets

The World’s Smallest 3D Printer Is Only A Little Bigger Than A Milk Carton

12:20PM May 18, 2011 | Casey Chan

3D printers are typically behemoth-type machines that can spit out crazy things like houses, cars and titanium balls. The world’s smallest 3D printer is too puny to do any of that but it could be more useful than any other 3D printer. More »


Geek Out

Amusement Park Rides That Go Faster As Your Fear Grows

2:00PM May 11, 2011 | Casey Chan

Roller coasters make you feel like you’re living life on the edge! But in reality, they’re controlled—every ride is the same. But what if it was different? What if rides would go faster when you got scared? More »


Geek Out

Mental Note: Never Become A Radio Technician

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3:28PM September 20, 2010 | Nick Broughall

You’ve all seen those monstrously large radio towers that beam out your favourite radio or television program. It’s worth remembering that if something goes wrong, some poor sap has to climb to the top of that tower to fix it. And occasionally, that poor sap will wear a helmet-mounted camera and create a YouTube video of the experience of climbing up a 538m tower. More »


Mobile

Apple Wants Antenna Engineers For iPhone

1:55AM July 1, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

What a coincidence: On June 23 – exactly when we first reported about theiPhone 4′s antenna problem, Apple posts multiple requests for antenna engineers for the iPhone. Too late? Too soon? Let the conspiracy theories begin. More »


Computing

iPad Snivellers: Put Up Or Shut Up

5:05AM February 2, 2010 | Joel Johnson

It’s taken me a couple of days for me to understand the wet sickness I felt in response to all the post-iPad whining, until it finally came up in a sputtering lump: disgust. More »


Software

Google to Save Money by Getting Product Ideas From Users, Not Paying Them

1:30AM January 3, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Google has figured out that it can save money by getting product ideas from users rather than engineers. After all, you can’t pay engineers in “shout outs” on their blogs like their offering for users.

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Gadgets

SmartBolts Assure Perfect Tightness Every Time

10:10AM December 6, 2008 | Mark Wilson

It’s not hard to under or over-tighten a bolt when you are building a cabinet, let alone installing hardware into the human body. Luckily, some clever engineers came up with the idea of SmartBolts.

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