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The Othermill Will Let You Cut Custom Circuit Boards And More
If you’ve got DIY in your soul and love the beeps, bloops and lights of circuit boards, the Othermill is a computer-controlled mill that’ll let you print your own circuit boards right at home. Even more, the mill can cut metal, wood, wax and plastic so you can make jewelry, molds and more. It’s a milling machine for your desk.
5 Wearable Concepts Worth Taking A Chance On
Wearable gadgets are everywhere, and it’s not just the big boys who are looking to get in on the action. A handful of smaller and unique takes on the burgeoning trend are popping up on crowdfunding sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter. Here are five of the most promising activity trackers of the future that you can back today.
Online Dating Replacement: Tragic ‘Please Date Me’ Clothing Line
Most attempts at “online dating” fail not because of some outwardly obvious personal defect on your part. It’s because it’s an inherent failure on the part of online dating as an institution not to dress you in regrettable cotton t-shirts that say that you are so very lonely and will try literally anything.
This Gadget Will Let You Transform Your Smartphone Into A Notebook
Notebooks are fighting it out with tablets, be they the traditional type from Apple, Google and Samsung, or Microsoft’s hybrid option in Surface. If the Casetop from US firm Livi Design becomes reality, smartphones could mount their own strike against the venerable mobile computing device, allowing one to easily turn their mobile into a lightweight laptop.
Oculus Rift Australian Hands-On: Someone Get Me A Bucket
Your fearless editor is today nursing a bucket and some herbal tea, because yesterday I went a round with the Oculus Rift gaming headset. Sure, it’s a whole lot of future that you can strap to your goddamn head, but it might just be too much future, too fast and now I need a lie-down.
A Classy, Hardcover Scoreboook For A Classic, Hardscrabble Game
If there’s one thing I learned about baseball from my pitcher grandpa, it’s that you’re not really watching unless you’re keeping a scorecard. The only cards I’ve ever used have been flimsy things, printed on news stock and quickly tossed in the circular file. But graphic designer Bethany Heck is attempting to inject a little style into the genre with the Halfliner Scorebook, a luxurious-looking scorecard that hit Kickstarter a few days ago.
Charging Gadgets While You Bike Is About To Get A Lot Simpler
Ever gone for a long bike ride in unfamiliar territory? Probably used your phone’s GPS to help navigate, right? Convenient. However, that also makes running out of juice more than just a small annoyance. Siva Cycle’s Atom might just solve that, and a host of other battery issues for the tech-bound biker.
Space Monkey: Easy Cloud Storage In Your Very Own Home
I have a confession: I’ve never properly backed up my computer. Ever. Whether it was a cloud-based solution or a local NAS, the upload speeds were horrendous, or the software was just plain ugly and confusing to use. But a couple of former Mozy employees have convinced me otherwise. Say hello to Space Monkey.
How Inventor Paul Vo Created A Little Box That Could Change Guitars Forever
The Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesiser is one of the most innovative musical instrument products created in years. Strap one onto any acoustic guitar and you can transform the way it sounds by breaking — or at least manipulating — the laws of physics. Here’s the story of how inventor Paul Vo made a device that sounds like magic.
