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Hack Your Christmas Lights To Flash When You Get Email

9:40PM December 19, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

The holidays can drag after a while. If the constant festive cheer gets too much, here’s a project to take your mind off things: make your Christmas tree lights flash when you get new email. More »


Software

iPad Magazine Project Is Now Free

8:00PM March 18, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

From $4 to free dollars – Richard Branson’s glory-project, err, Project, is now free. For issue four, anyway… though we wouldn’t be surprised if every issue from today is free, provided advertisers keep pumping it with money. [iTunes via Project]


Software

Richard Branson’s iPad-Only Mag May Launch With Tron Cover

7:04AM November 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Whatever Rupert Murdoch’s got planned for The Daily can wait; fellow billionaire Richard Branson has beaten him to the punch with The Project. The iPad-only magazine launches tomorrow, promising some sweet Tron-pegged Jeff Bridges action. More »


Science

The Cloud Project Would Theoretically Make Ice Cream Fall Like Snow

10:00AM July 21, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

The Cloud Project is a tricky little concept that would spray flavored condensation and liquid nitrogen into clouds, “seeding” them, and forcing flavored snow to fall from the heavens. It’s pretty much straight of of a children’s book. More »