E&M labs, which raised $US96,000 on Kickstarter last year for their Trebuchette, has built a new toy: Skallops. They’re wooden clips that transform a regular deck of cards into a set of building blocks. More »
Since its launch, the Kinect has been hacked in hundreds of amazing and crazy ways. Now, Microsoft is planning to embrace that by helping Kinect-based startups realise their potential. More »
Despite the fact that NBNCo is getting its funding (and there’s a lot of it) from the government, it’s important to remember that the company responsible for building our next-generation broadband network is still very much a startup. Which means that so far, we haven’t really heard too much in the way of NBNCo selling itself to consumers. But it looks like that’s starting to change. More »
I like to believe that all of us have rock star alter egos. For most of us, these inner rock beasts sleep latently, awaiting the proper heartbreak or drug cocktail to wake from slumber and cut a hit record. Rifflet.com is a place that shares my theory—a social networking site in which users can share 1-minute clips of music they’ve had bouncing around in their heads, just to get it out there. Others can then download these tracks, respond to them or even incorporate them into songs of their own.
