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How To Make An Office Dartboard That Won’t Destroy The Walls

2:26AM December 20, 2011 | Brent Rose

Darts are awesome, but they’re tricky to set up at work. Real darts aren’t super safe and leave walls full of holes, and safety darts suck hard. Mark Rober has got a solution that’s simple, elegant, and awesome. More »


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Fake iPad Replaces Stuffed Animal As Perfect 21st Century Toy

1:40AM June 21, 2011 | Sam Biddle

I’ve noticed an increasing number of can’t-be-bothered parents handing over an iPhone or iPad to their screaming tykes – but what if they throw up on it or try to eat it? The whiteboard anaPad’s perfect for (faux) touchscreen child-rearing. More »


Gadgets

EBeam Whiteboard Delivers Notes To Kindle, For The Kid Who Forgot His Glasses

3:40PM December 8, 2009 | Chris Jacob

In elementary school, I was that kid who always had to sit up front when I forgot my glasses. Think of all the time I could have spent goofing off! If only I had those notes delivered to my Kindle… More »


Whiteboard Clock Clears Your Schedule For You

1:20AM July 7, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Here’s a clever design: a whiteboard clock that erases your appointments as they happen. The lack of a minutes hand robs it of some of its usefulness, but the concept is still sound. [Il-Gu Cha via Make] More »


Software

ZeptoPad 2.0 Whiteboard iPhone App Shows Live-Updating Web Interface, PDF Export

9:00AM November 26, 2008 | John Mahoney

newVideoPlayer("/iphone_whiteboard.flv", 506, 423,""); It’s just a demo right now, but Ryo Shimizu’s ZeptoPad 2.0 whiteboard app looks pretty promising. We already love collaborative drawing apps like Netsketch, but Ryo’s whiteboard adds a couple of interesting tweaks–the ability to watch the whiteboard live via a web interface or on what looks like a local client, and then save everything to PDF when you’re finished. If collaborators are not limited to being on the same wi-fi network, which is how these apps often work, sign us up. Barring any Apple hold-ups (that’s never happened, right?), ZeptoPad should hit the store next weekend. [Thanks, Ryo!]

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