Visualization startup Datahero opens its doors and delivers data analysis for the masses Derrick Harris, gigaom.com When I first met Datahero Co-founder Chris Neumann a year ago, I was pretty excited about what he claimed his new company was going to do. Essentially, he told me, it was going to offer a simple, cloud-based data … Continue reading Data hero: visualization startup cloud based analysis
TechShop: an industrial revolution for $125 a month Brian Heater, engadget.com Someone, Mark Hatch, if I had to guess, has left a Square reader just to the left of where we’ve set up our cameras. It’s on a table next to a small, but exceptionally diverse array of gadgets. There’s a wooden book that unfolds … Continue reading TechShop: industrial revolution for $125 a month
Food Hackers Cook Up a Storm of Startup Ideas in San Francisco Wade Roush, xconomy.com Wade RoushFile this under “more evidence that food-tech is one of the hottest areas for Bay Area entrepeneurs.” A weekend Food Hackathon contest at SOMACentral’s new 450 Townsend Street space attracted some 170 developers, designers,… http://flip.it/YDpSP Related articles New Rock … Continue reading Food Hackathons: food tech startups growing
App Makes Selling Stuff Online As Easy As Buying It By John Pavlus, fastcodesign.com Sold is an algorithm-powered concierge designed to get top dollar for your stuff. Buying stuff online has become so ridiculously easy that I’m more likely to impulse-purchase a book on my Kindle than borrow it for free from my local librar… … Continue reading Sold: an app that makes selling as easy as buying
A Database of 120 Different 3D Printers, With Prices & Stats core77.com You’ve heard of MakerBot, Cubify and Solidoodle. And if someone finds out you’re into ID and asks “Hey, what do one of those 3D printers go for?” you can spit out a ballpark figure, and maybe some basic stats.But there are tons of … Continue reading A database of 3D printers
Get to Know the DIY Project All Star Tools This Weekend Adam Dachis, lifehacker.comWe write about a wide variety of DIY projects, and through that process a few common tools and relevant skills surface that make so many of them possible. This weekend, get to know these all-star tools and the amazing DIY projects they … Continue reading Best tools for DIY warriors
With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work slaskow, grist.org Kickstand FurnitureIf you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution. It’s called a Kickstand desk, and it lets you … Continue reading Kickstand desk: bicycle while you work
Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers: They’re Too Well-Rounded By: Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com “Not lack of ability, but more choice,” say researchers. Silicon Valley’s hottest companies are hurting for women engineers. And many pixels have been spilled trying to figure out why. The answer, according to a study released by Pitt… Why You Can’t Find … Continue reading Why aren’t there more women in engineering? Because they’re sane.
CollabFinder Wants To Make Hackathons A Part Of College Life By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A growing list of schools are turning to the “serendipity engine” to help students find cross-discipline collaborators for passion projects. After he graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy, Sahadeva Hammari emailed one of his… CollabFinder Wants To Make Hackathons … Continue reading Collabfinder: make hackathons a part of college life
Retail | Start an Online Store With No Skills, No Stuff — And Now No Money Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com Forget software as a service. Welcome to the age of stuff as a service. Start an Online Store With No Skills, No Stuff — And Now No Money http://flip.it/1CXcC http://flip.it/S9uwB Related articles Software As A Service … Continue reading Finally you can get into ECommerce with no skills, no stuff and no money
Shopify Simplifies E-Commerce to Boost Crowdfunding Graduates Tim Maly, wired.com Say you finished your Kickstarter campaign for some product or other, and after the inevitable growing pains, you’ve gotten all the rewards out to your backers who are gleefully emailing you to say what a great thing it is that … Shopify Simplifies E-Commerce to … Continue reading Shopify: finally ECommerce you can do from your couch
America’s New Sustainable Manufacturing Hubs Will Breed Creativity And Jobs BY SARAH KRASLEY, fastcoexist.com Will this be how we revitalize the economy? Across the country, new multidisciplinary spaces for people to learn, experiment, and make are popping up, creating a new surge of jobs with them. Obama’s State of the Union Address this year was … Continue reading Sustainable manufacturing hubs arise
If You Want Your App To Take Off, Learn To Reward Your Power Users By Lars Albright, fastcompany.com Yikes: 70 percent of the people who download your app will never, ever look at it again. So you better learn how to create and coddle power users. Mobile apps are booming by all the basic measures, … Continue reading Cultivate your power users if you want to succeed
Replace Expensive Doctors Visits With An App That Analyzes Your Pee BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com Just make sure you don’t pee directly on the phone. uChek lets you use your phone’s camera to analyze test strips you’ve dipped in your own urine without having to shell out for a test or make an appointment. In … Continue reading Uchek: replace expensive doctor visits and lab tests with an app that analyzes your pee
Take Traffic Into Your Own Hands With This DIY Car Counter BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com The TrafficCom lets you measure how many cars drive on your street and figure out traffic patterns. And you can now get one via Kickstarter—just like the guys at NASA. There’s something about the moment NASA places an order that … Continue reading DIY traffic monitoring
The Vamp: A Bluetooth Audio Device That Actually Does Something (Besides Streaming Music) core77.com Photos by Mark CocksedgeI won’t pretend to be an expert in the ever-expanding category of bluetooth audio, but I understand the appeal: After decades of being tethered to all variety of boxy, clunky or otherwise cumbersome hardware, technol… http://flip.it/LOCxc Related articles … Continue reading Vamp Bluetooth audio device recycles your old speakers
The Mu Thermal Imager Turns Your iPhone Into an Affordable Thermal Camera John McGrath, inhabitat.com Thermal cameras are invaluable tools for spotting heat leaks and winter proofing your home. The Mu Thermal Imager is a compact, affordable accessory that turns your smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer into a thermal camera! The device is the fi… … Continue reading Mu thermal imager turns your iPhone into an affordable thermal camera
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ecouterre.com RT @inhabitat: It’s time to put those woolen sweaters into storage; check out our guide to keeping them in tip-top, moth-free state http://flip.it/VNi1f http://flip.it/fug6f 10 Inexpensive Ways to Keep Woolen Sweaters Looking Like New Related articles DIY Maje inspired bow sweater (creatively3.wordpress.com)
Man Transforms Old TV Screen into 2000 Degree Fahrenheit Solar Death Ray That Can Melt Pennies Lori Zimmer, inhabitat.com DIY expert Grant Thompson has a use for those heavy old rear-projection televisions that have been collecting dust in your basement—he transforms them into solar-powered death rays! Thompson takes advantage of the convex screens’ ability to … Continue reading Turn an old TV into a solar death ray
The DROP Eco-Hotel is a Portable Prefab Pod Home for the Modern Nomad Mike Chino, inhabitat.com In-Tenta designed the DROP Eco-Hotel to provide a mobile dwelling for modern nomads. The prefabricated structure consists of a central tube capped on either end by big fully operable bubble windows that provide natural ventilation. The pod hotel i… … Continue reading Drop Eco hotel for the modern nomad
ECO-Cycle Aquaponics Kit Turns Any 20-Gallon Aquarium Into an Indoor Garden Mike Ready, inhabitat.com The ECO-Cycle ™ Aquaponics Kit is an innovative retrofit system that turns an aquarium into a productive garden. Sized for a standard 20-gallon aquarium and suitable for smaller tropical aquarium fish and goldfish, the ECO-Cycle engages families a… RT @inhabitat: The … Continue reading Eco cycle aquaponics kit
Guy Kawasaki’s Case For Self-Publishing By Shawn Parr, fastcompany.com Taking a deeper look at the industry-moving concepts that inspired Guy Kawasaki’s new book, “APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book.” “A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down..… Guy Kawasaki’s Case For Self-Publishing http://flip.it/yfJ3N http://flip.it/CYGqB Related articles … Continue reading Guy Kawasaki on the benefits of self publishing
Merrell Trail Gloves: “Barefoot” Running Without Looking Like a Gorilla Roy Wood, wired.com My oldest son is a huge fan of Vibrams, but they just don’t feel right to me. Consequently, I’ve spent a lot of time researching minimalist shoes, and the ones I finally settled on are the Merrell Trail Gloves. Roy Wood Merrell … Continue reading Merrell trail glove: ergonomic running without the monkey look
Gadget Review: Automatica Makes Some Cars Into Smart Cars Tony Sims, wired.com In the past few years, we have seen the addition of Bluetooth connectability, communication via rear view mirror (OnStar), and integrated on-board computer entertainment systems. All these things are great, but what if your vehicle is a little bit… Gadget Review: Automatica Makes … Continue reading Automatica makes your car smart
How Mazda Reinvented the Diesel Engine By Lawrence Ulrich, popsci.com The company’s new diesel engine will get 44 mpg plus meet strict emission standards. Diesel-engine designers have long grappled with a dilemma: Reducing emissions meant either cutting efficiency or adding expensive equipment. With the… RT @PopSci: How Mazda engineers reduced pollution, boosted mileage, and nixed … Continue reading Mazda rethinks the Diesel engine with fewer emissions, max efficiency
Cloud Shield, Twine’s Gateway To The Full-Blown Internet Of Things By John Pavlus, fastcodesign.com Co.Design gets an exclusive first look at Cloud Shield, which makes Twine a full-blown internet device. Welcome to the Internet of Things. If you’re not afraid of hacking together a bit of code and plugging tiny wires into a credit-card-sized… Cloud … Continue reading Twine cloud shield and the Internet of things
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