How much wood can a woodchuck chuck . . . aw, who cares? The point is, the pencil point that is, is that this adorable little beaver can chew enough wood to keep your pencils sharp for a lifetime. Not only that, he does double duty as a paperweight. Si…
Caveat Emptor, When Rippln Comes Rippln [Videos]
Normally, MLM
(multiple level marketing) pyramid schemes appeal to desperate folks
who are down on their luck and/or are willing to buy into anything that
promises them a quick return. It’s built off a non-sustainable business
model that promises p…
Shit Box — The Portable Cardboard Crapper
Anyone who has ever been out in the wilds camping, hiking, or fishing knows that there is not always an outhouse around when you need one. Even when there is one it may not be clean enough to actually sit down and conduct business on. Shit Box is a lig…
Should Entrepreneurs Avoid Facebook?
Facebook used to be cool, both for teenagers wanting to check the latest cat videos, and developers hoping to bring in lots of users. But now, it seems many are leaving the site. Is it time to ditch the most popular social network out there?
Pimp Your Toyota Tacoma For Outdoor Adventure
When you go shopping for a new truck you may run across the Toyota Xplore Adventure Series. With this you can have your new Tacoma, for example, kitted out for the ultimate in camping and off-road travel. This includes a bed rack and an elevated tent s…
Top 10 Clever and Cool Cooking Concepts Of 2013
Whether you are a master chef or a bacon-craving amateur, cooking is a part of your life. However, there is always room for improvement, and inventors around the world are constantly thinking of new culinary concepts to make the kitchen less intimidati…
Industrial Technology Highlighted at HANNOVER MESSE
Industrial Technology was highlighted at HANNOVER MESSE 2013. The conference, which came to an end on the Friday of last week, highlighted techology that can be used is a variety of different industries to create a more seamless business experience. Th…
Angelina: An AI That Makes Video Games
Artificial intelligence is, for all the advances we’ve made, still
remarkably artificial; remarkably limited. Sure, Cleverbot can sometimes
hold a conversation. Deep Blue can defeat someone at Chess. Saya can smile and interact with people around it.
At the same time, however, there’s something missing – something
integral which all of these constructs grasp at, but can’t quite reach.
Something fundamentally human which we’ve not yet been able to replicate
in an artificial context.
Have Your Soup With An Edible Spoon
This is probably the biggest development in eating utensils since the
creation of the spork. The Edible Spoon is the ultimate in
environmentally-friendly “disposable” spoons. A plastic spoon in a
landfill can take up to a thousand years to degrade enough to return to
nature. Once you’ve digested the Edible Spoon along with your beans and brown
rice, the hard part is done.
When Wine Becomes Music
Playing crystal goblets is a whole lot of fun and all you need is some
water (or wine) and a wet finger to do it. You don’t have to be Sandra
Bullock in Miss Congeniality to manage it either. If you are going to give it a try these Musical Wine Glass…
