“One day an old man in a plain suit sat next to me by a pond in a park. He began to put powder on his face and changed into a woman’s long-sleeved kimono. He started dancing to an enka – a Japanese popular ballad – playing on his radio cassette recorder, a big smile […]
Archives for May 2014
Sugarcube is the universal connectivity dongle
If your home is filled with Mac Lovers and Android enthusiasts you’ll know the disadvantage of having to buy multiple peripheral devices to help everyone communicate and share together. Combining the power of Airplay, Chromecast, DLNA, and Miracast the new HDMI Sugarcube dongle is a savior to push photos, videos, or music to the television […]
You deserve your own personal assistant
New York startup Fancy Hands connects you with what we all need, a personal assistant. Using one flat fee, startup founders can realize what it’s like to hand off work to another for a change without ever having to scour, post and personally spend time finding a person to fill the ole. Pricing is set […]
The new standard in movie discovery
In 1906 film director Charles Tait produced the first full-length feature film about infamous outlaw Ned Kelly. As the first movie to be more than an hour long it set the path we’re on today where films budget well into the hundred millions and can bring in revenue worldwide in record setting amounts every year. […]
An app to scan your foot for the perfect 3D printed orthotics
Anyone that’s bought a new pair runners, cross trainers or pair of everyday shoes knows the first day work in process that’s unique to yourselves. But we have to remember even though they are new shoes they aren’t shoes that were custom designed for each our uniquely designed feet. And while insoles are a way […]
A coffee startup that’s all cubes
Jiva Coffee Cubes don’t look like the passion educing lifestyle ingredient that percolate over lovers of java. The smell of a fresh roast or the hand pressed love that goes into a French Press are just a few of times when euphoric senses can take over. But sometimes there just isn’t room in the day […]
Adding smart tech to any surface with Printoo
Printoo is a new tool to help prototype by giving anything it attaches to smart technology capabilities. Currently on Kickstarter with just two days left of crowdfunding, the Arduino-compatible platform is a set of paper-thin circuit boards and modules. Giving makers and builders another open-source, lightweight, flexible, and modular tools to be unique. Printoo kits […]
Recruiting volunteers for charities with Volcally
Most nonprofits rely on the generosity and support of volunteers to exceed the missions they set forth in their brand guidelines. But the process of recruiting new volunteers is varied amongst various organizations. For some it’s piece of cake for others it’s near impossible, may it be from lack of awareness, poor volunteer management resources […]
Visage Is An Enterprise Solution For Non-Designers To Create Elegant Infographics
Those graphs, those hideous-hideous graphs! Open up the majority of the brochures, reports or memos from enterprises and undoubtedly you’ll be thinking the same thing. Unless a company is going to invest in a creative department or pay the large fees to use a third-party agency to spice things up, the product will more than […]
Capturing 3D images with Seene on your iPhone
There’s very few times now that a video or camera app new on the market makes us stop in our tracks and be worthy enough to share. The usual case of Instagram-esque filters or Photoshop-esque actions are thrown out the window with this application, instead it focuses on the surreal and down right eerie, yet […]