Plant Link, recently started to fetch funding on Kickstarter tries to make your gardening a little bit smarter than usual. The inventors of Plant Link promise that by using their smart plant monitoring device even the biggest plant killers get a green thumb. Plant Link is a hardware device that monitors the water needs of […]
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Adorable Lean Product Design: Activity Tracker Misfit Shine
Misfit Shine personal activity tracking device, image source: www.indiegogo.com/misfitshine Its no surprise that the adorable lean product design of Misfit’s Shine personal activity tracker catched so much public attention that its Indiegogo pledge for funding reached nearly $700.000 and exeeded its target value by around 600%! Misfit Shine is designed as a waterprove, durable and […]
Lego announced next Generation Lego Mindstorms EV3
At this year CES, Lego just announced the next generation of Lego Mindstorms Educational robotic invention kits. Lego Mindstorms robotic educational kits are used by a large community of robotic hobbyists and the release of the next generation of their invention kit was a logic step. The new generation of Lego Mindstorm Kits is called […]
LulzBot, the open hardware 3D printer
image source: www.lulzbot.com LulzBot, a company based in Colorado, designs leightweight and easy to use 3D Printing hardware. Their latest model is called ‘AO-101 3D Printer’ and costs around $1.725, which is quite low for a full 3D Printer that turns your CAD models into reality. The affordable LulzBot 3D Printer is prefectly designed for […]
Free Leap Motion Sensors start to Ship for Developers
After the Leap Motion Sensor was first mentioned in summer 2012, Leap Motion announces that the first round of 10000 free motion sensors start to ship to the developers within the next days. The Leap 3D Motion sensor system is capable of tracking ten fingers in realtime. Leap Motion claims that their 3D Motion Sensor is […]
PopSLATE cover adds additional eInk Display to your iPhone
PopSLITE is a project on Indiegogo.com that collects crowd funds in order to design a second eInk screen cover for your iPhone. According to the fact that eInk displays need much less energy that traditional LCD type screens, this cover is a cool idea for consuming ebooks and reading material. eInk screen also offer perfect […]
Desktop Docking Station for Samsung Galaxy Tab
This incredibly practical little desktop docking station for Samsung Galaxy Tablets is all you need to transform your ordinary Samsung Galaxy Tab into a full featured POS vending machine. Just put your Galaxy Tab inside this Desk Dock and replace your traditional cashier POS system with a cool and lean Tablet instead. The Desk Dock […]
Pimp and Retrofit your old Sewing Machine
DIY Retrofit your Sewing Machine, image taken from micah.navi.cx/2010/01/diy-sewing-machine -retrofit/ Micah Elizabeth Scott, best known for her latest work on a tremine style wireless control for a popular vibra toy, also published a lot of interesting DIY hacking projects over the last years. One of these projects is a complete redesign of an old school […]
Urban Graffity Tagging – done by a Pole Climbing Robot
Watch this amazingly cool pole climbing robot, that is able to create urban graffity art taggings on public poles. The climbing robot is drawing while climbing up and down the pole. AKIRA, the author of the video who studied computer science, art and cultural studies at International Christian University Tokyo, calls his projects ‘experiments in […]
electree+ the green and renewable energy bonsai tree
electree+ green solar charge bonsai tree, image source: Kickstarter.com electree+, a recent Kickstarter project, plans to build a really stylish solar bonsai tree for your home or office table, that can charge your smart mobile devices. It’s tiny solar leaves collect the power of the sun and directly route it into your iPhone. The electree+ […]