Ever wanted to own a desktop mill, what about one that you could take on your walk to the bus or just hand carry to a friend’s home? Well, the San Francisco-based makers of Otherfab, a team inside Otherlab, have made this a reality, and kicked butt on kick starter by reaching funding goals in … Continue reading
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Ouya launch: Julie is awesome!
While the tech world was going nuts over women not represented, one team was hard at work being the most epic thing at GDC ouya!!… Oh I’m talking about OUYA, the product concept of the awesome founder Julie Uhrman. Ouya is a gaming open network for all developers. Below is from their press release: “Julie … Continue reading
What’s really disruption?
Google kills Google Reader: Trimming For The Future
Google is killing Google Reader, and I got the news via Robert Scoble’s Facebook wall. The second spring of cleaning that Google’s official blog spoke about today mentioned the end of various products, but none were as upsetting for “readers” than the future death of Google Reader Yet, as Google trims for the future, and … Continue reading
2014 Millennium Prize Nominations: Who Will Get the Peak?
This is the official video that was released January 2013 to state that Technology Academy of Finland (TAF) has started accepting nominations for 2014’s candidate to receive prestigious Millennium Prize. The prize is one of the most prestigious prizes for science and technology. TAF awards this award every second year for : “international recognition of … Continue reading
Facebook’s Newsfeed chooses YOU
You can View the press video here. Facebook just had a much anticipated press event where it announced a re-vamped newsfeed where news stories were highlighted and we would get mobile consistency. I’m sure Robert Scoble has his hands on it already, but more so, it makes the users curators of their feeds and highlights … Continue reading
Vine, Vine, Vine: Loopy Quick Exclusive Video Creations
I woke up yesterday, wanting to write a story about Vine, but the TechCrunch’s awesome Jordan Crane had beaten me to it, and added an update to her other TC articles on vine. Vine, for all of you who are living in a cave (which I probably was for a bit), is a Twitter-owned, quick spontaneous … Continue reading
Peter Thiel-backed MetaMed: Brilliantly Unconventional
Update: Since I wrote this, a posting on hackernews around MetaMed has gained a buzz, join the discussion. MetaMed is also on twitter. New York, NY: MetaMed, a start-up backed by PayPal co-founder and billionaire Peter Thiel and co-founded by Skype founder Jaan Tallinn, has begun accepting new patients who want to be certain they … Continue reading
Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Promotes Coding and Funds Science
San Francisco, CA: Mark Zuckerberg is on a role of showing his love for not just tech, but (finally!) life sciences too. This week a video that was going all over the internet, showed Zucherberg teamed up with Bill Gates, and various other founders and celebrities, to promote the vision of code.org, which itself has … Continue reading
MYO Gesture Control Armband: Is the Time of the Keyboard Ending?
MYO, by Canadian Thalmic Labs, is a gesture control armband that is currently on preorder, is planned to sell for $149 usd off their site. The website has a video of the product and holds a caption that points to a potential that will have us all gesturing our commands. I suppose Italians will … Continue reading