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Neonflames. ThisIsWhyImBroke is where you'll find cool gift ideas, unique products, and awesome birthday and christmas gift ideas. With hundreds of reasons to spend every penny you've got, ThisIsWhyImBroke features amazing products you can buy on the web. Neon Movie Signs: The Animated Gif Versions. Why is it that I always find the coolest stuff through my co-workers (in this case Diana)?

It’s a constant sharefest here at Bit Rebels, and we always shoot each other stuff that we think would fit our different writing personalities. Star Wars is a huge hit here on Bit Rebels, and I think we have a ton of Star Wars fans checking us out, but I can never be too sure because either everyone loves Star Wars, or we’ve been able to tap into the core of people that really like it. Then again, who doesn’t love Star Wars, right? Well, everyone here on Bit Rebels does, and that’s probably why we write about it so much. This time around, Diana sent me some rather mesmerizing Star Wars animated gifs.

Honestly, at first, I was a little hesitant to check them out because everyone knows that animated gifs are what make some social networking services so darn annoying. These creations comes from the talented designer Mr Whaite. Les infos de Ballajack. 20 exemples de travaux typographiques d'exceptions | Creative People. 8 Amazing Emerging Technologies From 2011. Wi-Fi jammed? It won’t be a problem if you’re networking through your room lights. You heard right — scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications in Germany worked out a way to transmit data via normal LED light bulbs.

Best of all, you can still use them for lighting, since the lights blink on and off too fast for the naked eye to see. How fast? Quick enough to spew out 800 megabits per second (Mbps) — an impressive spec by home-networking standards. What if there was a way to get visual alerts without even having to look at a device? Several groups of researchers were working to help create a future where we don’t have to plug our gadgets in every night, and when we do, they won’t take long to charge.

Star Trek‘s holodeck looks like a complete fantasy, but Sony created a convincing video that would make you think twice. One problem with today’s touchscreen-heavy tech is that it’s fairly fragile (just ask anyone with a cracked iPhone). Or will it? Source: 9 Implants that make human healthy body even more useful. Here’s a list of 9 ways you can modify your body to be even more useful, from bionic implants to portable power generators. 1.

RFID Chips – A nice and easy way to start out with body hacking is to implant an RFID chip into you. An RFID chip is just a passive antenna that’s pre-configured to transmit a specific code when it’s brought near an RFID reader. Generally, RFID is used as a key of sorts; so for example, you can set up your computer or your phone to unlock only when you pick them up. Or install an RFID-enabled deadbolt on your front door and an RFID reader in your car and you won’t need to carry your keys around anymore.

It’s completely safe — you can even do it yourself. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Source.