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. – The Current TV Staff. Color Pen. Twine: The Revolutionary Box That Can Make Your Appliances Tweet. The day when your washer emails to say your clothes are clean and your basement tweets when it’s flooding is closer than we thought, and it doesn’t look at all as expected.

Twine: The Revolutionary Box That Can Make Your Appliances Tweet

Instead of multiple connected appliances, such a system relies on a tiny WiFi-connected box called Twine. Twine's functionality is "programmed" through a website that allows users to compose action rules in plain English. One might, for example, compose the rule, "WHEN moisture sensor gets wet THEN tweet, 'The basement is flooding! '" Programming the device is about as difficult as playing Mad Libs.

Options are endless. Twine's creators, MIT Media Lab grads David Carr and John Kestner, consider the device to be the "first time that a connected object has managed to cross in to the world of consumer relevance. " If enthusiasm for their Kickstarter project is any indication, they're right. Where did the idea for Twine come from? What are some things that you've done using Twine? Kickstarter has been really amazing to us. Michelin's Revolutionary Airless Tires. Introducing Word Lens. Did You Know? "We are living in exponential times" (A Must Watch, Really) Party receiver.

Oct 26, 2006 party receiver by jinseup ted shin from usa designer's own words: This is a small electronic device that receives an FM signal from your music player, i.e. ipod, cell phone, cd player or any device equipped with an FM transmitter.

party receiver

At a party it is always hard to control the music you play, the sound of volume is not playing evenly throughout the place and you always have to have a big and bulky stereo system. Just plug this simple device into your power outlets; it will receive songs from your music player, even from your tiny ipod shuffle throughout entire place. It has a simple mechanism, speaker, led, and FM receiver. At first you plug in to a power outlet, the front indicator light will flash. If you like to pump up the volume you plug more in. Title usage detail jinseup ted shin. 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.

9 Implants that make human healthy body even more useful

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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. New step in portable computers. Skiff Reader: The Ultimate E-Reader. Skiff Reader: The Ultimate E-Reader Skiff Reader: The Ultimate E-Reader | If you bought an Amazon Kindle DX in 2009, prepare for a heavy dose of buyer’s remorse.

Skiff Reader: The Ultimate E-Reader

The Skiff Reader has overtaken the Amazon Kindle DX as the largest e-reader on the market, but its size isn’t what makes the Skiff so special. The Skiff Reader brings two new technologies to the large-scale e-reader market: a touchscreen e-ink display and “silicon thin-film-transistors on a flexible steel substrate”. The Skiff Reader pushes the e-reader standard by featuring a full touchscreen display spanning 11.5-inches. The Amazon Kindle DX and smaller Kindle models don’t feature touchscreen e-ink, neither does that Barnes and Noble Nook (while the latter has an LCD touchscreen below the e-ink portion).

The “silicon thin-film-transistors” technology is a bit more esoteric. The Skiff reader is coming later this year, available at Sprint retail outlets and using the Sprint 3G network. Written by: thecoolist on January 4, 2010. 8pen.