If you’re reading the title, no, I haven’t found a home made of Legos, but I did hear about a company via inhabitat.com that uses a similar concept for modular homes. PAF architecture has been working with the concept of snapping parts that can offer eco-friendly housing and a chance to break away from the [...]
I just read that the CEO of Amazon said that there is the possibility of a color Kindle, but that it was still a long way off. I guess the challenges of adding color add some deficiencies as well, such as shorter battery life and increased glare in sunlight. This kinda bums me out a [...]
Be careful if you’re looking to get the latest iPhone when it comes out later this year, especially if you just renewed. AT&T is looking to almost double the termination fee for smart phones from $175 to $325. The reason they’re doing this is to try and recover the losses incurred when someone terminates a [...]
As someone who likes technology and sees the benefits of it, I have to say that there are sometimes when it’s ok to be away from the internet for a while. Take, for instance, the iLoo. This was designed by Microsoft’s UK branch for public access. It’s a public toilet with internet access. That’s right; you [...]
Not exactly. If you still need powerful computers for designing graphics or other coding issues, you’ll still one of those. But if you want to surf the internet, it appears that you will soon be doing that with your TV. Google is offering software to be integrated into certain TVs as well as some satellite [...]
The reason for this is that Facebook has signed on to keep it’s slew of social games such as Farmville and Mafia Wars for the next five years. I’m not going to get on a soapbox about how useless or pointless these games are, since I do indulge in Mafia Wars, but the thing about [...]
If you thought your personal life and your professional life could be separate, you may want to rethink that. There’s a waitress down in North Carolina who is looking for another job because of it. She waited on a couple who kept her past her clock out time and compensated her with a $5 tip. [...]
A team from MIT has unjust unveiled a new design for aircraft that has increased fuel efficiency, lower emissions, and the ability to take off on shorter runways. NASA commissioned this MIT team and others to design the aircraft with the intent of implementing the changes. Now, we won’t see these planes for quite a [...]
Yes they are, but we have to keep it in perspective. There’s a new study that says only 1 in 4 households has a traditional landline due to various members of that household owning a cell phone or more. The trend seems to be going more toward this all mobility all the time. But for [...]
Well, you can cancel any dreams of having a Verizon iPhone anytime soon. It has been verified that the original contract for exclusive rights to the iPhone Apple had with AT&T was until 2012. Which absolutely stinks since AT&T’s has the lowest customer satisfaction rating of all the major carriers. Some are speculating that the [...]
