Hack Your Christmas Lights To Flash When You Get Email [Video]

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The Oona Smartphone Stand ? a Sticky Solution

Sick of smartphone stands that are made for a specific phone only (like only an iPhone ) ? Sick of smartphone stands that don’t work once you put a cover or a case on to protect your baby? The Oona�is a collaboration by 3 guys out of the Bay Area that consists of a base, [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/12/17/the-oona-smartphone-stand-a-sticky-solution/

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2nd Generation AirStash has arrived

Ever wish you just had more storage space on your iDevice?� AirStash solves that problem with their wireless data hotspot device that accepts SDHC cards up to 32GB.� Their 2nd generation AirStash is 30% smaller than the original, but it offers 3X USB speeds, 802.11n wireless speed, and an impressive 7 hours of continuous streaming.� [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/12/16/2nd-generation-airstash-has-arrived/

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Scrabble Helper helps you improve your Words With Friends gameplay

If you play Scrabble (or a scrabble-like game) from time to time, you may want to check out Scrabble Helper. This simple website is a godsend when you're at a loss for words. Simply enter whatever letters you have, and the word you'd like to connect with. Scrabble helper comes up with a whole bunch of suggestions sorted by score.

The site lets you select one of five dictionaries - Scrabble International/US, Lexulous International/US, and Words With Friends. Some people might say this constitutes cheating -- I think if the other side knows you're doing it, it's definitely not cheating. And it doesn't take the challenge out of the game, because implementing Scrabble Helper's suggestions and deciding which words you'd like to connect with still takes a fair bit of thought.

Very handy, though perhaps not one for the Scrabble puritans in the crowd.

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9 Periscopes Surprisingly Not Connected to Submarines [Design]

The periscope only came about with the advent of the submarine, right? Wrong. These handy, corner-checking devices have been used everywhere from the trenches of WWI to aboard the Gemini Spacecraft. Our friends at Oobject have collected nine of the best examples. More »

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Technology Cannot Disrupt Education From The Top Down

Computer technology has penetrated the classroom for thirty years with little impact. After hundreds of ?disruptive? education startups, the best innovation in education is still the chalkboard. This isn?t the fault of the entrepreneurs, but the fault of an education system which resists innovation at every turn. Many K-12 education technology startups target teachers and administrators by offering tools to become more productive: Lesson plan sharing, gradebooks, training tools, whiteboards and more. Devin Coldewey called them ?practical? in his TechCrunch post ?If I Were A Poor Black Kid? Inadvertently Touches On Sad Education And Tech Truths.? Coldewey concludes that education needs top-down reforms that utilize these practical technologies. He sincerely believes these technologies can improve teacher and administrator efficiency so the ?overworked? staff can gain control of their ?oversized? classes in the ?pitifully insufficient? resourced schools. Unfortunately, the top down ?practical? approach won't work for some very good reasons. Essentially, the education establishment doesn't want to be disrupted and they will leverage the $597 billion spent annually on K-12 public education to prevent true disruption.

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Warpia to show ConnectHD device at CES, let you couch-Skype on your HDTV

Warpia will be showcasing its latest media multitasker, the ConnectHD, at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. The ConnectHD comes with a wide-angle wireless HD video camera and a multi-directional microphone, allowing users to make 720p video calls au naturel or otherwise from the living room via apps like Skype or MSN Messenger. It can also be used for playing PC webcam games and streaming media from your PC to an HDTV in 1080p. Although the ConnectHD won't come with extra appendages to help you do all that stuff at once, it does come with a wireless USB PC adapter, a wireless USB TV adapter, a HDMI cable and, naturally, the requisite software for the device. Pricing is pegged at a piggy bank-busting $199.99, placing it right alongside Biscotti's TV Phone.

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