This week we talk about how to regress to a low - tech life to keep your sanity , 11 awesome modular gadget designs , a wheat-grass - growing “ bio computer ” and more !
1.Top 10 Tech Stories This workweek : Brilliant Alarm Clock , Solar iPad Covers , Modular Gadgets , Low - technical school indication and More
Let ’s start off with a collection of stories you do n’t want to leave out from last week . Catch up quick !
2.Pebble Watch and the Future Smart Home
The folks behind Pebble make do to invoke a startling $ 10 million on Kickstarter for their “ smart watch ” but new compatibility updates might make it perfect for future smart homes .
3.Bikini Made of E - waste Makes Bold Statement About Women in Technology
Some the great unwashed call up that getting women wage in applied science will hail if we blend it with manner . Two artists have come up with a way to manoeuvre out the trouble with this strategy .
4.How to Make three-D - Printed Circuit Boards And An light-emitting diode Flashlight
3D printing is becoming more and more approachable for the average Maker , and with that accessibility occur really cool projects like being able-bodied to print your own electronics which is cheaper and greener .
5.How Returning to a Low Tech Life Might Just Keep You Sane
In a time when technology is changing faster than most of us can get a handle on it , David Maddalena celebrates the old , last low - tech gadget , plaza and thoughts that keep us sane .
6.11 Modular Gadget Designs , from Wild Concepts to the Humble Earphones
Modular design is a young waving of engineering , with the potential to make gadgets smaller , more effiecient and gentle to expend , upgrade and replace .
7.‘Bio Computer ’ Blends Tech and Organic to Grow Wheatgrass
A ego - described geek harvests the wasteland - heat of a computer tower to grow wheat-grass in his basement .
8.machine Turns Your Sneaker into a Portable Cell Phone Charger
A piezoelectric technology developed by a Kenyan discoverer uses your shoe to shoot your gadgets while you walk .
9.iRepairDoc Offers Same - 24-hour interval iPhone Fixes , Will Even Come to Your threshold
This fixing service will get your earphone back to you on the same mean solar day they meet it — and will even make home doctor visits . If they ca n’t set up it , you pay nothing .
10.Solar iPad Case Extends Battery Life to 10 Days
The KudoCase for iPad is a new class of solar - powered case that protects your tablet while also go the batter life to 10 days before it need to be recharged .
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