Walmart’s ecommerce failure
Walmart wants to beat Amazon, desperately. This is why it’s so disappointing when they fail at basic app cart and checkout.
Speaking of everything old being new – how about Nixie tubes?
As I mentioned yesterday, there’s a lot of old stuff being dredged up and put into new contexts in our current day and age. Nixie …
Crowdfunding criticism: A watch with no way of setting the time
Hi. I rarely want to talk badly about a crowdfunding campaign. It’s just not fun or right to punch down when there are so many …
Everything old is new again – even camera lenses
There is no end to “old” stuff that’s brought (sometimes kicking and screaming) into the current day and age. Sometimes it works out great (say, …
SETI@home shuts down after successful 21-year run
Pack it up, boys, we got ’em! SETI@home has shut down. The project, which was dedicated to hunting radio transmissions for signs of alien life, …
ErgonBand, the handmade leather strap for Apple Watch (and others)
This thing is weird. The ErgonBand takes a traditional watch or Apple Watch and turns it at an angle to make it easier to glance …
Polar and i-tri are teaming up to empower girls
You know Polar for the range of fitness tracking products (like their watches and heart rate straps). While you could certainly use those to train …
Keychron K2 – better living through superior keyboards
Keychron K2 is a small ten-keyless mechanical keyboard that can be ordered with your choice of mechanical key switch. It’s Bluetooth, but capable of being …
This octopus-inspired robot will hold you until you stop screaming
I, for one, welcome our cephalopod-like robotic overlords. Researchers at Harvard are working on a tentacle that mimics an octopus arm in order to add …