What if you could only take one more photo? What would you choose to capture? Now you have a chance to find out with the cool One Memento project. All you have to do is download the one shot digital camera iPhone app, install it on your phone and look around for your opportunity.
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Ever since we were young, our parents told us to stay away from outlets. The obvious reason for that is that kids are willing to try just about anything once, and you can bet that they won’t have any qualms with sticking their finger in an electrical outlet. Even as adults we’re a little cautious about plugging things in, or carrying a fork near one. This is what makes it the perfect hiding place.
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If you like to take photos, you know how much fun it can be to snap a shot of an unsuspecting passerby. You can get some really amazing pictures of people when they’re not trying to pose for the camera. However, if you’re still learning, it’s a little hard to surprise people if you have to point the camera directly at them, then readjust, and try again.
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When your phone, music player, tablet, or other devices need charging, you’re going to need to have a few different options available depending on where you are. You might want something that will plug into your car’s power socket, the wall, a USB port, or a 9-volt battery (if you’re desperate). Whatever situation you face, you never want your lifeline to be bricked, but you also don’t want to tote around 4 different charging options for several different devices.
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Sometimes you’ve got to hand it to the designers, as they go out on a limb and produce something menacing for every day consumer use. We’re thinking specifically about Lada cars here, but we could also be in mind of things like Darth Vader toothpaste or even Freddie Krueger’s Cordless Screwdriver Set.
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The gradual shift from the television to the computer continues apace, and almost every month we benefit from the launch of one new service or another which helps this process along. The cord-cutters – those who make the final jump away from cable or terrestrial TV to Internet based programming – are the early beneficiaries of all of this, but sooner or later we’ll all be consuming our entertainment down fat pipes. Or is that phat pipes?
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We’ve already waxed and waned about the little Raspberry Pi computer, so we won’t go over old ground. We love the concept behind the educational trust that drives this product, and we hope that it really does fulfill its promise as a solid introduction to computing for all-comers. But one of the major things this tiny device has done is encourage a whole ecosystem of rivals, all trying to deliver ultra low cost, small footprint processing on demand. We thought…
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If you like to go camping with friends, but want to go off hiking on your own, you’ll want to keep some form of communication going on. Phones are somewhat useless out in the wilderness because they never have a good signal. If you’re packing a touchscreen mobile, then you know that those things are not made for off-road adventures unless you want them destroyed. You’ll probably want something more along the lines of a walkie talkie, but those aren’t…
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Walking on a rainy day when you have an umbrella is no big deal. However, if you’re walking with a friend who doesn’t have one, you’re forced to be soaked on one side, and dry on the other as you both try to huddle underneath it. Unless you feel like bringing a backup for your buddy, this is going to be an issue every time.
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When you play games on your phone, you probably have to tap, slide, or move something on the screen to get through the game. This is going to detract from your experience, because you won’t be able to see what’s happening on the screen. If you’ve ever lost because of this, you know how frustrating that can be.
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Wireless keyboards are becoming very popular, driven by the mad-cap growth in handheld computers, home media centers and them there smartphones. There’s a huge selection to choose from, and each one has it’s own particular benefit, as long as you’re happy to compromise on one feature or another. But now there’s a new product which is designed to please as many people as possible.
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We all love to add a personal touch to our environment, whether it’s painting our den that particular color of green, or customizing our car with wheels, dangly dice and go-faster striping down the side. So why should our computers be any different?
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When times get tough, the tough get…well sleeping if they’ve got any sense. And if you’re truly clever, you try and make sure that your sleeping arrangements cost as little as possible. Nowadays living in your car is no longer just for bums, so maybe we can expect to see more and more people adopt, adapt and improve into a mobile lifestyle?
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When you walk out to your garden at night, everything looks a bit ominous. Shadows hang on everything, and if you’re tired, a bush can look like a wild cat waiting to pounce on you (this definitely isn’t speaking from experience). While you could always put out solar lamps, they’re usually just a tad too much light.
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Fall is a wonderful time of year where we break out pumpkin flavored everything, apple cider, and campfires. While campfires are great to be around, you are stuck trying to be close enough to be warm, but not get hot, and trying not to move too far away so you don’t freeze your buns off. We all know the only real reason you’re there is for smores, which of course end up catching on fire and falling into the ashes.
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