When you are in a vulnerable situation the extra stress of locating and accessing aid can be overwhelming. With limited resources for searching as well as simply not knowing where to start, many migrants and refugees find themselves adrift in an overwhelming system. The Refugee Aid App is a free service that helps connect them with services to help.
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You can buy all your housewares, furniture and fixtures from IKEA, have you thought about buying a house from them? It turns out the famous furniture baron has a line of prefab homes made for people just starting out. The BoKlok is a series of homes you can pick out of a “catalogue” and have built to suit your needs.
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Do you ever feel like you’re a bit cramped for space with your current monitor? Not enough room for all of the various windows you need for living your best life or the full spectrum of your gaming needs? Well Samsung has an answer for you with its gigantic 49-inch Monitor.
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Dogs are covered with fur so that means if you have one, your house and car will also be covered with fur. If you are tired of dealing with the tumbleweeds of hair that come with having doggie BFF, check out the Shed Defender, the polyester body suit for dogs.
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You should know that there’s punk music and then there’s music that wants to be punk but just isn’t. Where is the line? Is it the sound? Is it the following? The clothes? WHERE IS IT? Well thankfully there’s now a website that will tell you once and for all if a band is punk or not. Is This Band Punk settles the dispute easily.
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Sometimes the piece of clothing you really want to wear, the one that would be perfect for the day is sitting in a pile of dirty laundry. It’s a waste of water to throw it in the machine so you resort to hand-washing in the sink. There’s a better way with the Gentlewasher, the small load washer that runs on crank power.
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We’ve seen pens that have conductive ink, wallpaper that can be used to design your own moving wall based play zone and now we’re looking at Electric Paint, the black paint that lets you paint circuits and sensors on whatever you want.
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How many of you are reading this with a phone that has a screen covered in cracks? Of better yet, how many of you have a phone covered in cracks in general? It’s a common feature in modern life but it may become a relic of the past. Researchers have a lead on making a stronger, better screen for everyone.
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String lights are really pretty but those twinkling decorations don’t do much for actual lighting. If you want something that looks great and will provide enough illumination to be practical, check out the Luminoodle Color, the string light that puts in the work.
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Everyone loves a good pair of leggings but how will you let people know not to mess with your geek cred while you’re in downward facing dog? That’s easy with the JavaScript Yoga Pants. These pants are covered top to bottom with colorful JavaScript.
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Gadgets are expensive but some things like smartphones and laptops, are becoming increasingly more built into our lives. If you don’t want to break the bank, why not buy refurbished? Ebay Refurbished Tech is a new to you online market for technology.
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Whiteboards are the chosen collaborative board for group projects because they’re large and you can constantly change them but they’re not really optimized for digital lifestyles. The answer to that is the Jamboard, the tech answer to the whiteboard.
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Singing Bass wall hangings are great. Admiral Ackbar of Star Wars fame is also great. Putting them together was just the natural progression of things. The Star Wars Admiral Ackbar Singing Bass is here to let you know that you should definitely be watching out.
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Tattoos are an art form, an expression of self and one day in the future they may also be a way to gauge our health. MIT is currently studying using tattoos with special “ink” that will be able to monitor our health statues called Dermal Abyss.
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Our mobile landscape has a certain look about it. A certain cohesiveness that signals we are using apps that were built in the modern age. Built to be pleasing to the modern eye. But what if instead it was more functional and basic? Welcome to Brutalist Redesigns, the art project that gives apps a Brutal makeover.
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