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Awesome April 9, 2014 posted by

Eyeshot HD Action Cam With Watch Remote Control – cool GoPro clone comes with live preview on your wrist [Review]

Action cameras are all the rage nowadays, because…well everyone of us leads such exciting lives. Just take a look at the YouTube videos and you’ll see us diving off mountains, skiing down impossible slopes and aqua-sailing to impressive heights. We did all that just last weekend in fact. That’s why we need super high resolution cameras to capture it all.


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Eyeshot HD Action Cam With Watch Remote Control – cool GoPro clone comes with live preview on your wrist [Review]
Awesome November 15, 2013 posted by

12 Rather Cool Uses For Your Old Android Phone [Freeware]

Hands up if you have at least one old Android cell phone lying around in a drawer somewhere in your home or office? Yep, we’re all guilty. But that’s a shame, because these old handsets can actually be put to really good use if you can be bothered to dig out some free software and set them up. Here’s our round up of the 12 most interesting and useful ways to recycle and re-purpose your old smartphones.


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12 Rather Cool Uses For Your Old Android Phone [Freeware]
cool tech June 27, 2012 posted by

Biolite Stove review – Hands on with the camping stove for gadget lovers

The Biolite Stove caused quite a stir when it was first prototyped back in 2010 and so it should. How many devices can tie together a wood-burning stove with a fan and a USB port? Well the good news is, Biolite have gone into production and are now shipping the stoves. Mine arrived last week and so I’ve been camping out on my deck putting the stove through its paces. Click through for a detailed hands-on video showing it in…


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Biolite Stove review – Hands on with the camping stove for gadget lovers
Awesome August 24, 2011 posted by

10 Reasons Why I’m Done With Windows. (or why Ubuntu Linux is now ready for primetime!)

The wife’s computer crashed last week. A big meaty crash, which is unusual for Windows XP, despite what the haters say. Apart from the execrable Windows Vista product, modern versions of the operating system have been extremely stable. Seriously. But in this case the crash was one of those which results in an endless boot-up loop, lots of blue screen, very little computing. Windows XP wouldn’t reinstall for some reason, so now I had a choice – either plonk down some…


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Awesome June 4, 2010 posted by

Steal This Product! – 21 of the Coolest Open Source Hardware Projects in the World

Open Moto X. Fancy being part of an open source electric motorbike racing team? Now’s your chance. Greasy hands optional, knowledge of community protocol (and battery tech?) essential. Ben NanoNote. Ultra small Linux handheld computer with full GPL license and some super cool specifications for hackers everywhere. Great example of what you can do with an enthusiastic and knowledgable team behind you.


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Free Software March 2, 2010 posted by

70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for download – Part 1 (of 3)

VDrift. Cross platform driving game with a neat physics engine and really playable AI and decent graphics. You’ll need a steering wheel to get the best out of it of course. 0AD is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game with professional style graphics, and the kind of detail you would expect to find in a commercial product. Think Microsoft’s Age of Empires series and you’re close. Still in pre-release, but available if you’re happy downloading source code.   Hedgewars is…


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70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for download – Part 1 (of 3)