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Awesome July 23, 2009 posted by
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FreeLoader Pro – fun fun fun in the sun sun sun

Now don’t get me wrong, solar rechargeable gadgets are a great idea if that gadget spends all day in the sun anyway. As for leaving your phone, camera or MP3 player lying around catching some rays? Not such a good idea. That’s why gadgets like the FreeLoader Pro are so brilliant. Basically it’s a pair of flip-out solar cells with a rechargeable battery all in one simple unit. It comes with most of the common phone (Nokia, iPhone, Samsung, LG,…


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Awesome July 21, 2009 posted by
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The 3D Printer comes of age – making parts you can’t get anywhere else

I stumbled across this amazing story of US television host Jay Leno using a 3D scanner and printer to create obsolete spare parts for his car collection and was immediately transported into a world of science fiction wonder. How cool is this technology? OK, so the parts have to be relatively unsophisticated, but just think of the potential as these printers advance in capabilities and the price comes down. We’ll finally be free from the constraints of obsolescence and will…


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Awesome July 21, 2009 posted by
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Google Advanced Image Search – huzzah for royalty free creative commons

So Google has at last introduced a menu driven Advanced Image Search which lets you specify images which are free to use for personal or commercial purposes. This makes it super easy to find great images for projects of all types, without all that tiresome license stuff. Remember though, that the best images are still only found on commercial sites for a fee, but that’s life.   Labeled for reuse Your results will only include images labeled with a license…


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Awesome July 16, 2009 posted by
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Graphene – from the humble pencil to the strongest material in the universe?

They’re calling Graphene the strongest material in the universe, and it’s hard to argue with the figures. It can be made into a carbon sheet one atom thick, conducts electricity 100 times faster than silicon and it’s stronger than diamond. Oh and it’s flexible enough to wrapped up in a roll. But before we all run around cheering, as with all new materials, it’s going to take time – lots of time – to perfect the manufacturing process. The good news…


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Awesome July 15, 2009 posted by
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Minimum Noise – awesome crowdsourced music marketplace offers cash opportunities for musicians

Minimum Noise is a superb new online marketplace which connects musicians with people looking for custom created music. It’s based on a conventional marketplace meme such as you’ll find on all those freelance coder and designer sites like Rent-a-Coder, in that the buyer posts a need for a piece of music, and the musicians bid to win the contract. The musos can also upload clips to show the type of music they would/can supply and there’s a nice comments area where everything can…


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Awesome July 10, 2009 posted by
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A to Z of Awesomeness – Neill Cameron’s tour de force is nearing completion

If you, like me, have been enjoying the ride through Neill Cameron’s subconscious, skillfully blended with heavy doses of reader input then hang in there, it’s nearly complete! If you’ve got no idea what I’m talking about then swing by and check out Neill’s A to Z of Awesomeness. Today is the final installment. Fantastic Awesome work Neill! Neill Cameron writes and draws comics for a living. His Mecha Action Schoolgirl Comedy Epic ‘Mo-Bot High’ appeared in weekly children’s comic…


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A to Z of Awesomeness – Neill Cameron’s tour de force is nearing completion
Awesome July 8, 2009 posted by
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Bike-Car – the ultimate hybrid motoring experience

This bizarre Bike-Car is Italian and totally mad. Clearly the guy who thought it up couldn’t make up his mind whether he wanted to scoot around on a motorbike or travel in car upholstered comfort and decided to build the best of both worlds. What we’d love to see is a detachable version of this, so you could press a button and zoom off through a traffic jam leaving the fat car carcass marooned in the fast lane. Anyone know…


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Awesome July 8, 2009 posted by
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Automoblox C9 Sports Car – stylish wooden car fun for kids

Now these are cute. Automoblox make a range of wooden/plastic toy cars, like the Automoblox C9 Sports Car. It can be disassembled and all the parts interchange with the rest of the Automoblox range so there’s endless variations and colours to have fun with. There’s a whole fleet of different designs, from SUVs, sports cars, racing cars, compacts and utilities, and the people and part connectors are also puzzles. I can think of a couple of Dad’s who might like…


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Automoblox C9 Sports Car – stylish wooden car fun for kids
Awesome July 7, 2009 posted by
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Search Engine for TV Programs – google the news

The boffins over in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft institute got a lot of press with their printable batteries last week, but buried a little deeper is something possibly even more interesting, a search engine for television programs. Existing voice-to-text transcribers rely on a list of words that can be understood by the software. This list can only contain a limited number of words and it needs to be maintained and updated with new terms like “financial crisis”, “Michael Jackson” or “Obama” in…


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Search Engine for TV Programs – google the news
Awesome July 6, 2009 posted by
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Aderra Live in a Flash – fantastic live event recording

In the new landscape that is modern music a lot of musicians are ditching the traditional music company contracts and signing on with concert promoters. Well Aderra have come with a nice way to give live music fans a little bit more. Aderra Live in a Flash do live recordings of concerts or events and produce USB flash drive or MicroSD copies that are for sale directly after the event. Using their proprietary technology they create a mix of high…


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Aderra Live in a Flash – fantastic live event recording
Awesome July 6, 2009 posted by
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BitBlinder – Peer to peer IP anonymiser

BitBlinder is a peer-to-peer IP anonymiser and web proxy. Unlike other anonymous browsing networks, BitBlinder actively encourages peer-to-peer traffic and includes a BitTorrent client in its distribution. To use BitBlinder you must either pay or provide service as a peer for other users. In it’s current Beta state no payments are accepted so everyone is a peer. To stay on you’ll need to keep your seeding-to-leeching ratio up and Not Do Evil. Something to keep an eye on, especially down…


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BitBlinder – Peer to peer IP anonymiser
Awesome July 2, 2009 posted by
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Riversimple Hydrogen Eco Car – not just green but awesomely open source too

The Riversimple car may look a bit like a Batmobile that’s shrunk in the wash, but this tiny vehicle may well change the way cars are made in future times. It’s not just the fact that it’s a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that you can’t buy, but only lease (with fuel).   Nor even that it is aimed at car clubs rather than individuals in order to try and reduce the total number of vehicles on the road. Nope, the big…


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Awesome July 2, 2009 posted by
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Read It Later – super web page bookmark tool looks fab

Dan alerted me to the most wonderful Read It Later bookmarking tool and I’ve got to say it looks superb. Think of it as a bookmark manager on steroids and you’ve got the picture. Install it into your browser or iPhone and one click saves the page for future access. In default mode it just saves the URL, but check the ‘offline’ mode box and every page you select will also be saved locally on your hard disk. The advantage…


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Awesome June 25, 2009 posted by
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28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects – add some sparkle

Web Design Ledger has a linkfest of 28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects that just might come in handy. From fairy dust sparkles to Iron Man’s heads-up-display, from digital smoke to digital bokeh you’re sure to find something to add some zest to your pics. There is something about beautiful lights that can mesmerize an audience. Take a fireworks show for example. It’s been around for thousands of years, yet still has the power to put looks of amazement on faces…


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28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects – add some sparkle