In Ancient India, the Kama Sutra was a little bit like the Zagat Guide for sex positions. The controversial Hindu text could be found on many people’s bookshelves, no doubt next to a steaming cup of hot chai, and wasn’t seen as the scandalous and naughty book it seems today. In fact, quite the contrary, it was seen as just another part of spiritual life. Now that very special erotic spirituality is coming to a smartphone near you with a new app that will bring those famous illustrations to life.
Kama Xitra is basically an add-on app for the popular spiral bound interpretation of the Kama Sutra, which contains up to 69 positions – how fitting. The designer is quick to note that the illustrations in the book are wearing clothing, but they are not when displayed in the smartphone and application version.
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Why can’t you use your keyboard as a mouse? What would be more intuitive than that? Those questions are now answered with the Combimouse, the first freestanding keyboard to put the two together, into one seamless device.
Weighing less than an Apple Magic Mouse, the Combimouse is one of those “why didn’t I think of that” devices that makes so much sense it hurts. Invented by Perth, Australia computer nerd extraordinaire Ari Zagnoev, the mouse/keyboard combo has been an obsession since he invented it back in 1999.
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By R.J. Huneke | Apr 16, 2013
It is every parents dream and every teenagers worst nightmare: the “Tantalus” Liquor Bottle Lock quickly and easily fastens to the top of any bottled spirits and prevents it from being accessed without a key.
There is a huge need and calling for such innovative, affordable, and simple measures of home safety.
With recent success protecting the liquor retail industry from theft with BottleLox, the inventors over at Catalyst developed this keyed device to prevent underage drinking in the home where at least 45% of teens ages 12-14 get their first alcoholic drinks (many times without permission).
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By Jasmine Greene | Apr 14, 2013
Subtly accent a suit, embrace your inner steampunk, and show off your own personal style at the same time with some handmade antique watch movement cufflinks.
Each cufflink incorporate distinctive and rare antique pocket watch movements from designer brands like Bulova, Hamilton or Omega. Even within the same brand, the watch movements can differ greatly in terms of size, shape and design — so you know you’ll be sporting something unique.
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Just sit back and relax – you’ve just spend $500 to see the newest Hugh Jackman movie. Recently unveiled, Prima Cinema is the new home theater for the ultra-antsy and ultra-rich.
With Prima Cinema you never have to wait in line, never have to worry about that dreadful flickering “sold out” sign, and no more sitting next to crying babies and loud teenagers the next time you want to see a new blockbuster. And what might that comfort and convenience be worth? About $65,000 to get the ball rolling — not including the furnishings!
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By Jasmine Greene | Apr 11, 2013
Remember how we were bemoaning the fact that the original SOSCharger didn’t work with smartphones? Well guess what, SOS Ready has heard the pleas of the smartphone owners and have put up a Kickstarter campaign for their newest line of hand-crank smartphone chargers.
Not only is this great for emergency situations like a blackout, it’s also great for camping trips too.The SOSCharger features a built-in generator and a 1,500 mAh Lithium Polymer battery. To power your device, simply turn the crank.
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Finally, a gadget that is actually useful. If you haven’t already gotten rid of your old speakers (the ones that have real old fashion wires and the red/black plugin thing on the back that Bluetooth technology has basically rendered completely obsolete), don’t!
The Vamp will breathe life into any and all of your destined-for-the-dump-speakers by converting them into a modern wireless Bluetooth music maker.
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With a name befitting a Swiss adventurer, Bertrand Piccard – who was the first to make a non-stop balloon flight that circumvented the entire globe – is set to fly the first solar powered plane across the U.S. this May.
Piccard comes from a long line of men destined for sensational headlines: his grandfather Auguste reached the unreachable reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere in a pressurized gondola and his father Jacques was one of the first to explore the deepest recesses of the Ocean’s floor. Now, on May 1st, Piccard hopes to disembark on a journey across American in his plane called the Solar Impulse HB-SIA.
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How would you like to make a kill with micro-precision from up to 1000 yards away? Welcome to hunting in the 21st century with Austin, Texas based company Tracking Point’s new linux-powered rifles that can take down a target using one of the most complex combinations of computer generated optics and advanced technology to create the world’s first Precision Guided Firearm, or PGF for short. Hemingway would be proud.
Hot on the heels of one of the country’s most contested gun battles – waged in The United States Senate and not on a battlefield – comes a weapon that costs as much as a lower end compact car and can effectively make individual citizens more deadly than a multi-million dollar fighter jet.
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By R.J. Huneke | Apr 4, 2013
Who can forget Obi Wan Kenobi instructing Luke Skywalker with a floating Jedi remote, like a robotic softball? NASA has worked to recreate these functioning bots with miniature satellites called Spheres (Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental Satellites).
The NASA Spheres are currently floating around in the International Space Station, powered by smartphones!
I want to reiterate this for all of the sci-fi fans out there that have wondered when the genre of Star Wars would change to read science non-fiction: floating, working robots, the size of soccer balls, have been traversing about in space.
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