Archive for December, 2005
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
Back in October 2005, in a post titled "RSS to Lyrics" I asked the question "how does someone who cannot hear ‘listen’ to a podcast?" To save you going there, here's the quoted paragraph:
Anyway, how does someone who cannot hear ‘listen’ to a podcast? How does audio get translated ...
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Monday, December 26th, 2005
Peel on an angle!
Check out this neat vegetable peeler. It has a swivel head which enables you to put the blade at the angle that suits you best. And the large handle offers good grip. My mum could do with one of these for her arthritic fingers!
It's from Kyocera...gee, I ...
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Saturday, December 24th, 2005
TIME.com: Best Inventions 2005
A future exoskeleton for weak limbs?
TIME.com: Best Inventions 2005: Healthy Options -- Page 5
More exoskeleton links - includes some weird stuff:
How exoskeletons will work - from How Stuff Works
More on the above named HAL from NewScientist
Berkley Robotiucs Lab.
Bionic legs
Spring walker
Event for extended body and walking machine ...
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Saturday, December 24th, 2005
Okay. So it might seem a bit 'off-topic' but the design of this is simply stunning.
I especially like to see good design and asthetics applied to everyday things. We can take for granted things looking as they are because, well, they just always have looked that way. Like, ...
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
This is a neat little pouch that goes on your wrist to carry your mobile phone or other tech-goodie close at hand (pun intended).
Be great if someone had trouble reaching to get the device - plus it keeps it safe from 'snatchers'. Heaviness could be an issue for some people ...
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