Retro iPhone Handset

Uh-huh, we acknowledge all those fancy bluetooth headsets for smartphones, but forget that stuff! I will reveal just for you guys the latest breakthrough in mobile phone technology and it's a big red hunk of plastic. The perfect accessory for your iPhone that money can buy. And guess what, it's not that expensive.
Features (via Amazon):

• Compatible with all 3.5mm jack mobile phones and computers, including iPhone, BlackBerry, iPad and latest MacBooks


• Noise-reducing technology for a crisp and polished sound


• Luxurious soft-touch finish for ultimate comfort and feel


• Eliminates up to 99 percentage of the radiation absorbed compared to a direct use of mobile phones


• One touch button for convenient pick-up/hang-up directly from the handset (not all mobile phone support function)

This is the bluetooth version of the retro headset. It comes in many colours and it's ready to be shipped.

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Teen girl and bionic fingers

On the early stages, fresh amputees have to handle with pain and physical conferred by amputation operation, rehabilitation and finding out how to use a prosthetic device. There are few health and medical issues that amputees may need to address with also. Innate amputees and their kinfolks will deal with numerous of these personal problems, like accommodating to the amputation, over time as the amputee child grows up.



Chloe Holmes is 15 years old from Swindon and she lost her fingers when she was a child, suffering from septicemia resulting from chickenpox. She had a prosthetic had until her folks raised £38,000 (over $60,000) for the hi-tech hand presented in the video above.

She is now the youngest person in Europe to be equipped with bionic fingers. AS you can see, Chloe is really cute and it's a pity that bad things happen to good people. But still she is a gorgeous girl and it makes me glad to see science and technology arrived to the rescue.

Click here to read about the most sophisticated bionic hand in the world.

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Nokia Kinetic concept design

Concept designer Jeremy Innes-Hopkins has a fascinating concept smartphone named the Nokia Kinetic. The smartphone answers to notifications and calls through movement. An electromagnet in the base of the smartphone admits weight to be changed which induces the phone to rise when experiencing a call, for example.

This phone features a pioneer design. The slick and unique curves brings a fresh design that Nokia was lacking for years.

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The Evolution of Video Games

I've been watching MysteryGuitarMan (Joe Penna) on youtube for a while. He combines his own music videos with technology-related videos and making-of videos that will keep you on his youtube channel all day.

Video description: What happened every 20 years in gaming. No cuts.
I saw the making of for this one and it was like crazy. That's why you need to watch the video twice and observe how things appear and disappear in the background.

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DIY: Electric Cigar Box Guitar

I will start with this: making this project will cost you around $25. Building this Electric Cigar Box Guitar will take around 3 hours (using a knife, a saw and a sharp hatchet). If you have other proper tools you will finish faster. Remember that green wood is the easiest to carve. The cigar box should be as strong as possible, made of solid wood.

Parts list:
Cigar Box - $2
Tuning Heads - $10-$20
1/4" Jack - $2
Bolts (bridge/nut) - $1
Neck - Free
Microphone (speaker harvested from any outdated electronics) - Free
Finishing Nails - Pennies...Free enough

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The Neo Cube

NeoCube (Neodymium magnet toy) was developed by Chris Reda from Pittsburgh, United States in 2008. It is an object consisting of or incorporating neodymium magnets. Normally they're magnetized structure sets or magnetic sphere building toys.

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How to pick up girls using technology

The man in charge with this project said that this was a very challenging build. He made various modifications to the original toy car. You can see that he added a radio controlled engine, GO Pro Hero HD camera, speakers and other additions.



As you can see, this geek made setup is a pretty hot pick-up scheme.

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