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FILTER RESULTS ►The World Wide Web Became Free 20 Years Ago Today
You and I can access billions of Web pages, post blogs, write code for our own killer apps—in short, do anything we want on the Web—all for free! And we’ve enjoyed free reign because 20 years ago, today, Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and his employer, the CERN physics lab in Geneva, published a statement that [...]
Ig Nobel Prize-winning Tamagotchi now made free to the public
Tamagotchi, an invention that earned its inventors an Ig Nobel Prize, is now available to the public free, in the form of a downloadable app. The 1997 Ig Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to Akihiro Yokoi of Wiz Company in Chiba, Japan and Aki Maita [pictured here] of Bandai Company in Tokyo, the father and mother [...]
Beginner’s Android/Arduino example shows the power of App Inventor
This is a simple project. It uses an Android device to switch an LED driven by the Arduino. Connectivity is provided by the Bluetooth module inserted in the breadboard. But one look at the UI on the Android device and you might think this is anything but simple. The truth is that [Kerimil] didn’t spend [...]
TimesCast Media+Tech: Industry Shifts With Dell Deal
The effects of Dell's landmark move to go private. Kit Eaton reviews video editing apps. The entrepreneur and inventor James Dyson.
STUDENT USES INSTAGRAM TO BULLY
By JUDGE TOM JACOBS Whenever a new technological advance comes on the market or a new app is created, someone will inevitably use it for purposes not intended by the inventor. We’ve seen cases of cyberbullying through Twitter, blogs, and obviously Facebook. Now Instagram, a photo-sharing app, has been used to bully classmates at a [...]
A Chat With Trimpin, an Artist Who Combines Music, Apps and Robots
Trimpin is a sound artist, a sculptor, an engineer and inventor, a musician... All of these characterizations describe the work he creates, housed in museum and public collections around the glo...
7th Grader Wins MIT App Inventor Award with Mashup, Decides to Found Company
Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, once said, "Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus." You may no longer be on the bus... but wouldn't it be nice to know that your child was? Seventh grader S. Arjun from Velammal...Show More Summary
Today in APIs: Pre-teen Wins MIT Prize, Spotify Playlist Data Via API and 10 New APIs
A busy day including a 7th grader winning the MIT APP Inventor contest and Spotify's playlist data now being made accessible via API. Plus: MajorApi makes QuickBooks RESTful, Google hosts Hardcode, a secure coding contest and 10 new APIs.
DOWNLOAD Make Your Own Android App: Your Unofficial Intro To MIT App Inventor
Make your own Android App. MIT’s App Inventor is the easiest way to learn how to make an Android app, but if you don’t know how to get started, our latest guide can help. From author James Sherar, “Make Your Own Android App: Your Unofficial Intro To MIT App Inventor” goes over the basics of [...]Show More Summary
UberConference launches iOS & Android apps to help you conference better on the go
Inventive conference call service UberConference, from the inventor of Google Voice, has launched new apps for iOS and Android, a move that will make conference call experiences better even if you’re a highly mobile worker. UberConference won the top prize …
“Pull-to-refresh” inventor launches new iOS game, Letterpress
The guy who invented the wildly popular pull-to-refresh feature you see in so many iOS apps these days has a new app out starting Wednesday, his first since leaving Twitter. Letterpress is a simple, two-player word-based strategy game, and it's free on the App Store.
App Helps Inventor Communicate With Disabled Son
The Huffington Post: Not one for letting technological barriers get in the way of his son’s health, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Wake Forest University named Paul Pauca invented a communication app called Verbal Victor. Pauca, originally from Peru but now living in North Carolina, is also a father. The app shares the [...]
Working To Improve Autocorrect, An App Finds An Unlikely Audience: The Blind
Fleksy’s inventors just wanted to make an easier way for your cell-phone keyboard not to misspell everything. They quickly found out this could be truly revolutionary for the visually impaired.
Autodesk 3D CAD modeling app for Mac leverages Mountain Lion features
Autodesk last week released to the Apple App Store the Mac version of its Inventor Fusion 3D CAD modeling application. For free! Offered alongside the release of OS X Mountain Lion, the software offers direct manipulation capabilities and aims for great ease of use, the company said.
iPhone Case Doubles as a Stun Gun
Looking to ward off attackers? Well, there's no app for that, but there is this. A couple of inventors in Baton Rouge, La., are offering limited-edition Yellow Jacket iPhone cases that double as stun guns The case will emit 650K volts, which is enough to take down an attacker. Show More Summary
Daily iPhone App: Dabble challenges you to spell words quickly
Dabble -The Fast Thinking Word Game is an iOS word game that mixes Scrabble with word jumble and throws in a timer. It is based on a new and popular board game created by a 84-year-old inventor George Weiss and distributed by INI, LLC.
Dabble presents you with 20 letter tiles that you arrange into words. Show More Summary
Dig Into Popular Science With PopSci Interactive
This new interactive app brings videos of inventors discussing their inventions in depth to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners.
Starting with a graphic novel, The Inventor will chronicle the life of Nikola Tesla (exclusive)
The Inventor is a graphic novel about the life of innovator Nikola Tesla. If it takes off, it could become a game, movie, and a series of apps. The aim is to create a transmedia entertainment property.
Off Topic, But
(April 26, 2012 09:41 AM, by Arnold Kling) Last time I did any computer programming, it was using a text editor. So I was really blown away by App Inventor for Android, which is a visual programming environment. Is that pretty standard now? Is there something similar for... (0 COMMENTS)
8 Insights From Upstart Inventors Under 30
From a photo sharing app to clothing made from sour milk, we look at the origin stories of eight inventors under 30.
- Oklahoma City
- Moore
- Ray Manzarek
- Jim Morrison
- Tornado
- Moore
- Paulina Rubio
- Kelly Rowland
- The X Factor
- Simon Cowell
- Yahoo
- Tumblr
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Plaza Towers Elementary
- President Barack Obama
- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer
- Cannes Film Festival
- Billboard Music Awards
- Game of Thrones
- New Man of Steel
- Resident Evil Revelations
