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Perseus Athletics Posture-Tek

Wednesday, Jan 23rd, 2008

The Posture-Tek product line is designed to ensure proper, user-defined posture during exercise or everyday activities. By maintaining the appropriate posture, back injuries and chronic back pain is prevented. Utilizing a unique mechanism to accurately detect position changes, the system silently alerts the user when poor posture occurs.

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MAKE Magazine

Thursday, Dec 6th, 2007

MAKE, a full-color hybrid magazine/book, comes quarterly from O'Reilly Media, the Publisher of Record for geeks and technology enthusiasts everywhere.

MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology at your …

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Hard Drive Coffee Table

Saturday, Aug 18th, 2007

The Hard Drive Coffee Table is built from an original 26 inch diameter hard drive platter from an early storage device, the Control Data Corporation 6603 Disk File Controller manufactured by Bryant-Excello circa 1967 (the Reference Manual for this vintage piece of computing history has been preserved here).

The center …

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Awesome Electronics Workshop

Friday, Aug 10th, 2007

Produced by Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio together with Bre Pettis (formerly of MAKE), these video podcasts primarily focus on electronics and engineering skill building tutorials for hobbyists.

Available video podcasts include:

• Intro to the Arduino

This video introduces the Arduino open-source hardware and covers basic

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DEFCON 15 Badge

Friday, Aug 3rd, 2007

The DEFCON 15 Badge was created for the 2007 edition of DEFCON, the largest and oldest continuously running hacker and computer security convention in the world. The badge uses active electronics and an artistically-designed circuit board, as opposed to the more common conference badge approach of plastic or …

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Press

NetSecurity.ne.jp

Proof-of-concept Wii hack is announced

Information Security

Melting Pot

PC World

Great Presents for Your Favorite Geek

SF Station

When Electronics Become Art