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useless machines ted talk

Some Call It Pointless. He Calls It Art.

Bryan Cera’s is proud to build useless machines. Cera is the man behind ARAI the procrastinating robot, a scream-controlled game of pong, and a cell-phone that requires the sacrifice of your hand. Cera gave this inspiring TEDx talk on his work at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee earlier this month. Share Brian’s Story: “I found it interesting that by making this robot more like a human...

the best Hacking TED Talk

This Hacker Showed That Everything In My Life Is Vulnerable In Just 18 Minutes

I thought I was safe. I have secure passwords, and I’m careful with my information, but that’s not enough. In a recent TEDx talk, hacker Pablos Holman proved that seven very common things that should be secure, are in fact very vulnerable. *These guys hacked Snapchat, and even the CEO was blown away by what they did So What’s Vulnerable? 1. Car Keys Don’t...

a homemade toaster on the shelf next to consumer toasters

How To Build A Toaster In Under Six Months

This is the incredible tale of how one man built a toaster, from all-natural materials, in just six months If humanity stopped, and you were one of the last people on earth, could you rebuild society? Despite all of the technology that we’ve developed throughout history, no individuals possess enough knowledge to rebuild things like radios, and computers, and even toasters from nature, if...

Man Makes Mouse out of Pizza

What if you could use anything, for anything? Jay Silver decided he wanted to open up the world of innovation, so he created a device called the Makey Makey, funded through a kickstarter campaign, which allows just about anyone to hack everyday objects (literally anything that conducts any amount of electricity), essentially altering the functions of everyday objects. More incredibly, the Makey Makey costs...

7 Most Groundbreaking Apps For Breaking News Junkies

Perhaps no market has more completely unique apps than the news category. There are so many different news apps for iPhone that it can be overwhelming to find good ones so today I’m making it easy. Ten unique tried-and-tested apps that will get you the news you want. Google Currents (free): Google Current is basically a personalized newspaper app. Currents has thousands of “channels”...