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Acrobotics Wants To Kickstart Smarter Cities With Its Smart Citizen Environment Sensors
There's plenty of buzz about the concept of making our cities "smarter" -- that is, loading them up with sensors and data-driven services to improve efficiency and quality of life. Hell, even Google has taken to loading up its event venues with scores of sensors.
Most of the discussion out there deals with how local governments are working toward this lofty, nebulous goal, but a team called Acrobotics Industries is trying to put with onus on the citizens themselves. To that end the team has kicked off a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign for a small sensor array called the Smart Citizen kit in hopes that people will start collecting and sharing their environmental data with the world.
5 Wearable Concepts Worth Taking a Chance On
5 Wearable Concepts Worth Taking a Chance On
The Othermill Will Let You Cut Custom Circuit Boards and More
Zendock MacBook Pro docking solution, a funded Kickstarter project, coming for MacBook Air
XiStera Kickstarter project promises to be affordable, multi-use accessory for iPhone 5
Online Dating Replacement: Tragic “Please Date Me” Clothing Line
Most attempts at "online dating" fail not because of some outwardly obvious personal defect on your part, but because it is an inherent failure on the part of online dating as an institution not to dress you in regrettable cotton t-shirts that say, with just a logo and a few carefully chosen words, that you are so very lonely and will try literally anything, and further, have likely begun designing and printing wedding invitations for potential marriage matches with each person at your office, just in case.
    
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Online Dating Replacement: Tragic “Please Date Me” Clothing Line
Most attempts at "online dating" fail not because of some outwardly obvious personal defect on your part, but because it is an inherent failure on the part of online dating as an institution not to dress you in regrettable cotton t-shirts that say, with just a logo and a few carefully chosen words, that you are so very lonely and will try literally anything, and further, have likely begun designing and printing wedding invitations for potential marriage matches with each person at your office, just in case.
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Snapzoom Gives You A Smartphone Camera Mount That Turns Binoculars Into A Super Zoom Lens
A lot of people don't carry cameras anymore, now that they have smartphones. But that means that you could miss opportunities to capture great moments, especially when you're missing out on the great optical zoom available on some more expensive or specialized dedicated camera devices. That's what Snapzoom hopes to fix with its binocular mount for smartphone cameras, and the best part is that it's completely universal, meaning it fits a wide variety of both phones and binoculars.
MirrorCase for iPad lets you shoot video and take notes at the same time
