Pizza Vending Machine

I’ve seen soda vending machines, candy and junk food vending machines, even those vending machines that sell iPods and other fancy stuff. But what if there was a Pizza Vending Machine? There is. It’s called “Lets Pizza”, made by Claudio Torghele, it creates a fresh, appetizing, and fast pizza in under three minutes and costs [...]

March Vocabulary

Tuesday, March 4th, 2009
Contraband: illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling
They were charged with contraband of rare plants.
Ramshackle: loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky
Her ramshackle hands could not hold the pencil with a firm grip.
Impede: to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder
Cecil was absent from last meeting, but [...]

Sign Language Converter

For this week’s article, I’ve found an interesting article that caught my eye. Mac Funamizu, the man who designed a device that will allow you to convert sign language to spoken word.  The device would work in a scenario like this: you’re be stopped by a deaf person, they’ve ask for something, but you can’t [...]

Facial Controls- Mimi Switch

So I’ve said before that Japan produces crazy gadgets, well get a load on this:  Kazuhiro Taniguchi of Osaka Universty is onto creating an invention, called the Mimi Switch, that will allow a person to make a certain facial to control the earbuds of any MP3 player. An example would be: if you wanted to [...]

Yes, Cloud Umbrella

So, umbrellas, when you think of them, you think of the normal upside down shaped U umbrella right? Well, how about we step out of the norm and the orthodox umbrellas on a rainy day and you see what appears to be clouds on a stick. Yes, a cloud umbrella.  Designed by Joonsoo Kim, a [...]

Ultimate Geek Writing Apparatus

A pen, a flash light, an ultra violet light, a stylus, and a laser pointer, all in one. Amazing.  And to top it all off, it’s only $9.99. It’s a writing tool anyone would want. Imagine using this in class, or waking up to write a magnificent idea down, or using it in your power [...]