Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Brand Flakes unearthed a terrific collection of vintage IBM photos. This one from 1957 shows Mobile Customer Engineer Stanley Sorenson doing service calls on his custom tricycle. Stanley was responsible for servicing all of the electric typewriters at the Wright plant in New Jersey - which covered an area of 4 square miles.
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Well who knows what Hasbro / Mattel might think of Scrabulous… this game has wings!
From our loft in downtown Manhattan, it’s a hit… Coming soon… wall-mounted velcro Super Smash Bros!!
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Posted on March 8th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
John Geddie, a Michigan inventor, was granted a patent for the “Portable Bar” on July 21st, 1987. This odd contraption specifies a “plurality of valves and containers” to mix up a bunch of different drinks. Trouble is, you’d need to be a NASA astronaut to know how to operate this thing… Come [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Jobe Roberts
If you’re looking for the ultimate eco-friendly fashion accessories, you should have a peak at the handbags and jewelry available at Ecoist. These cleverly designed products are made from re-purposed materials such as misprinted candy wrappers that were headed for the dump.
No, they did not reuse the wrappers after they ate the candy bars [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
It may be an Academy Awards weekend, but the USPTO just announced this year’s inductees into their Hall of Fame. Included in the list is Mick Halonyak Jr. - generally regarded as the inventor of the first practical light emitting diode (LED). If it wasn’t for him, your lame-ass D-Link router wouldn’t [...]
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Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
Here’s an old pic of Jobe & me at the SensoryMetrics New Year’s Eve bash on December 31st, 1950! Not much has changed, we’re still dressing like that (it amuses our wives!)
My New Year’s resolution? 1280×800. I hope to get beyond that by next New Years!! Happy New Year to all the folks [...]
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Posted on December 9th, 2007 by Jobe Roberts
Talk2myshirt.com/blog/ is a great blog that’s been around since early 2006. If you’re looking for an excellent example of how to effectively use Categories on a blog, take a look at the Talk2myshirt blog.
It has the most excellent product write ups for Wearable Electronics. I just love the d-i-y solar panel bag. [...]
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Posted on November 2nd, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
It seems corporations are using web-enabled design competition to generate buzz and innovation. One of my favourites is from Doc Marten’s - it a very simple concept - download the outline of their famous 1460 boot - and add your design. Submit it - it gets rated “Digg-like”, and you can [...]
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Posted on September 12th, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
Impress your nerdy friends with this binary code watch… It’s available at Uncommon Goods for $82. Better hurry. It’s been discontinued…no doubt to make way for the new 64 bit version!
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Posted on September 4th, 2007 by Mitch Brisebois
Here’s an interesting concept to feed your fascination with web 2.0 startups: Startup Schwag. Subscribe for 15 bucks a month and you get a featured 2.0 t-shirt and assorted goodies. Anybody who’s been on a conference floor knows that cheap company schwag makes the world go round… (in case you’ve never heard of the term [...]
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