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CarChip Pro FirstLook

May 17, 2011 // 2 Comments

If you have a car built after 1996, sooner or later the On-Board-Diagnostic (OBD) or Check-Engine (CL) light will come on. This little yellow light will stay on and nag at [...]

iPhone Microscope Outside

May 16, 2011 // 0 Comments

Last week we posted a write-up of the Brando iPhone4 microscope lens. It generated a bit of email asking if the setup is at all practical out “in the field.” [...]

Brimfield Antique Show 2011

May 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

Every few years we make the drive from Boston to the giant, outdoor, practically the whole town, antique show out in Brimfield. We go, not because we are big antiquers, [...]

Philips Wake-up Light FirstUse

May 12, 2011 // 0 Comments

Waking up well is as important as sleeping well, especially if you have to wake up before first light. Research has shown that light is an essential signal which can boost [...]

Shobu Aikiko of Boston: Kids program

May 11, 2011 // 0 Comments

The art of Aikido stresses both compassion and cooperation while helping to improve one’s well-being and fitness. Some of us started our Aikido study in our early [...]

iPhone Microscope

May 10, 2011 // 0 Comments

We came across a DIY article on the Crabfu Artworks website last September on how to turn the iPhone into a portable digital microscope. We thought the idea was ingenious. [...]

SmartFish: Whirl Laser Mouse

May 9, 2011 // 0 Comments

The introduction of the computer mouse revolutionized how we interact with the computer. The idea of the mouse was conceived by Douglas Engelbart back in the early [...]

Digital Innovations: SkipDr & ScreenDr

May 6, 2011 // 0 Comments

There  may come a time when everything will be “in the cloud.” With services like iTunes, NetFlix, and Hulu, that day may not be far off for music and movies. [...]

Get-A-Grip FirstLook

May 5, 2011 // 0 Comments

What  is the best way of pickup a telescope that’s the size of a keg of beer? Bear hugging it is our typical approach. While the mounting assistant makes it [...]

Thousand Character Reference

May 4, 2011 // 0 Comments

The  idea of using Adobe’s DMP tools to convert a project we did about eight years ago into a reference text for the iPad came to us in a roundabout fashion. It [...]
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