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The Near Future Of Photography

September 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

While  looking back recently on what we have worked on in 2013, we realized we have done quite a few articles on photography and related gear; maybe too many. So when our [...]

Adlens Adjustable Eyeglasses FirstLook

August 23, 2013 // 0 Comments

We got a lot of interest in the Superfocus (FirstLook, FirstUse) eyeglasses when we reviewed them three years ago. The Superfocus (formerly TruFocals) glasses worked [...]

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Update

June 17, 2013 // 0 Comments

We received some oyster mushroom growing kits from Back To The Root at the beginning of the year. Initially, we ran into some issues getting the mushrooms to grow. The [...]

Tiny Terrariums

June 10, 2013 // 0 Comments

There is nothing like a few days of steady rain to give us some space to think up new DIY projects, such as homemade terrariums. We came up with a 10-minute RainyDayProject [...]

MOS: Dead Sea Scrolls

May 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in the city Qumran in 1947, is one of the most significant antiquity finds of modern times. The sequence of events which led to its [...]

Gold Astro FirstLook

March 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

Astrophotography is an interesting challenge, but a challenge anyone with a telescope can take on. The pursuit has been made infinitely more rewarding since the move from [...]

NUI FirstThoughts

March 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

Jeff Han set the user-interface world on fire with his FTIR-based multi-touch technology presentation at the 2006 TED conference. The interface’s ease of use was [...]

California Science Center

February 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

Some of you may have seen Toyota’s commercial of a Tundra pulling the Space Shuttle across a freeway. Our first reaction when we saw that commercial was, [...]

Urban Safari: Huntington Library

February 15, 2013 // 0 Comments

While New England was being buried by Nor’easter Nemo, some of us were in L.A. enjoying our annual visit to the West Coast office. Those left behind to mind [...]

Healthy New Year

January 1, 2013 // 0 Comments

Happy New Year! What better resolution for a new year than to resolve to be healthier? One easy way to do that by adding probiotics to the diet. Probiotics are live [...]
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