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Moniker Guitars On Building A Business Through Kickstarter
What does it take to become a Kickstarter success? First you need a great product. Then you need a plan for the future. Luckily, Austin-based Moniker Guitars had both. Read More
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H2O-Pal Helps You Get Your Two Gallons Of Water A Day
The United States National Laboratory Of Water Drinking And Health (not a real laboratory) recommends that all humans drink lots of water all the time. That's why H2O-Pal exists - it's a water bottle that tells you how much you've drunk and, more important, when you've reached the daily goal of two to five gallons (warning: you could probably drink less) needed to stay alive. Read More
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Today In Dystopian War Robots That Will Harvest Us For Our Organs
Say goodbye to a good night's sleep and say hello to night terrors because we have some very special things to share with you today in our ongoing feature, Today In Dystopian War Robots That Will Harvest Us For Our Organs. This week we have Elmo, a vacuum, and a twerking automaton that will soon replace Miley Cyrus. Read More
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Here Comes The FUD: UK Police Claim To Find 3D-Printed Gun Parts In Raid On Home
It begins. The Greater Manchester Police in the UK raided the home of a criminal suspect where they found a 3D printer and 3D printed parts. With great pride and fanfare the police reported: Read More
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Sonos Goes Mini With Play:1 Entry-Level Speaker Line
Finally, after years of producing large, dense networked speakers, Sonos has gone mini. Last week Sonos announced the Play:1, an entry-level addition to their already impressive line up of hardware. The speakers, about as big as a Foster's beer can, offer a nearly magical way to extend your wireless speaker network and produce excellent music playback to boot. Read More
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The Loog Crowdfunded Kids’ Guitar Goes Electric
"Judas!" cried someone from the carpeted, block-strewn floor. Mrs. Felton, the third grade teacher, looked at the kids with contempt. "I don't believe you!" she yelled. Read More
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Apple’s New Mac Pro: A 4K Video-Editing, Super-Fast Powerhouse, Available In December For $2,999
Today Apple announced December availability for the Mac Pro, the strange, solid cylinder of computing power. It starts at $2,999 for the 3.7GHz quad-core Xeon, 12GB DRAM, 2GB VRAM, and 256GB. The new model runs at 44W, 70% less energy consumption than the original Mac Pro. The New Mac Pro is assembled in the US and features AMD FirePro graphics and can hold up to one terabyte of flash storage. It… Read More
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Announcing New Hardware Battlefield Judges Slava Rubin, Brady Forrest, And Trae Vassallo
Another day, another great set of judges for this year's Hardware Battlefield set to coincide with CES 2014. We are pleased to announce that Indiegogo's Slava Rubin, Brady Forrest of Highway 1, and investor Trae Vassallo have all agreed to be judges for the competition. Each will bring their years of experience to bear on what should be an amazing event. Read More
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This Is Your Last Chance To Register For Startup Alley At Disrupt Europe
Disrupt Europe in Berlin is almost here and we would like to extend the offer for you, some of the best startups in the world, to take part in Startup Alley, our special pavilion focused on bringing amazing startups together under one roof. This gets you a table at the event and the chance to show off your product to press, investors, and TC writers and editors. It's a great way to launch and… Read More
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Capo 3 Released, Allows Guitarists To Learn Hot Licks And Cool Jams
As TechCrunch's resident guitarist/horrible guitarist, I enjoy apps like Capo. The $29 program allows you to "reverse engineer" any song in your iTunes library, allowing you to play along by marking out your own tablature, playing the chords the app senses in the music, or by looping and slowing down tricky parts of the song. Read More
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Kickstart This Oscilloscope Watch To See Your Hardware Beat To The Beat Of The Drums
Some day archeologists will look back on our civilization and wonder why we had so many smart watches. Case in point: the Oscilloscope Watch by Gabriel Anzziani is a wild little bit of gear that adds the power of a fully-functional oscilloscope to your wrist. Why? Because don't worry about it, that's why. Read More
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Today In Dystopian War Robots That Will Harvest Us For Our Organs
Hello, puny human! How are your watery, floaty insides today? Good? Good. In this installment of TIDWRTWHUFOO we present the 3D-printed robot named Poppy. Poppy looks like a little mensch, all moxie and mettle, but imagine when the robots learn to 3D print themselves. You won't be giggling when Poppy comes striding through the train station asking you to pick up a can, will you? Read More
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The Makerbot Digitizer Is Nearly Magic
When I was a kid I was amazed by advances technology. I went to a friend's house when I was in fifth grade and his father had a PC - an IBM PC, I believe - with a built in hard drive. We loaded King's Quest and Colossal Cavern in seconds and he even had a menu of apps that you could select by tapping a key. As a kid who grew up with tapes and later floppy disks, this was close to magic. Read More
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Bre Pettis, Jeff Clavier, And Matt Rogers Will Join Us At Hardware Battlefield In Vegas
With the rise of crowdfunding and easier paths to manufacturing, there are more gadgeteers than ever before. And we're looking for some of the best hardware startups to compete on our Las Vegas stage for a giant $50,000 check, tons of publicity and the brand new Hardware Battlefield cup. Read More
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Blockchain Smashers
Electricity in Jakarta, Indonesia costs three cents per kilowatt hour. That’s 30 cents less than power in the US and Europe. This means, all things being equal and provided you don’t mind your apartment heating up alarmingly, you can make a decent living mining for Bitcoin and Litecoin (another cryptocurrency) using powerful - and hot - graphics cards, each one running at 140 degrees… Read More
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Catching Up With Quick Key, The App That Helps Teachers Grade Faster And Better
Back in February, we wrote about a smartphone app for school teachers called Quick Key, the low-fi demo video that had just gone viral. The app's optical scanner quickly grades Scantron answer sheets, uploads the results to teachers' electronic grade books, and runs analytics on the data. Quick Key launched in public beta in late August after over a year in development, so we caught up with… Read More
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Last Chance To Sign Up For Hardware Alley In Berlin
Hardware Alley is my favorite part of Disrupt and we're bringing the festivities to Berlin on October 29 when 30 lucky hardware companies can show off their wares. It is a crowd favorite and I'd love to feature your gear. You only have five days to join us! Read More
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ION Glasses Are The Unobtrusive Notifications System You Wear On Your Face
Google Glass, Google schmass. What you really want on your face are these puppies. ION Glasses are sunglass or prescription glasses frames with a built in LED, Bluetooth stack, and tiny button controller. What do they do? Well the LED lights up to notify you of new messages - you can set different people to different colors - and you can use the glasses to control the music on your phone, a… Read More
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Today In Dystopian War Robots That Will Harvest Us For Our Organs
Welcome to another rousing edition of TIDWRTWHUFOO! Today we feature three exciting robots that will change our lives as we know them by eventually threatening us with violence if we don't "Move along, citizen, or else!" First we present iStruct, a robot from German firm Das Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH. iStruct is special in that he can move from quadraped… Read More
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Zoom! Enhance! Dropcam Pro Drops HD Surveillance Video Into Your Mobile Or Browser
I've had about a week to play with the new Dropcam Pro and I'm pleased to say I haven't noticed it at all since I set it up. And that's a good thing. The Dropcam Pro is a wireless video surveillance camera with a lot of great features. It costs $199 and the DVR service costs $10 per month. This lets you record everything that happens for seven full days, offering a 24/7 view on your world. It… Read More