In news that should make the technologically proficient being in all of us weep, the latest news from the FCC regarding home broadband speeds is quite disheartening. It appears that our national broadband infrastructure isn’t as robust as we think it is. Specifically, out of the 90,963,000 U.S. broadband connections tracked by the FCC, a full 68% fail to meet the revised 4Mbps down/1Mbps up requirements recently put into effect. Breaking it down further, of those...
Tired of living in your typical box-shaped abode? Some clever students from Karlsruhe, a German university, have turned everything regarding home design upside down — literally. The Rolling Space is a three-part “house” that can have each part rotate individually. The end result is quite a bit more useful living space tailored to specific activities than one would normally find in such close quarters. One part of this concept house triples as a bed,...
The greatest thing about Android is that even though it has “an image”, end users (and regrettably, carriers) are allowed to mod and customize the UI as they see fit. With that said, there are plenty of home replacement options in the Android Market if the stock Android (or carrier provided) home app doesn’t exactly mesh into the fabric of your daily life. I’ve tried pretty much every home replacement on the market, eventually finding a winner in...
How about some lighter reading to start the hellish of all days, Monday? The image you see on the right shows one unique bathroom decor choice originating from the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon. It’s pretty neat stuff. Just think of the nerdy fun someone such as myself would have if a pocketable reader could be rubbed along the wall to rehash all of the old-time piano goodness. Such a device doesn’t exist in exactly the right form however, so we’ll have...
Think of one of your biggest wishes when you were a kid. For some, it was a constant rain of chocolate. Others wanted an unlimited supply of toys. Yet some were more logical in their wants and wishes, and instead sought out something a tad more useful, say, massive, larger than life LEGO blocks. If that just so happens to quantify your early years, a new building block by Ecomat is just for you. These massively sized LEGO-like bricks by Ecomat are large enough and...
