One Laptop per Child creates educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.”Our goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.”
The Black & Decker 24-volt cordless mulching mower gives you the power to mow or mulch your lawn without the mess, noise, smell and hassle of a gas-powered mower or the limitations of a cord. Using a 24-volt sealed lead acid battery, this mower has enough power to mow up to a 1/3-acre lawn on one charge (grass conditions will affect run-time). It can be operated as a mower by attaching a bag to catch the clippings, or it can be operated as an effective mulcher using a mulch plate; both the bag and the mulch plate are included. The rechargeable 24-volt battery conveniently regains up to 60-70 percent of its full power in only 4 hours, and up to 100 percent in 16 hours; the mower turns on quickly with just a switch.
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With the BlackBerry Storm smartphone, select and type using touch technology—the screen is the keyboard. Typing is easy—highlight the letter on the touch screen and press the screen to make it appear in your message or document. And navigation is a breeze. Like a mouse, your fingertip moves the cursor across the screen.
Bandai’s Luminodot is the Lite-Brite we always knew we wanted. This 70 by 50 pixelated board is supported by a bright LED backlight. With 1600 bulbs in 12 different colors, each dot is important to finish the master piece. Any type of images can be projected onto the Luminodot, from a simple 2D picture to perspective art works. Featuring a private software that helps the user to create and preview the image. Luminodot is designed with a removable front panel, which allows the user to place the printed image underneath. A one-of-a-kind interior decoration.
The problem of email overload can take a toll on your time, productivity, and sanity. While there’s no one right way to fix the problem, there is a common set of errors and problems that many people share, including a handful of terrible habits that have been reinforced by the most popular email programs.
The link below leads to a special 43 Folders series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox — and then keep it that way.
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iPod nano now comes in nine vibrant colors and a new curved aluminum and glass design. The crisp, bright picture makes watching movies and TV shows amazing. With just a few clicks, the new Genius feature finds the songs on your iPod nano that go great together and makes a Genius Playlist for you. Thanks to the built-in accelerometer, you can rotate iPod nano to flip through album art with Cover Flow. Watch movies and TV shows in widescreen. And view photos in either portrait or landscape. Just give iPod nano a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.
After over three decades, we’re finally getting ready to go back to the Moon. To help you prepare, and to whet your appetite for exploration, we teamed up with scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center to bring you this collection of lunar maps and charts. This tool is an exciting new way to explore the story of the Apollo missions, still the only time mankind has set foot on another world.
The Future Of Books – by Kyle Bean, an illustrator, designer & maker of ‘things’. Presently Kyle is studying Illustration at the University of Brighton.
Whether you’re one of the many opting for a “staycation” this year, or you just want a breath of fresh air, here are 10 amazing panoramas you can experience without leaving your desk.
Thinking about rappin’, composing the next Star Spangled Banner, or just writing a decent love poem? WriteRhymes is the place to begin. Start writing and, as you write, option click on a word to get the perfect rhyme (single or multi-syllabic) for it. And remember, just because it rhymes doesn’t mean it’s good. Use with care around those you care about.
Meet your newest friend, Barry. And as much as Barry wishes he was James Bond, he’s not. He’s just a regular guy on a mission to give business owners like himself a one-stop solution to build more successful online businesses. He found it frustrating to have a hundred tools for running his online business in different places with different logins. To add pain to injury, it was a constant effort to keep his customer database up to date with his email marketing solution, and his website needed constant attention. Affiliate programs, blogs, online shops… it was all just too much effort and expense. So he built GoodBarry, the all-in-one solution to run an effective online business. And now it’s available for you to use, too.
The chair is considered one of the paradigms of industrial design. Its reflection has been based, among others, in ergonomic, aesthetic, sociological, anthropological and economic analysis. Nevertheless the chair that is a part of east project takes into account an additional factor: the present invisible fields in the homes and places of work. These fields generate the ion presence (charged particles electrically), which when making contact with enemy with our body affects to us as much psychological as physically. Inspired by the Placebo Project (A.Dunne & F. Raby, 2000-2001) a landmark in conceptual design that raises questions and awareness about the presence of pervasive electromagnetic waves in your home.
The 5-in-1 Shade was created by Jette Scheib and Neels Kattendidt for UK-based design firm Innermost. 5 in 1 comprises 7 simple flat sheets of polypropylene. From these parts you can make any one of 5 pendant lampshades by combining 3,4,5,6 or all 7 of the sheets. You can make the big wide form with all 7 or you could perhaps choose to make 2 lampshades, one with 3 pieces and one with 4.