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Japanese people LOVE wood in all its forms and shapes… and are ready to spend a fortune for something made of wood, like this new set of Wood USB key and lacquered USB key, or this magnificent DIY wood keyboard where you will have to cut yourself each touch in order to place them where ever you want, or please you.
So if you are ready to cut more trees, you will have to spend almost 200€ to get the keyboard, or between 37€ to 67€ for a USB key…Click here to check out the website (website is in Japanese).

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MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. Rather than consuming electricity, you’ll be burning calories—your own.

The students designed and built an exercise bicycle that uses “pedaling power” to charge a laptop computer. As the bike’s instructions note, if you have trouble “squeezing in that daily exercise,” you can now “multitask with no problem—[you can] bike while you work!”

The bike seat is adjustable and the laptop easily moved, so a person of any height can produce an arrangement that’s comfortable and ergonomic for both pedaling and computing. A cover over the wheel ensures that the rider’s clothing won’t get caught, and a clear plastic box encloses the electrical components but leaves them visible to curious observers.

In preliminary calculations, the students predicted that a bicyclist should be able to produce up to 75 watts continuously—far more than the 30 watts needed to power the laptop. Indeed, in an initial test drive, team member Figari easily generated 50 watts while checking his e-mail.

Article source: mit.edu via Spluch
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Following a controversial police shooting, the police department of Newburgh, New York will be the first US PD to begin testing the PistolCam. The small device clips to the barrel’s underside and begins recording the moment the gun is drawn, which will hopefully make trigger-happy officers think twice before playing Dirty Harry. Either that or they’ll have to violate people’s civil rights in total darkness.

Source: core77