Elizabeth Fish is a freelance writer who happens to run a hyperlocal news website in Lincoln, UK. She also covers all things geeky for TechHive. More by Elizabeth Fish
You may think your digital alarm clock is impressive as far as such things go, what with its radio, charging dock, ambient LED light, and toast-making abilities (ok, maybe not the last one). But it doesn’t really show off your geek cred.
Michael Ciuffo’s QR Clock will increase your geek quotient in a hurry, even if it's a little unusual. Simply open a QR code reader app, hold your smartphone up to the clock, and you get the time. Of course, there’s something...absurd about such a clock, as Michael points out:
“In the time it takes to scan a QR clock, you could have looked at your phone's clock, glanced at a wrist watch, or even asked someone else.”
Kevin is a small-time tech hound, amateur photographer, and a general know-at-least-something of all things geeky hailing from New York. More by Kevin Lee
But what if you could have a board that does both at the same time? Enter the UDOO, a hybrid ARM developer board that can also handle all your Arduino projects at the same time.
Chris Brandrick is a freelance writer with an interest in all things tech, gadgets, and gaming. More by Chris Brandrick
Some fans may view Ewoks as the Jar Jar Binks of the original Star Wars trilogy, but that doesn't mean you should pass up this upcoming Lego set.
Coming in at nearly 2000 bricks and standing over a foot tall when complete, the massive set recreates the cuddly Ewoks' treetop home on the forest moon of Endor—complete with rope ladders, traps, hiding places, a speederbike, catapult and 15 minifigures.
Figures include the worshipped C3P0, along with Chewbacca, Luke, Princess Leia, Han and of course a selection of Ewoks. Take a look:
Jacob Siegal spends a vast majority of his time surrounded with and invested in technology and media, so he decided he may as well start writing about it. You can find more of his writing at Game Rant and his topical tweets @JacobSiegal.
Cartography might not be the most popular hobby in 2013, but the group of bearded Germans behind Awesome Maps is working to change that, one map at a time.
The group has already created maps that highlight the best places to ski and snowboard, surf, watch football, and explore the West Coast, but they are now seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter for their most ambitious map yet: the Bucketlistmap.
Cassandra Khaw is an entry-level audiophile, a street dancer, a person who writes about video games for a living, and someone who spends too much time on Twitter. More by Cassandra Khaw
While it still seems unlikely that Domino's DomiCopter will ever replace your average, adolescent pizza guy, it's still fun to contemplate the possibility. A remote-controlled delight, the DomiCopter is set to traverse the skies in an attempt to bring you whatever artery-clogging morsel you've ordered from Domino's. Domino's hasn't said anything as of yet in regards to coverage areas or when we can expect aerial pizza delivery, but, hey, at least there's a video to drool at as you ponder a future filled with airborne fast food.
Elizabeth Fish is a freelance writer who happens to run a hyperlocal news website in Lincoln, UK. She also covers all things geeky for TechHive. More by Elizabeth Fish
Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan UniversityA view of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
Astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have been busy lately trying to give you a better insight into the universe, and parts not incredibly far from Earth (er, on a cosmic scale, anyway).
Using NASA’s Swift satellite, astronomers took thousands of images of two local galaxies—the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—and stitched them all together. The result was a 160-megapixel image that captures details you wouldn’t normally be able to spot.
Kevin is a small-time tech hound, amateur photographer, and a general know-at-least-something of all things geeky hailing from New York. More by Kevin Lee
Michael created an algorithm that prints out a predetermined set of Tetrominos (Tetris blocks), and places and rotates each square in place. It does this in a super calculated process where it lays out a bottom line of protruding blocks and then clears off everything above that before moving on.
Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan University
