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The creators of DrumPants, the wireless device that converts your pants into a wearable MIDI controller and music sequencer, are running a beta test program that uses DrumPants sensor strips to control smart appliances and to give a voice to those who have none (through a connected mobile app).
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Google Glass hasn't exactly set the world on fire, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still have some cool potential uses. Today Glass has two big new apps: one that can turn it into a life-changing tool for the hearing-impaired, and another that, erm, helps movie theaters sell tickets.
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A recently-funded Kickstarter project aims to provide an adventure game in the spirit of Zork and Day of the Tentacle that does away with text-only descriptions of twisty little passages, in favor of audio – rather like an interactive radio drama.
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Building Trust International has announced the winners of its 2014 Moved To Care competition. The competition sought design solutions for providing healthcare to rural and isolated areas in Asia. The winning designs are a medical clinic on wheels and a clinic built from a retired shipping container.
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As modern cities grow more densely populated and available living space shrinks correspondingly, ensuring that space is maximized to its full potential is essential. One proposal for making the most of the space we have comes via Thailand-based company Apostrophe's Living in the City housing unit.
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ScienceResearchers at Stanford University have developed The fastest and most accurate algorithm for brain-implantable prosthetic systems yet.
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Nuance Communications has updated its leading software-based speech to text application Dragon Dictate for Mac to version 3 – Gizmag goes hands-on.
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Students based at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have reinvented the humble keyboard, designing a glove called Gauntlet which allows typing with just one hand.
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OwnFone is a small and light cellphone which forgoes most of the features we’re used to from modern smartphones to offer a small, light and inexpensive handset which can call a maximum of 12 predefined numbers.
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Google has launched its new Gmail SMS service in the African countries of Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.
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A new mobile app prototype called Brailletouch allows users to write quickly and accurately using gestures on their smartphone touchscreen - and without looking at the screen.
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A survivor of the 7/7 London bombings has created a smartphone app that makes it easier for people with a disability to access the city.
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