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Boing Boing Gadgets  15 hours ago:

Restart Project: helping people fix their broken devices -

David sez, "The Restart Project is a London-based social enterprise and charity aiming at changing our relationship with information technologies by empowering people to repair and reuse their electronic devices.
Boing Boing Gadgets  3 days ago:

Handgun drone unsuccessfully shoots mobile phone -

Spocko sez, "In this commercial for a cell phone screen protector product, a quadcopter flies up to some fruit, sodas and a cell phones and shoots them with a remote controlled handgun.
Boing Boing Gadgets  4 days ago:

Gigabit wifi isn't -

Glenn Fleishman at Tidbits: "Apple’s implementation is technically capable of 1.3 Gbps. But as Apple notes at the bottom of the page, “Actual speeds will be lower.
Boing Boing Gadgets  4 days ago:

Radio-seeking drone -

TRAQ is a senior project from a group of Northeastern University engineering students; it's a quadcopter that seeks out and homes in on radio signals.
Boing Boing Gadgets  4 days ago:

Iron Orchid: tricked-out 1935 Ford coupe -

Coop snapped this shot of the gorgeous "Iron Orchid," a masterfully decorated 1935 Ford 5 Window Coupe, built by Dave Shuten of Galpin Auto Sports.
Boing Boing Gadgets  5 days ago:

3D printed bowtie -

This 3D printed bowtie ain't cheap ($115), but it's got a clever little fitting (it buttons straight onto your collar-button), and it also looks like a fun project to recreate with your local hackspace's 3D printer.
Boing Boing Gadgets  5 days ago:

Russian Polar Expedition watch photo, 1969 -

Here's a beautiful, super-hi-rez, freely usable photo of a 1969 Russian Polar Expedition watch -- an absolutely droolworthy bit of horological sweetness.
Boing Boing Gadgets  6 days ago:

Hubsan X4 quadcopters: tiny cheap, powerful copter -

The Hubsan X4 quadcopter is a tiny, cheap copter with enough power to do flips, enough smarts to stay level and pointing right, and enough tough to drop from 50 foot onto grass without damage.
Boing Boing Gadgets  Jun 08 13 :

Blinkytape: kickstarting a smart strip of LEDs -

Todd sez, "Check out this awesome LED strip lights controlled by a simple controller board. Matt Mets went through the Haxlr8r program and came out with this project, with the help of Marty McGuire and Max Henstell.
Boing Boing Gadgets  Jun 07 13 :

Burner Phones, shipped anonymously to your door -

For $75, Burner Phone will ship you a "completely anonymous" phone set up for 30 days of use. The only caveat: you then have to eat it.