Archive for February, 2006
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Kill your TV. Or kill any TV with one button
From the fringes comes this idea – a universal remote control with just one button. That one button transmits the ‘off’ command for most TV brands. Thus, the tiny TV-B-Gone becomes the way to turn off annoying TVs in any bar, club or office. Now that infra-red remote controls are so common, it makes sense [...]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
It’s not just science fiction that inspires people
From the Telegraph in the UK comes this story about Tintin books providing inspiration for the study of sharks. The image on the cover of one of the books provided a gem of a thought. “The grandson of Jacques Cousteau has continued the family tradition of underwater exploring by tracking sharks in a submarine inspired [...]
