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Public Domain Project offers free media

The Public Domain Project is truly an amazing idea. Launched by Pond5, a marketplace for royalty-free materials, it offers exactly that: free media that can be used in creative works. So if you need, say, a 1941 photo of Georgia sharecroppers, you can find it. You can also find photos like one of President Obama meeting British […]

Luminous, wearable bike lock solves multiple problems

If you’re one of the millions of people who commute (to work, play, or both) via bicycle, we salute you. There are a lot of good reasons to get around on a bike, but there are also a few noteworthy drawbacks, namely, automobile drivers who seem to be incapable of noticing bicyclists, and people who will happily […]

International artists redesign maps for “Mapping the City” exhibit

What happens when you ask street and graffiti artists to map a city they know intimately through their previous creative endeavors? That’s the question that drove the curators behind Mapping the City, an art exhibit at Somerset House, in London, through February 15. And the answers, as one might guess, are far from conventional. The […]

Washington’s ‘Free Coffee Program’ needs new signs

Free coffee is available at 37 state-run rest stops in Washington state. Remember this now because the signs that advertise the offering have disappeared. The Department of Transportation hasn’t replaced a worn out or damaged sign advertising free coffee since 2012. The problem: Volunteers were charged with manually flipping many of the signs to indicate whether the […]

Mobile payment risks down, confusion up

There are always, always, always reports of customer data being stolen from various retailers. Supervalu, a Midwest supermarket chain, was hit by hackers last summer. Home Depot investigated a potential security breach in September. Staples looked into a similar problem in October. Target was targeted over the holidays. Yet, techies still hold out hope that consumers will […]

Missouri’s tourist attraction signs may be history

If you’ve spent any time cruising down America’s highways, you’ve likely passed countless signs directing you to points of cultural and historical interest. You may not have given these signs much thought. (Though if you’re my father, you made a point of stopping at every single one on every single road trip throughout my youth.) […]

New 3D printer can print electronics

We live in an age of mobile, virtual, wireless everything. And yet, somehow, nothing makes 2015 feel more futuristic than the rise of 3D printers. In case you haven’t heard, 3D printers are just what they sound like. Most 3D printers use an “ink” that is actually a flexible plastic substance that molds according to […]

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