I mentioned the LIFX back in September 2012. It was one of those cool gadgets that crop up on KickStarter and I, like a LOT of others, was really impressed, intrigued and wowed by what we saw. The KickStarter project was a huge success and they managed to get over $1.3 million in funding when […]
Mr Postman is a solar powered, wi-fi enabled mailbox that gives you the ability to manage your mail remotely. You can lock or unlock the box depending on the delivery schedule, and it notifies you when mail has been delivered. Its inventors have launched a Kickstarter campaign and in this video they explain how it […]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s the technology.ie podcast with Michele and Conn. It’s been three weeks since our last podcast – so forgive us if this one is a little long. We had some catching up to do! Michele’s back from Montenegro where he attended the Eastern Europe ccTLD conference and Webfest.me and discovered the […]
Over on Kickstarter at the moment there’s a very cool project which is for a new type of light bulb. To be honest it’s more than just a “bulb”, it’s more like an entire lighting system that comes in the shape / form of a light bulb. It’s got wifi, IPv6, it’s eco-friendly .. it’s […]
Crowdfunding is a cool concept, but what happens to all those products when they become available to buy? How can you find them easily? Outgrow.me tries to solve this with its marketplace of crowdfunded products from Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. You can search by “tag” or sort by availability ie. available to buy now vs. accepting pre-orders […]
This show was recorded late on Tuesday night, with Michele in a Dublin hotel room prior to taking a New York flight the next day. We talk about the Google ‘Wi-Spy’ story. The New York Times identified the Google engineer who wrote the software – it turns out he’s also the author of Netstumbler, a […]
