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The Drum Circle App - For anyone walking around campus after smoking and just felt that classic, uncontrollable craving for making random drum beats with strangers out in public places, look no further than this app, which features small icons representing different drum sounds that you can simply tap with your finger and jam the day away.
The "Late Night Menu" App - How many times have you been stricken with an intense craving for fast food munchies at some ungodly hour of the night and had to go on the internet to see who's still got the drive-thru open? With this app, you'll always have the one-up on your disgusting propensity for late night fast food.
The "Name That Strain" App - The next time you want to impress your friends/customers with some ridiculous name for your nugs but have no idea what its actually called, here's an app that allows you to take a snapshot of your nugs and checks a database of thousands of different strains to either tell you the correct name or the next closest thing; if there are no matches, then the app spits out some random, goofy sounding two-word name using a formula of location for the first word and silly sounds for the second word, like "Serbian Pow-Wow" or "Danish Goop."
The "Fuzzbuster" App - Now you can enjoy the same warning about nearby police radars as your car's radar detector with the "Fuzzbuster" app, which serves as a tiny radar within your iPhone that can detect nearby police radars so that you don't have to keep looking over your shoulders during those campus "blunt walks."
Everything you post and tag can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to remain silent. Don't screw yourself.
While it's true that today's social networking sites enable this new digital generation to see the world in a completely different light from how the Baby Boomers grew up thinking, it's equally undeniable how detrimental these websites have been in cultivating a future society based on technological interaction rather than normal, healthy human interaction. Gone are the traditional public meeting places and modes of vocal socializing, replaced by online copouts for yesterday's shy introvert to transform into the life of the party with the click of a mouse, resulting in a dysfunctional society rooted in guile, duplicity and false pretense.
Founded by Will McLeod, Mike Stacey, & Ryan Tatzel
Notre Dame
Three green musketeers are on a journey to control the amount of light coming into your house. What does that mean?
Founded by Jonathan Shriftman & Jake Medwell
University of Southern California
These two seniors have bigger things on their mind than graduation in May. They are helping the environment one bicycle at a time. Jonathan Shriftman and Jake Medwell are rapidly spreading their passion for sustainability.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Founded by Eric Jorgenson
Michigan State University
Pandas are not the only ones with bamboo on their minds, Eric Jorgensen is too. Eric has started an environmentally friendly clothing company. While researching how people could make better everyday choices, Eric learned that bamboo is a great choice for fabric. He could not find a place to buy a shirt made from bamboo, so he concluded he would start his own clothing company. Ever wear a shirt made from bamboo? Eric explains just how comfortable the eco-friendly fabric is: "Feels like a thousand angels caressing you all day long." Honestly, who wouldn't want that?
The Alex
Screen: High resolution 3.5" LCD at the bottom and a 6" monochrome EPD at the top \\ For Magazines: Decent \\ For Newspapers: Ok, but a larger screen would be better \\ Unique Qualities: Full web browsing capability, video, audio playback and full imaging as well as the ability to run Android applications. SD card enabled \\ Number of things to read: All of the Google book database and a little bit more by the day \\ Battery Life: About two days \\ Wireless: WiFi and 3G \\ Available for Consumers: Very soon \\ Who's behind it: Spring Design \\ Input: Touchscreen \\ Price: $359
Samsung E101
Screen: Not backlit, not even color \\ For Magazines: Sucks \\ For Newspapers: Yeah right \\ Unique Qualities: Calendar, To-do Lists, Ability to write on screen with a stylus, taking notes while you read \\ Number of things to read: Limited \\ Battery Life: 2 Weeks \\ Wireless: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi \\ Available for Consumers: Early 2010 \\ Input: Stylus pen and buttons \\ Price: $699
Entourage Edge
Screen: LCD and eInk, Duel-screen, each about 10" tall (folds up) \\ For Magazines: Better than most \\ For Newspapers: Room for improvement \\ Unique Qualities: e-reader, netbook, notepad, and audio/video recorder all in one; You can read books, surf the Internet, take digital notes, draw diagrams, send emails and instant messages, watch movies and listen to music on it, USB and SD card enabled, Built-in noise-cancelling microphone and a 1.3 Mega Pixel camera to easily capture audio and video content; Perfect for recording classroom lectures, Runs on the Android OS \\ Number of things to read: Enormous, includes Google's 6 million publications \\ Battery Life: About 6 hrs \\ Wireless: WiFi \\ Available for Consumers: Very soon, preorders taken now \\ Who's behind it: enTourage Systems, Inc. \\ Input: Stylus and Virtual Keyboard \\ Price: $490
The Ipad
Screen: 9.5" x 7.4" LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology,1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi) \\ For Magazines: The best \\ For Newspapers: The only thing that would make it better is if it were larger, but it's still by far the best for newspapers \\ Unique Qualities: TV, video, and audio playback, all iPhone applications work on the iPad, practically everything you can do on an iPhone and more \\ Number of things to read: Public domain titles and licensed content from Google books, and much more \\ Battery Life: 10 hrs surfing the web, more if you're just reading; 2 months if its off \\ Wireless: WiFi and 3G (sim card enabled, and unlocked) \\ Available for Consumers: Late March 2010 \\ Who's behind it: Apple \\ Input: Touchscreen and Bluetooth \\ Price: $499-899
The Copia
Screen: Advanced color, largest size is 6.3" x 8" ePaper, pretty high resolution (highest being 768 x 1024 px) \\ For Magazines: More interaction and "sharability" than most e-readers \\ For Newspapers: Seems be one of the best e-readers for newspapers \\ Unique Qualities: First e-reader with social networking and collaborative capabilities, SD enabled, various versions for various uses, speakers \\ Number of things to read: Compelling array of content including best-sellers, popular titles, textbooks, public domain titles and an array of additional entertainment content, with new content being added daily \\ Battery Life: About a day \\ Wireless: WiFi and 3g \\ Available for Consumers: April 2010 \\ Who's behind it: DRM Worldwide \\ Input: Touchscreen \\ Price: $199-$299
The Skiff Reader
Size: 11.5" \\ Screen Quality: Largest and highest-resolution electronic-paper display yet unveiled, 1200 x 1600 pixels UXGA; Uses a flexible sheet of stainless-steel foil and eInk \\ For Magazines: Not great, the color version is still in the works \\ For Newspapers: Fantastic, allows for compelling designs and more interaction with the publication \\ Unique Qualities: Remarkably sleek, Easy to use, Bendable, Very durable, Multiple manufacturers using it \\ Number of things to read: Should be very large, based on the success of the upcoming Skiff e-reading service (expected to be similar to iTunes, but for books) \\ Battery Life: 2 Weeks \\ Wireless: 3G via the Sprint network and WiFi \\ Available for Consumers: Late 2010 \\ Who's behind it: \\ News Corp, Sprint, and LG \\ Input: Full touchscreen \\ Price: Not yet disclosed
